# Top 10 Most Anger-Inducing Pinball Machines Of All Time

**Source:** Straight Down the Middle  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2022-01-01  
**Duration:** 36m 49s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGTWCAJh66M

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## Analysis

Zach and Greg from Straight Down the Middle present their top 10 list of anger-inducing pinball machines, discussing games that frustrate players through cheap drains, tight shot requirements, and unforgiving mechanics rather than difficulty alone. They cover machines from #10 (The Walking Dead) through #2 (Total Nuclear Annihilation), emphasizing how their favorite games often make them the angriest. The video includes personal anecdotes about emotional reactions to machines and concludes with a merchandise giveaway for holographic Return of the Kraken decals.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] The Walking Dead has cheap drains and unforgiving mechanics that make it anger-inducing despite being controllable for skilled players — _Zach and Greg discuss #10 on their list, noting it's John Borg-designed and has drains that feel unfair_
- [HIGH] Wizard of Oz has hungry outlanes that made it prohibitively expensive to play on location at Zanzibar arcade — _Greg recounts personal experience playing Wizard of Oz at local bar, refusing to play it again due to cost_
- [HIGH] AC/DC Pro version is significantly more brutal than Premium Edition due to missing drop targets — _Zach and Greg explicitly contrast Pro (stand-up targets only) vs Premium (drop targets) versions, calling Pro 'a freaking monster'_
- [HIGH] Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory has out-of-pop drains as its primary frustration point — _Both hosts identify pop drains as the game's chief complaint and design problem on the list at #5_
- [HIGH] Total Nuclear Annihilation (#2) is designed by Matt Scott in his garage and is described as 'sinister' — _Zach describes TNA as 'a sinister little son of a [] that loves the 80s his name's Matt Scott and he created a game in his garage'_
- [HIGH] Star Wars Pinball (#6) has a plunge that can be difficult to control and is a skill shot — _Hosts discuss Star Wars plunge mechanics and note the horseshoe orbit is quick and anger-inducing_
- [HIGH] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (#3) has extremely narrow ramps that punish every missed shot — _Zach states 'the ramps are so narrow and closed off that if you miss any shot in this game you pay for every missed shot'_
- [MEDIUM] Bram Stoker's Dracula (#8) shipped with lightning flippers that created a bigger flipper gap — _Hosts note 'a lot of them shipped with lightning flippers a little bit shorter' creating gap issues_
- [HIGH] Iron Man (#4) has snappy flippers and challenging shot sequences that newer players find frustrating — _Greg discusses Iron Man's brutality, though notes it's not as fast as people claim for its era_

### Notable Quotes

> "I form a uh a pinball tourettes and so like this [] that literally uh that i cannot uh and and i say a lot of things on here but i can't even repeat i cannot repeat the sh the the things that are said"
> — **Greg**, early segment
> _Illustrates how frustrated players become with anger-inducing machines, establishing the show's tone_

> "I would look at that jukebox and i would say there there's i'm not gonna get through these songs there's no this is way too brutal...i told myself i'd never own a AC/DC Pro again"
> — **Zach**, #7 ranking
> _Shows commitment to avoiding specific machines that induce excessive anger, highlighting AC/DC Pro's brutality_

> "it's one game so so i used to take my mom over to zanzibar local uh barcado...like she loved The Wizard of Oz and i like The Wizard boss too...but that's one game that i refuse to ever play on location because it just it cost me a fortune"
> — **Greg**, #9 ranking
> _Personal anecdote demonstrating economic and emotional impact of frustrating machines on players_

> "when i had my Elite version of Star Wars game greg and viewer wanna i got so angry that was the game that i would kick it...the last when i sold my Elite version of Star Wars game it was because i've i [] had enough"
> — **Zach**, #6 ranking discussion
> _Extreme reaction showing players will sell machines due to frustration, despite loving the game itself_

> "it's so hard to progress through them that that's where the frustration comes because it's sort of a long journey or a very tough journey so when you get screwed man it hurts it hurts hard"
> — **Greg**, #2 ranking discussion
> _Articulates core frustration mechanic: difficulty combined with investment creates magnified anger response_

> "the ramps are so narrow and closed off that if you miss any shot in this game you pay for every missed shot...you almost have to be a [] The Professional pinball player to be able to go anywhere in this game"
> — **Zach**, #3 ranking (TMNT)
> _Specific design criticism of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' unforgiving shot geometry_

> "I shut it off and i was like i'm i'm so listening yeah there's not a lot going on in the pitbull market i procrastinated end up turning on after probably a couple months because i just can't catch you"
> — **Greg**, #3 ranking discussion
> _Shows the push-pull relationship: players hate machines but can't stay away from them_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Straight Down the Middle | organization | YouTube show and podcast featuring Zach and Greg discussing pinball games |
| Zach Minney | person | Co-host of Straight Down the Middle, drives the list and provides personal anecdotes about angry reactions |
| Greg Bone | person | Co-host of Straight Down the Middle, contributes game analysis and personal experience with anger-inducing machines |
| John Borg | person | Legendary Stern Pinball designer credited with designing multiple games on the anger-inducing list (Walking Dead, Iron Man, TMNT) |
| Matt Scott | person | Designer of Total Nuclear Annihilation, homebrew game made in his garage that ranks #2 on anger-inducing list |
| Pat Lawlor | person | Designer of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, discussed for its pop drain frustration |
| The Walking Dead | game | #10 on anger-inducing list; John Borg design with cheap drains and out-of-pops issues |
| Wizard of Oz | game | #9 on list; Jersey Jack Pinball game with hungry outlanes that cost Greg significant money at Zanzibar arcade |
| Bram Stoker's Dracula | game | #8 on list; has outlane-hungry design and flipper gap issues from lightning flipper variants |
| AC/DC | game | #7 on list; Stern Pinball game where Pro version is significantly more brutal than Premium due to drop target removal |
| Star Wars | game | #6 on list; difficult plunge and quick orbits make it frustrating despite being favorite game of hosts |
| Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory | game | #5 on list; Jersey Jack Pinball game with primary frustration being out-of-pop drains |
| Iron Man | game | #4 on list; John Borg design with snappy flippers and challenging shot sequences |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | game | #3 on list; John Borg layout with extremely narrow ramps that punish missed shots |
| Total Nuclear Annihilation | game | #2 on list; homebrew game by Matt Scott with complex reactor progession requiring stand-up target hits |
| Zanzibar | organization | Local bar/arcade where Greg played Wizard of Oz on location and spent significant money |
| Stern Pinball | company | Manufacturer of multiple games on the anger-inducing list |
| Jersey Jack Pinball | company | Manufacturer of Wizard of Oz and Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, both on the list |
| Zach Sharp | person | Mentioned as suggesting alternative entry method for merchandise giveaway; loaned Iron Man to Greg for testing |
| Brad Albright | person | Artist commissioned to create Return of the Kraken holographic decals for merchandise giveaway |
| Flippin' Out Pinball | organization | Retailer/platform where the holographic Return of the Kraken decals can be purchased |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Design flaws causing frustration (cheap drains, out-of-pop mechanics, narrow shots), John Borg's design philosophy and recurring mechanical themes across multiple games, Emotional reactions and personal investment in playing frustrating machines
- **Secondary:** Comparison between game editions (Pro vs Premium) and difficulty variations, Location play experience vs home collection experience, Physical expressions of anger and player behavior (kicking, hitting, aggressive nudging), Homebrew vs commercial game design quality
- **Mentioned:** Merchandise and giveaway promotion

### Sentiment

**Mixed** (0.35) — Hosts express frustration and anger toward machines (matching the list topic) but maintain affection for many of them despite the frustration. Overall tone is humorous and self-aware about anger responses. Strong appreciation for game design quality even when frustrated.

### Signals

- **[business_signal]** Total Nuclear Annihilation (homebrew/garage game) ranks #2 on anger-inducing list, suggesting homebrew/independent designers can match or exceed commercial quality in creating compelling, challenging content (confidence: medium) — TNA by Matt Scott in his garage ranks ahead of several Stern/JJP commercial titles; hosts express desire for another copy despite anger
- **[community_signal]** Straight Down the Middle leverages merchandise giveaways and social media sharing campaigns to drive audience engagement and support (confidence: high) — Extended segment on holographic Return of the Kraken decal giveaway with specific email/sharing instructions
- **[sentiment_shift]** Players develop strong emotional attachment to frustrating machines despite anger, often refusing to sell them despite repeated frustration (confidence: high) — Greg procrastinated turning TMNT back on for months after shutdown threat but couldn't permanently remove it; Zach sold Star Wars Elite due to extreme frustration but repurchased regular version
- **[competitive_signal]** Professional pinball players have dramatically different frustration experiences with games compared to casual players, suggesting skill-based gatekeeping on certain titles (confidence: high) — TMNT described as requiring near-professional skill to progress; Walking Dead noted as 'controllable for a savant'; hosts acknowledge their frustration level differs from pro players
- **[design_philosophy]** Pop-bumper drain mechanics (out-of-pop drains) are identified as primary frustration point across multiple games (Walking Dead, Willy Wonka), suggesting design pattern that the community finds problematic (confidence: high) — Pop drains mentioned as central frustration for Walking Dead (#10) and Willy Wonka (#5); hosts identify it as 'design problem' on Willy Wonka
- **[design_philosophy]** Jersey Jack Pinball games are noted for 'floaty' flippers and speed inconsistency that contributes to frustration (Willy Wonka) (confidence: medium) — Hosts describe Willy Wonka as 'oddly fast' despite 'floaty' Jersey Jack flipper feel, creating control difficulty
- **[design_philosophy]** John Borg appears to design machines that are challenging and frustrating by creating narrow shots, tight ramps, and unforgiving ball flow mechanics across multiple games (Walking Dead, Iron Man, TMNT) (confidence: high) — Multiple games on list attributed to John Borg with similar frustration patterns; hosts recognize 'what is it with borg' as recurring theme
- **[market_signal]** Location play economics: frustrating machines with unfair drain patterns can cost players significantly more money, impacting location arcade viability (confidence: medium) — Greg refused to play Wizard of Oz on location because it 'cost me a fortune' and drained dollars quickly
- **[product_strategy]** AC/DC Pro and Premium versions have significantly different difficulty profiles due to drop target inclusion/exclusion, suggesting manufacturers strategically adjust gameplay difficulty by edition (confidence: high) — Zach explicitly contrasts Pro (stand-up targets, 'freaking monster') vs Premium (drop targets, more forgiving) versions of AC/DC
- **[product_concern]** Bram Stoker's Dracula shipped with inconsistent flipper specifications (lightning flippers) that created unintended difficulty variation (confidence: medium) — Hosts note 'a lot of them shipped with lightning flippers a little bit shorter' creating flipper gap issues affecting gameplay

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## Transcript

all right let's kick this [ __ ] you hit it with the bumper knife straighten down the bed [Music] you had a fling with a slingshot you're rolling out the island again [Applause] greg it's the most wonderful time of the year it's the holiday season to feel pissed off and angry right so the [ __ ] my favorite lines ever in a movie you know what i'm talking about i don't know what is it the uh christmas story when the dogs run through the house and the dad listen it'll stand out this christmas when you went so [ __ ] i did it better than last can't do it now you don't [ __ ] well it will listen to it that is a great movie it's so great have you started watching the holiday movies yeah watch santa claus yeah elf now anytime you gotta watch this cancel culture out here craig anytime you're too happy about something that gets shut down real quick yeah and i could tell you this christmas time is a happy time for me yeah right yeah i celebrate christmas you can celebrate whatever you'd like yeah the festivus quan i don't care what you celebrate as long as you this is a happy times for me and it's christmas time yeah i love it yeah but um a lot of people say well you bringing up holidays such as christmas that brings up old memories of bad family reunions and it's like oh [ __ ] family i just like to be happy you got shamed for bad family reunions no i'm just saying if i bring up a family reunions uh on the podcast recently didn't people like oh you shouldn't have to go to family rooms if you don't feel comfortable around people because of the heinous things they've done yeah i'm like i get that but try to overlook the minor things of you know of it's all about thanks thanksgiving and caring coming together and not being such a damn grinch no that's all i'm saying i like to be a grin sometimes if you remove yourself from those situations you have a happier holiday i'm good with that too but i'm saying there's some things maybe just just let the holiday spirit fill your heart now stop speaking as a therapist and speak as a human screw these people oh you know what does upset me i hate people uh holiday season whether it's thanksgiving or christmas my grandmother used to cook she is a turkey cook god bless my grandmother she is aging uh and sadly not to be depressing here aging rather quickly with some dementia setting in her cooking is really shitty now great and you don't know what you're gonna get what i love is you open this whole thing with like christmas is my happy time i love being happy everything should be happy and then you go into my my old dying grandmother who i love and i've always said yeah with dementia that i love so much and so like you just like turned it so you can make these chicken and dumplings that we're just to die for nobody can remember nobody can cook like anything she can't either now well it just i know where you're at i go to michael because my grandmother has the mentorship stuff too she was a fantastic cook like you know she was the same thing but the problem was now you go there everything's [ __ ] outdated and stale it's all expired everything's expired granny like you would go to her house to eat now you stop the frustration yes and you get food before you go to her house so you can be like oh granny i'm sorry mom bone like i already ate like i can't do it it feels so bad oh man i don't know about the cat but i'm sure i'm doing it oh god okay bless our grandmother but does it make you angry because this next topic we're going to cover in this top 10 list is all about the feelings of anger and your frustration difficult things in your life as we are going to do the top 10 most anger inducing pinball machines oh maybe they're unfair maybe they're just downright hard and difficult to complete yeah maybe some of the required shots are just too tight yeah you name it we are gonna we're gonna cover it all here and it's not just hard games we're not talking about hard games we're not talking about games that but it's not just a hard game because you can say well the game's really hard that game's brutal it's kind of tough but it doesn't mean that it translates to making you so pissed off um what makes you mad like what game and i know viewer if you if you're a pinball pinhead there are some games greg that i want to put on their side exactly and i've thought about it those are the games we're talking about and the games have you ever had a game where you get so mad that you rock this son of a [ __ ] on two legs at a time i've done it and uh the top three i've done on each one of them i have and there's some recordings of it because my family just thinks it's funny like i form a uh a pinball tourettes and so like in this [ __ ] that literally uh that i cannot uh and and i say a lot of things on here but i can't even repeat i cannot repeat the sh the the things that are said wow in some of these games and some of these games are on our list um that it just it automatically it what it does is it's a release for me to play the next ball okay because i grabbed that mother [ __ ] by the rails and then i just i'll bite down and this is true this is all swear to god this is all true you can ask my wife and i don't know if i should be proud of but i like to be honest with you folks out there but there are there's words you turn into a bad impersonation of arnold schwarzenegger well that was just so i didn't say the words to get myself into trouble but that's what happens this video might get us canceled and then i stop and i'll plunge the second bowl and i go about it it's a relationship you're able to get rid of it yeah but that's why i have to do it that's why like the the pinball tourette's happens is it's almost like a quick steam release and then i can go on to play now if it's really bad never really steam too many times i just have to walk away pin rats pin rats you get the bag case they open the pin rats see when i get into that funk sometimes i can't shake myself from it oh really yeah see try that try the next thing and what what it's what i'm scared of is because i i play in my home environment so much and and i like brutal games and when that happens to me i'm scared that i'm going to be playing in public oh and it's just going to happen naturally like you know how like if see this happen oh i'm used to like you know sometimes if you work by yourself you just fart whenever you want sometimes you're out in public and you're just like oh [ __ ] i farted yeah it slips yeah just because you're not used to hold but no you're just not used to holding because you're at home we work from home so okay you just fart whenever you want yeah i'm pretty conscientious when i fart it's accidentally fart sometimes it's just like i'm like oh [ __ ] i'm not ever farting in an elevator and just like oh my i farted and this is walked on yeah i know oh i always think about that i'm like i could i'm so low back to the task we're going to start with number 10 the the the 10th most anger inducing pinball machines but first before we do that we want to remind you that you can win one of these wonderful we're doing a giveaway these things are msrp like 50 bucks now inflation uh they're a nice deca oh by brad Brad Albright we commissioned him to do the redo the kraken my look i'm doing some of his my homie go me right there you can purchase all of this merch these weren't just made on uh your your home printer and a cricut machine not that you would have experienced that but uh yeah we had professional uh deca i'm gonna call them decals they're not even stickers these are special edition holographic ones that may be up on flipping out pinball.com you can buy they're expensive they're large but we're going to give one of these away look at oh my gosh we have to like i don't know look greg oh look at that look at the hologram i love it that's pretty cool i love them they can win one of these what do they have to do to win one of these you have to share this video and according to zach i was going to keep it simple and you just share it from our facebook from the link that we post on there but zach said you can just email us a picture of you sharing you can from anything take the link down here this little arrow take that link shared on your social media it can be on the twitters the the snapchats any social media the tick tocks the ding dongs whatever you want to do email us proof yeah take a picture of it email us to sdtm pinball gmail.com and we'll enter you to win one of these beautiful holographic return of the kraken sdtm look at msrp 50. um i bet people buy it it's that nice is that nice and also buy merchandise come on people help support this show but the we're gonna do some honorable mentions before we get into them okay some of the honorable mentions for me are rick and morty that game is the Scott Danesi any scott denison game is going to make you mad very much guardians of the galaxy we both agree the outlands you guys thought that'd be in the top why i sold it tight shots with those outlands that bore gallon get bored whoa john we'll call you by first name john oh jonathan john jonathan rocket kickback with no ball save that scoop screw you scoop that scoop to start a mode rob zombie oh charlie that's just made up of brutalness that's just a chaotic mess the way it is yeah why are you adding another sling up there what are you doing like where do i shoot as a good pinball player i'm not saying i'm a good people but any good pinball player where do i shoot turn on the headlamp cause i can't even see this game it's a black play field that'll piss me off but your number 10 most anger inducing pinball machine is [Music] the walking dead that's a mean one yes john borg but john here's the thing that i think about that i think some people are going to go [ __ ] that should be like higher up but i still think it's controllable i do too you control like no other i've never it's like a savant over here with just that game just that game i could murder that game wow but it is anger inducing because you do get some cheap drinks it will murder you um it is quick there is a lot of uh there's a lot going on it is a brutal game and it does out of the pops yes pops there's a growing theme here out of the pops if you don't have a setup right and that's the things i think that will induce anger in most of these situations a lot of it's just cheap drains it's [ __ ] that you don't have yes that you know i'm controlling we're not talking about getting in slings and getting into things to where that it's made for that chaos uh pop bump you know anything like that these are things that you just literally like it's a shot that you have to make or you this is a shock [ __ ] yes absolutely no it's just coming around orbit oh my god and it it drains prison magnet remember ah when it just real yeah throw stuff like it never did a squirrel to throw anywhere else all three of these bowls just just screwed me on that yeah it doesn't get any better on the premium le because you have a ramp flap that is inferior to you get a rejection get a rejection or you get another magnet on that well walk walking dead is we're going to curse a lot of this that's a [ __ ] that's a [ __ ] of a game that's number 10. how could it get worse than that it does it's a lot number nine jersey jack pinball it's not the hobbit we're not only cadillac here we're at their first game the wizard of oz friendly my ass no we're definitely not in kansas anymore whenever you whenever you go those outlanes that are hungry that is one game so so i used to take my mom over to zanzibar local uh barcado you don't need more no and i took her name you're a brave man and like she loved wizard of oz and i like wizard boss too and i've always wanted to get time on wizard of oz but that's one game that i refuse to ever play on location because it just it cost me a fortune to actually play and get on that game and that's why i've always wanted to buy one because i still want to learn and play it but i it was so brutal to me that i [ __ ] i couldn't put i would never put a dollar in there it cost me a fortune to be able to play it because it just ate my dollars wow and then it would make me so pissed wow yep never played it on location it's weird i'm thinking about taking your mom to zanzibar uh speaking of wizard of oz she always had a nickname for me always called me the tin man you want to know why nope nope because i'm always stupid i got no heart baby no hurt when i give it to her miss bone here i come off the rails that far in a long time i'm like give him a little baby i'm going to give you another chance to redeem yourself yeah good luck doing any of the things on the left right yeah i'm like no number eight number eight a lot of people are gonna say it should be higher the the eighth most angry inducing pinball machine is brom stoker's dracula yes it's mean yes it's a nasty little and i don't know why it's just outlander hungry they are uh a lot of them shipped with lightning flippers a little bit shorter yeah got a little gap there bigger gap that the the flipper gap and triple bank right in the middle yeah straight down the middle yep coming back i think that's what gets me the most and you got to hit them you got to hit them you got to hit them that's the thing is it entire it throws you into there but i also i think and that game does piss me off but i'm going to say something good about it um i think that's the thing i kind of like about it sometimes i like a shorter game how do you take a shorter playing game you're going to see viewer that a lot of these pins they're greg and i's favorite games yeah they're games that are in our collections they are our favorite games of all time but we'd like a more difficult game i think i just like to be punished oh naughty well i'm thinking of brown strokers now where i'm stoking hello that was a barry ousler game yeah all right let's see if we see any patterns here number one seven this one's a specified one yes we didn't know whether to include it but if we did i was an advocate for it this is where it comes yes a lot of people think that the premium version of this they wouldn't think is necessarily brutal maybe the right outline that gets covered up yeah a lot with canon yeah with canon we're giving it away a little bit maybe a star trek next gen maybe it is ac dc the pro the pro the pro specifically the pro because on the premium release you have drop targets the drop targets soften that ball and slows it down more control yes on the pro you do not have those drop targets they're just stand up targets and that game is a freaking monster it's like an oldest em with just stain up targets everywhere playing like uh yeah my favorite band and i will not own that game again that's how bad yeah because like i said like i would look at that jukebox and i would say there there's i'm not gonna get through these songs there's no this is way too brutal like it is way too and it would make me so mad trying to get there and you'd be right and it's just all like oh my god it's just it's it's that game when i own that game uh i told myself i'd never own a pro again i think it's one of the the most or least playable games yeah you can't play that game it may be one of the shortest games in my collection besides judge dread it's no use like a lot and it's a great game a lot on these lists greg i i love and they'll never go anywhere but this is one on my list that i hate so much that i'll never oh never and there's very few games i ever say that about it's it's just too much stand up target and stern flippers are snappy enough yeah i don't need it number six the sixth most angry inducing pinball machine we it's one of our best games our favorite games we love this game and it's stirring star wars watch out for that plunge y'all plunge out lane hey at least they get a ball out lane [ __ ] they're we're in ball three bad plunge will it's another one of those things it's kind of hard to control that plunge because it's a skill shot and it truly is one of my favorite games mine too sort of like walking dead walking dead on my favorite game and it's a race car yes it's not just the plunge no it can be fast inner orbits yes or that uh horseshoe orbit yeah that thing is quick i'm i'm not as i think that that that this one for for i'm not i want to speak for you but for me this one i did not find as anger inducing but we have to be on the pro but we have that's true too i call that the handicap edition you did too you made fun of me all the time but i also have to give it to what other people say when we're doing this as a top 10 not just hours we have to be sort of uh objective yeah uh yeah objective objective to it uh to be able to these people are not in their heads yes you guys are right we hate star wars because of that [ __ ] i love it yeah i do too they're still my favorite i've ever made and a lot of people for what it's worth on the premium le sure it does and you've heard me as a broken record have one of the greatest toys of all time in pinball and that hyperspace but a lot of people have different difficulty with that fork that comes up yeah and it gets rejected and then it pisses you off go down street down the middle on you anytime a horseshoe loop is present another one of those just unfair things that you're just like no you know forget it it comes down to turn it off i don't give a [ __ ] anymore yep that one's mean that one's made this next one what about number five we're in the top five here what makes you mad another jjp game my favorite jjp game it's probably my favorite jjp gamers really yeah wow willy wonka what is it with these family themes wizard of oz really what's you think the hobbit would be like like a little more we'll kill your children though yeah watch it yeah you think willie won't oh that's true that is very true there was a messenger got stuck in the pipe there were some messages in that that violet turned into a balloon yeah i mean but the number one my number one complaint it's tough there's everyone's number one complaint well it because it's an odd game because it has that feel of jjp it's a little floaty the the the flippers aren't as strong but it's oddly fast but the chief complaint and again this is probably one of the worst things in pinball besides aerosmith is out of the [ __ ] pops almost every time you're robbed and you dread setting that up or having to set a shot up up there because you just know that you're going to get screwed and you're going to lose that ball and especially in the middle like where it really comes heartbreaking because you got to really play through that game that's a journey that you're having the taking you invest a lot you've got that game down real wise yeah and then you just [ __ ] yeah because there's what do you have to qualify you got to go through that show no i can't do this you should never have every games got like a dummy shot right greg attack for mars the dummy shots up the m you know you're gonna eat it a plunge should never be a no no no it's all inject game you're a dummy yeah you've got a short plunge that game yep yeah i think it's a design problem i do i really think it's a design issue and i love i love lawler's design on it he likes them he likes them earning money on location hey pat bud uh it's 2022 so i maybe just you know we're no longer taking quarters in the 80s no and i mean i can i can see what's going on you just can't if it wasn't for the pops honestly i wouldn't had so much frustration that right out lane sucks my balls in it it kind of does it does and yeah like you're alluding to the control of a jjp yeah it's a mean it's and hitting that right ramp owners will know hitting that right ramp is no see skipping the park that's when i i didn't even hit that left ramp all day long i didn't have an issue when you hit the gobstopper here comes down the middle the gobstopper's a little rough i think people thinking about it now like you know what these guys are right that is a brutal ass game is it more brutal than our number four most anger inducing difficult pins stern snappy flippers again iron man see i do not so this is the thing you're crazy actually you're crazy and i'd wanted one for a long time zach loaned me one and i was super pumped about it because you know i hear everybody you know i hear buffalo talking about you know nick always that was one of the next favorite games they always talk about how brutal it was oh it's fantastic everybody talks about i used to [ __ ] on it yeah oh yeah i know and everybody but i loved it and honestly don't think that it's as fast as what people say i think that for the time it probably was but i enjoyed i enjoyed the rules yeah i mean i've got it set up like the outlanes are this wide open no yeah i don't know man this just doesn't happen it's borg again what is it with boar honestly shooting the um oh um what's his name um in the middle uh monger monger iron monger like like that that's a little i get a little scared every time i get up you gotta graze him or you got a great yesterday but i think that that's the trick to that game about the war machine kickback right back i don't have a huge problem with it what about a clunky middle spinner that's going to come back that's a little scary slider yeah i don't know there's some brutality to i just don't leave them mount lanes are yeah the outlanes are a little mm-hmm they're me i mean i'm grinding my teeth a little bit with it oh okay the wait is over a revolution in led lighting for your pinball is finally here fully customizable full spectrum lighting from PinStadium Lights order yours now at kingstadium.com chrome it brass it black nicolette candy chrome it powder coated the possibilities are endless at pinballplating.com [Music] your pinball machine deserves the best at comet pinball you'll find the best variety of led products with the best quality leds and most importantly at the best price your collection is begging for an upgrade order yours now at cometpinball.com check out pin graphics for the latest and greatest in pinball enhancements power blades blade skins pin blades and even more visit pin graphics.com now to see what's available for your pinball machine [Music] number three i think a lot of people probably aren't thinking about another stern i want to throw this up to number one you did you've threatened to get rid of this game so many times i will say going back to willy wonka when i had my ellie greg and viewer wanna i got so angry that was the rock game that i would rock it because i'd get so worried about that because i get everything loaded loaded loaded ready to capitalize on the ultimate stack pop pop drain i [ __ ] you not the last when i sold my ellie it was because i've i [ __ ] had enough yeah it did it one too many times i turned that son of a [ __ ] off and i didn't play it again until it sold yeah i was done yep later got a ce because i'm addicted and i can't get enough of it but but this game has done this to you our number uh our number three teams yeah mutant ninja turtles again a nice family theme there again it ultimately comes down to me first of all it's fast the ram john borg anything john borg again and it also may want to be one of borg's best layouts but at the same time the ramps are so narrow and closed off that if you miss any shot in this game you pay for every missed shot i'm sorry you almost have to be a [ __ ] professional pinball player to be able to go anywhere in this game and you can get bored from the lair yes you 100 and that's what when they put that somebody told me because i was super pissed about that yeah because but then somebody said you can turn on a ball save and you can actually there's a ball saved for it but that was like but that's yes that's only because of coming out of that layer and it was [ __ ] god it's just outland to begin with you're trying to hit the ramp in the spinning disc it's like you're like you son of a [ __ ] what do you think john board's middle name is i want to tell him by his whole name i think it's cornelius john jonathan cornelius borg you son of a [ __ ] and the most respectful complimentary like i said dude it's a phenomenal layout it's amazing and if your name is leaving my collection i love it so that's my issue what'd i tell you last time so i i did almost the wonka thing i shut it off and i was like i'm i'm so listening yeah there's not a lot going on in the pitbull market i procrastinated end up turning on after probably a couple months because i just can't catch you that's exactly what it was but i was on i felt good i was hitting all my shots like and it's not easy shots and so then i'm like well i guess it's going to stay for a little bit yeah i do like the way it looks i do like the theme so it's going to stick around for a little bit but i guarantee i turn it on again and i'm going to piss i've never done i probably my game probably says 3 000 plays on it and i've actually only played like 200 balls i know that mathematically doesn't work but it's the number one game we started then i restart after the first ball see for me that's willy wonka no that's a willy wonka for me because i just know that i'm not going anywhere and it's a lot of turtles for me ah it is john borg he's a masochist is that the right term i don't know but we'll roll with it unless it means something really wrong i just picture john borger the ball gag that's all that's what it's gonna be like as long as you're trying to sing karaoke [Laughter] silver chairs oh my god way too insane pinball number two is uh a phenomenal day i want another one of these it's not by stern no it's not by jjp chicago gaming company no it's not by them either it's by is it by spooky kind of kind of it's it's by a basement in a chicago suburb by a sinister little son of a [ __ ] that is in love with the 80s his name's scott denisey and he created a game in his garage called total nuclear annihilation but people love this game too man is it a rocket it's mean you're bouncing it's like ac dc yeah but then you got a pop bumper right there too it's phenomenal lighting music it's spectacular it's very unique it's original you get a remember that rocket scoop yes working through those reactors though and you got to hit the stand up targets to make the reactor go live yeah i think it's one of those things that this game it's another i think another thing that these some of these games have in common is that yeah it's so hard to progress through them that that's where the frustration comes in it's because it's sort of a long journey or a very tough journey so when you get screwed man it hurts it hurts hard because it's actually hard you just get through the knot the rules are the same progressing through the nine reactors and i think that's what pissed you off too is it is kind of a there's a simplicity to it and i think that that's why it's like why should it be so worse why is this something you know where the extra balls are and you know you're close greg i feel bad for the person that got my last tna was it super fast that cabinet had to be broken do you ever do that that shove i shove forward yeah because the back legs are against the wall i want to break oh i have not i don't care i will break do what what kind of things before we get to our number one most angry inducing pinball machine what moves do you have that you feel guilty about or embarrassed about uh you talk about screaming profanities that would make even uh dennis leary feel like maybe the screaming profanities okay that's really bad huh and i know some of the words that you have used they're just dirty words so man it's just really dirty and you mix them you throw in you think oh there's them up there's no there's no no normal word or phrase in between that's why that's why that's why i literally like compared to tourette's is it it's a string of very quick erratic uh vulgar words with nothing in between see mine's physical mine's physical i do um i do the shove mother i do that i do the rock see i'm too scared to break but i've only i i don't but i'm so angry greg i want them to break i want them to break because i can be like what now [ __ ] yeah like what now i said broken ass leg [ __ ] yes i i'm bad about this i do the fist to the glass oh no i know i'm bad i'm bad about it i just get so angry i had some friends over for mad from work and uh i mean they put a little pinball but they hadn't like been in my basement or anything and like they were just watching me normal play like smack saying oh yeah they freaked out like oh my god like what are you doing and i'm like we haven't really seen anything this is actual just casual play or if i get a drain that's important i'll just shake that thing knowing i'm gonna talk i've seen people do it no one i'm gonna tilt it yeah but i'm like no that's what you i've seen people do that [ __ ] on location it freaks me out makes me uncomfortable my friend schmidty you know schmidty's buddy ears too he always laughs because when i'm at his house i'll turn him all on and i'll go to play and it's usually wizard of oz of course um that when it pisses me off i just immediately turn it off i go the next one he gets the biggest kick i i always say nope no i'm back it's like it off going no i don't shut up nope i'm done with you what's the most angry inducing pinball machine of all time greg one of our truly favorite games absolutely and the most gorgeous games i'm gonna have one of the most iconic themes in the world my gosh ghostbusters absolutely ghostbusters who doesn't get pissed off at ghostbusters let's list the ways i hate this i like the torture that's right boys i mean you've got a flipper gap that was jacked up from the beginning you've got outlanes that have metal guides that the ball flies over it is truly the most unfair game yeah there probably is ever that shitty ramp you have to have a protector on it to keep the ball down out of the pops and goes going down the lane right yeah scalari brothers ah coming back at you bro this is a son of a [ __ ] of a game man it is truly unfair but one of the most addictive pinball machines still tight shots but the geometry so well like they almost don't play a factor yeah does that ramp over there to the right this looks like it should be unmakable honestly it's so good there when the egg though like feels like that that orbit feels like you should never be able to make that and they're kind of swings are mean even on the premium led the magnet sleeves yes well let's make it let's just stop this let's get this new in invention on uh two magnets the most shitty brutal game we've ever like hold the ball give you the finger and throw it down the middle yeah yep [ __ ] what is still a magical game but i sold it for that like we played that so hard and we played so rough because we got into the challenge on trying to up one another and in that game it it overstayed its welcome and i was so obsessed with that i played through the anger like it had to have taken years off of my life playing that game i don't doubt it like it really did i do not doubt like i became so consumed with that pen we did and like just obsessed that i played through the anger in the frustration getting angry now i know that's my blood i guarantee you if you check my blood pressure right now just thinking about it my gosh we should have done that next time we get a ghostbusters we need to play the hell out of it take a blood pressure reading before and then we'll do a blood pressure reading after i like that for a comparison that'd be really good we're gonna back this up with science ghostbusters hmm it's mean it is me it's me but i love it and that is the most anger-inducing pinball machine of all time that game is kind of like stockholm syndrome i can see it it's like it's the shitty high school girlfriend yeah she gives you a taste and you're like oh that's what that is yeah and not you [ __ ] sick no but you get that taste of what it's like to be in love and then she can just do whatever and it's so pretty and you're right it's a great theme all the artwork she tickles your chin the code is fun it's one of my favorite code sets she's so pretty too she's so pretty she's got a way about her let's just kick you in the nuts and then you get slime all over you it's been straight down the middle this is greg and i'm zach remember if you want one of these speaking of beauties dolly part in there maybe turn it upside down for a little easter but uh did you ever tell you that you seen that didn't you didn't you see that oh i never told you no i did not yeah that well it's kind of genius oh my god that makes me want that sticker even more i'll get the t-shirt too uh but if you want this all you got to do is take a link to this video share it follow it probably put an advisory on it to be honest with you but do that also follow our twitch chuck wort carrie hardy doing our sd teams every once in a while uh and uh i guess that's it buy [ __ ] from our buy ship from our sponsors yep one of them being flipping out tis the season to buy gifts love you gomi you're not on this list how are you gotta love him mm-hmm [Music] you had a fling with a slingshot you're rolling out the island again text your wife nope send her a wiener pic have you ever sent a dick pic yeah have you really i've never sent a dick pic not like unsolicited oh glad i've never sent a dick pic i think i'm too perfectionistic i have to have like a background like uh well i put a lot of thought into it did you yeah angles yeah yeah lighting no no i was young i didn't care so much young dick you thought it was great no stray hairs i'm not really been but you thought it was great did you delete it afterwards so your dick is in the ether out there just just rolling around everywhere out there oh it could be something did it include balls or no balls no both no balls symbols really a lot of balls man they're a lot of balls but it's pretty personal me asking you this but i'm really fascinated by the uh the cinematography of a dick pic um it's all an angle well do you do you you don't take a dick pic or wreck do you yeah really gonna be erect i don't have to no i've only done like one i'd almost think i would want to go flaccid why because it's it's it's not saying it's not showing off too much i'm a grower not a shower well and i hear you there that's why i've been taking the dick pic but i'd almost want to do like a mark wahlberg kind of you know like here it is kind of thing yeah i'm not too happy but i'm not too cold either here it is i don't know the answer you're looking for oh the analysis of a dick pic okay

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