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Spooky's Beetlejuice Pinball

PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 13 min listen
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Corwin "Bug" Emery joins us to talk about their latest creation, Beetlejuice! Facebook - Instagram -...

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Highlights

  • Beetlejuice Pinball sold out before the reveal was even shown publicly
  • The game is based exclusively on the 1988 film, not the 2024 sequel
  • All actors in the game had to approve their likenesses and artwork
  • The Sandworm toy can move in all directions and has a subway feature underneath for ball-catching and target-hitting
  • Spooky Speak voice recognition is integrated into home play mode on Beetlejuice
  • Evil Dead toppers sold 800+ units out of 888 production run, inspiring continued topper development
  • Production will begin slowly in December with mass release around January, same as Evil Dead schedule
  • Bug took lead design role on playfield layout for Beetlejuice with Spooky Luke's approval

Notable quotes

“Everything had to have something unique and quirky about it, whether that's multiple entrances or being tied to something physical that interacts with how you're shooting it.”
Bug
“It gobbles balls all day long. Like it is really fantastic. The Sandworm the motion on it is so cool because we can move him every direction up down left right.”
Bug
“We really actually care about protecting the game's value for our customers because we know how important that is to them in feeling confident and buying new in box pinball from us.”
Bug
“Me and spooky luke are probably two of the most impatient people in pinball like hands down...it just keeps moving up because we are so horribly impatient.”
Bug
“I think we could scale up to that again now and quality would be fine just because of the skillset that we have and the better designs that we do.”
Bug
“That website is going to die, which is why we have like 10 telephones and I bring in a bunch of employees and you call the spooky pinball phone number.”
Bug
“after like 13 years of being a company, we're starting to get kind of good at it.”
Bug
“There's basically not a scene that isn't going to be utilized in some sort of mode or sequence of events in some form or another.”
Bug

Entities

  • Flipping Out Pinball· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Warner Brothers· company
  • Alice Cooper Pinball· game
  • Beetlejuice Pinball· game
  • Evil Dead Pinball· game
  • Guardians of the Galaxy· game
  • Halloween Pinball· game
  • Looney Tunes Pinball· game
  • Medieval Madness· game
  • Scooby-Doo Pinball· game
  • Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· media
  • Bug· person
  • Christopher Franchi· person
  • Gary Tunicliffe· person
  • Josh Roop· person
  • Matt (Back Alley Creations)· person
  • Scott Larson· person
  • Spooky DJ· person
  • Spooky Luke· person
  • Tim Burton· person

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