# Fish Tales Ultimate Fishing Challenge: A 2.0 kit, game was down. Recorded at GSPF 2026.

**Source:** DRI374  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2026-05-16  
**Duration:** 1m 33s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab03IzpmmfE

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## Analysis

A video walkthrough of Fish Tales Ultimate Fishing Challenge 2.0 conversion kit at Golden State Pinball Festival 2026, showing hardware upgrades including LCD backbox display, lightning flippers, new speaker panel, and updated artwork. The machine was non-functional during filming due to flipper issues.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Fish Tales Ultimate Fishing Challenge 2.0 conversion kit includes an LCD screen on the backbox — _DRI374 video at GSPF 2026 showing the machine in person_
- [HIGH] The 2.0 kit features lightning flippers as an upgrade — _Presenter directly observed and confirmed lightning flippers on the machine_
- [HIGH] New speaker panel is included in the 2.0 kit — _Presenter visually identified new speaker panel as part of the conversion_
- [MEDIUM] The artwork/translights appear to be designed by Brian Allen based on his trademark style — _Presenter's observation of art style similarity, notes absence of visible signature which is 'very unlikely'_
- [HIGH] A mini display is present on the 2.0 kit but its function is unclear — _Presenter directly observed the mini display but stated 'don't know what that does'_

### Notable Quotes

> "You got lightning flippers. Love it."
> — **DRI374 presenter**, mid-video
> _Highlights the lightning flipper feature as a notable upgrade in the 2.0 kit_

> "I wish I had uh the chance to play try out the new code, but uh look at that."
> — **DRI374 presenter**, early video
> _Indicates the machine was non-functional and unable to test the new rule set_

> "I don't see his signature anywhere, which is very unlikely."
> — **DRI374 presenter**, mid-video
> _Expresses uncertainty about artist attribution despite believing the art matches Brian Allen's style_

> "I guess somebody got tired of their fishtails."
> — **DRI374 presenter**, end of video
> _Humorous speculation about the original Fishtails machine being converted to Fish Tales 2.0_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Fish Tales Ultimate Fishing Challenge | game | Pinball machine being converted/upgraded with 2.0 kit; displayed at GSPF 2026 |
| Golden State Pinball Festival 2026 | event | Event where the Fish Tales 2.0 machine was displayed and filmed |
| Brian Allen | person | Presumed artist for the translights/artwork on the 2.0 kit, though not explicitly confirmed |
| DRI374 | person | Content creator who filmed the walkthrough video at GSPF 2026 |
| Fishtails | game | Original Williams machine implied to have been converted into Fish Tales Ultimate Fishing Challenge 2.0 |

### Signals

- **[product_launch]** Fish Tales Ultimate Fishing Challenge 2.0 conversion kit is being actively deployed and displayed at major pinball events (confidence: high) — Live demonstration at GSPF 2026 with fully assembled hardware components
- **[design_innovation]** Fish Tales 2.0 kit incorporates LCD backbox display as a modernization feature (confidence: high) — Presenter directly observed and commented on the LCD screen in the backbox
- **[product_concern]** Fish Tales 2.0 kit experienced flipper malfunction during public display, requiring power cycling (confidence: high) — Presenter noted 'something wrong with the flippers' and that machine was 'turned off and on' before filming
- **[code_update]** Fish Tales 2.0 kit features a new rule set, though specific details were not accessible during the event (confidence: medium) — Presenter's inference from hardware upgrades; could not test code due to machine malfunction
- **[content_signal]** DRI374 providing real-time coverage and technical breakdown of new pinball hardware at major festival (confidence: high) — Video walkthrough with detailed observations of hardware components and layout

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## Transcript

All right, folks. Uh, Golden State Pinball Festival 2026. Uh, I'm in front of the, uh, Fish Tales Ultimate Fishing Challenge. Uh, this game is it's not kind of playable. Uh, there's something wrong with the flippers and it's kind of little bit weird. It been turned off on and off, but now it's turned on and uh, I'm just going to kind of show some of the new stuff that is in here. Uh, I wish I had uh the chance to play try out the new code, but uh look at that. You got lightning flippers. Love it. Um, and kind of what you get here, you get an LCD screen on the backbox. Probably new rule set. You get a new speaker panel and new artwork for the translates, which I think is Brian Allen. kind of looks like his trademark uh artwork. I don't see his signature anywhere, which is very unlikely. So, and you get a little mini display as well. Don't know what that does. Uh, besides that, it doesn't look like there's anything else in here that kind of from a mechanical standpoint. So, so I guess somebody got tired of their fishtails. All right. Anyhow, thanks for checking it out. Uh, see you on the next one. Cheers.

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*Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-06-06 | Item ID: 04123f80-c7bd-4237-bee9-5c2e5fd4c927*