Bravo PB for sticking with this pin. I had fun working on it back in the Heighway days, thought it was a dead duck for sure. Queen are my favourite band but boy, do I hate rock band pins.

No idea why they changed Barry Oursler's original layout design, it was so much better. His Playboy design was also inspired, a true genius.

How very odd Stern would delay Bond because of the Queen. Her Majesty would be most amused.

Long live the King.

Bravo, PB... not a fan of music pins, but this I would play. Best rock band in the world.

Absolutely. I remade Stern's AC/DC and added all live tracks, so much better.

My thoughts on the vid: a very, very boring game of pinball. The sound design is awful, there's no excitement, no fun. Queen are my favorite band and this is a very poor effort so far. PB need a world-class coder and sound designer on board to fix this.

Oh, and dull as dishwater callouts from the band only make things worse. Hire a top VO guy with the same level of enthusiasm and personality as Mr Freddy Mercury. I'm pretty sure Freddy would be embarrassed with this effort, and would insist on adding his own dramatic flair and personality to the game. It's all about entertaining the crowd, love.

Many years ago while working at Heighway, I did suggest we set up a shaker rig, that would simulate a pinball in transit in extreme conditions. After the test, we would inspect the machine to see what parts are vulnerable to shaking loose. Then we would take steps to strengthen those parts in production.

I guess I'm smarter than the average bear, because games are still shipping from companies in piss-poor condition.

I've seen some gameplay vids of this in 'action', and I can't decide if it's a pinball game or a media player.