Rick & Morty Pinball from Spooky!

Seriously...Scott comes out and said he hates how people put there name in the title then in the next breath says the next game is "Scott Danesi's Haunted House Party?"...with a "?" in the slide show. I assumed everyone was in on the joke.

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I get that Rick and Morty is not for everyone...and that's okay. I find it to be an interesting show because it blends high-brow, yet somewhat geeky references with low-brow humor. If you don't enjoy low-brow humor, or at minimum can't look past it, then it's probably not going to be a show for you. I would also say that you have to be okay with absurdity or randomness. In that way it actually reminds me a lot of Monty Python.

I think I'm also technically a Millennial, though I don't really feel like one. I didn't have internet access until college and didn't get my first cell phone until after graduating college. I think I grew up learning how to do things the hard way, but then also learned how the instant access to information could make that easier. Anyway, maybe just leave instead of turning off a game you don't own.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Scooby Doo
Justice League
Pinky and the Brain
GI Joe
He-Man
Thundercats

Stern can also retheme Batman: The Dark Knight, again, this time as Batman: The Animated Series. Of the three, that would be the version I'd be the most interested in. It was a legit good show.

That's awesome, I never new that a timer was an option. I wish that was on other games.

Maybe try to think of it as an funny unlicensed game about interdenominational travel hosted by an alcoholic Doc Brown.

This might be weird, but I actually think I prefer it with the bleeping. It was the same thing with South Park. I watched it on TV and though it was funny, but then watched the DVDs and though they were less funny with all the swearing. I'm not quite sure why that was.

I think you focus on the main themes with a few small payoffs for the shows big fans. I was thinking about what you absolutely have to have: Rick, Morty, alcohol, portal gun, and the space cruiser. I'd also toss out Mr. Meeseeks, which seems like a great collection feature like the diamonds in Congo or ghosts in Ghostbusters. Maybe an add-a-ball multiball. I honestly think everything else is optional, but they should at least reference: Jerry, Sniffles / Snowball, Get Schwifty, Council of the Ricks, Pickle Rick, Evil Morty, Mr. Poopybutthole, Birdperson, and Scary Terry.

LIONMAN!!!
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The first 750 will be happy, the remaining +250 will be disappointed in not pulling the trigger earlier.

Very smart way of doing the playfield artwork. You are not locking your programmer into any specific modes.

Say's the guy who probably introduced Suprime to a bunch of Pinsiders. The pinball machine was seriously my first introduction to the brand...and I'm considered a Millennial.

I think I can sum it up, by ordering from Spooky you get awesome service from a great team and with a Spooky distributor you get awesome service from a great team. That's about it. I think everything is the same.

If that is your point of reference, perhaps you should clarify your original post.

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I remember this happening with ACNC, but people were paying a premium to jump the line for TNA. Knowing how much time Scott spends perfecting the physics on his games, I expect this to be a great shooting game. I would like to wait, but I'm not going to lie the FOMO is real.

What's photoshop?

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Hope they don't sell out before I have a chance to play the game. I don't know how so many of you can spend thousands on a game you haven't had a chance to flip. Looking at TNA it wasn't a game of interest. Then I played it and it was amazing. It became my first NIB.

You are overthinking it. You have to be a member buy January 7th, 2020 because the goodies will ship out January 8th, 2020.

It probably has to do with when you signed up for the Fang Club. I'm # AB-1066, so I'm guessing I was the 66th order to be processed. Which seems crazy, because I was in as soon as I saw the posting...before the Rick & Morty announcement.

EDIT: Confirmation email from Spooky is time stamped Wed, Dec 4, 4:05 PM.

With them posting that they are "a million emails behind", I think many of us just don't want to bother them. Yet, I'm genuinely curious how many people have joined the club. I do think FOMO does have something to do with that interest, but I'd be interested either way. Selfishly, I hope there are exactly 750 member in the club when they announce so that, as a member, I know I have 14-days to decide if I want to join or not. I know some of you don't, but I have a hard time committing to spending thousands of dollars on any machine.

I agree, but I would also think it's safe to assume the vast majority of these orders have been Fang Club memberships.

Seconded. I swear we're getting trolled by both sides of the Fang Club numbers discussion. People are posting numbers because they are a general indicator of how many Fang Club members there might be at this point. That doesn't guarantee anyone a game, nor is the order important. The lowest number we've seen has been something like 1061. The highest number has been 1604. Some of these were undoubtedly orders for shirts, but it's probably pretty safe to assume that we're in the 500s for Fang Club members.

After you put down your deposit you are soul-bonded with your game.

Has the show grown on you? I seem to remember you saying "not you too" or something like that when we were talking about the show a few years back.

Fair enough. It's not like my favorite show or anything, but agree with your assessment of it being well written.

No Danesi Lock...I'm out.

JK

...or maybe it's something really cool that [you] don't even know about.

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At the pace of this thread it should surpass the number of posts in the Alice Cooper thread by this weekend.

I'm sure they contacted Adult Swim.

Why do you say that? Scott knew he wasn't actually designing "Scott Danesi's Haunted House Party". It's like Return of the Jedi originally had the working title of Blue Harvest. Also when the whole Godzilla drama was going down, Charlie said that while they didn't get that license, a license he personally would have loved, but they did get the license they needed. I have to assume that was Rick & Morty.

Oh, yeah. I didn't pick up on that at all.

There has never been a BS package. I'm hoping it's just some different trim and a different backglass, so I can save the cash without feeling like I'm missing out.

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Haven't checked the thread for a day and a half, what did I miss?

Good, back to bed.

PS: We went skiing on Saturday and Sunday and my body is pretty damn sore.

Now if they can just add a half ramp bonus.

We should start a bet as to what is the first excuse. I've got my money on something generic, like "unexpected bills".

Supreme defies all logic.

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It has been addressed, but the answer is that it will have an "R" rating and then, I assume, I f*&k*#g lot of beeping.

I'm not the right Luke, but I'm pretty sure you can still order a standard. They probably just pulled it online because it's too hard to regulate online and phone order when you have so few left.

I hope we eventually get a good Godzilla game. It could be really cool to destroy Tokyo. I'm worried they will just sit on the license.

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...now back to work.

Tough choice...does Pinside want early code so they can complain about the code or wait for better code so they can complain about the wait?

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I think there is a middle ground here. He's free to do with it whatever he wants, but we're also free to judge him for his actions.

Charlie also confirmed the Pickle Rick in his last video. Can't wait to tear apart some rats.

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Rick: "Come on Morty it's simple math even you can understand: 2 x 12 = 24, 18 < 24."

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PS: I'm just having fun. I don't know if they will do another run, but I'd think it's possible depending where they are at in the development of their next game and how many people they have on the list for another batch of TNA.

In terms of adding toys, I know some don't like to think about that type of thing until they see the finished game. I happen to enjoy the thought process. It's a bit like planning a trip. The planning process is part of the fun. Anyway, I like these from Kidrobot:

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It would also be cool if someone could mod up a projection portal in the garage. Maybe something along the lines of Revenge From Mars. Hack up the cheap portal gun?

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Cosmetically you can do whatever, but based on what's on this version of the playfield the spinner charges up the "portal" which is used to change dimensions with a shot to the garage. Based on the video from Charlie you can change dimensions even when you are in a mode, so to me the garage is the portal. The center shot is the ship which seems to be used to start the adventure modes. Either way, a portal mod would likely need to tap into the top light on the "Charge Level" or the green piece on the toy portal gun -- voiding your warranty.

PS: I hope they can get creative with the scoring for the dimensions, so there isn't a cookie cutter way to play the game.
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Seems like it would be an obvious adventure mode. It starts with, "Show us what you've got". Shoot timed shots to Get Schwifty, eliminating the other planets in Planet Music. Maybe have multiplier in there when you sacrifice the "unwantables" -- thief, goth, movie talker, J. Pop (Sorry, but something pinball specific might be cool).

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I think there was only small percentage of comments about a "missed opportunity". Most of us are just excited about the possibilities of doing exactly what you are suggesting.

I'm not a huge fan of cannons, but I see how that might have been a clever way of opening a portal. There is always "more" though and at a certain part you have to prioritize. I mean, I also want an interactive spinning portal in the backglass.

Find the parasite.

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I would think players should also want to visit different dimensions.

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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.

Drain

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.

Yeah, that seems appropriate as well.

spookyluke spookykt Let me know if I need to bring over some drinks.

PS: The same people complaining about getting a late game would be the first to complain if they got an early game with early code. With some people you just can't win. They aren't happy unless they have something to complain about.

We have a winner:

"one is going on route near me so this is not a must have at home"

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That was my thinking. I figured either side could hold two with a third on the opposite side, but once in that state, I couldn't figure out how to get that fourth ball in place. It was bothering me that I couldn't figure it out. Thanks for clarifying.

Thank you.

I can't see them doing that, but Spooky might continue the tradition of auctioning off their final game for charity. They did that with TNA and RZ.

It might be a little bit trickier with a licensed title.

R&M or RM >>>>>>>> RAM

Paying with a check instead of a CC puts a little extra cash in Spooky's coffers. It's basically like handing them an extra $100.

That seems very specific. I think most parents are either okay or not okay with their children hearing explicit content. I can just imagine having a machine on route and getting a complaint from a parent about an explicit line. Not sure it's going to fly that there was only a 10% chance of the machine playing that line.

Whoa...you could play Jerry's Game with all those buttons.

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It's probably already been brought up but the Death Crystal seems like a pretty obvious Morty Adventure. Shoot the lit shots that lead you to Jessica.

Wow, I was expecting it to be a fancy key chain, poster or something minimal.

Maybe you guys can make love ... Fixed it!

Call your shot: right flipper, top of the pop, nothing but right orbit.

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That was pretty rough, but I'm glad they had a chance to show off the machine to a totally new audience.

The regulars seemed board by pinball. There were comment like, "It's fun for like 5-minutes."

I watched it again this morning. It was much more enjoyable when I just skipped right to the pinball segment. I think I was just somewhat annoyed with the chat banter between some of the pinballers complaining about the show, which I found to be disrespectful, and then the non-pinballers complaining about pinball. Turning off the microphone that seemed to be setup right near the flippers would have also helped.

EDIT: Sorry, I missed your post. I should have quoted it, since you were saying the same thing.

Sounds like the perfect person to implement Jerry's Game video mode, where you press the flipper button to get points. Maybe something like the Bone Fish in Fish Tales where during gameplay balloons randomly float across the screen and you need to press the launch button for 100 points per balloon. Rick makes fun of you for doing such a mindless task for minimal points.

If the mode is good, I think you could still insult Morty by having Rick call him a Jerrry.

I think I like the idea of it not being a mode, but just a random occurrence that forces you to take you hand off the flippers in the middle of the game. More like an easter egg then anything else.

I think you might be reading a bit to much into it with the whole "contractual agreement". Spooky has show pictures of a number of games made, but not delivered. If I were to guess it's because they are still working on implementing more code and functionality.

I like a lot of Stern games, but they are their own worst enemy. To keep this on topic...I'm excited for the stream on Saturday. Should be...

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It sucks that it happened to you...it sucks it happened at all. Spooky said they know what happened and have corrected it. I hope my faith isn't misplaced, but I really do trust them more then any other company in the industry.

Wasn't it Beaker and NOVA (or perhaps an earlier version) that played at Spooky? That was awesome!