Gameplay on "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" Custom Built Pinball Machine!
Gameplay on "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" Custom Built Pinball Machine!
Marco Bucci, a huge Simpsons fan, created this machine from scratch in approximately 2.5 years. He brought it to the Ontario Pinfest in 2025 where we checked it out for the 1st time. He brought it back to the show in 2026 this time as a darn near finished product! He walked us through the game as we worked, aka cheated, our way to the wizard mode so that we could see everything this machine had to offer! The art, layout, gameplay, toys and mechs, code, callouts, theme integration, animations and rules make this one of the coolest homebrew machines I have ever played! It is truly an amazing accomplishment!
Kineticist’s take
Custom Simpsons pinball machine wins Ontario Pin Fest homebrew award
Synopsis
Mike Dimas from Pinball Shenanigans plays and documents Marco's custom-built "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" homebrew pinball machine, a Simpsons-themed game built over 2.5 years using MPF and Fast Pinball. The machine won Best Homebrew Pin at Ontario Pin Fest 2026 and features complex rule set with modes, multiball, combos, and a wizard mode. The video showcases gameplay mechanics, custom code features, and reveals some bugs during extended play.
Entities
- Ontario Pin Fest· event
- Who Shot Mr. Burns?· game
- Pinball Shenanigans· organization
- Dutch· person
- Marco· person
- Mike Dimas· person
- Fast Pinball· product
- MPF· product