DPP #102 "Year in preview! Shark eats ball...and wallet"

Don previews 2024 pinball releases: TCM shipping, ABBA game rumored, Jaws LEs rolling out, TPF to feature new P3 module.

Synopsis

Don discusses upcoming pinball releases and industry developments for early 2024. Key topics include an impressive shark-eating-ball mod for JAWS (Pro) by Interactive Pinball ($475), Spooky Pinball's Texas Chainsaw Massacre shipping with strong production capacity, and previews of TPF (Texas Pinball Festival) in March featuring new games from Multimorphic (The Princess Bride P3 module), Pinball Brothers (ABBA music game rumored), and established manufacturers. Don also covers his personal machine acquisitions (Labyrinth, upcoming Looney Tunes and TCM deliveries) and Patreon offerings.

Entities

• Barrels of Fun· company
• Chicago Gaming Company (CGC)· company
• Interactive Pinball· company
• Jersey Jack Pinball· company
• Multimorphic· company
• Pinball Brothers· company
• Spooky Pinball· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• Turner Pinball· company
• NapArcade· entity
• Paris Pinball Connection· entity
• Texas Pinball Festival (TPF)· event
• ABBA· game
• Elton John· game
• Jaws· game
• Labyrinth· game
• Princess Bride· game
• Pulp Fiction· game
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre· game
• Balls of Steel Pinball· organization
• Bug· person
• Don· person
• Jeff· person
• Trent Kennedy· person
• IO Arcade· venue