DPP #193 "The Potter Episode!"

Don praises Harry Potter pinball launch as major success but critiques art/topper design choices.

Synopsis

Don enthusiastically covers the launch of Jersey Jack Pinball's Harry Potter game, calling it a success both for the company's boldness in securing a complex Warner Bros./JK Rowling license and for delivering a complete, feature-rich product under $10K in arcade form. He praises the playfield design, upper playfield, and mechanisms while discussing two specific critiques: the cabinet art direction and the topper design. Don announces he's breaking his New Year's resolution to buy a new-in-box game due to FOMO, citing record-breaking launch sales across distributors like Mad Pinball.

Entities

• Jersey Jack Pinball· company
• Warner Bros· company
• TPF (Texas Pinball Festival)· event
• Elton John (pinball)· game
• Foo Fighters (pinball)· game
• Godfather (pinball)· game
• Guns N' Roses (pinball)· game
• Harry Potter· game
• Hobbit (pinball)· game
• Jaws (pinball)· game
• Mad Pinball· organization
• Pinball News· organization
• Don· person
• Eric· person
• Jack Danger· person
• Jeff (Mad Pinball)· person
• JK Rowling· person
• Mark Silk· person
• Retro Ralph· person
• Steve Ritchie· person