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Ep 83: The TPF Interviews

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Thanks to: Stephen Silver, Butch Peel, David Fix, Rob Berk, Dr John, Chris Franchi, Ken Cromwell, and Raymond Davidson for taking a minute or two to chat with us!

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Highlights

  • Multimorphic's P3 system now has four playfield overlays available for purchase at $3,000 each, with customers able to buy additional software games for $3,000.
  • Weird Al Yankovic pinball machine has reached audiences beyond pinball enthusiasts through celebrities with massive social media followings sharing the game, with Weird Al having 5 million followers.
  • Christopher Franchi has signed on to provide original artwork (not licensed IP-based) for American Pinball's next game.
  • Barry Oursler has completed his first full pinball design and it is 'in rotation' to be shown, likely next year at an unspecified show.
  • American Pinball is actively recruiting engineers (programmers, mechanical, electrical) and expanding partnerships with colleges for design education.
  • Jersey Jack Pinball predicts potentially two game releases by end of 2026 and has doubled production capacity with two manufacturing lines running simultaneously.
  • Guns N' Roses pinball has been the highest-selling Jersey Jack game since its October 2020 release, and the company kept it in production while developing new titles.
  • Chicago Gaming Company's Cactus Canyon remake will receive an extended rules package later in 2026, developed with Lyman Sheets and Josh Sharp, including new mechanics via hardware kit.
  • Pinball Expo 2026 (38th edition, October 19-22 in Schaumburg) will feature Stern factory tours, artist autograph sessions, and a large homebrew section with potential for American Pinball to greenlight games.
  • Raymond Davidson won the Classics tournament at TPF 2026 and qualified number one for the main tournament; he is a primary coder contributing to Chicago Gaming's Rush machine release 0.91.

Notable quotes

“I always say social media is really easy when you've got a guy with 5 million followers sharing your video.”
Steven Silver (Multimorphic)
“Every person that buys Weird Al, a lot of them are going to go buy Heist...It's a fun game, and then I'll go back and buy Lexi and Constant Kart Racing.”
Steven Silver (Multimorphic)
“We don't want you to sell your game to fund your next game from us. We want you to keep making the game you bought better over time.”
Steven Silver (Multimorphic)
“Our design crew of our pinball guys are getting much older. We need the new young blood, and I'm happy to see and promote the young blood that are coming to these shows.”
David Fix (American Pinball)
“I couldn't believe it last night. There was five deep at midnight waiting to play Houdini, and it just tells you there's a lot of love for these games.”
David Fix (American Pinball)
“You can't even assemble the topper wrong because everything's made just a little slightly different shape and size.”
Butch Peel (Chicago Gaming Company)
“We're making the most amount of games on a daily basis than we've ever made since we started the company.”
Ken Cromwell (Jersey Jack Pinball)
“I would say try to boil them down to one shot or strategy and see how many times you can do that.”
Raymond Davidson
“With luck, two games coming out this year, one in October and one in November. That's all I can say. Two different companies, two different games.”
Jeremy Packer (representing Super Awesome Pinball Show / Christopher Franchi Art)
“I think it's important to understand in this instance with G&R going back to October of 2020, the game cycle for us wouldn't typically be 20 months.”
Ken Cromwell (Jersey Jack Pinball)

Entities

  • American Pinball· company
  • Chicago Gaming Company· company
  • Flippin' Out Pinball· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Multimorphic· company
  • Pinball Expo· event
  • Texas Pinball Festival (TPF)· event
  • Barry Oursler· person
  • Butch Peel· person
  • Christopher Franchi· person
  • David Fix· person
  • Jeremy Packer· person
  • Jerry· person
  • Josh Roop· person
  • Josh Sharp· person
  • Ken Cromwell· person
  • Lyman Sheets· person
  • Nicole· person
  • Raymond Davidson· person
  • Rob Burke· person
  • Scott Larson· person
  • Steve Bowden· person
  • Steven Silver· person
  • Zach Sharpe· person

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