Space Cadet Pinball, District 82 & Designing with Barry Oursler
Space Cadet Pinball, District 82 & Designing with Barry Oursler
This week on Pinball Minority Report, Manu and Erika are joined by rules designer and industry veteran Steven Bowden (FunWithBonus) for a deep dive into CNC Dan's real-life Space Cadet Pinball build and whether the classic Windows game can actually be translated into a physical machine. Steven pulls back the curtain on his own unreleased Space Cadet-inspired project, shares the story behind designing Barry O's Barbecue Challenge as a tribute to the late Barry Oursler, and breaks down his math-brained, come-from-behind win on Twilight Zone at District 82. We also get into diversity in competitive pinball, women in the scene with Bells and Chimes, and the story behind Steven's t-shirt. CNC Dan: Indie Gamer Chick: Space Cadet Instagram video: Belles & Chimes: Foxcities: 👤 Guest: Steven Bowden (FunWithBonus) 🔗 | @funwithbonus on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok & Twitch Manu — Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 (Twitch/YouTube/Facebook/Instagram) Erika — Erika's Pinball Journey (Instagram/Facebook/YouTube)
Kineticist’s take
Pinball podcast explores Space Cadet homebrew project and Stephen Bowen's design philosophy behind Barry O's Barbecue Challenge.
Synopsis
A casual podcast discussion between hosts Erika and Manu of Pinball Minority Report and guest Stephen Bowen, a rules designer and industry veteran. They discuss CNC Dan's YouTube project to build a physical Space Cadet Pinball machine, the design challenges involved, Stephen's past experience designing Space Cadet rules for Deep Root Pinball, and his work on Barry O's Barbecue Challenge for American Pinball as a tribute to the late legendary designer.
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Maxis Software· company
- Microsoft· company
- District 82· event
- Barry O's Barbecue Challenge· game
- Comet· game
- Cyclone· game
- Hurricane· game
- Pro Pinball· game
- Space Cadet Pinball· game
- Space Shuttle· game
- Time Shock· game
- Twilight Zone· game
- Pinball Minority Report· organization
- Barry Oursler· person
- CNC Dan· person
- Erika· person
- Manu· person
- Ryan McQuaid· person
- Stephen Bowen· person
- The Pinball Chick· person
- The Sanctum· venue
- Union Flea Market· venue