I hope at some point American Pinball does it. With that kind of interest in the subject, that will make for a very interesting pinball machine. Way better than Who Dunnit. Just think of the possibilities of just trying to sort out all the clues and suspects with the players being Sherlock, Watson, Moriarty, or Lestrade. Players could also be the good guy or the bad guy.

Lots of material to chose from.
LTG : )

Limit it to 221 and price it accordingly. It will sell out sight unseen. This is not something that would appeal to the lowest common denominator pinball loving masses.

True. Except I doubt Midway considered The Shadow a commercial success and certainly never saw a dime of the appreciation.

This would be a great theme! Thanks Rosh for coming in to this thread.

I realized what a great idea this theme is.

Already we have a mystery. Will American Pinball make it ?

If so when ? Unveil where ? what will it all do ?

So many questions. So many mysteries.

Well played American Pinball.
LTG : )

Will Nirmal appear at shows with a deer stalker and trench coat and meerschaum pipe, and a little Watson ?

LTG : )

With various modes based on famous Sherlock Holmes cases:

complete A Study in Scarlet to earn the ankle
complete The Red-Headed League to earn the heel
complete Hound of the Baskervilles to earn the arch
complete The Sign of the Four to earn the toes

Because, after all, the game is a foot.

It’s a more exciting theme than DI.

It’s got that going for it.

An authentic Holmes pin would be awesome. A cliche with bad accents not so much. To give it focus, it might be worth choosing an actor and style, with all the plot and art package that goes with it. Jeremy Brett, Basil Rathbone, Benedict Cumberbatch etc. There's plenty of material - no fictional character has had more movies made about them than Holmes, or for a longer time period.

Or go for an original licence-free approach e.g. steampunk Victorian kick-ass Holmes. Or would that be Houdini 2?

Moriarty Multiball!

Heroin/cocaine/opium mode....im picturing the GI dimming and pulsing, the background music sloooows down and gets all echo-y, maybe the flipper buttons switch like in Ghostbusters. A general sense of confusion...certain shots would have to be hit to recover from the effects of the drug and get the game back to normal.

“Last call” Outlane mode in Oktoberfest does this as you try to spell sober to then continue your ball

“Food coma” mini-wizard mode in Oktoberfest game play pauses until you work off enough calories then it resumes, flippers weak at start of mode they get stronger as you make needed shots

Ahh the promise DH never came through with.
Good stuff.

Wow, sounds like they already laid the groundwork for Opium mode. Those are innovative ideas!

In case rosh havent thought of this already... A multistage Baskerville mode like Man from Beyond, in which a hound figure is lighted with a spotlight, but in the final stage of the mode, the playfield lights go out, and the spot switches to a black light and we see the hound glowing green while we play the ball in the dark, with maybe some limited moving spots of light simulating holmes' lantern.

Another idea -- we have to hit different targets to break Napoleon busts to find the hidden item, which could be in any one of them, similar to smashing the idols on TOTAN.

This theme really lends itself to brown, but please, no more brown games.

221b Baker St.
This a stock photo.
Backglass could incorporate this door.
Or..., coin door could be the door!
Side rails are wrought iron Steel.
Lanterns hanging off of upper cab.
Plunger is a door knocker.

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Missed this thread originally.. long live AP! Great idea for a theme

My vote goes to the Rathbone/Bruce era. Elementary. . .

Oh boy please let the game be better than that hot garbage..

I was watching Basil in The scarlet claw tonight and then thought, American pinball has a license!! Please give us this theme. NIB for me.

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I couldnt help myself! I was reading the thread and that popped up on TV. LOL

A small company like AP might use filings as an indicator of enthusiasm among the community. One failed pin could be the end, so a surprise reveal might not be as important. Stern can have a surprise reveal and the pin could flop. Wait a few months and they are guaranteed to have another surprise reveal.

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From a former "Houdini" owner,This theme is ripe,however,it was all done in Black and White!! And I agree that Rathbone and Bruce are the ones WE want in the pin doesn't mean they will do that!! This will be something to watch,But,I gotta play it first to make sure it doesn't shoot like a "Houdini"

A downvote Hawkmoon?!

You cut me. You cut me real deep man.

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Houdini doesn't shoot as bad as people keep harping on. Granted it's tight. But the satisfaction in a well played game feels oh so good.

If we could get the rathbone theme. I would love to see the five orange pips in a mode. Advancing all of the death scenes. All the way up to the reveal of the good comrades. That would be gold.