The Great British Pinball Podcast Episode 33

GB Pinball hosts discuss community burnout, Pinball at the Beach, and early impressions of Beetlejuice and D&D.

Synopsis

Scott Rundell and DOMINO Pinball: Neil McRae discuss burnout from CPR playfield restoration work and community event organization, share experiences from Pinball at the Beach show in Florida (including a hotel cockroach incident), review early code on Beetlejuice and Dungeons & Dragons & Dragons, and discuss Back to the Future to the Future licensing status and personnel changes.

Highlights

• Scott is quitting CPR playfield restoration work due to quality issues and loss of enjoyment
• Spooky had approximately 10 Beetlejuice machines at Pinball at the Beach, plus every Spooky game ever made
• Stern displayed nearly 200 machines at Pinball at the Beach, representing most games made since Stern Pinball founding
• The Walking Dead (Pro) remastered has minimal new code but plays significantly better than original
• Dungeons & Dragons has not yet reached version 1.0 code and has had serious release bugs
• Mel (Dutch Pinball employee) has left the company to pursue other opportunities
• Dutch Pinball is still working on Back to the Future but lacks complete licensing (missing 2 of 4-5 required license components)
• Beetlejuice features a moving ball lock mechanism (sofa) during day-old mode, requiring care during machine setup
• Beetlejuice topper requires removal to fold the backbox, similar to Evil Dead
• Neil and Phil (likely Phil Waldron) have reconciled differences and will collaborate on Stall Ball tournament

Entities

• Dutch Pinball· company
• Spooky Pinball· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• Great British Pinball Podcast· content
• Pinball at the Beach· event
• Stall Ball· event
• Texas Pinball Festival· event
• Attack from Mars· game
• Back to the Future· game
• Beetlejuice· game
• Dungeons & Dragons· game
• Evil Dead· game
• The Walking Dead Remastered· game
• Ben Heck· person
• DOMINO Pinball: Neil McRae· person
• Ed Van Der Veen· person
• Gary Stern· person
• Jack Guarnieri· person
• Luke Wells· person
• Mark Squires· person
• Mel· person
• Phil Waldron· person
• Scott Rundell· person
• Hangar Pinball· venue