Episode 178 – Stuck In The 80s
-Catching Up on 2021-Sad News-Deeproot List-Repairs-New Zealand Stars-Stern’s New Designer-Benton Only Spooky-LOV Launch Party-American Alien-A Game You Can’t Refuse-Multimorphic Announcement-IFPA Changes-Godzilla Launch Party-TUFF-Bootleg NY Championship-April…
Kineticist’s take
Slam Tilt reviews 2025 pinball market, mourns Marco founder, critiques Spooky/AP games for bugs.
Synopsis
Ron Hallett and Bruce Nightingale discuss their 2025 pinball acquisitions and repairs, mourn Marco Specialties founder Mark Mandeltort, address the Deep Root Pinball creditor crisis, review industry news including Jack Danger full-time hire at Stern and Spooky's localization strategy, and critique recent game releases including Halloween (Spooky) and Legends of Valhalla (American Pinball) for software bugs and design issues.
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Marco Specialties· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Alice Cooper· game
- Big Game· game
- Godzilla· game
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Halloween· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Legends of Valhalla· game
- Rush· game
- Brad Duke· person
- Bruce Nightingale· person
- Dave Peck· person
- David Van Es· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Mark Mandeltort· person
- Ron Hallett· person
- Steve Ritchie· person