Guns N’ Roses Updates and Wizard Modes, Final Showdown Challenge, Alien Gameplay, Roger Sharpe Interview, American Pinball New Hire, David Thiel Interview, Zach Sharpe Interview, Duff McKagan and Slash Get Machines, Joe Pesci Mansion – TWIP 2/15/21

GNR Updates, Wizard Modes, Band Members | IE Pinball: Stranger Things Wizard Mode Challenge | Interviews with Roger Sharpe, David Thiel, Zach Sharpe | Alien Pinball Gameplay Teaser | American Pinball New Hire | TWIP January Recap | Napoleon Dynamite | Joe Pesci
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Guns N’ Roses Updates, Wizard Modes, Band Members

Last week Jersey Jack released code updates for Guns N Roses Pinball – check it out!

Karl DeAngelo at IE Pinball shared the Wizard Modes for GNR in a recent stream – check out the VOD below (major spoilers though!!):

Also, two of the band members shared pics after receiving their unique GNR machines – check it out!!


IE Pinball: Stranger Things Wizard Mode Challenge

Karl DeAngelo with IE Pinball completed the Wizard Mode Challenge on Stranger Things by conquering the Final Showdown wizard mode – check it out!


What would have been your choice for Game of the Year for 2011?

Last Week’s Poll Results

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The Super Awesome Pinball Show: Roger Sharpe Interview

The guys at The Super Awesome Pinball Show were joined by Roger Sharpe in part 2 of his interview! Among other things, he discussed:

  • the Fast and Furious license
  • the difficulty with the streaming services vs. movie releases
  • the commercial locations being the future of the industry
  • the importance of home buyers
  • HBO Max and Disney Plus and content from those platforms
  • the success of Medieval Madness and Attack From Mars
  • the importance of playing pinball machines before deciding if you like them
  • the expectations of Brian Eddy with Stranger Things and Pat Lawlor with Dialed In and other designers
  • his intrigue in the mini modes in newer games
  • deeproot and manufacturers announcing games before they’re ready
  • deeproot’s plan on rules and downloadable content
  • the cost of games today
  • the cost of toppers today
  • Pinburgh
  • pinball being a sport and the future of competition pinball
  • the upcoming movie about him and pinball
  • books he’s written and contributed to

Check out the full episode here!!


The Pinball Brothers: Alien Gameplay

Last week the Pinball Brothers released a short gameplay video of Alien pinball – check it out!


American Pinball New Hire: Jack Haeger

Today American Pinball is announcing the hiring of their new Art Director, Jack E. Haeger! Check out the press release below:


American Pinball and Aimtron Corporation are proud to announce our newest hire, Jack E. Haeger, as Art Director.
 
Jack is an award-winning interactive entertainment veteran with extensive experience as a game designer, art director and team leader within the video game, pinball, slot, and redemption game industries.
 
Starting at Williams Electronics, Jack helped design the classic game SiniStar before joining Williams’ teammates in Silicon Valley to develop the Amiga Computer – where he also worked with artist Andy Warhol to help him use the revolutionary Amiga in his New York studio.
 
Jack has contributed to memorable video game titles such as NARC, Terminator 2, Revolution X, NHL Open Ice and CarnEvil and helped to build MIDWAY Games into a creative powerhouse, hiring key talent and establishing state of the art video digitizing studios and working to perfect the processes that led to mega-hit franchises like Mortal Kombat, NBA JAM, and NFL Blitz, while also producing various pinball concepts and sculpting on Williams Elvira and the Party Monsters pin.
  
At Team Play, Inc. Jack reunited with MIDWAY legends Ken Fedesna and Brian Smolik to help contribute to the design of innovative redemption products such as Fish Bowl Frenzy, Family Guy Bowling and a record-earning 4-Player mini-pinball called Spins Ahoy! as well as other popular products.
 
Jack Haeger has also been a frequent contributor to STERN Pinball, providing concept design as well as final artwork for titles such as Ultimate Spider Man and Star Wars.

Jack Haeger

The Watch Men: Interview with David Thiel

Last week the folks at The Watch Men YouTube channel interviewed David Thiel! He talks about Time Machine and his work on that, Back to the Future’s influence on Time Machine being the theme, his work in pinball, and much more – check it out!


Geekazine: Interview with Zach Sharpe

Last week the folks at the Geekazine YouTube channel interviewed Zach Sharpe! He talks about Stern Pinball, the Led Zeppelin license and the features of Led Zeppelin, and much more – check it out!


ICYMI: This Week in Pinball January 2021 Recap

Check it out!


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— Cool and Crazy Stuff —

Inside Joe Pesci’s $6.5 million New Jersey beach house

There is a pinball machine!!!


New Twitch Streamer

This guy recently started streaming on Twitch – he owns no pinball pinball machine, but he started teaching himself to use Fusion 360 a couple years ago.  His streams have just been reverse engineering mechs so far, but he plans on doing some layout streams in the future – check it out here!!


Marco Celebrates 36 Years!!

Check it out!!


Other Quick Hits:

  • Happy birthday Martin Robbins, Taylor Reese, Kevin Manne, Joshua Clay, Steve Ritchie, Michael Grant, Greg Bone, and Frieden Liebe!!
  • Get well soon – Matt at Back Alley and Mike Vinikour!!

  • Led Zeppelin
  • Star Wars Comic Edition Pin
  • Avengers Infinity Quest
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Heavy Metal (contract game)
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Jersey Jack Pinball
  • Guns N’ Roses
  • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
  • Pirates of the Caribbean
  • Dialed In!
  • Hobbit
  • Wizard of Oz
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Chicago Gaming Company
  • Monster Bash Remake
  • Attack From Mars Remake
  • Medieval Madness Remake
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Spooky Pinball
  • Rick and Morty
  • Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle
  • Total Nuclear Annihilation
  • Jetsons (contract game)
  • Dominos (contract game)
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American Pinball
  • Hot Wheels
  • Oktoberfest
  • Houdini
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  • Ranger in the Ruins (uses Cosmic Cart Racing module)
  • Heist (P3 Game Kit)
  • Cosmic Cart Racing (P3 Game Kit)
  • Lexy Lightspeed (P3 Game Kit)
  • Cannon Lagoon (P3 Game Kit)
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  • Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland
  • Fire & Brimstone
  • Food Truck
  • Merlin’s Arcade
  • The Who
  • Gladiator
  • Yukon Yeti
  • Machine Age
  • Barry Oursler Black Hole Revision

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Haggis Pinball
  • Celts

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  • Alien

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Team Pinball: The Mafia

Circus Maximus: Kingpin, Python’s Pinball Circus

Homepin: Thunderbirds, Chinese Zombies

Suncoast Pinball: Cosmic Carnival

Great Lakes Pinball: Exposé

Dutch Pinball: Bride of Pinbot 2.0, Bride of Pinbot 3.0 (on hold), The Big Lebowski (production/legal issues)

Silver Castle Pinball: Timeshock

Phénix Pinball: Goblin Contest

Pinball Adventures: Punny Factory, Sushi-Mania, Ninja Mania, First Class, Canada Eh!

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