Quoted from RobKnapp:I may put a deposit down if I still can on Houdini. I watched a few Youtube video's. The music that I heard was not very pleasing to my ear. And the LCD animations were very basic . TOM though a DMD from 1995 has much better animation for the modes than what I have seen from limited Houdini video. I understand why many people are against John Popadiuk Jr. I get it. I was told Popadiuk did the original proto type of the Houdini pinball. It is a visual master piece . » YouTube video
Let's assume you didn't realise that the video you posted isn't the Houdini game. This video is from a box of lights which has art not done by John Popadiuk, he only came up with the concept and somehow got the thing to light up.
This is a video that actually shows the production game. Drastically different: