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New Game Houdini? Just Announced by American Pinball.

By RickThorn

7 years ago


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Post #2532 American pinball is advertising in pinball life orders Posted by DennisK (7 years ago)

Post #2768 Press Release from American Pinball before TPF 2017 Posted by unigroove (7 years ago)

Post #2820 video of game reveal at TPF Posted by Khabbi (7 years ago)

Post #2829 TPF gameplay video (short) Posted by Khabbi (7 years ago)

Post #2831 Photo of Houdini backbox/translite Posted by 1iblind (7 years ago)

Post #2839 more short Houdini gameplay video from TPF Posted by Khabbi (7 years ago)

Post #2841 Video of Houdini catapult toy in action Posted by Khabbi (7 years ago)

Post #2851 Price confirmed as $6995 from sources at TPF Posted by Khabbi (7 years ago)

Post #3006 A quick review of TPF reactions. Posted by rosh (7 years ago)

Post #3050 Some history of Houdini leading up to TPF from rosh Posted by rosh (7 years ago)


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#213 7 years ago
Quoted from RickThorn:

American-Pinball™ to Launch its First Pinball Machine at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas on September 26th
Chicago, IL – September 26, 2016 - American-Pinball, manufacturer of arcade games and amusements, is excited to announce the world-wide release of Houdini - Master Mystery™ pinball machine for the home, arcades, gaming centers and magic collectors. The unveiling will take place September 26th at the Venetian Las Vegas hotel on the eve of G2E, The Global Gaming Expo.
Based in the mecca of the pinball universe just outside Chicago, Illinois, American Pinball features a team with decades of industry experience and is launching its first pinball machine under the name Houdini for several reasons. Known as a masterful magician and Harry Houdini is considered the greatest magician, conjurer and escape artist that there ever was. Captivating audiences worldwide with his legendary escapes and shows was his specialty, the Houdini™ pinball will carry on that magical tradition as a beautiful crafted pinball machine featuring a one-of-a-kind pinball theater experience with an LCD color screen and patented cabinet.
“Houdini’s escapes, illusions and handcuff challenges are world renowned even today, and formulate the basis of our inventive new pinball machine,” said president of American-Pinball, Dhaval Vasani. “Our Houdini - Master Mystery pinball machine will bring the man back to life with supremely detailed hand-drawn game artwork, inventive ball tricks, brilliantly illuminated play surfaces and spirit devices while featuring all the classic pinball features like: action jet bumpers, multi level ball stages, sculpted magic toys, secret escapes and much more.”
American-Pinball has also added a performance of new Houdini™ features to amaze players including: The Floating Ball, Water Torture Cell, Levitating Bumper, The Bullet Catch, Hindu Needle Trick, Spirit Box, Buried Alive Sarcophagus, Lock Chambers, Magic Beasts, The Séance, Milk Can Escape and Jennie the Vanishing Elephant!
“Houdini - Master Mystery pinball transforms under the hood as well with the newest game motherboards created by award winning Gigabyte Technology to drive all of Houdini’s pinball effects, full color graphics, sounds, gameplay and music,” explained Vasani.

PLONK!

#726 7 years ago
Quoted from cooked71:

Definitely not a standard WMS cab. Much closer to the Zidware one.

...and some awful yellow legs!

#905 7 years ago
Quoted from Skins:

If this game is legit, plays well and is not vapor ware, they will sell a shit ton at $7k.

Forgot coded well too. This game is nothing without code, animations, mechanics, a manufacturing line, after-sale support, and most of all: restitution for burned AIW, RAZA, and MG customers.

-3
#914 7 years ago
Quoted from forensicd:

Man, this looks really really good! Cant believe this was held under wraps. We seem to know everything everyone else does months to years before, but they kept the lid nice and tight. If it flips well and has good rules, i have to say i am in.

You'd buy from Hitler if he built something that looked decent.

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#1751 7 years ago
Quoted from pinballrockstar:

Zid 5 if you include kiss,that was actually just as far along as the rest

So was pussycat bowling!

#1908 7 years ago
Quoted from Concretehardt:

I believe RAZA was 125 units (100 standard and 25 cointaker editions)
Not sure on AIW.

I think it was 133 for AIW...Mad Hatter Edition, right? Don't quote me on that, but I think that's right.

1 month later
#2409 7 years ago

Houdini...bwaaaaahahahaha. Was anyone really fooled again?

#2414 7 years ago
Quoted from Tigger64:

Nice! "There's always money in the banana stand".
I still think it was crazy for AP to come out too early and make all these flashy announcements. With all the baggage they got, the really needed to be damn sure they were ready to go (ie. whitewood done, successfully tested, and the assembly lining ramping up).
Silence is bad in any circumstance, but with the history Jpop has had, it's even worse for AP.

Didn't they claim to be delivering a MG to someone at expo?? Cointaker I believe? What happened with that?!

#2416 7 years ago
Quoted from frolic:

Good question. I'm pretty certain they said the "first" would be delivered by expo, and looking at their facebook:

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#2612 7 years ago
Quoted from Rarehero:

Sure it is. A flyer for a pinball show is for an event that will in fact happen. It's advertising a "product" that exists. Houdini and American Pinball is a pipedream/scam until proven otherwise.

And why would you want your business associated with it in any way?? Why advertise a highly probable scam?

#2702 7 years ago
Quoted from Mbecker:

I'm not disagreeing with you on this - but my point was missed. Lexi is the pilot game -- multimorphic has been a lot more concerned with so many other factors than art and the dev time has been very significant. Now that many things have been worked out and once manufacturing is going smooth the future p3 games should be able to concentrate more time/energy on cool art and gameplay features. ESP. True for those that have taken the role of 3rd party game devs.

So...the artist also worked on the other parts of the game?

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#2859 7 years ago
Quoted from Manic:

Damn Balcer must love this gimmick... was also in TSPP ("the pin that saved Stern")

It's Keith Johnson's "gimmick", not Balcers. It's also in WOZ.

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