Wes, you will absolutely get the opportunity as we have paid in full for Cosmic Carnival for Helicon Brewing. If it holds up, I don't even care about the earnings, this will be at Starport and our private collection at Voodoo Brewing in Homestead.

Let's see how it goes. Good luck Suncoast.

When you get a chance, give us a rundown on what the code and the gameplay is like now that it's shipping. The videos I've seen previously, it seemed pretty spartan, mainly from the screen communicating very little to the player about what was going on. I didn't get the impression they were achieving or being rewarded very much and the game was rather grudgingly going 'pffft whatever, have some points' a lot.

Congrats to the Suncoast team for shipping games! It's so very hard to get games out the door... doing so is a major accomplishment. Good job, y'al!

My question is around the inner loop shots... in the videos that I've seen of Cosmic Carnival gameplay, these shots seem amorphous, in that a ball shot through the inner orbit without max speed renders the shot void. It seems many of these shots just dribble into the pops. Is that the intended behavior?

You yourself literally pointed out all the messed up things about it. Which is great, I commend you for telling the truth about the experience. First impressions mean a lot on an item this expensive. Nothing negative about assessing the reality of an expensive toy when there are other expensive toys out there that don’t have those issues.

To me if it were set at a low run for exclusivity, then thats the only way it holds value & prestige.
Delete art from any game, the shots make or break any game.

Congrats on a sweet looking new game!

Man, Dirty Donny just does the most amazing work!

I love his distinctive style, it's nowhere near generic enough to slap on just any game, but when it works, it's friggin' amazing!

Defining what success looks like:
This is a great looking game and an awesome first game attempt at that. I think a succesful lineup in any home environment is variety. This is one of those "easy" pins. Not a great many deal of things to shoot at, easy to start modes etc and the non pinhead can have a blast playing. Now, from an operators stand point success is measured by cash in the box. This theme will draw people in for sure. She's a looker! Like a house, if it doesnt have curb appeal you're screwed. So who plays the most pinball in public is the real question. Is it more pinheads or non?
To an average Joe like myself, if you want to see how succesful a pin is doing just watch how many come up for sale (used) in the next couple of months. Pinheads tend to not hold onto turds and need the cash for the next pin. If I didn't already have an easy type pin in my collection (Funhouse) I'd probably give this one a spin.

Is this really a good way to measure anymore? With so many different titles coming out now I see/hear a lot of people selling games they really like to buy the next new title. With all the new titles a lot of people don’t have the money to keep buying or they don’t t have the room to keep adding games so they give up titles they like not necessarily cause it’s not a something they don’t like.

I am going to keep this short, not going into to much detail because I only got 8 games on it!

Dave was kind enough to let me play the game 2 days ago and its a really fun shooting game. The art package is amazing and its what you would expect for Dirty Donny, but stepping it up to another level. The powder coating is insanely sick and well done and nice addition vs. the typical black trim. As Dave has mentioned, there are a few things that needs to be changed that will make it easier to turn on and operate, understanding that this is a prototype. Game shipped with prototype code and the modes all seem to be there along with a few bugs. At this time the game is very tough, but the Suncoast team is working to make the code a lot easier for beginners. In regards to animation and call outs, code is very early and have no doubt they will be adding more to round out this game. As a first machine, I am surprised at the build quality, design, art package and how they tied everything together to make a cool campy space themed pinball machine. There are some minor details to be looked at, which have already been passed along and I am sure they will address. I did not attend Texas pinball festival and heard mixed reviews and did not have high expectations before I played the game. Quite surprised. Great job Suncoast ! We will be a distributor for them in Illinois and hope to have one on the showroom floor very soon so people can try it out before they buy site unseen.

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We look forward to working with Suncoast Pinball as well and have joined forces with them to be their distributor in North Texas.

We are now taking pre-orders as well for Cosmic Carnival. If anyone would like to put an order in with us, give us a call at 972-488-9622 ext 202.

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I really wish they had even just 1 of these at Pintastic so I could have played it. I'm in the market.

We have signed on to be a distributor here in Tn. Ours should be on the floor very soon and excited about what this game will bring to pinball. Orders can be taken at 423-383-3825 or [email protected]

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Looking forward to it Chris! Thanks again, as always, for getting the latest and greatest, out on your routes...ASAP!

Flip N Out Pinball will have a fresh NEW Cosmic Carnival at this weekend’s Southern Fried Gaming Expo in Atlanta. Come by and play it and say hello! We can also take your order there. For those that can’t attend, no worries, call or message us and we will ship one right to your door.

Zach Meny
Flip N Out Pinball
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My pleasure Wes. I'm always just as excited as everyone else about a new player in the game. Soon!!

So, I'm intrigued by this game. It looks really cool and the theme is weird enough to peak my interest. Apologies if already posted, but I haven't seen any of your mods for this yet. Have a number of your Houdini mods we love and would like to see or hear what you guys are thinking. Lots of space on this one for you to add cool toys.

Incoming to Helicon Brewing!

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Best of luck to everyone involved, good to see this level of backing.

I tried buying a game from you but nobody called me back. Sorry. Left a message and everything

Sorry, We did not get your message. Just saw this, so sent you a PM.

I called him about an Indiana Jones pin not about Suncoast, but I am pumped for Suncoast. Good job. They will prevail.

Mike just called FYI.

Thanks

Thanks for posting about this game. I enjoyed reading about it.

I do think it was a bit of a tactical error to present the gameplay vids with such early code at the time. Were there pressing deadline needs that required it?

That's what matters in the end.

This makes almost no sense.

The fact that you can't backhand any of the shots seems like a pretty big design blunder. Any flow the game could possibly have appears to be ruined by the center of the table and the ramp placement. There is kind of a really good reason (besides backhands) that almost zero games in pinball history put the ramps at the orbits. Not sure this table can be saved by code to be honest but I wish you (and Suncoast) the best of luck!

Is the power button really on the back of the head?

Yes the power switch is on the back of the head. My solution was to power up thru a bluetooth outlet. Also the volume control is in the backbox. I’ve already moved it to more accessible location near coin door. Or just make sure its at the end of your line up.

How strong are the pops on that game? There's a reason they call that inner loop 'unique' on the flyer, no experienced designer would do that and place the guide that close to the bumpers without protection; over time it's going to get massacred and ruin the shot.

it does need an accurate shot parallel to the guide to make the shot work. If not, ball bounces and ends up bouncing around in pops.

My volume control was inside the cabinet on the left of the coindoor. Machine #40.

Sure. I’ll post one tomorrow. And not sure on the code but to me it seems pretty good. Btw here is mine under my black lights tonight

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That's a lot of loose wiring...

I all but forgot about this title. Is this thing earning out in the wild?

It is in my free play arcade and is being met with nothing but positive reviews.

Can't you control the volume through the service menu on the game? I thought this game was using a version of skeleton game framework which has volume control in the software.

I would contact support and ask if they would add volume control to the service menu offereings. Its certainly possible to add.

Thats an understatement !
When lifting playfield , be careful of wires snagging on everything in bottom of cabinet.

im disappointed that they upgraded the faulty sound board and didn’t contact me.
I had contacted them on issues about board.

Could someone please provide the dimensions of the apron cards for this pin?