Yes, but he has an Italian accent.

Mario for the OG, Wario for the update.

Princess peach mode is incredible!

Or do i have the wrong game in mind...

Actually this sounds like fun.

Time to get to work on my pinsound studio...

Are you a spokesperson for Pedretti Gaming?

Seriously folks - if you have the kit installed, don’t tell us it’s great. Show us! Post a video (a long one, at least one full game). Without video, the excitement and rave reviews are not credible.

Is that a custom decal/plastic by the lane changer that says the places closes at 12 sharp???? I love it! Where can I find that?

I ordered new CPR plastics and that is not part of the kit. Looking forward to this 2.0 kit and restoring my game. Just placed the order for a new Mirco playfield to go with the plastics, ramps, and cabinet decals.

Thank you,
Jason

ebay link to plastic in question

ebay.com link: itm

Thank you! Just placed my order. Didn’t even know it existed! Will be a nice compliment to the game IMOA. Thank you again!

No. I am a Funhouse enthusiast and beta tester. I am being honest, sincere, and sharing how the current state of it is the best I can; personally.

I am completely with you and understand EXACTLY what you mean. I am by no means trying to "hype" anything up. I am sharing with you what I am able to at this point<<<. I believe it is better to have something than nothing isn't it?!? I did what I could and I hope you understand where I am coming from too. I am looking forward to the forthcoming gameplay videos as well...as soon as I can.<<<

i have already installed it on my funhouse restore

Are you currently prohibited from sharing gameplay video as a beta tester or just have not shot one yet?

Doubt it, old mate released Mortal Kombat 11 recently.

Think I'd opt to keep the original artwork...

Otherwise I'm all for adding another dimension to mine as I've played the hell out of 3 I've owned over they years.

Gameplay is really fun. Collect time to light mirror for mode start. Timed challeging modes as well as Multiballs and Awards like ball saver or million/extra ball are earned.

Installation is really plug and play. If i can do it, its easy for you! Both displays are crisp and everything is high quality.

The acrylic backglass is really nice. I haven't seen those and although not a real glass, its way better than my Translite.

I have to say i am really impressed so far. The animations are among the best i have seen in pinball. Really fitting the theme well, funny and guiding through the game. Wow!

The voice is fine for me. I mean it is not the original voice but it has a creepy evil character to it, suiting evil rudy very well, i like it. Everything is pinsound with audio files for every sound/callout (separate folders for Funhouse 1.0 and 2.0)

The sound is well made and the squeaky duck sound on the slings is just brilliant

I have both Led OCD and GI OCD installed and its working well together.
UVAJED PNE7 can you give us any info on led-lighting without those boards installed? Is the FAST CPU board dealing with LED ghosting and smooth switching itself?
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This all sounds great but where is the game play video ?

That’s where I’m at. I don’t want to see more of the same. Nothing more until gameplay please.

I’ll take the silence on this question (and subsequent beta tester posts without video) as confirmation that beta testers are being told not to share video until the production team deems the product to be sufficiently developed.

They are perfecting the Mario/Wario speech....

Actually you would be surprised at what you could do with modern SW.

Just take a look here:
https://thenextweb.com/news/skyrim-modders-are-using-ai-to-generate-new-spoken-dialogue

And there are several tools out there that will use the original voice as training data for the neural network, to then generate speech from text with the same voice

Think the cost and ease of use may hinder many of us. I know of a plugin that will render text to song.

There is also alot of grey area here.

Anyhow someone can Mod the Pinsound down the road if they really really wanna

Oh, after hearing the terrible voice, I indeed wanna....!

Now, I just have to find someone to do "horrible" Italian impersonations of the call outs.

It might not be PC, but it will make me laugh.

Man when is this thing going to be available? Mikey want!

As a beta tester yes we can’t share videos, we test and give them feedback then they need to do a few tweaks to the software/switch issue s with the new firm update . So when the mainstream gets the game it’s should be perfect and ready to play. I will ask them if it’s oké to upload some gameplay.

Any beta testers on the US side?

Yep!

Aaron
FAST Pinball

Yes...Pa here.

I’ll be right there!

Curious how the selection happened - would have loved to have provided some feedback. I’m not asking just saying. Was my first pin and have time on many more in my collection.

Looking forward to it

Seems to me….the main concern is that Rudy’s original voice is gone! That’s why I posted a quick fix a while ago that would cost them nothing!
Post an add for folks to send in a voiceover and filter out who’s the best comparison. Companies have done this a million times! The winner gets a free kit and recognition for the voice! They, then might actually be selling units instead of skepticism!

Agreed! I always wonder why companies don't ask the community more for ideas, and what they "must have" or "dont care about". I feel like with all the creativity in this community, there could be some amazing ideas for modes/sounds/etc. - more so than just a couple people at a small company doing it all internally.

I was super excited about this project, the artwork was "meh" at best IMO, but I could get past that. Once I heard the voice and sound, I lost enough interest to no longer buy-in it at this point.

Well they appear to have a number of testers who are pinsiders (and I would guess a few others not on here as well). Seems that might be exactly what they are doing.

I will say that to me (my opinion) it is impossible to find consensus in this hobby. For example, if they took $50 off the package and left the sideblades out I would probably save the $50. Other people on here would attribute $100+ of value to those side blades. This is a community where half the people people pay a lot of money for toys with LEDs in them calling it "MUST HAVE MODS" while the other half of the people scratch their heads or point out that you can buy the toy for $5 and the LED for $1.

As for the voice - if they couldn't get the original person they had to move on. While I agree with the criticism of the voice on one hand I also feel like it is unfair to see a new product intended to refresh something 30+ years old and to immediately find fault with it not being the same thing we had 30 years ago.

I guess vote with your wallets... which these days seems to mean they will sell out in a week and then re-sell for 2x more next year.

I'm considering the product because my view is that I can't easily buy a new solid state pinball machine for $2k right now - and even if I found a game at that price I don't have the space for it. This I can fit in my game room!

To me it will all come down to gameplay / code - which remains to be seen.

Totally agree.

I’m just hoping they’ve selected seasoned players to get feedback from for this reason.

I also hope they don’t do the same as Spooky - take your time with the code don’t show anything until your absolutely sure. I’m anxious but would rather see a completed project.

I question the timing of the announcement- they could have waited.

Still, I want a cheesy Italian voice for the 2.0 and original voice for the OG...

It would make me laugh a lot!

Well put

I have a question on the Pinsound XL board coming with this kit. I currently have a pinsound board in this machine that I will repurpose after the kit arrives. I have an audio output on it currently and use it for external sound. it's not totally clear from the promo pics, but does this new board also have audio out jack(s)?

All I can say is that all the beta testers are working really hard on getting everything just right.we are testing multiple new software revisions .We even started a discord to discuss things and see people s opinions .I think you really are going to love this game. Just remember funhouse is and will stay funhouse. Funhouse 2.0 will be a new funhouse but shots don’t change . yes not with the same voice. But don’t let that get you down. The new lcd in both speaker panel and the playfield will let it feel like ats new 2022 game and pinball . And as everybody knows pinsound always sounds good . And yes eyes and mouth moves right also in 2.0

No videos for now. Reason is that they are dialing everything to get perfect. If I or anyone now showing stuff that’s not finished this game will burned on a code that is still in beta . So Will get back on that later

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On the beta kit yes, think this will stay the same in the retail version

Thanks! We always do direct output audio for our streams and don't want to hack in a line out converter.

Another quickie, is the output a 3.5mm stereo jack or RCA outputs?

RCA out and headphones out so both

RCA out, perfect. that's what I already have in the machine. I use a panel mount out so all I have to do is plug in a 3.5mm audio cable in the back.

What side decals are those?

The ones that supply with the beta kit. Same as in the video.

Is there a published wait-list. I have yet to receive confirmation that I'm on it.

I purchased my kit early on day 1 and it’s been radio silence since the “gameplay” video.

We were told originally the kits would ship as early as January. I’m really disappointed with the communication on this release. I can understand why manufacturers early release whole machines before the code is done but the process Pedretti is using makes no sense to me.

They Actually said shipping early December!

Request refund and bow out!
At the best of times these things are slow... add world problems and its out of control...
Wait for the bugs to be worked out then purchase when ready to ship.

If anything I would dispute the charges. I had high hopes even though I know better.

It’s irresponsible for a company to suggest a ship date and show a seemingly “polished” product only to avoid actually showing the real product in any meaningful manner and not being able to deliver.

Also supply issues have never been cited as being the issue here, not by the manufacturer’s or customers.

What would you dispute - nobody that I know of should have paid anything, so there is nothing to dispute ... and if you have paid something then you request a refund and you get it ... sure, everything is not shipping on time, and sure some suppliers of products overstate the timeframe, and then pull back perhaps because they find issues, or they have supply issues, or they are just plain shitty at product development.

Nobody should have to dispute anything and if you do either don't buy anything until you see it at a show or it's in stock - or don't create frustration for yourself ...

Once I placed my reserve order on planetary pinball, I received an email saying I was on the list. Plus no money exchanged. I know Cointaker has a preorder as well that requires only $1.

No idea when this will truly come out. But I am patient. Want it to be correct out the gate. Plus need time to restore my game, only just got the new playfield in!! Also preordered a Godzilla premium and was told it may ship March of 2023! Yep, very patient, and so far, out zero cash.

The point is that I feel that Pedretti is setting an irresponsible precedent.