Best summary I've read yet. I think someone did the math on TWD fans vs. generic zombie fans, and decided that the TWD audience was smaller, or not worth the additional cost for licensing the audio. Sucks for us TWD fans, but I'm happy for the Joe-Bob Zombie fans. The irony is that I never would have started watching TWD if Stern hadn't released the pin.

None of the speech in Stern's LOTR was "iconic" when that game came out; putting it in the pin is what MADE it iconic.

Ted you have some great shirts, man..

It literally had me in tears as well. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Thanks!

You're out of touch dude. "You shall not pass" wasn't iconic?

That game had 3 major blockbuster movies that had been released before it was designed and released. The movies alone generated billions of dollars in revenue, not counting any of the other merchandising.

The pinball machine had nothing to do with the pop culture impact that the movies had on people.

I think the game will need sound from the show so I have started pulling bytes. Not all of these will work but some should work great! Just a few, wish I could get the code into pinball browser.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/85245931/FileChute/Walking%20Dead%20Sound%20Bytes.mp3

I am not sure who it was, but earlier it was said that 'Sopranos' had a 'generic' mafia theme and the actor's voices weren't important. You have got to be kidding me! I have and love the pin, and I have only seen the first two episodes of 'Sopranos', but I can already recognize TONS of stuff on the pin-the characters that go 'RIP', the talking fish, the strip club, the truck heists, the ducks flying away when the game is over, the boat, etc. As for the voices, they are VERY recognizable-the 'Gimme the f*ckin money!' call is immediately recognizable from the first episode, the Eddie Falco call-outs on the italian food items are hilarious...sure the goal of moving up the mafia ranks to 'Boss' is basically generic, but without all of the specific tie-ins to the show and authentic voices, I would have no interest in this pin. That is why it is a 'Sopranos' pin, and not a 'mafia' themed pin.

I am not writing TWD off, but put me in the camp of VERY disappointed at how generic and unrelated to the show it is. The actor's voices would have made all of the difference to me.

Gribbs

Thanks! It's all I wear every day of the year. I have a girl that makes them for me. I have the fabric shipped directly from the manufacturer to her. I just had a zombie shirt made!

Having seen videos of TWD and AMH, it is AMH that I quite fancy!

Norman is wearing a Minor Threat shirt? No idea he was into straight edge hardcore

Maybe they took the call outs from a different zombie property......

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OK, iconic speech from TWD:

Rick: There's us and the dead. We survive this by pulling together, not apart.

Rick: How many walkers have you killed? How many people have you killed? Why?

The Governor: You kill, or you die.

Rick: We all can change; we're not too far gone. Governor: Liar!

Shane: I don't think you can keep them safe.

Hershel: You walk outside, you risk your life. You take a drink of water, you risk your life. Nowadays you breath and you risk your life. You don’t have a choice. The only thing you can choose is what you’re risking it for.

Bob: End of the world don't mean shit when you got a tank.

Maggie: You see 11 condoms, I see 11 minutes of my life I'm not getting back.

Bob: Everybody makes it until they don't.

Hershel: I'll control my people, you control yours.

Daryl: You lost your hand because you're a simple minded piece of shit.

Rick: You don't know what it's like out there. You may think you do but you don't.

Merle: Damn, you're cold as ice, officer friendly

Let's agree to disagree.

PS you're wrong

I agree and couldn't imagine Soprano's just being a generic mafia machine. It still could have been good but to me the voice clips are some of my favorite parts. The show has been over for a long time and the machine doesn't feel dated to me and it's still one of my favorites. I'm not saying this has to apply to TWD and it's one of my favorite shows so really hope it ends up good. Just feels like people have been wanting a zombie based pin for so long that Stern can do no wrong now that they have delivered.

Where can I get TWD 4650 delivered??

My thoughts exactly. 4650????? Really. I'd like to hear too!

This game is going to rock!

Nice video! Gameplay looks pretty awesome. Flow seems nice and the shot through the pops is sweet. Would be cool if the zombies exploded on the Dmd when you hit shots in clearing prison yard (kinda like RFM style exploding). I might have to pick this up! Not sure if it's a keeper yet obviously but def would be cool to rock this pin for a while!

That's the price I was quoted from an East Coast distrib. who I bought my ST pro from. Why, what are you guys getting for quotes? Certainly not much more than that?

What I like so far:

1. Love the ramps
2. Lighting in cell block c and the game going dark looks awesome
3. Music
4. Dots

What I don't:

1. 3 shots feed the pops. The two left orbits and the far right shot to the shooter lane
2. Toys seem uninspired
3. Callouts...reminds me of Roadshow

4. No voice clips from THE WALKING DEAD show in The WALKING DEAD pinball based on AMC's characters in THE WALKING DEAD

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

After what I've seen of TWD ,, I'm NOT shelling out $ 4700.00 for a 1/2 Azz copy-right ..

Everything lOOks like TWD , but the game code and Voice call outs are from the comic book , as a matter of speak-n ..( if the comic bOok could talk ) dam Borg ,, Yr were genius w/ IM , Tron & Metallica
why did u let this happen ..

I get the fact that some of you REALLY want actor call outs.
So what's wrong with the idea of customizing your own, and choosing your favourite quotes from the show?
Seriously, I think the ability to do that is fantastic once you think about it.
Assuming we can edit code again, this could an amazing sounding machine.

I hope someone can do it and do it good but I just feel it won't "integrate" quite as well with sound effects and music.I just don't think you can make it all flow together like Stern can. I at least have not seen major revisions to code that made a game feel totally different. With what I've seen so far there is not one voice or callout I would want in the game from Stern.

U can say that again !!! After i bought Soprano's , i started watch-n the Show again .. Thanxx Gomez

lmao!

and

Apollo 13

Great Videos Rich, From what I noticed watching the videos it looks this is how you got to horde. Each shoot to the crosshairs awards a zombie kill, after completing all the crosshairs it arms you with a weapon (axe , gun ,knife ect ect) all the crosshair shoots relight with a yellow light shooting all the yellow light moves you on to the next weapon, rinse and repeat.
It also looks like the "woodbury" shoot back to the plunger lane awards a mystery on the skill shoot (the 2 rollovers and the lanes up top).
Also big points are to be had after going down a lit inlane the next shoot is doubled.

In the topic of Zombies. I sometime wonder if Pinside is the only thing feeding Stern now days?

I have not got a quote under 5,495................who can help with this or point me to the right distributor??

I would call JJ at Game Exchange colorado for a quote. I believe he is under $5,000 on the pro.

http://gameexchange.biz/

Tell him you are from pinside for a discount.

Thanks, didn't know that

George Gomez talks (a bit) about TWD, interesting stuff! volume on the low side..

Holy cannoli Batman, we need to get you a new distributor! PM sent.

Who is doing this interview? He sounds drunk.

call Melissa @ Cointaker ,, 570-847-9595 ,, Tell her B_R sent ya !!!

Slightly off topic but pretty darn funny:
Different from beatmaster's earlier post.

This one is pretty awesome too.

Definitely not. I'm not saying we're not a core part of their audience, but we're hardly the be all end all.

Stern pays attention to what we say and do though, no question.

Absolutely. Without Pinside, there would be no Walking Dead pin.

Michone: Anger makes you stupid. Stupid gets you killed.

Yeah! That song was hysterical!

Maybe, I can definitely see that argument for sure. But it's not like it's a niche thing that we unearthed, TWD is one of the hottest TV properties around, and aimed straight at the male demographic pinball tends to cater to.

Anyways, I love Pinside, I'm not trying to drag us down. This community is great, even when we bicker. I just think we sometimes forget that there's a whole pinball world out there that doesn't spend time here.

If Iron Maiden happens I'll be convinced that we help pick licenses.

RGR, thanks again for posting the vids.

Any ideas as to why each "weapon" mode called "Multi-Kill?" I didn't understand why using "multi." Did it make sense to you as you were playing it? What defined the duration of a Multi-Kill mode? One of them you had lit solid -- meaning you completed it? -- but how?

Perhaps just a function of dealing with VERY early code.

Why is everyone talking about Iron Maiden? Is this just baseless speculation or is there a real chance of that being a thing?

If Maiden happens, I'm giving the credit to my boys for personally requesting it when Gary asked them for pin ideas when we were at the factory last summer.

So the big question is with an Iron Maiden pin if Stern will actually use the music of Iron Maiden or possibly they can just use some cover bands music instead?!

Or maybe the Walking Dead hick voice can sing all the songs.

I really tried watching, it seemed like he was getting slow pitched those questions.

They can share the credit with nimblepin, he's been lobbying Stern for years.