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Launch Party: Turner Pinball's Next Game
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Launch Party: Turner Pinball's Next Game
Turner is launching his next game and we are gonna go through his most ambitious game yet.
Highlights
- Yukon Yeti is Turner Pinball's most ambitious game to date with significantly more playfield density than previous titles
- The Yeti does not move; design prioritized visible 5-ball staircase lock over toy animation based on player feedback
- Turner Pinball purchased approximately 17 acres near Chris Turner's house to expand manufacturing capacity by approximately 4x, expected to be operational in ~6 months
- Yukon Yeti is a single-tier 'Legendary Edition' only; no Pro/Premium/LE tiering system
- Base game price is approximately $9,749; with all upgrades ('All in Package'), $12,249 total
- Dennis Nordman designed Yukon Yeti; his first major design in 'a good while,' with assistance on Galactic Tank Force but Paul handling most of that design
- Two game cabinets of Yukon Yeti and two Merlin's Arcade Legendary Edition machines will be present at Texas Pinball Festival
- American Pinball will reveal a Houdini remake (100th anniversary of his 1926 death) with new artwork by Christopher Franchi at Texas Pinball Festival, with one unit raffled off
Notable quotes
“It is definitely Chris Turner's most ambitious game yet... the game definitely looks much more full. You've got scopes galore... It's going to hit a little bit of nostalgia.”
“The Yeti does not move. Bring on the hate. I know you're going to, I know you're going to, it's going to happen.”
“We want a huge physical ball lock... I wasn't hearing that kind of stuff [about Merlin's Merlin or subway lock wow factor]. So that's what we really focused on in this game.”
“We really have engineered a system that makes the system easy to build and easy to maintain... you're thinking, oh, I bet it's a mess underneath that game. And then you see it and you're like, whoa, okay, maybe not.”
“The staircase lock is right there in your face and you can see your progression to maxing that out... you can get up to five balls locked there.”
“He just did a mic drop and then walked the hell out of the room. That's big dick energy if I've ever seen it.”
“Art is done by Brad Duke... Dennis Nordman design... this is called the Legendary Edition. That's what we're seeing right here... There's only going to be one of these games.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Flip N Out Pinball· company
- Turner Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival (TPF)· event
- Beetlejuice (Spooky Pinball)· game
- Harry Potter (Jersey Jack Pinball)· game
- Houdini (Remake)· game
- Merlin's Arcade· game
- Ninja Eclipse· game
- Walking Dead Remastered (Stern)· game
- Yukon Yeti· game
- Knapp Arcade· organization
- Brad Duke· person
- Cary Hardy· person
- Chris Turner· person
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Dennis Nordman· person
- John Popaduk· person
- Melvin· person
- Paul· person
- Retro Ralph· person
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