Lol agreed. They ate gone to lunch and its in lobby which is all windows. Was put there so ganeplay could be heard. Everytime I go out there i cant see lol

What's up with the exposed and PF blocking magnets under the end of each ramp exit? If this is an outlane saver like TOM why wouldn't you put them below the PF again and out of sight?

P2K style menu system

Close up video of playfield

Watch "Magic Girl" on YouTube

So what's the main toy in this game?

Does the patented playfield work? Will it ever?

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All I can say is WOW!

While the 4 year (or longer) drama has not disappeared, and Money/Buyers is an issue, from reading just a few months ago that there
was "nothing ready" to seeing this is impressive.

Imagine you are seeing this "unveiled" for the very first time....would you buy one for $5K-$9K?....
I would think that this would be a Great Seller, and A damn fun game!

Sooooo.........Whats next?

To be fair it's directly across from a giant wall of floor to ceiling windows and it's an absolutely gorgeous day. Which is why I'm skipping the show today and about to head out for BBQ and drinking cold beverages in the sun.

this machine is growing on me (even though I'll never afford it). It's pretty, it's clean, I like the spiral ramp that dumps the ball backwards into the squiggle ramps (I just hope the ball doesn't get stuck in the middle if the ball doesn't have enough oomph).

I really do commend the people that worked so hard to get this to where it's at for a pinball show, including all the people beforehand that did work on it over the years.

Although the display is obscured by the main ramp, the main scoring seems to be centered and bordered so that it is just above the ramp while playing.

Watch "Magic Girl player"s perspective" on YouTube

The colors of the playfield look amazing to me in this video, many of the others did look a bit off and washed out but not on this video. I keep hearing people saying if it is or isn't a $16K game and that was when the quantity was 19, I think it's safe to say Bill will be pricing them more like JJP's games if they are to be sold in larger quantities.

It's been said a thousand times, but that art. yeti why dont you have a online shop yet ?

Sadly... probably nothing. If the money is all gone then a new entity (with actual money) would have to step in to build them from scratch. At a more reasonable price. Plus the first 20 or so would need to be done for almost nothing to make the original "investors" whole. And that's after hiring a programmer to make sure the entire thing works and that there is some actual gameplay hidden in there.

Be a hell of a white knight to step in to this situation.

How's the LED biz going btw? Been a while...

I think it's one of the most impressive looking and beautiful games I've ever seen. It's almost sensory overload. Every inch of this game has got something going on and it's begging to be played. If this game can be produced and be sold at Hobbit like prices as was suggested, I would buy it in a heartbeat. Stunning!

Gotta love how JPop snuck Tesla into the animations....a theme in itself.

I think everybody will be overwhelmed just seeing actual "pinball art" for the first time in 15 years. It's not the usual Stern photoshop-mashup kinda deal. Reminds me of the late 90's WMS days.

It makes you realize you don't get to see this kind of art anywhere except on pins and at the comic book shop (if there are any anymore)...

Personally I'd like to see it on everything

Guys please, when making videos, don't make vertical videos.
They lose so much detail...........

Thank you!

Agreed...there is a lot of cool stuff going on, it needs polish but the framework so far is great. If it ever gets made it could be the new BBB.

wow, ball hangs up just from shooting it can only hit the spinner.. those glaring raw red pimples in the middle of the pf..

Guess this qualifies it as not being Vapourware anymore lol

At the end of the day there is really only going to be 2 opinions:
1. I have time and/or money invested - this is a beautiful game and needs to be produced because it is going to become one of the greatest games ever.
2. I don't have time and/or money invested - this is a beautiful game and looks like it could be a great game but no way am I going to pay five figures for this.

When you need a Home Run or a Triple to win the game, should you bunt and hope to get 16k from speculators.

If nothing else comes from this, Stern and JJP should take notice that there can be a market for non-licenced themes so long as they're innovative and have an art package as impressive as this.

Just jumping into this thread after seeing a few min gameplay today. Beautiful game and I'm not sure if people have already been saying this but my first impression was that it almost looks like a 50/50 combo of cv and totan between the ramps magnets and artwork.

I agree on the close up video...the game looks visually stunning, probably even more so in person. Hopefully everything can get ironed out and the game can fall on the right side of the fence. What a shame it would be if nothing became of it.

You gotta love the way the video abruptly cuts out when the ball even approaches the flippers... quit being a TEASE!! lol At least show some footage of the ball being smacked around.

And if those are really rollovers in the center of the PF... man they look like they stick up a hell of a lot. Aren't these gonna disrupt more than a few shots when you actually play the thing? Are these potential impediments seriously needed?

What's with the sys11 back box. Does that thing not fold?

I think there's a few more options out there:

3. "It's visually impressive, but just not that FUN to play."
4. "There's too much that still not working/incomplete/unexplained to make an opinion."
5. "Check back with me when there's a programmer, a manufacturer and a complete prototype."
6. I love it!... But for $6-$7k,
7. Etc

....and sounds.

Visually a beautiful game. Say what you want about all the purple, it is just very attractive and obviously "had" a lot of potential. If the ramps are functional or anything in the back actually works then it would be nice to see a video of that. The short playing video was pretty unimpressive. The LCD screen is cool where it is, and I suspect that there were a lot of "features and toys" planned but right now it does not look like they have been implemented yet. It would be a shame to see the game end here.

I would love to see the project finished and would even be interested at a reasonable price point. Unfortunately I suspect legal issues will end it.

It looks pretty darn nice, no question. However, I am am not putting 10k-15k down and then waiting 4 years for one.

Green face is a spinning mini pf. Sort of like CV cannonball. Its to have a mini pinball, and those are real pins, like a mini-bagatelle.

Just spent about 15 minutes at the NW Pinball & Arcade Show staring at it... super impressive design and style, visually it's blowing me away. Many cool ideas going on--the height and layers of the ramps, unique placement of the video screen, killer artwork and I really like the lighting. I really hope someone is able to complete this project and produce the games, because this is the kind of next step we need to move pinball ahead.

I think this is now dead. Kudos for everyone getting this together. I'd love to play it and would like to own it, but at less than 50% complete and a price over 10k this game is dead. Let's call it what it is. I hope it does not return to John and that someone can eventually finish this and put it somewhere for all to experience.

Facts
John is going bankrupt
Game is no where near finished
Production costs are unknown
Finding investors at $16k a game without manufacturing experience may not happen
John is so toxic that people don't want to own anything with his logo anywhere
John is impossible to work with to get this finished

So nobody is actually playing it... just looking at it? You didn't mention any "gameplay" impressions. And I think CV has the same screen placement 19 years earlier.

I think it's still processing to hd but here's another

I'm pretty sure Roman will custom cut some sheets when the games ship to EU...might cost 50€ extra, so it's 199€ then...

We just got updated code over nited from JPOP... Installing now image.jpg
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Chris, you're doing a great job streaming the seminars from the NW show. I'm really enjoying the different segments. Looking forward to The Hobbit seminar tonight, too.

It's a shame that you won't be able to stream Magic Girl. I think everyone understands that's not within your direct control, but at least you tried to make it happen.

Thanks James... best looking video yet.

What I'm telling AppleJ, is what I saw in his software service menu screens - not based on anything in assembly. In the latest video, you can see them scroll through on the coin door open screen.

alt tab isn't going to do anything. Especially in Ubuntu with the app hijacking x.

Ha! That first player is my buddy snikrap. Sadly, I think he's in for both MG and RAZA.

Hopefully the new code includes some ramp shots!

Anybody else cringe when they see a PC keyboard as an integral part of a pinball machine?

Somebody do us all a favor and pick up the ball and throw it up the ramp so we can at least see the ramp flow.

That was the joke lol. Person doing it is a computer programmer ha

Hmm, it's not a big deal I guess, but when I see stuff like the "Charge the coils" text being obscured by the ramps it irritates me. I'm playing pinball, I need to be able to read things easily and quickly. This is something that the move from DMD to LCD is going to have to watch out for.

I think Jeremy does great work. But come one, first time in 15 years? It's not like it's the first hand drawn game to appear in that time period. Hell, even Stern is shipping their second such game in the past couple years right now. So let's not overdo that aspect of it.

Yep. Seen it before. like on WoZ, where one of the show videos shows Keith pull out a keyboard to work on Linux reboot, and udpate.

Ya I'll do that for sure shortly when it's less crowded and I can leave the booth again

Wow that would be a mess. But it has hinges, no? I mean that alone was to be an evolution to another dimension

Not all (most) developers know linux at a granular level. Pretty simple to hide (actually not start) X and still run a native app. It would also make the machine run significantly faster as X is a super suck on resources.