# Stranger Things Pinball

**Source:** Mystery Pinball Theater 3000  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2019-07-04  
**Duration:** 40m 7s  
**Beat:** Pinball

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

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## Analysis

The host streams a fan-made virtual pinball table based on Stranger Things, built in VPX by an unnamed graphic designer in Jersey Jack Pinball style. The host, unfamiliar with the show, explores the table's mechanics including multiball modes, the Upside Down reversed-flipper section, and Eggo collection, while praising the design quality and expressing excitement for the creator's upcoming Harry Potter virtual table project.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] The Stranger Things VPX table was created by a graphic designer in Jersey Jack Pinball style — _Host explicitly states: 'a very talented visual pinball designer created this basically like Jersey Jack Pinball style Stranger Things table'_
- [HIGH] The table creator is currently building a Harry Potter virtual pinball table — _Host states: 'The guy who wrote this is in the process of building a Harry Potter virtual table. Better than this one. Harry frickin' Potter.'_
- [HIGH] The Stranger Things table features a lower playfield with reversed flippers — _Host describes: 'There's a lower play field that's reversed. The flippers are reversed, so you do this thing to play down there. And you escape.'_
- [HIGH] The host has not watched Stranger Things beyond five episodes — _Host states: 'I have not watched this... We only watched like five episodes... before... child. And we just couldn't...'_
- [HIGH] The table features 80s music and gameplay modes with theme references — _Host describes gameplay including Eggo collection, AV Club mode, Levitation mode, and notes 'It plays 80s music'_

### Notable Quotes

> "This table here is Stranger Things... a very talented visual pinball designer created this basically like Jersey Jack Pinball style Stranger Things table. It is awesome. Holy smokes, I totally slept on this and this looks even more amazing in VR."
> — **Host (Mystery Pinball Theater 3000)**, ~5:30-6:00
> _Establishes the core subject and the host's enthusiastic discovery of the fan-made table_

> "The guy who wrote this is in the process of building a Harry Potter virtual table. Better than this one. Harry frickin' Potter... I've seen screenshots. Even my little boy is excited."
> — **Host**, ~15:00-16:00
> _Reveals the creator's next project and community anticipation level_

> "One of the really nice things about this table is it... This will probably be the first time I get a copyright strike on my stream."
> — **Host**, ~9:30
> _Notes the table's high-quality music implementation and potential copyright concerns_

> "VR is not going to make me a better player, trust me. What song are we hearing right now?"
> — **Host**, ~20:00
> _Self-aware commentary on skill level while playing in VR vs standard setup_

> "I'm going to download the rule sheet for this that he wrote to figure out how to start all these modes and then figure out what the Wizard mode is."
> — **Host**, ~27:00
> _Indicates the depth and complexity of the fan-made table's ruleset_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 | media | Twitch streaming show/channel where this content originates; host streams pinball gameplay and commentary |
| Stranger Things (VPX Table) | product | Fan-made virtual pinball table created by unnamed graphic designer; based on Netflix Stranger Things series; built in VPX platform in Jersey Jack Pinball style |
| Harry Potter (VPX Table - In Development) | product | Upcoming fan-made virtual pinball table currently in development by the Stranger Things VPX creator; described as potentially superior to Stranger Things table |
| VPX | product | Virtual Pinball X platform used to create the Stranger Things and upcoming Harry Potter fan tables |
| Jersey Jack Pinball | company | Referenced as the design aesthetic and style that the Stranger Things fan table emulates |
| Stranger Things (Netflix Series) | media | Source IP for the pinball table; host unfamiliar with show beyond first 5 episodes |
| Mike | person | Chat viewer/stream participant; appears to be associated with Don't Panic Flip community; helped host with stream technical issues |
| George | person | Chat viewer/stream participant; mentioned multiple times; associated with pinball streaming |
| Skylar | person | Host's young son; discovered parent streaming on Twitch during broadcast |
| Rupert Holmes | person | Referenced as artist of 'Pina Colada' song during gameplay commentary |
| Neil Shatz | person | Credited with teaching the host reversed-flipper technique for Upside Down mode |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Fan-made VPX pinball table quality and design, Virtual pinball as platform for fantasy/unlicensed games, Stranger Things game mechanics and ruleset, Upcoming Harry Potter virtual pinball table
- **Secondary:** VR pinball gameplay experience, Stream technical setup and audio issues, Reversed-flipper gameplay mechanics
- **Mentioned:** Pinball streaming community engagement

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.88) — Host expresses consistent enthusiasm and praise for the Stranger Things table quality ('Holy smokes,' 'so good,' 'blows my mind'), shows genuine excitement for upcoming Harry Potter project, and engages positively with stream chat. Minor frustrations with gameplay difficulty and technical audio issues do not significantly diminish overall positive tone.

### Signals

- **[community_signal]** Fan-made VPX tables generating significant community interest and anticipation, particularly the Stranger Things designer's upcoming Harry Potter project with multiple viewers expressing excitement (confidence: high) — Host states 'So many people are waiting for that Harry Potter table. So many people are waiting. Everybody wants...' and mentions seeing screenshots that excited even his young child
- **[market_signal]** Virtual pinball gaining legitimacy and appeal as platform for fantasy/unlicensed game development when commercial licensing unavailable, attracting talented designers to VPX community (confidence: medium) — Host emphasizes that the designer 'always wanted to build a real pinball machine' but as a graphic designer pursued VPX instead, with results that host considers exceptional quality
- **[technology_signal]** VPX (Visual Pinball X) platform enabling high-quality fan-designed tables in professional styles (Jersey Jack Pinball aesthetic) that rival or exceed commercially available designs in certain respects (confidence: high) — Host repeatedly praises the professional quality and design of the VPX Stranger Things table, noting it 'looks even more amazing in VR' and describing it as 'Completely original'

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## Transcript

 Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. Oh, I got no lights on me. You guys can't see me. Alright, I'll fix that. Ugh. I forgot I need light on me. Light. Light definitely helps. Dooby dooby dooby dooby dooby dooby do. Now am I lit? I'm lit a little bit. This room is dark anyway. Let's do this. There's some ambient light. Boy, oh boy, it's really dark. Hello, welcome to MPT3K. I haven't streamed in a little while, but I'm back, and I'm going to do something that I should have done a long time ago. I'm going to stream Stranger Things, Stranger Edition. I've got to admit that I have not watched this. So my wife and I started watching Stranger Things back when my second child was born. This was a while ago. We only got like five episodes in. There we go. We only got like five episodes in before. What Stranger Things What up? Stranger Things Hype. Yeah, we watched. What's up, George? We watched Stranger Things for the first five episodes. And then we... Let me switch over to the master shot. This is awesome. So we watched Stranger Things for the first five episodes. And then we stopped watching because, obviously, child. And we just couldn't... So I have to get back into this. Because I just installed this table on my VPN yesterday. And boy, was I late to this party. so this table here is stranger things i forget the guy's name but i'm not gonna i'm not gonna say his name just in case the wrong people see this stream but a very talented visual pinball designer created this basically like jersey jack style stranger things thing a stranger stranger things table um it is awesome holy smokes i totally slept on this and this this looks even more amazing in VR. So I'm playing it in VR. It's a real friggin' table. The guy who built this always wanted to build a real pinball machine. But obviously he doesn't. He's a graphic designer. This is crazy. This is sick. So check out... This is like my third time playing. I put up some pretty good scores. I think. I'm not sure. It's my third time playing. I don't know a lot about the TV show. So if you know more about the TV show than I do, please tell me. Like I said, we only got four or five episodes in. Anyway, let's get some sound going. Because the sound on this is awesome. And then his attract mode is terrific. Want to code your own original table? Built with Orville Crutt Collective VPX and... What was that last thing? I didn't see what that last thing was. Let's start. Launch ball. Okay, find Barb. Now, I think... I think there's... This save will... Like, if you know this stuff, please tell me. And if something's not looking right, just let me know, because I haven't... I just kind of set this up really quick, because I wanted to show... Show this on my Twitch stream, just for a little bit. There's a lower play field that's reversed. The flippers are reversed, so you've got to do this thing to play down there. And you've got to escape. Let's see if we can get this skill shot here. Oh, did I get it? Yes! Holy smokes, that's a lot of points. Alright. Alright, so... And I'm missing the stuff that's happening up top. Oh! There's my kickback. Need another kickback? It even tells you what to do. If your kickback is empty, then fill these lanes. So these lanes you have to fill up where the kids are. That'll relight your kickback. Up here are Eggos. You have to collect Eggos to get to a certain mode. Let me see if I can get some Eggos. Oh, crap. And back up. Get some Eggos. That's mystery. Got a few Eggos. One of the... Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. That was pinball magic right there. One of the really nice things about this table is it... This will probably be the first time I get a copyright strike on my stream. What's it playing right now? I can't even hear it. You can hear it. It plays 80s music. Huh. You guys know what it's playing? I can't really hear it. I keep it low so that there's no... Ugh! Here we go. Okay, let's get some modes going. Let's start some stuff. Let's hit some ramps. Gatherer of Entering Party. Ugh! Ugh. Keep my ball save going. Visit the AV club. There's the AV club right here. Wait. Oh, I can check this out. What's up, SD Pinball? We're playing Stranger Things. what's that crazy guy does anybody know what that crazy guy is oh oh that was nice okay so i do know that i i do know that i have to hit him a bunch of times They hit him a bunch of times to get down to the bottom playfield. Dang it. The flippers are a little close together. I would space them apart a little more. what's he say uh this is Mike by the way oh yeah what's up Mike oh Mike dude Mike as in Mike as in as in Telestrator Mike as in the only guy who would help me Sunday morning when I was freaking out about the stream not happening. I'm in compass mode. This is so cool. Mike, what's up, dude? How's the new version of the Telestrator going? By the way, don't panic flip. I'm surprised you didn't have Mike's code before. Somebody didn't have Mike's code. I put it up on the don't panic flip Discord for the Telestrator. Wait, what am I doing? I gotta shoot ramps I gotta get one of six Okay here we go Okay what did that do I got a multiball holy smokes I not paying attention I have too much stuff going on is it two ball multiball no no more balls more balls let's see if we can finish this mode hit some jackpots for God's sake. Go up. Go, go, go. Oh, now it's four balls. Holy smokes. Hang on, guys. Where am I? Only two of six? Oh, and I drained everything. Alright. Well, that kind of sucks. Let me get down here. Now I gotta do this. To spell escape. The upside down. Click all escape targets to open the exit Escape will start Escape to start Will multiball If you know Stranger Things, explain this to me I can skip these, but I'm going to show them the first time Beware, upside down, knock, kick out So flippers are backwards How's this look on the screen? So I have to spell escape. It's like, it's almost like Congo. What's going on up there? Oh, that's creepy. Okay. Oh boy. This is the tough part because I gotta hit the A. And it's hard to do it. Ah, wait. You can send it back up. It bounced. That's my attack remorse shot Got it Come on Okay Back to upside down Okay Okay A There we go P This is like Come on You can do it You can do it You can do it. Oh, you can do it. Here we go. A. P. P. P. P. P. R. Curses. How many times does it let me go down there? It's like, there we go. There's the P. Now I got to escape. Come on. Escape. Worst stream ever Where's the escape? Oh, I'm hitting it too soon This is so stupid On phone at campsite Not enough keyboard real estate to walk you through A lot of stranger things But it's awesome Why? Dang it Guys, I totally blew that. Now I gotta knock him down a bunch of times. There's a bunch of modes in this, too. Okay, here we go. I'm there, I'm there, I'm there, I'm there. Oh, this is a very forgiving game. If it's gonna let me try this so many times. There we go. Got the multiple. All right, let's see if I can get some jackpots. Can you guys hear the sound okay? I was doing so much better on VR on this. Which makes sense, because in VR I can actually see a 3D view of the board. And I can actually kind of tilt my head around. VR is not going to make me a better player, trust me. What song are we hearing right now? Oh, so good. This sounds like George's stream. It sounds like every playlist that George plays, ever. Lock the ball. Give me some Eggos. Give me some Eggos. This is so good. Oh, what am I... I expected that to bounce. Oh, bounce pass. All right. Look at my high score! Look at the high score! It's Tempest! Oh my god! Alright, guys. That was my warm-up game. My warm-up game, I'm going to use MVP, which is my old initials. Not MPT. Alright, let's do this Let's do this Let's put up a sick, sick score Oh, let's look at the review Review this whole screen here Two hits from Will One jackpot One lock from the bag men one lock from barb 16 found in the party six jackpots one av club 18 waffles 18 waffles all right let's do it i so love this table completely original guys the guy who wrote this is in the process of building a Harry Potter virtual table. Better than this one. Harry frickin' Potter. Take that, JK. JK. Whatever your name is. Alright. That's going to be awesome. I've seen screenshots. Even my little boy is excited. I really wish I could give you guys a tutorial about how this works but I'm just learning it now this is that boom ah I can't wait for the Harry Potter table save will a ball ah no it fell out of the lock Give me the lock. Ah. That Harry... I can't wait for that. I can't... No one... So many people are waiting for that Harry Potter table. So many people are waiting. Everybody wants... And he did a... Did I give him a skill shot? No, I didn't give him a skill shot. Lock a ball. Lock a ball. Lock a ball. Bounce. Set. I wear my sunglasses at night Okay, Batman is lit That was close Okay, if I can hit this This starts something Radio No, that's not it Go for another Okay, what's this? AV Club Radio mode. New York on this thing. Think bigger. California? Bigger. Australia? Oh, Jesus. Can you all see this? He's totally going to blow this shit. Lucas. Sorry. I got to start watching this show again. Now what? Wait, I should look at the back glass and see what to do. Hit the outside ramps five times. Five ramps. Okay. Let's see if I can get a ramp. Ramp. Okay. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Everybody calm down for a second. Okay. Ramp. Damn it. Alright. One signal found. Okay Battery is what? What is it? What is it now, George? Right, he's pulling about to die Have a great stream And finish A Strange Thing Season 3 Comes out tomorrow Yeah, I heard about that I have a lot of catching up to do Thanks, George I'll see you, buddy I'm gonna get some more Eggos here Mike, have you streamed lately? Have you streamed lately, bro? I forgot I have to follow. I have to follow ST Pinball. What is wrong with me? I was so... I was so, like, pinball... Oh. Wow. This show seems crazy. I was so, like, burnt out. From streaming pinball after city champ that I literally like didn't do anything for like a week Come on The little stream on Sunday What game did you stream Okay I locked the ball Oh, where's Barb Multiball? Hit the yellow shots. One randomly will light Super Jackpot. Hit Castle Buyers when Super Jackpot is lit to find Barb. My son just discovered that I'm on the Twitch. He's like, he stopped watching his TV show He's watching me on Twitch right now. Hi, Skylar. Oh, man. This is not good. Everybody out of the pool? No, no, not yet. Okay. Let's click. Is there a timer on this? There's no timer. Up and over. Up and over. Give me some more jackpots, please. Jackpot's over there. Oh no. Thank you. Oh, jackpot's right here. Oh my god, that ball is giving me plenty of time to get a jackpot and I'm not getting it. That was amazing. Ah! I just stuck a pinball, that's all. Alright, I know you can take this... You can take this multiball. I'm going to skip that because we already watched it. You can take this multiball pretty simply. You just get down to the bottom. Look at that nudge. Got it Flippy flippy Skippy skippy Let's just congo this Just like light stuff Like randomly That's the mean part Because when the ball comes rocketing out Your hands are backwards Okay, I'm almost there I have to light the Pina Colada song Escape No one gets that joke, I'm pretty sure Are there any Rupert Holmes fans in the stream right now? I don't think so Yes, see, see, see And now we leave, now we leave There we go. Jackpot. Oh, crud. Oh, it's coming back. It's coming back. It's coming back. Ugh. Now I'm getting my stride. Come on. Get back in there. Ah. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Calm down. Okay. Follow the sequence of shots between ramps and barricade. Complete all 12 shots to save Will. Sequence. Sequence? What's the sequence of shots? Does anybody see what the sequence of shots are? Let's see if I can figure this out. I don't see what the sequence of shots are. Let me take a breather. Oh, I see. Now I see it. Well, I'm not going to backhand that, but I can forehand it. Whoops. Got it. Oh, once I figure it out, I friggin' lose the ball. Alright. I better watch my language. I got my two-year-old over there. Save will multiball. We're not in anymore. But I can lock balls in the orbits. No, that's not an orbit. That's an orbit. No, that's not an orbit. Uh-oh. No. 25. What ball is this? Ball three. Okay, here we go. What song have we got now? What song is this? I don't know. Screw it. Let's just play. If you know the song, holler it out in the chat. This is annoying. I think AV Club is lit. That's that scoop right there. Levitation mode. Okay. Okay, concentrate, okay? Okay. Okay. Use your powers. Use your powers. Levitation mode. Alright. I don't know what I'm shooting for again. No. There we go. Okay. That was something. It's like a ball. Get some Eggos. There goes Levitate mode over Was that on the timer Jackpot! This is two ball multi...two ball? Two ball... Give me some Eggos. I want lots of Eggos. Whoa. Whoa. Damn it. There we go. Gotta trust that middle post. Sometimes. Ugh. 34! 34! Alright. Ugh! Oh, I got Eggo Champion. 144 Eggo's. Yay! MBT is a lot easier to put in than MVP. I know when I dance, it's uh... that's a lot of waffles. 144! I know when I dance, it's out of timing from what you hear, so I'm like this. And it looks like I have the worst rhythm ever. Trust me, I have terrific rhythm. Alright. I'm going to do one more. This is going to be a little shorter stream, but holy crap, this game just blows my mind. It's so good. Look at this, um... The audio is a little wacky right now. It's running the attract mode at the same time. So I'm going to have to download the rule sheet for this that he wrote to figure out how to start all these modes and then figure out what the wizard mode is. Right now I'm just flipping around. All the wonderful people who helped build this table. player pinup player is the system that you're looking at on the back glass that's like the Jersey Jack system all right one more we're gonna be 34 oops didn give me the skill shot no all right so let just take the multi balls the easy ones first This one easy. This is like Attack from Mars. So good. So good. The music. That's my kickback. We lost audio oh no can you not hear me your headphones disconnect all right i was like hmm obs is i'm putting audio that was going to be a thing that i couldn't fix i was like i don't know if i'm gonna be able to fix it. Stream over. It'd suck too because it's one of the best songs. I've been waiting for a girl like you. I don't want to sing it. I'm not going to sing it. It's so good because my pinball machine is vibrating also right now. Wow this guy comes in. I'm not gonna do better if I keep playing like crap. That should be a skill shot right there. You lock balls on the orbits, which I think is kinda cool. It's kinda like Batman. 66. And then it just comes rocketing back out. Alright, let's go back to upside down world. That's how you do it. Okay, going to upside down. Ready? Go. Neil Shatz taught me this. If the flippers reverse, just reverse your arms. Beat the gray gorilla. Congo. Congo! Congo! It's faster if I just randomly flip. Give me that S, give me that S, give me that E, and then let me out of here. Nope, nope. Oh, I made it. Alright. Okay, there's a shot. Oh, I see what's going on. I gotta hit the shot sequences. So I kinda gotta pay attention to the green. Nope. Nope. So that's why this is challenging. I guess that's why most multiballs are challenging because... It's not... It's good. It's good. It's a good level of challenge. Lock a ball. Come on. Got it. Badman multiball. Hit outside ramps five times light super jackpot. Hit the inside ramp to get super jackpot and escape. Let's see. That's a jackpot. So once you've completed five... So I got two balls now. Let's see if I can do this. I'm flipping over. Nope. Got it. Ah, that sucked. A random flip will kill you. Jackpot. Jackpot. Ah, I should have let that bounce. How many waffles do I have? 27? Nothing. Do I have a ball I can lock? Alright. Skip that. Can I backhand that? Nope. Lock. Nope. That was weird. Oh, that's a ball lock? Adventure Party multiball! That's a jackpot. That wasn't a ball lock. Ah! No, no. Back to single ball play. This guy's got some challenging modes. Oh! This is so stupid. Okay, last ball. Where's Barb is lit. Lock is lit. Right there. Let's get Where's Barb. I'm not going to get that score I was going for. That's okay. Oh! Whoops. Let's do it. Got it. Oh, that was score one? That's the second time I did that. What are you doing, Skylar? Let's go for AV Club. I didn't do it. Right there. Right there. No. Right there. Ah. You got a high score. When you have the machine at home and you have crappy scores up, every score is a high score. All right. Well, that will do it for me tonight. I love this game. Man, this is cool. I could play this all night. And like I said, in VR, this looks amazing, except I can't show you that. You'd have to come over my house. Mike, good to see you again, bro. Well, not really, but yeah. I mean, I'm not seeing you. It's not that I wouldn't see you and say good to see you, because I would say good to see you. Never mind. You know what I'm talking about. I'm doing this because I'm getting ready to do When the Harry Potter table comes out I will stream that the day I get it Because it's going to be awesome This is the nice thing about virtual pinball You can play these fantasy tables that are freaking amazing Thanks for watching And I will see you guys later I'm putting the two year old to bed I can't hear what you say We'll be right back. Thank you. you

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