DPP #161 "EVIL DEAD success! IAAPA was amazing!"
Back from Florida and holy crap is Evil Dead selling well! Now that I've had time to let it soak in let's go over the game! Also some news and views on Stern, JJP, and American Pinball. 2025 is going to be an amazing year for pinball with these new and rumored releases. What are you most excited about? donspinballpodcast@gmail.com
Kineticist’s take
Evil Dead near-sellout success validated; Spooky reaches new quality peak; X-Men fixes incoming.
Synopsis
Don discusses Evil Dead massive launch success (612+ units sold in under a week of 888 total production), praising it as Spooky Pinball pinnacle achievement with excellent gameplay, Franchi artwork, and innovative mechanics like the sculpted shotgun toy. He also covers IAAPA show highlights including X-Men production fixes and upcoming code updates.
Entities
- Mad Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- IAAPA· event
- Pinball on the Beach· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Evil Dead· game
- Godzilla· game
- Jaws· game
- John Wick· game
- Looney Tunes· game
- Metallica· game
- Scooby-Doo· game
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre (TCM)· game
- X-Men· game
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Corwin Emery· person
- Don· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Kerry Hardy· person
- Ryan Davies· person
- Spooky Luke· person