Episode 1217: "Exclusive Back to the Future Details"
Kaneda leaks Back to the Future whitewood details: big DeLorean, minimal mechs, heavy on artwork and video.
Some things I'm seeing in the game have me excited, some things a bit concerned.
Synopsis
Kaneda discusses exclusive whitewood details of Dutch Pinball's Back to the Future machine, revealing a large DeLorean as the main toy with limited interactive ball mechanics, fewer inserts, and heavy reliance on artwork and video modes. He also critiques Stern's Pokemon code update 0.82 as underwhelming, condemns Pedretti Gaming handling of the Big Bang Bar remake, and expresses skepticism about remaster culture while hyping upcoming new IP releases.
Highlights
- Back to the Future has a very large DeLorean as the main mechanism but it does not appear to interact significantly with the ball; the DeLorean sits above a scoop underneath it.
- Back to the Future will rely heavily on franchised artwork, sculpts, and video content rather than mechanical toys to create game immersion.
- Pokemon pinball code update 0.82 made the game easier but added minimal new assets, storyline, or content after four months of development.
- Spooky Pinball has only produced approximately 200 Beetlejuice units by January (five months into production) at a stated rate of ~100 per month, suggesting 80+ show games were made.
- Team Pinball spent approximately 90,000 euros on Big Bang Bar electronics and design work with Pedretti Gaming, lost the prototype, and received no compensation.
- Back to the Future has fewer inserts than comparable games, limiting light show potential.
- Stern's Pokemon code update video by Jack Danger lacked clear explanation of new features and did not demonstrate Insider Connected integration properly.
- Modern new pinball games (Jaws, Harry Potter, Beetlejuice, Metallica Remastered, Godzilla) are superior to remakes of classic titles.
Notable quotes
“I swear on the soul of my mother that I am looking at back to the future right now.”
“Pedretti Gaming, I think you've become like the new home pin of the pinball world. I don't think anybody's taking you seriously.”
“I don't see like a complex mechanism or toy that interacts with the ball at all in this game.”
“No matter what I say about Back to the Future, this game is going to sell like hotcakes. Nothing I say will change that.”
“I'm tired of it all. There's so much great pinball around the corner. Why would anybody want these old games?”
“Team Pinball, that sucks. Padretti, shame on you.”
“If I were to tell you there was a DeLorean in the game, you'd be like, yeah, duh. But that's not what you want to know about.”
“It's just that big DeLorean, Franchi on artwork, a 27-inch screen, and when that Back to the Future theme song hits... this game is going to be impossible to get.”
Entities
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Pedretti Gaming· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Team Pinball· company
- Back to the Future· game
- Beetlejuice· game
- Big Bang Bar· game
- Big Lebowski· game
- Circus Voltaire· game
- Fallout· game
- Godzilla· game
- Goonies· game
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Harry Potter· game
- Jaws· game
- Metallica Remastered· game
- Pokemon· game
- Sonic· game
- Transformers· game
- Jack Danger· person
- Kaneda· person
- Melvin Williams· person
- Pat Lawler· person
- Tobin· person
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