I'm excited as hell for this game. It will be my first Spooky game, and it looks like I picked a wild place to jump in. Waiting will be tough due to how cool and unique this game looks. Judging on how much I enjoyed TNA the few times I have seen it out on route and enjoyed it, the wait will be worth it.

The purple powder coat looks fantastic, and the ball lock looks super cool. I am also happy to read about the magna save being drained only as long as you press the button. I have gotten frustrated in the past with wasting a magna save by accidentally brushing the button lightly in a slap save or other scenario.

I'd rather be surprised as fuck that I made it that far in game (which I wont as i'm awful at pinball) and then go HOLY FUCK, what it this!?!?! this is unreal! When/if I get to one of those modes.

Freudian slip?

Type-O or Was it..... lol

Yes, I love this feeling in pinball. You gotta grind to get good/lucky enough to get to a cool mode, then try not to choke when you get there. It adds so much excitement and leaves me feeling like I'm always chasing a mystery. It keeps the game fresh and interesting. I've been casually coming back to my LOTR, chasing the end game modes and it is very exciting.

this isnt the deeproot thread

Now that you say that, I can see where it hits the post and the shim thing to cause the ball to go left and right and slow down. Very cool little gizmo. I wonder how it will hold up over time...

For sure! I was going to ask if he had bought another recent Spooky game. lol.

So... you have the ball cradled on the right flipper and want to shoot the right orbit (which you can't hit from that flipper). How do you get the ball to the left flipper? Would a post pass work on this machine?

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backhand the right side of the rick and morty u-turn shot, or shatz it.

Try a gentle tap pass

I like this way too. My Grand Lizard is the same. If you hold the button, it will drain multiple saves, but I love your battery meter implementation.

Pick the right of the machine up and gently tilt it left.

Invent the Pop Pass.

Like GB Are you a God mode.

Question: diverter (right orbit shot) can send ball to inner loop (spinner) or to portal hole. The upper flipper shot to the left orbit will always go to the portal??

I’m curious because the shot to the portal from the upper flipper has an insert saying portal ready so I’m curious what happens if the portal is not ready?

I’m curious because the shot to the portal from the upper flipper has an insert saying portal ready so I’m curious what happens if the portal is not ready?

Short orbit?

I think it happens in one of the vids.

I bought a BSE version and all I can say is that this game release should be used as a marketing class case study. I've been in the hobby for about 15 years and I've never seen 750 pinball machines sell out so quickly. Also keep in mind that another 30 grand or so was brought in from the fang club memberships.

What is it with you people? This has been done to death and ISN'T FUN. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

That’s my favourite position , don’t skimp on the butter though with this one

I don’t know what short orbit means. Also there is only one video that shows the upper flipper shot to portal. Not sure if Charley mentions this on his video.

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PS: I believe the actual answer is the ball returns to your left flipper, just like when the portal is ready. You just wouldn't change dimensions.

I believe Jungle Lord was the first to have magna-save with timed user control.

Drain

I recall MM remake LE was on target to sell out not sure but once they announced non limit (standard game) the intensity wore off and people dropped out when there was too much delay and since there was no penalty to drop out.

To be honest I can not understand anyone who got a standard RM because the price of BS edition $520 is quite small and you get the game sooner. In fact if Spooky just sold first 100 game front of the line option at $1000 extra would probably have sold out that.

I have it from a good source that the order numbering is almost sorted out. Let me just say that I was a late order of a BSE and my projected machine number is a REALLY high number. Let’s just say that I might not be seeing this until we’re fairly deep into 2021. Good thing I’m patient as hell. By my math, standard editions account for less than 9% total.

I'm like 749 or something. There were three left when I joined the Fang Club and ordered.

Good call. The last one off the line will have all the annoying bugs worked out.

The nerdery is outfitted and ready to go.

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I know, let's have Freedom of Expression Multiball!

I enjoy reverse flippers in the proper context, and with a generous ball save when they transition back. "Done to death" is a bit of an overstatement. How many games have ever done it? I can think of three. Four if you count Cactus Canyon Continued.

Wonder if your 'source' might know how many are going to be domestic, and how many overseas? I'm not sure if Canada would be considered domestic

An orbit shot from the upper flipper.

I think it passes through the garage and back to the same flipper if the Portal is not ready.

I’d like to see a limited flip count mode

The dimension idea I've like the most is a electromechanical dimension, where the lights turn to warm white and the sounds are all chimes.

From other pictures, it looked like the star post on both sides are in the same spot. So I figured post passes will work, I guess we'll see when these machines start getting played.

After playing the one on your CCC for the first time every machine should have a limited flip count party mode.

I would love any variation of this. Even if it just decreased the strength of the pop and sling (and the warm white lights). Although there has been no shortage of brilliant ideas already considered internally at Spooky so who am I to say.

Please make this happen!

Yeah, that seems appropriate as well.

How familiar ARE you with the Gear Wars?

LOL. after watching all the 'pro' videos I think there should be a mode that limits time to cradle to like 1-2 seconds.

This.

I really think that multiballs should now have a sliding multiplier that is in itself a hurryup between switch hits. So you can raise the multiplier ceiling within the rule set (up to 10x? 20x? dunno, not the point), but it resets to the ceiling (let's say 5X) when a switch is hit then QUICKLY rolls down to 1X in a matter of 1-3 seconds in an accelerating fashion (so the countdown accelerates if it's a large ceiling) unless another switch is hit, which resets it to the ceiling again. So you have to keep making switch hits to keep juggling the multiplier up, and the same switch or two switches hit within a short window won't reset the multiplier, either to prevent cradlers from gaming the system - it has to be disparate switches.

This would discourage the boring practice of cradling and make tournament play much more exciting to watch. You can keep cradling if you're into MPG, but you're going to go a lot further a lot faster by playing the game and juggling the multiball mode decisively. Cradling will kill your scores in the above framework.

And I prefer this setup to something like no-hold flippers because it leaves it in the player's hands when to hold or when to keep the balls moving instead of being forced never to hold while that disability is active.

I got a standard because
1. I wanted a middle-of-the-run game (like 250-500 ideally) due to possibly moving in the next few months, and drastically underestimated how many people would get BSE's
2. I much prefer the standard grey armor to the purple. Figured I'd save the 500 bucks, and now that the standard is the rarer game I'm guessing the resale value for the two will be close to the same too (as I'm sure at least some others feel the same as me).

I'm a little annoyed at being a year and a half away from playing R+M but oh well, I'll still be just as excited the day it shows up. I'm just glad I got one coming

One of the things I appreciate most about WOZ are the various flipper modes (no hold, weak, reversed). Of the three, reversed is the most challenging, maybe too challenging - I don’t know. It’s the last of those modes to come up so I rarely get a chance to practice it. Weak flippers are kinda interesting in that they mess with your ability to make/time shots. No hold flippers is my favorite. I like it that everything is still full forward strength but the no hold function demands a much higher level of on the fly accuracy from the player. I sincerely hope to see multiple flipper behaviors on R&M. Again, I truly believe that the work to make this a memorable masterpiece that could cement Spooky’s position in the pinball pantheon of greatness will be how far they push the code. It is VERY promising that they seem accessible to and engaged with their customer/fan base and seem open to suggestions. Such a smart way to run a company! (And fun, too, I imagine.) What better way to deliver the game people want than to listen and adapt while finishing the most adaptable aspect of the product?

i was around order 70 on the site and just got a message that i'm around 350 in line, dunno how the math works out on that. kinda bummed but oh well.

The way they've said they do it is in batches with the distros to keep it fair. So if there are 4 distros plus Spooky, you'll go behind at least #'s 1-69 from all 5 sources which nets you a spot around 350. Someone correct me if I've got that wrong.