Texas Pinball Festival day one recap

Texas Pinball Festival Day 1 recap: new cabinets, sold-out Spooky games, pricing debate.

Synopsis

Don's A Pinball Podcast live coverage from Texas Pinball Festival 2024 Day 1 (Friday). Don and Nicole tour the expo floor, play new releases, and interview manufacturers. Major highlights: Turner Pinball new Ninja Eclipse cabinet under $7,000; Spooky Pinball's Looney Tunes and Texas Chainsaw Massacre sold out same day; Multimorphic's The Princess Bride at $11k–$13,750; homebrew Saw (Whirlwind retheme); Spooky's new Foo Fighters topper at $2,000; Stern's Pulp Fiction and Jaws LE. Discussion of game design philosophy, pricing concerns, and community reception.

Entities

• American Pinball· company
• Barrels of Fun· company
• Jersey Jack Pinball· company
• Multimorphic· company
• Spooky Pinball· company
• Turner Pinball· company
• Texas Pinball Festival 2024· event
• Barbecue· game
• Elton John· game
• Foo Fighters· game
• Jaws LE· game
• Labyrinth· game
• Looney Tunes· game
• Ninja Eclipse· game
• Princess Bride· game
• Pulp Fiction· game
• Saw· game
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre· game
• ABC Suites Expo Center· location
• Chris Turner· person
• David Van Es· person
• Don· person
• Glenn Wechner· person
• Ken Cromwell· person
• Nicole Tavovich· person