# Guardians Of The Galaxy (Stern 2017) **Source:** Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 **Type:** video **Published:** 2020-07-24 **Duration:** 107m 18s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioz0iDox7CQ --- ## Analysis Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 hosts an extended gameplay and rules deep-dive for Guardians of the Galaxy (Stern 2017), featuring multiple players including Nate attempting to reach the Emulation wizard mode by progressively completing modes. The video demonstrates advanced strategy including Emulation qualification mechanics, Hadron collection, multiball modes, and the differences between casual score-chasing and competitive play. Key gameplay mechanics discussed include mode structure, multiplier collection, extra ball lit conditions, and the interaction between Hadrons, modes, and endgame objectives. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] Emulation is the second wizard mode after Cherry Budget, triggered by reaching the halfway point in each of eight modes — _Host/Nate explaining Emulation mechanics during gameplay; 'Emulation...that's the second wizard mode after Cherry Budget when you actually get halfway through each mode'_ - [HIGH] Groot was broken/non-functional for over a year and a half before being fixed, requiring score reset — _Nate stating 'Groot hasn't worked in over a year and a half. Yeah. So Groot is now...' and earlier 'we fixed Groot. Groot wasn't working'_ - [HIGH] Cherry Budget is completed by finishing four of ten total modes — _Nate explaining: 'Cherry Budget which is closing out four of the ten modes'_ - [HIGH] Hadrons advance both modes and contribute to Groot multiball progression simultaneously — _Nate: 'Not only are they advancing your Pod Chase, but they're also advancing your Groot' in response to question about Hadrons_ - [HIGH] Emulation multiball lasts 10-15 minutes with 6 balls on table and ability to add balls mid-multiball — _Nate: 'Emulation you actually get to add a ball into your multiball. So it ends up being like a 10 or 15 minute multiball' and later 'six balls on the table'_ - [HIGH] Guardians of the Galaxy has the same playfield as Metallica pinball — _Host: 'Same playfield as Metallica. And uh, forget his name but it's also the same designer as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'_ - [HIGH] Yellow rubber flippers on the machine were replaced with newer flippers using clear/contrasting color rubbers for better play — _Host: 'you need to change out those yellow rubbers on the flippers, you need a contrasting color, orange or red or blue...these are actually newer flippers...it helps play this game...a lot better than the previous flippers'_ - [HIGH] Pod Chase and Sibling Rivalry modes open all playfield shots for completion after hitting the scoop — _Nate: 'whenever you get in either the Sibling Rivalry or the Pod Chase, first shot you want to make is in the scoop so you could advance all the shots'_ - [HIGH] Spelling GUARDIANS and hitting the scoop during multiball adds a ball; spelling it before multiball lights extra ball and 30-second 2x scoring — _Nate: 'if you spell out Guardians of the Galaxy, you want to hit in that scoop that'll actually add a ball...If you do it before that...it's going to light extra ball in the mystery...as well as it starts two times scoring which I think is only like a maybe a 30 second thing'_ - [HIGH] Orb and Groot are the hardest modes to complete when attempting to beat the full game — _Nate: 'Orb and Groot, those are actually the hardest ones if you're trying to beat the game, those are the ones that might uh might hold you up a little bit'_ ### Notable Quotes > "Emulation...that's the second wizard mode after Cherry Budget when you actually get halfway through each mode. And it'll actually say that on the screen." > — **Host/MBT3K**, Early in video > _Core mechanic explanation of Emulation wizard mode trigger condition_ > "I'm trying to get Emulation. I just really want you guys to see this wizard mode that allows you to add a ball after so many switches. It ends up being about 10-15 minute multi-ball, six balls on the table." > — **Nate**, Mid-game during Nate's solo run > _Direct description of Emulation endgame appeal and length_ > "Groot hasn't worked in over a year and a half." > — **Nate**, During equipment discussion > _Notable hardware issue and repair history for this specific machine_ > "So the basics of Guardians is, it's kind of like Aerosmith, and kind of like Kiss. You get eight modes, you shoot the lit shots." > — **Nate**, Early rules explanation > _Simplified high-level game structure explanation_ > "Same playfield as Metallica. And uh, forget his name but it's also the same designer as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." > — **Host**, Design history discussion > _Design lineage and shared playfield between GOTG and Metallica_ > "I do miss competitive pinball, though. I think a lot. Miss it with all my heart." > — **Host/Player**, During gameplay banter > _Personal sentiment about competitive play vs. casual streaming_ > "It's the Nate Ball to Lux, yo." > — **Nate**, Chat interaction moment > _Community in-joke/catchphrase_ > "I mean this will advance my Orb. But I have plenty of time to do that. And I want to save my Orb for a harder mode later in the game." > — **Nate**, During strategic play > _Example of advanced mode sequencing strategy_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | Nate | person | Skilled pinball player guest; expert on GOTG mechanics and strategy; primary educator during gameplay | | Matt | person | Player/guest participating in multi-player games during stream | | Guardians of the Galaxy | game | Stern 2017 pinball machine; primary subject of video; features eight modes, Emulation/Cherry Budget wizard modes, Hadron mechanics | | Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 | organization | YouTube/streaming content creator; hosts gameplay deep-dives and rules discussions | | Stern Pinball | company | Manufacturer of Guardians of the Galaxy pinball machine (2017) | | Metallica | game | Stern pinball game sharing same playfield design as Guardians of the Galaxy | | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | game | Pinball game by same designer as GOTG/Metallica (designer's name not recalled in video) | | Cherry Budget | game | First/easier wizard mode in GOTG; triggered by completing four of ten modes; high-value endgame objective | | Emulation | game | Second wizard mode in GOTG; triggered after reaching halfway in each mode; 10-15 minute multiball with up to 6 balls | | Free Gold Watch | venue | Location where this GOTG machine is located; has skylights affecting glare during play | | Xenon | game | Pinball game referenced as being harder than GOTG | | Deadpool | game | Referenced in comparison regarding timer mechanics that differ from GOTG | | Papa Duke Legends of Wrestlemania Limited Edition | game | Referenced as holding Cherry Budget Champion high score at Free Gold Watch | ### Topics - **Primary:** Emulation wizard mode mechanics and strategy, Mode sequencing and Hadron collection tactics, Guardians of the Galaxy playfield design and rules, Multiball strategy and endgame objectives - **Secondary:** Competitive vs casual play philosophy, Hardware maintenance (Groot repair, flipper upgrades), Designer lineage and playfield design similarities across games - **Mentioned:** Streaming/content creation and community engagement ### Sentiment **Positive** (0.82) — Host and players express genuine enthusiasm for GOTG mechanics, enjoyment of gameplay challenge, appreciation for the learning experience, and camaraderie. Some frustration with difficult shots and missed opportunities, but overall tone is celebratory and educational. Missing competitive pinball is mentioned with genuine emotion but doesn't diminish present enjoyment. ### Signals - **[gameplay_signal]** Emulation wizard mode features extended 10-15 minute multiball with dynamic ball addition mechanic; requires strategic mode completion sequencing to reach; represents significant endgame depth beyond standard Cherry Budget (confidence: high) — Nate demonstrates and explains Emulation mechanics; 'ends up being like a 10 or 15 minute multiball' with 'six balls on the table' and ability to 'add a ball' during play - **[product_concern]** Groot mode was non-functional for over 18 months on this specific machine, requiring recent repair and score reset (confidence: high) — Host: 'we fixed Groot. Groot wasn't working. Groot is back'; Nate: 'Groot hasn't worked in over a year and a half' - **[design_philosophy]** GOTG implements strategic depth through incomplete mode progression; players can advance toward wizard modes by achieving 50% completion on each mode rather than full completion, enabling different playstyles (casual score vs. wizard mode competition) (confidence: high) — Nate: 'I'm just trying to start and halfway finish each mode. I'm not trying to fully finish the mode...if you're doing match play, you want to complete modes because the bonus is going to be huge' - **[gameplay_signal]** Hadrons function as dual-purpose mechanic advancing both specific modes and Groot multiball simultaneously, enabling complex resource management decisions (confidence: high) — Nate: 'Not only are they advancing your Pod Chase, but they're also advancing your Groot' and discussion of when to deploy vs save Hadrons for Cherry Budget advancement - **[restoration_signal]** Machine underwent flipper rubber upgrade from yellow stock to clear/contrasting color (red/orange/blue) rubbers with newer flipper hardware; upgrade notably improves playability and ball control (confidence: high) — Host: 'you need to change out those yellow rubbers...need a contrasting color...They're actually clear...helps play this game...a lot better than the previous flippers' - **[design_innovation]** GOTG shares identical playfield design with Stern Metallica; same designer behind both GOTG and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, suggesting design lineage across recent Stern titles (confidence: high) — Host: 'Same playfield as Metallica. And...same designer as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' - **[community_signal]** Content includes real-time chat interaction, multiple player guests, and community-driven gameplay decisions (viewers changing channel, chat commentary); demonstrates active engaged audience participation (confidence: high) — Multiple references to chat: 'They just changed the channel', 'TurboGrafx', 'Wax', 'Pintomniac', viewer donations/alerts triggering responses - **[gameplay_signal]** Left flipper orbit shot is significantly difficult/unreliable; players consistently prefer post-pass to right flipper over attempting left flipper shots despite higher risk/reward potential (confidence: high) — Host: 'Going at that shot on the left flipper is so fun...It's just so not fun...It's just not smart...You feel like a badass if you can hit it but forget it' and repeated failed attempts - **[venue_signal]** Free Gold Watch venue has skylight-induced glare affecting visibility during gameplay; players acknowledge glare as persistent environmental factor (confidence: high) — Host: 'That glare is real. Yeah, there's skylights. We have skylights here at the Free Gold Watch...They're a nebula. They're going to stay lit' - **[competitive_signal]** Host expresses nostalgia and genuine longing for competitive tournament pinball despite current focus on casual/content creation play (confidence: high) — Host: 'I do miss competitive pinball, though. I think a lot. Miss it with all my heart' - **[gameplay_signal]** Advanced technique: allowing ball to bounce between flippers on feed rather than immediate trap/flip; increases control by slowing ball and enabling deliberate shot selection (confidence: high) — Host: 'I allow I don't flip on a lot a lot of things...just because I really want to slow the ball down and trap up and have more control not just live shoot it' --- ## Transcript Just use them. Let's get a shot! There it is. Yeah, we do have bimbos out. you For those who don't know what emulation is, that's the second wizard mode after Cherry Bomb when you actually get halfway through each mode. And it'll actually say that on the screen. It'll show you that you're building up to emulation. Alright, so I don't want to start my orb even though I have my orb lit because I want to be in a mode first. And there that goes. I think that might be initials. We just redid the scores because we fixed Groot. Groot wasn't working. Groot is back so we had to switch up scores. Alright, what's up, MBT3K? Here, Nate Dogg is here. We're gonna have... And look, we're being safe. There you go. Oh! Ba-doop-ba-doop-ba-doop-ba-doop. Ba-doop-ba-doop-ba-doop. Doop-doop-doop-doop-ba-doop-ba-doop-doop. All right. We might have Matt come up to play a little bit. All right. You ready to do this? Yeah. Okay. So we also... I know this mask is tough to hear me. Yeah, I don't know if you guys can hear us or not. You're very clear. I know I'm loud. You're very clear. You're very loud. Okay. We're going to play, and then we'll talk about rules. I feel like I want to bring the volume of this down a little bit though. Yeah, we can do that. Yeah, okay. So, we're going to talk rules. We're going to put up a couple of games right now. But we're going to play a little bit. We're going to talk some rules. We're going to do a little bit of a deep dive into Guardians. Here's Matt. Wait, wait, wait. I got something for you too. You got something for me? Yeah. This is how we represent. We got to represent the right way. Boom! So slimy. It is slimy. It is. We're pinball players, we're slimy. So I'll bring it down a little bit, just the volume. Here we go. So, hold on. That's good, that's good, that's good. Right there, oh that one's good, yeah. So, we'll talk a little bit, we're gonna put up a game right now, so Matt, you wanna start a three player or two player? I gotta make a deal with this, yeah. We'll go player three. Player three, alright, we've got a three player. Nate, why don't you start it off. Are we doing a three player game? We're going to do a three player game right now. We're going to talk a little bit about rules. So, the basics of Guardians is, it's kind of like Aerosmith, and kind of like, what are they, Kiss, I guess. You get eight modes, you shoot the lit shots. Alright? That's the simplest way to put it right now. Now Nate started on Antiquities. I'm going to guess because you score shots, there's two things to hit, but there are also the pop bumpers. I'm actually doing it because I'm trying to get Emulation and get Xandar. So one of the hardest modes to do that is Orb. So I want to start working on my orb right away, as well as this is an easy mode to qualify for emulation. So I don't have to necessarily, because it's not a match play, I'm not going for the highest score right away. I'm trying to actually beat the game. So I'm going with something that I could complete easily or leave halfway, which I'm going to do right now. So I only need one more hit on it. That doesn't necessarily keep me from my cherry bomb or anything like that. It's just kind of helping me to my emulation. And if I need to restart it, just to hit one more shot, if I need one more mode to close out for my cherry bomb, which is closing out four of the ten modes, then I'll do that. Oh, yeah, I forgot there are ten modes. yeah don't forget about orb and group those are actually the hardest ones if you're trying to beat the game those are the ones that might uh might hold you up a little bit so i want to continue to go for um the other modes that i could get like halfway through and possibly all the way through. But I want to just... I'm just concentrating on getting halfway through each mode right now. I'm not really concentrating on completing one yet. Now, if you're doing match play, you want to complete modes because the bonus is going to be huge. But if you're trying to do it, trying to get wizard modes, you know you do you kind of want to wait until you have a bunch of hadrons and reopen the mode and just take them down with the center button All right. All right. That was a good post pass. That was a little tricky on this game. Oh, and I missed it again. At least if you miss it, it normally just goes up in the right orbit. Alright, so do I have any action on Groot yet? Not yet. I'm going to start collecting Hadrons. This is a mode that has a lot of different shots you have to hit. So for me to get halfway, I actually, it's actually quite a, quite a bit of work I need to do. So I think I'm almost there though with those Hadrons. Yeah, so I'm already past halfway. As long as I don't double drain, everything should work out. So I got an extra ball there. It just made you sound like a chipmunk. Yeah? Yeah. Yeah. I love that. Keep going. I love it. I love it. So that's great. So I'm still pounding away at this emulation. I already got three modes halfway. I only have five more to go. I got my Groot. I have my Orb still. So those are two multiballs that I could probably get twice to help me get this wizard mode. Alright, first we want to get a multiplier in the middle. That is the most valuable multiplier to have on this game, on this board. Uh oh, I need to make sure I start a mode here. Oh, alright, okay. At least it's going to get me straight into a new mode, which I only need one shot in the middle. I'm going to do Podchase because it's one of the harder modes. That's his player. Oh, you got an extra ball? Yeah, I got an extra ball. What? Yeah. I'm trying to get emulation here. I ain't joking around. They picked your dash in chat. Oh, really? Because it's a master. Nah, man. It's a Nate Ball to Lux, yo. Oh, I told him. It's like a Nate. Not a dash. Thanks a lot George, thank you. Alright, let's see. So whenever you get in either the sibling rivalry or the pod chase, first shot you want to make is in the scoop so you could advance all the shots. You open up every shot to be able to count towards your goal of finishing the mode. Were those Hadrons firing the jackpots or doing the modes? Those actually... That's why I'm not sure. They advance both modes. So not only are they advancing... Oh they're doing both? Yeah. Not only are they advancing your pod chase, but they're also advancing your group. Wow, okay. Thanks for letting me know that. me know that. They say I look a bit pale. No, it's Nate Dogg. It's not MPT3K right now. See, now you're going to get distracted. I love it. I love it. Nice. All right, so I got all the way through that one. We still have Orb Multiball coming up. Serenity or sanctuary. Sanctuary much? Yeah. I might be good at pinball, but I can't read. Sanctuary much? So that one's kind of tough. I'm going to try to go into there, because all the other modes are pretty... are pretty much a little easier. Oh, and those are hay draws, which I actually can't use in that mode, so I don't want to get in that mode now since I have those. So now I'm going to try to get into a mode where I can actually use the Hadrons, which This will be a good mode for that. Alright. So now I think I only need to hit one more shot, and then I'm to my emulation goal. Uh-oh. Ah, see? Oh, it almost came back. So staying true to the emulation goal is the hardest part, right? Like I shouldn't have wildly shot that last shot, but I did okay. Take it to a knee. I think it's going to hit your flipper. It comes around. Oh, I see it. Boom. Boom. Oh. All right. All right. That was a good start. 219. You know what? I don't know what I'm going to do. All right. So he went Yaka. The cool thing about Yaka is the pops count. So you can even try to get it in this weird little angle to the right of Groot. If you just hit one pop bumper, and even if the pop bumpers shoot back into the lane and go back into the pop bumpers, that'll also advance your mode. Where's Matt? I haven't had a chance to warm up yet. I'm not even warm. Oh, is that the shirt represent right there? Mostly. I think you gotta go up again, so. Oh, I can do that. I suppose. Let's see what we like to go with. Let's go black. Get up there. Yeah. Yeah. Got to do something for the stream, right? Almost got you Nate. Almost. Almost man. Almost Matt. Alright, let's see what we got here. We already have emulation on that one, but I'm in a timer, I'm stuck in this timer. So I know it's kind of boring, but I might have to just wait this out and trap up for 70 seconds. But I really want to show you guys the wizard mode, the emulation. It's like a 10 minute multiball. Alright, hold it. I only have 3 shots, but those 3 shots could keep me from getting the coolest multiball in the game. So I'm going to wait. You're going to go for Cherry Bomb? No, I'm actually going for Emulation. Emulation, okay. Yeah, Emulation you actually get to add a ball into your multiball. So it ends up being like a 10 or 15 minute multiball. Is this actually still counting down? Yeah. You don't need switch hits? Nope, don't need switch hits. It doesn't stop like Deadpool would. Yeah. I think we have about 10 more seconds so that I can advance into a new mode. We're getting close here. It's counting down. You can hear the countdown when it gives the ten. And then now I'm out of the mode. I can start a new mode and advance into this other wizard mode that we're trying to show you today. There it is. Alright. So let's see where our hay drones are. We also have a... I think I'm going to go for the hard one and then try to bring my orb into that. Oh, no. Oh, that wasn't the greatest. Oh, you're killing it, man. You're killing me. Okay. So it's a good thing I have Nate here because he can explain way more than I can. All right. Let me just play my game right now, though. Thumbs up. Thumbs up. All right. You killed my daughter! All I want to do is beat you. You can, for sure. I'm shooting from the fences. Jay, how good are you? Huh? Are you going to do it? I still have a bit to go. I need a good ball three, but it's definitely doable. It's definitely doable. I might be able to earn another extra ball. That would be good. There, finally. How did you get it to go? Uh, he... Oh, I didn't get it to go. Yeah, I think he... Oh, yeah. He's like, he does something and it hits the shot. Yeah, he gets some control here. I think it was Mr. Oh, no, it was from the Guardian. When you spell out Guardians, it advances two times bonus, and it also advances either an add-a-ball or an extra ball. If you're in a multiball, it'll give you an add-a-ball. All right, so I have 67 seconds. I only need three shots, and then I'm not even going to try. It's my last ball for now. Hopefully I could get another ball going. But I'm really close to doing something, so I really want to start that orb multiball. But if I could just get three shots on this, I might wait for another mode to do that. Alright, one more. I think, so, the cool thing with this is I just got two shots on the mode. Right? I'm on the left, so I might as well open that up. Oh! It was so close! So close yet so far. I thought we weren't doing that thing. Oh, my God, an extra ball! Alright, this is where it all changes! Wooo! How did that happen? I don't know, but I'm gonna wait out this... Because the game's on free play. You don't earn a credit, you earn extra balls. Oh, this is a deal-shipper. Alright, so I'm definitely going to... What is it? 250? 300? All right, so I got my emulation qualification on that one mode. I only need two more. Come on, get in there. Oh, I was just trying to trap up on the left. So I can start the new mode. I'm not... But I got a lot of cool things going. I need one more shot for orb, multiball, which I'll bring into probably nowhere. All right, let's see what's going on here. And if I hit this right Hadron, that gives me more shots. More free shots. Two times scoring. Yeah, let's go. All right. Going forehand isn't always smart, but I did it. Woo! All right. All right. Let's go. Let's go. Alright, so I'll probably close out this mode. Now remember... Yes! Ah! Ha ha ha ha! Yes! Oh! Okay, stop it! Stop it! Uh oh! Uh oh! Uh oh! Yeah, so I would have saved those Hadrons for Synchronicity or whatever And I would have gotten there Oh well You got another one Close What What Damn That was a close one. Alright. Don't call it a comeback. I've been here for years. Yeah, no. People can get that. Thank you for cleaning the glass for me. I can't see. I can't see. Let's beat his score. Great, great, great, great. Now because I didn't go for the cherry bomb, which is the easier wizard mode to get, it It gives my competitors an easy way to catch me, really. Easier way. Not competitors, friends. Friends. We're all friends here. I do miss competitive pinball, though. I think a lot. Miss it with all my heart. I'm going to add a ball there. Got some more action. So how that add a ball works is when you hit the side panel on the left that says Galaxy and the Guardians, it'll spell out Galaxy and the Guardians on the top. You can see it on the screen. And when you spell that out, when you fully spell it out and then hit the scoop, that's how you earn that animal. What's up, TurboGrafx? I'm struggling, man. I'm struggling against Nate. You ate my cookie! So those multipliers are actually earned by the inlanes and top lanes. So you definitely want to keep an eye on the inlanes and top lanes. Smash! Smash! Good luck! You're in the game, that's your button. Good luck. Here's the game. That's your button. You gotta shoot again. Oh, I gotta shoot again? Yep. That is you again. Yep. Is this game just giving away extra balls? I think it's a free play. I think it's a free play. Don't do it! Oh, you said it, man. I don't know. I got caught going for the orb. Oh my god, can I complete the mode or not? Oh, that was heartbreaking. That was so close! I got caught by a purple orb. I was close, I was one away from the orb. Oh yeah, there we go. Extra ball, and complete, and mode ready. Let's just try to get a multiball. I was one away from another multiball. I think I got one through three. I think. You can just wait for multiball to take a shot. That orb is cut. You guys are committing... I feel like I'm fucking dead. I was telling him instead, I was like, you guys are doing it. I can't believe it. No, it's not. You're just as good as us. I guarantee you, you'll whip my ass on a little torch. It's the same thing, though. Eight of the time, I get my computer. I've already lost a few of the speakers. Oh, no. Oh, come on. It doesn't make any sense. That used to happen to me with a couple players. You'll grow out of it. I mean it doesn't help that much. Oh man. Yeah well this is a really cool treat. I'll get you on a net. That's tanking it out. Oh man. I mean it's a quilt. yeah I need it just like feel like I can have like a length of a ball here I just feel like I played it as much as or anywhere near what you guys are playing that day you have an extra ball after this you could very well catch me I gotta catch Manu first should be number two Get in there. Nice. Okay, do we complete Quill? Nope. No, let's go Antiquity. And get this orb action. Oh. Oh. Oh, come on. Wow. Going at that shot on the left flipper is so fun. God damn. It's so not fun. God damn! It's just so not smart. It's just not smart. Almost. You feel like a badass if you can hit it but forget it. You can't hit it. On the left flipper it's just better to just post pass over the right and you know, pull the game down and stay focused on what you need to do. Come on. The orb normally takes me out, you know, going... Flip three! I'm going for Xavier and trying to beat the whole game. Wow. Didn't get anything. The viewers just changed the channel. Oh, that's awesome. They just changed the channel. Somebody else did it because they got bored. That's your name. Little Bubblegum. Are you going to let Nate go for a full run now? Yeah, I'm going to let Nate go for a full run. Alright, we're gonna let Nate do a full game right now. And if you can just, I mean don't distract yourself, but if you can explain while you go. Yeah, I'm trying to get emulation. I just really want you guys to see this wizard mode that allows you to add a ball after so many switches. It ends up being about 10-15 minute multiball, six balls on the table. Yeah, let's go. Yeah, I'm into that. I'm into that. Thank you, whoever did that. I'm into that. Yeah, let's get into it. So once again, I'm just trying to start and halfway finish each mode. I'm not trying to fully finish the mode. But if I'm in a multiball or something, I'm going to continue to play that mode. to finish the mode so I can also advance my cherry bomb. What I'm trying to do is actually get emulation before my cherry bomb so I could earn a bunch of hadrons and help me finish the whole game as well as collect multipliers during the emulation so I can bring that into my cherry bomb and blow up cherry bomb, get like 2 billion in cherry bomb. Okay Never know how that's going to feed out Once again it's not smart to hit it from the left But I do it anyway I don't know why Slow down, slow down, slow down Alright, so we went halfway I'm going to kind of calm down I mean this will advance my oar But I have plenty of time to do that. And I want to save my orb for a harder mode later in the game. And I'm nicely parked on the left to start a new mode here. Woo! Got a first shot. That's a good feeling. Let's advance over to Yaka. Oh, and then I blew it so easily. Huh? Oh, no. User error on that. Let's see if we can save it. There's still a couple extra balls in here I can find, too. It's emulation. That's okay. We know what he's going for. Oh, yeah. Am I not announced? emulation. Oh. I guess I wasn't announcing right. There we go. Close my hair. So it doesn't look like I'm going to close out the yaka, but I will be able to How do you pronounce it? In Malaysian In Malaysian Alright, okay Have you seen the movie? I have seen the movie A long time ago I like the movie. The movie's pretty awesome. The first one's good. The second one's okay. Oh! All right. Okay. Okay, all right. Okay. I need to get this Hadron on the right. Uh oh, let's see how these are going to feed out. They're both in the scoop. Get it! There it is. Alright, so I got those Hadrons. I'm going to use for another mode because I already got past halfway on that mode. Once again we're trying to get halfway on each mode so we could get emulation. How do you start emulation? It'll be in the scoop just like... Yeah just like Cherry Bomb. But you have to start Groot and Orb as well. You have to just start them you don't have to finish them. All right. So I'm going to bring one of the heavier modes that have more shots into my group. Whoo! Oh, and it goes away. I had multipliers going. Alright, it's alright. Do you think I have an extra ball lit? Or... I don't know if I collected it yet. No, you have it lit. I have it lit. Okay. Oh, I still got a lot of work to do. See you later George But it's possible It is possible I forgot I had these hadrons So I went ahead and just used my hadrons So I can advance the mode. I'll probably end up beating the whole mode and working on my cherry bomb while I work on my immolation. I want to get that extra ball. Oh, please get that extra ball. Oh. My God, there you go. All right, there we go. I think that's an added ball too, maybe. Hopefully, maybe not. I guess not. But extra ball. I don't want to wait 70 seconds, so I'm just going to close out the mode. Now that opens me up. Man, we still have some work to do, huh? We're not too far away. Okay. All right. So now I'm going to go for the hard stuff. Whoa, what was that? Oh, that sucks. That actually really sucks. So I didn't want to get back into this mode. Fuck. Excuse my language, sorry. Understood. Man, what a bummer. So I could actually close out the mode And save my orb For another Another mode That was good So I close out that mode Gets me closer to cherry bomb. I'll just get back into another mode and then start or in that mode Which I'll do this here But I earned no extra ball Man, bummer bummer. Cool thing is there's not actually a lot more work I need to do from here. What up wax? Oh, I don't know why I did that. I lost focus. I should have started my orb. But I'll just start it there. Orb, monte, mo. There we go. So these are the modes that, this and Groot, when I actually like try to beat the whole game, those are the ones that kind of keep me from doing it. As I drain. Cause you gotta get the super. Yeah. Nice. It wasn't as good as the first one, but... He's putting on a clinic here, you guys. All right. What up, Wax? How's it going, man? What? I can't hear you over these sweet flipper clicks. All right. All right, I'm going to give it a shot. I'm going to give it a shot. All right. No, not for me. Not for me. I like it. I like it. Not for me. Absolutely. Do it. Thank you, Slipstream. But Nate was the real pinballer right now. No way. No way. You're going to destroy my score right now. I know it. All right. So what I do. So here's how I like to play. I'm going to go for like antiquities do I go more for completion as opposed to halfway marks that's why I don't know anything about oh thank you for the biddies thank you for the streams I don't know anything about emulation because I've never I've never even gotten there yeah I mean emulation is definitely a deeper way It's just a deeper goal Yeah Playing for completion Especially if you want to get Cherry Bomb And get a decent score And get over a billion That's your best bet Is just to try to Complete four modes And then hit the scoop The great thing about this game because there's so many different ways of playing. I am always late on that shot, either late or early. Oh, no. Oh, no. I'm playing like I've never played this damn game before. Come on. Honestly, this game's playing pretty tough with that. With Groot actually working. It hasn't worked in over a year and a half. Yeah. So Groot is now... To change out those yellow rubbers on the flippers, you need a counter color, orange or red or blue. They're actually see-through. They're see-through. They're actually clear. Which, they don't, it doesn't look like it's helpful, but they're so sticky that the new flippers, these are actually newer flippers. They're actually, it helps. They're easy, actually. Yeah, it helps play this game, this particular machine, a lot better than the previous Clippers. Yo, Nate, what am I doing? You're getting your ball back, man. That means you're still in it. Nate! Yikes! What am I doing? I don't know. Hang on a second. Hang on a second. I am not this bad at pinball. No, you're not. You're not. I say plunge it, start a new one. No, I'm going to finish it. Okay. Let's see you get a cherry bomb on one ball, on ball three. It's a way to do it in a tournament. Jason, stop redeeming that. That's only for a really awesome player. I can't even hit my hit it now. That's a shot. One more. One more. One more. Come on. Skip it, skip it, skip it, skip it. Oh no. Can I go one more? Yeah, absolutely. All right, all right. Yeah, run it back, run it back. All right, so here's the thing. What's up, Pintomniac? Where is it? Where's Pintomniac's sound? This is Free Go Watch Wax, yes. I'm doing this next week. Oh, you suckers! Not there. I was doing my dance for them and they changed the damn channel. Oh! Fine. Fine. Alright. Here we go. Here we go. I mean, don't forget that GC is less than 500 right now. I know. It is right there, ready to grab. So Nate, explain what the Guardian's Target does. The Guardian's Target actually, it'll advance a two times play field, or two times scoring, as well as it advances extra balls and add balls. So if you're in a multiball and you spell out Guardians of the Galaxy, you want to hit in that scoop that'll actually add a ball okay if you do it before that i believe it's going to uh light extra ball in the mystery oh wow as well as it starts two times scoring which i think is only uh like a maybe a 30 second thing so you You kind of want to do that during a multiball while you have other shot multipliers and modes going on. I heard that wax I heard that wax That Elvira joke Ohhhhhhh I'm finishing it. Even though I can't shoot anything right now. I'm just, I'm just, I'm just panic flipping now. Ha ha ha. Yeah. Alright, you and me next. Okay. Alright. As most sterns, you know, this game's great for dead flips. Let the ball bounce when it feeds to a flipper and it'll likely bounce, slow down and bounce over to the other flipper depending on what's going on. I would say most times than not. I get really loose with that. I allow I don't flip on a lot a lot of things that I might that others might flip on or that maybe I should flip on just because I really want to slow the ball down and trap up and have more control not just live shoot it. But these ramps, just like live shooting these ramps is so much fun. Love this play field. Same play field as Metallica. And uh, forget his name but it's also the same designer as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Which is all the rage right now, craze right now. Better than me with Xenon. Xenon is a lot harder than this bro. I need an upgrade really bad I need an upgrade That's what I need So both of the sister modes, paw chase and sibling rivalry, once you hit it in the scoop, it opens up all the shots to count towards the mode instead of just the ramps. So it starts off with just the ramps and will open up every shot on the playfield once you hit it in the scoop, which my dude's trying to do. Oh, you got Hadrons instead. That's helpful. So I use my Hadrons to advance modes instead of to collect big jackpots. Just because, I mean, if I get to emulation, I'm going to rock anyone's jackpot. That jackpot ain't going to... But, you know, that's also swinging for the fences. I forgot to skip it. Your time runs out no matter what. Give me one more. Alright. Double scoring. So he can close out the mode in double scoring. Flip hop. Or no, it already ended. My bad. We got some flip hop going on. Flippity flappity. Flippity flappity. That's what Wax is saying. Uh, let's keep going. Oh, it took me too long. Oh yeah, the lights. The lights do flicker on the left side. That is happening. Get up there. Bring it down. That's because I took my hands off the flipper! I want to see this. This is amazing though. Here it comes, here it comes. Oh! Alright. How did you get back to that one spot? Because I hit it. You hit it after that. After that, yeah. Alright, that was cool. I'm a quick thinker. Alright, last one. All the way around. Skill shot! That's not worth anything! That skill shot is not worth a damn thing. I'm going to take it just because multi-balls are fun! That glare is real. Yeah, there's skylights. We have skylights here at the Free Gold Watch. So, nothing I can do. Got a nebula. They're going to stay lit. They're going to stay lit until I can finish. Should I use the Hadron late at any point in this multiball? I mean only if you want to completely beat Groot. That would be the only reason to use the Hadrons. I think because you already have two finish modes, that you should save the Hadrons to advance your Cherry Bomb. Since no one's got Cherry Bomb yet, the Cherry Bomb Champion score is pretty low. So I think if you could possibly get High Score and Cherry Bomb Champion... So I would hang on to those Hadrons. And it looks like you just collected more Hadrons. And you restarted your Multiball. So right now I think even more valuable than clearing out group would be to keep collecting hand draws. But that was a 24 milli jackpot. I almost got another one in his mouth, you see that? 3 times scoring. Whoa! 21. 850 is not a lot. Alright. It's going to make it really hard to... 4 ramps left. 4 ramps left That's for the second pod chase I don't know if it's worth going for It's not That shot right there bro Nice work. Nice work. I mean, I say you probably use the, if I were to use those patrons. especially yeah get that back right yeah yeah you're right maybe try building an atomic blaster yeah that's good So the orbit shots are the most valuable in this mode. Yaka arrow, because it feeds to the pops. So either left or right orbit. You can even sneak it in there like Manu just did to the right of Groot. As long as it hits a pop, you're good. Yondu is lit for a big point score. What's Yondu lit for right now? The what? So Yondu is lit since I finished it. He's got a value on him right now. I don't know what that value is. Yeah, so you can either advance. It'll tell you how many more shots you have on him. so you could shoot it there. So 31 hits. I'm going to skip it. Yeah. Sanctuary or nowhere? What would you go for? Sanctuary? Too hard? Nowhere? Yeah, nowhere is going to be the easiest one. If you have a multiball to combo in, maybe sibling, but yeah, nowhere is the easiest for sure. Alright, that upgrades everything. Oh no! Oh no! Alright, I should have done that before. Maybe try building an atomic blaster! Alright, you ready? Ready? Right here. Come on. We gotta do this. Hold on. We're just doing the Sam's side dance again? Sam's side dance again. 2 play. I am going to kick your ass now. Oh, okay. Alright. Someone's getting a little cocky over here. Alright. I'm still going to go for the gusto. I'm not going for big score, I'm not going for cherry bomb, I'm going for emulation, even if I can't say it right. Dangerous! You got me some dangerous! I don't trust this magnet coming out here. I'm going to give it a little nudgy, nudgy, nudge. Woo! Woo! Go! Go! Alright, so I'm actually not going to close the mode Because I want to save my orbs To get halfway on a harder mode Like Sibley A little nudge saved my life. Come on. Brick City. We break this city on rock and roll. Come on. Come on. All right. So I'm just trying to get it in a hole. Well, I'm advancing my shot multipliers and my hadrons. Oh! Right when I try to turn a negative into a positive, it turns into a negative. What's up? What's up, Bill Robinson? How you doing, buddy? Man, I might want to start just going for Cherry Bomb so I can get something going. Yeah. Go, go, go, go! Damn it. Really? Alright. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, we're going away. That's what you get for not going for that backhand right school. Was that for me or for Nate? That was probably for him. Probably for both of us. For both of us, yeah. Oh, yeah. He wasn't just a backhand. I mean you can kind of black pyramid it but it's it's uh it's not easy it's not trivial oh no I didn't really want to start my orb in this mode but Oh no no no come on I just want to close out Yaka says I actually I use the multiple I didn't necessarily want to use on it are we not doing whatever you want man. Man I think you're gonna beat me on this one. What's up Pez Johnson? Wow that was a... Deep inside of me! How you doing Pez? Flipstream! What's that game in the background that Homeboy had? He's got a Break Shot, he's got a Jurassic Park, and he's got a Batman 66. What was the first one? Break Shot. Break Shot? Break Shot. Oh, Break Shot. Yeah. That's an awesome game. Yeah, that is a good game. Capcom. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Time in. Well, yeah, that's one of my favorite Capcom games for sure. One shot. Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh, get it. Take it. Na-na-na-na, na-na-na. Woo-hoo! Hello! Um... It's not busted, you are! Brakeshaft! Brakeshaft! Brakeshaft! Oh, what the... Oh! You wanna see it? Yeah, let's see it. Alright. Let's see your drain. Your drain. My drain was terrible. Comes out of the scoop. Watch. Oh, no. Oh, no. Flippity-flappity. Flippity-flappity. Alright, so. So I just want to stay alive. Now I'm going to pretend like I'm in a tournament one-on-one. I'm not doing emulation anymore. I'm just trying to blow up one ball, try to get... Hell, I'm going to try to go for a cherry bomb on one ball, which I'm not too far away from. So even though Going for that That extra ball Is calling my name But I'm just going to stay focused get the multiball I got to hit that scoop in my multiball anyway to advance the mode and try to get an add-a-ball after I hit the guardian shot two more times it'll open up that it'll open it up for an add-a-ball which I think I just did And it also starts two times scoring. So I didn't get the add a ball like I wanted to. Bummer. I think I earned an extra ball. Okay. I only need two more shots on the mode. Yeah. Not ideal. But we're just having fun. We're just happy that we get to play pinball with other people. That doesn't really happen a lot these days. Oh, wait. Oh! Is that two? Yeah, that was two. It's two! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Alright, cool, I'll close that out. Might as well advance my group. Oh! 71. So Nate's taking it easy on me. Taking it easy on me. Okay. Gotta finish Antiquities. I wanted that anyway. I wonder if Ill Robinson has the last name Robinson just like I do. Nate Ball, Nate Ball Deluxe, me, the guest today, my last name's also Robinson. That's his nickname, actually. His name is Paul Marino. Oh, okay. I have not beat him yet I will go first this time Okay yeah let's do it again Cause the order matters Order does matter Order matters Man I left that wide open for you yo I know you did I'm wide open I'm gonna do something crazy I'm gonna start with Sanctuary Yeah I like that idea The best game I've ever had on this I started with Sanctuary It's crazy. It's absolutely crazy. It's nutter butter. Oh, you suck! Oh, you suck! Uh-oh! I got close, I got close. My ball control was terrible today, man. I'm going to start with it too. Yeah? Yeah, let's go. Let's go for it. My ball control was terrible. I like this mode. It's really fun. It's a little... It's hard. Yeah. But it really makes you pick your shots. And Ronan will spot you. So sometimes I just go for Ronan over and over again. Let's give Spudgy a shot. Alright, do I want to get greedy? Oh! Yeah! Whoa, that was a sick serve. So this is the only mode, if you don't close it out, you only go halfway. It makes you start completely over. So I took a double danger, but I closed it out. And I hit my shot. all right let's go I'm a double danger so I don't want to get ah see I lost focus that's let's look at that awesome save though Wait wait wait No no Oh Yikes One shot One shot, yo! Damn it. One shot. One shot, bro. Go. Now I've got to do what you did. I've missed my last shot, so I've got to start it over. Oh, yeah. I've got to stick with Nate. I got to do it. Okay, wow. Got to do it. That's ballsy. I like it. That's style right there. That's style right there. That's style. These rubbers need to be cleaned. That's what I'm going to say. The rubbers need to be cleaned. What? They're dirty. I'm angry. All right, let's see if I could... Whoa! Why did it go all the way around? That's weird. I didn't hold the flipper. There we go, there we go. Close this mode out. I think instead of going to emulation just because of how things are going, I am going for cherry bomb. Instead. Oh, you've got to be kidding me. Wow. Wow. Oh, see that dirty? That was dirty, dirty. That's a dirty drain. The left ring is always dirty. That magnet man, I don't trust it. Yeah. Look at this. Look at this. Nope. Oh, it didn't go all the way around that time. Whoa, lucky. That was the wrong way. I know when it's true. I know when it's true. Oh, wow. Oh, wow, wow. Alright. I'm trying to get these Hadrons going. I'm trapped in the mode on the timer, so I can't switch it to another mode. I really want that. right Hadron. That'd be pretty awesome if I could get that shot. That's the shot I wanted! There we go. There we go. There we don't go. There we don't go. Alright buddy, what do you want to do? I've got 15 minutes. Yeah, I mean, you can play. I'm doing terrible, man. It's alright. You should play a game. If there's still time after, then I'll play a game. Alright, alright, alright. Hey, help me, man. What am I doing? I can't even shoot right now, bro. Yeah, you can. Yeah, you can. Why don't you start something different? Start with Quills. Get your multiple going. And, you know, it'll start the game off differently and then slow it down from there. Like start fast and slow it down instead of opposite. Maybe that'll change things up. All right. By the way, we've got a lot of cool people on TPN. Take a look at it, we got... I can't read it. But you can see everybody who's there. I can't read it because the text is too small and I'm blind. There we go. It's okay. It's fine. But they're all awesome. Everyone on TPN is awesome. Alright, here we go. So we're gonna start with Quilt Quest. I... Ugh. That's a cool command. Ooh. Insomniac. I gotta add that. That'd be cool. Exhumation point TPN. TPN. This mode is a great mode to start with because you could actually collect hadrons for other modes you could uh and jackpots depending on how you're playing you can also advance uh the shop multipliers yeah and i mean it's always fun to start the game off from multiple i don't want to do that No, you shouldn't be working, Paul. You should be watching. See that? All right. No, I got Hadron. I'm going nowhere. Oh, that was dumb. I shouldn't go with Hadron. Yeah, I'm going to have to catch up on work later this evening. I got an emergency call from Matt Henry saying I need to come to the shop and play. playing my favorite pinball game. Yeah. I'm like, all right, well. Yeah, he was like, can I get naked? I was like, yeah, get naked. Oh! I'm going to need a lot more practice on this, y'all. I would not do this unless I had a multiball ready. For some reason I'm playing crazy today. You know what I mean? I'll use them. What else are they for, right? Oh no So stable Stable That's a skill That right there Like I'm gonna say that That right there Was totally stable Yeah But I mean You're not gonna get every I know Yeah, you're saving the ball. Keep the ball on the court. I get it. I hear you, man. Oh, I almost got it. Is it still lit? It's still lit. Oh. Wait, I got the shot. All right, fine. All right, Nate, you got it. Oh. You're this. All right, Nate's going to close it out because I'm playing like garbage today. One of my good friends, Great White, has... Came by and gave me a visit. You look like garbage, too. You look like garbage. No, you don't look like garbage. Come on, this is for you, Nate. Ready? Wait. One, two, three. Woo! Fireworks! Alright, go for it. Beautiful garbage. Alright. Alright, maybe you can close it out, y'all. Yeah! Alright. Oh no! Oh no! Oh no, it's coming back! Nice! Nice. One more. I don't think I made it halfway, huh? That sucks. Mally go! Um. No, you didn't make it that way. Not even a little bit. Yikes. Alright, what should I do here? So beautiful. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Nice. All right, so that's going to kick it up in the plots. So now with only making one shot, I got to emulation on a mode. I just need seven more. I'm going to go ahead and play the whole mode. Once again, if I didn't make that last shot playing that mode, would I have drained there? Who knows? That was the same Oh! Right at the tip of the lip. Tip of the lip of Groot. All right. Did that help me out? Hitting that scoop after spelling Guardians of the Galaxy gave me an add-a-ball. No! Oh! Woo-hoo-hoo! I got an extra ball going. You got a raid! Woo! Eclectic, thank you for the rain. I feel like one of us at least has to get a cherry bomb today. Uh-oh. Stop it. Stop it. Come on! Come on! There it is. Tell me you got it. Oh, yeah. Last second. Barely. Wow. Wow. Let me clean that glass. Uh oh. Chasing it. Nice! Not where I wanted my multiplier, but that'll work. Towards my sherry bomb. I'm ball two. I'm getting pretty close to having four most close. Woo! Woo! Later, L. Robinson. Take it easy, bro. I love it clean. Yes. One more, one more. No! Alright, so I only need one more mode. We haven't seen Cherry Bomb yet today. I'm going to go for easier mode. Just so we can light it and get to it. But I lost my multipliers. Those are fun to bring into Look at that bonus See like I would have liked to Bring those bonus Those multipliers into My cherry bomb Which Hopefully we can get for you right now Oh it's a skill set Oh, I have two. I have another extra ball. And I'm only on ball two. Yeah, we're definitely going to see some cherry bomb action. Maybe I shouldn't say that. I'm sorry, you're on your multi. You don't have any multi. How are you going to do that? Maybe you don't need it. What the what? What the hell kind of save was that? Stop it! Come on! Just go in your home! God damn it. Gosh darn it. Ding-a-dong-a-ding. Is that over? Oh, no way. That was over? Oh! Dang, that was the most mean order. ever Wow any of the mean or yikes yeah that wasn't that was a nice all right but four shots before I light cherry bomb so it's very very doable But I have to do it in the next 19 seconds. One, two, three, four. Got it. Nice. Are you serious? Yeah. Then it drained. I mean, that just puts the pressure on me, right? So, oh yeah, this is another thing. If you have Cherry Bomb or any of the Wizard modes lit, it won't allow you to get into another mode. So right now, even though I'm not in a mode, you can't get into a mode. Hopefully I can make the Scoop Shot, or it could just kick it straight in the Scoop Shot off of the dead flip to... No, I'll earn it. I'll earn it right now. No. Just do it. Just make it. Yeah. You're still gonna be healing. Woo! Let's go! When I'm in love with you You gotta let them drain. You got one. Let go of that. You got more than that. Come on, baby. You got three shots. Hey, John. Hey, John. Hey, John. All right, go for group. Go for group. Go for group. Let them drain. Get it! Let it rain. Get it! Get it! Oh, my God. All right, all right. Wasn't the biggest cherry bomb, but at least I got one super jackpot there. Thank you, Nate, for doing that on screen. Do we have... Thank you for doing that on stream, Nate! Yeah! Let's do it! Cherry bomb bomb! Ba-ba-ba-bomb-bomb-bomb! Now I just want to challenge myself and see how fast I can train. Oh, that's pretty quick! Pretty quick! I told you! I felt it! That is... that is... that is... There he is. There he is. No huge scores today. You know, still getting used to that group working. But that was a lot of fun. Thanks for having me. I tried for something. I don't know what it is. I forgot why I didn't catch it. Oh, yeah, it was it. What the hell was that? Oh, yeah. That was a wild double flip catch. All right. Thank you guys for joining. I got to say thank you for Nate for bringing it. Oh, no, no. Love it. Thank you, Nate, for joining and playing and blowing out. It was awesome playing my favorite stern pinball game with Manu at my favorite location, Free Gold Watch. Represent. Represent. See you guys later. Bye, guys. I miss all my pinball friends. Oh, thank you for the biddies! Hey guys, I think we're going to go raid Uncle Toybox if he's live. I'm curious. You ended up with like 19 or something here, right? Yeah. Yeah, we're going to go raid Uncle Toybox. We're going to raid him. He's playing some virtual pinball. He's pretty awesome. Thank you guys once again for joining I'll see you tomorrow For some Batman It's a dual stream Thanks for watching! _(Acquisition: youtube_groq_whisper, Enrichment: v3)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 10d5b682-eaf4-4b30-8694-85d35957cca4*