# Ghostbusters LE (Stern 2016)

**Source:** Mystery Pinball Theater 3000  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2021-08-23  
**Duration:** 82m 38s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4smHMXqNs-4

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## Analysis

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 hosts Manu and guest Beginner's Luck Mary play a heavily modified Stern Ghostbusters Limited Edition (2016) pinball machine, highlighting custom upgrades including Ecto-Goggles LCD, magno-slings, Stay Puft Marshmallow Man mech, and subway shot modifications. The hosts discuss gameplay mechanics, compare it to the standard LE version, and provide commentary on difficulty, ball trapping challenges, and flashy multiball effects while streaming to their community.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] The Ghostbusters LE magno-slings have no actual sling mechanism—they're just switches that detect ball hits and trigger magnets to throw the ball — _Manu and Mary confirm there's no real sling mechanism, just magnets, switches, and rubbers with solenoid activation_
- [HIGH] The Ecto-Goggles feature (small LCD) on the avatar Limited Edition doesn't start a mode and functionally does nothing — _Manu: 'It doesn't start a mode, no. So it literally does nothing. It does nothing, but it looks cool.'_
- [HIGH] The subway shot on the avatar LE version is significantly more hittable than the standard Ghostbusters LE version — _Manu: 'This shot here is very hittable. It's way more hittable than the Ghostbusters LE version, which has that really tiny, like... It's so hard. This you can hit Papa Duke much all the time.'_
- [MEDIUM] The ramp on the avatar LE appears slightly wider due to guard placement compared to the standard version, which can cause flips if barely hit on the right side — _Mary: 'I think the ramp is a little wider on this. I don't know what that is. I think it might be the guard that's on the right side of it helps guide it up.'_
- [HIGH] Ghostbusters LE multiball causes excessive flashing lights that obscure ball visibility during play — _Manu: 'This game will give you a seizure... if you get it to a multi-ball, it flashes you so much. You can't see the ball.'_

### Notable Quotes

> "It's the ugliest thing I've ever seen."
> — **Manu**, early segment
> _Critical commentary on Slimer shooter rod aesthetic design choice_

> "God damn it, Sam Stern. [Ecto-Goggles don't do anything]"
> — **Manu**, mid-stream
> _Frustration with cosmetic feature that has no gameplay function; potential criticism of design priorities_

> "This game does not like balls to be trapped."
> — **Manu**, gameplay segment
> _Key gameplay mechanic observation affecting strategy; contrasts with Jersey Jack Pinball trapping difficulty_

> "Beginner's Luck, Mary. You guys see it all happening. First time. I play my best when I've never played the cabinet before."
> — **Beginner's Luck Mary**, early gameplay
> _Self-aware commentary on skill level and first-machine-advantage phenomenon_

> "The coffin multi ball is like, yes, it's major points, but it's so much work. So much work."
> — **Beginner's Luck Mary**, strategy discussion
> _Gameplay strategy insight: certain modes are effort-intensive relative to reward_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 | organization | Pinball streaming show on Twitch hosted by Manu and featuring community gameplay and commentary |
| Manu | person | Co-host of Mystery Pinball Theater 3000, streaming pinball gameplay and analysis |
| Beginner's Luck Mary | person | Guest player on MPT3K stream, known for strong first-time machine performance |
| Ghostbusters (Limited Edition) | game | Stern Pinball 2016 game featuring custom modifications including magno-slings, Ecto-Goggles, and Stay Puft Marshmallow Man mechanic |
| Stern Pinball | company | Manufacturer of Ghostbusters LE; subject of design criticism re: Ecto-Goggles feature |
| Sam Stern | person | Leadership at Stern Pinball; implicitly criticized for Ecto-Goggles design decision |
| Jersey Jack Pinball | company | Referenced competitor for comparison on trapping difficulty mechanics (Willy Wonka & Chocolate Factory cited) |
| Fliptronic | person | Streamer/viewer present in chat acknowledging game commentary |
| Frisco Pinball | person | Viewer/community member in chat, mentioned re: full DMD capture device issues |
| Lynn | person | Community member/viewer, friend of hosts, mentioned re: clothes rack build project |
| Brad | person | Operator/technician at venue where Ghostbusters LE is located; responsible for machine maintenance |
| Matt Henry | person | Venue staff assisting with stream setup and machine support |
| Darren | person | Venue staff working on machine modifications and setup |
| Nick | person | Viewer providing gameplay strategy commentary in chat |
| Fear, Love and Pinball | person | Viewer in chat commenting on magno-slings mechanic |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Ghostbusters LE machine customization and modifications, Gameplay mechanics analysis (trapping, slings, shots, multiball), Pinball streaming content and community engagement
- **Secondary:** Design criticism of Stern Pinball features (Ecto-Goggles, shooter rod, flashy effects), Comparison between Ghostbusters LE standard and custom versions, Virtual pinball gameplay and nudging mechanics
- **Mentioned:** Player skill assessment and first-machine advantage

### Sentiment

**Mixed** (0.55) — Hosts enjoy the gameplay and appreciate certain modifications (subway shot accessibility, Marshmallow Man mech, ball return to shooter lane), but express genuine frustration with specific design choices (Ecto-Goggles doing nothing, Slimer shooter rod aesthetics, excessive multiball flashing, magno-slings instead of true slings). Generally positive tone during play but critical of design decisions.

### Signals

- **[community_signal]** Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 actively incorporating viewer chat commentary into gameplay analysis and providing real-time strategy discussion (confidence: high) — Multiple chat interactions throughout stream with viewers providing input on shots, nudging techniques, and gameplay strategy
- **[design_philosophy]** Magno-slings lack traditional sling mechanism; instead use switches and magnets to redirect ball, potentially affecting gameplay feel and expectation (confidence: high) — Manu confirms: 'There's no real sling mechanism in there... It's just magnets. It's a switch that detects if the ball hits it, and then the magnets go.'
- **[design_philosophy]** Excessive multiball flashing effects obscure ball visibility and create seizure-inducing light patterns (confidence: high) — Manu: 'This game will give you a seizure... if you get it to a multi-ball, it flashes you so much. You can't see the ball.'
- **[design_philosophy]** Slimer shooter rod criticized as 'the ugliest thing I've ever seen' and feeling terrible despite being thematic (confidence: high) — Manu: 'This guy has the ugliest shooter rod you've ever seen. It's a Slimer shooter rod and we all hate it... It feels terrible and it just looks nice.'
- **[design_philosophy]** Ecto-Goggles LCD feature criticized as cosmetic-only with no gameplay function; hosts express frustration at apparent design oversight (confidence: high) — Manu: 'It doesn't start a mode, no. So it literally does nothing. It does nothing, but it looks cool. Right? God damn it, Sam Stern.'
- **[gameplay_signal]** Ghostbusters LE designed to discourage ball trapping; Stay Puft Marshmallow Man mechanic moving back and forth prevents trap stability (confidence: high) — Manu: 'This game does not like balls to be trapped... Notice the Stay Puff Man moving back and forth. That's just a little bit of a major problem.'
- **[product_strategy]** Avatar LE version features improved subway shot hittability and wider ramp with guard placement compared to standard Ghostbusters LE version (confidence: high) — Manu: 'This shot here is very hittable. It's way more hittable than the Ghostbusters LE version... the ramp is a little wider on this.'

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## Transcript

 Well, hello, welcome back MPT3K. T3K. Is my mic live? Yes. Is anything working? I always start off like that. Is it working? Well, here's the thing. Beginner's Luck Mary's here. Hello. Obviously, we're doing the mask thing again. Yep. Because California has to do the mask thing. Yep. My lights don't work today but it looks like the game is bright enough today so that people can see where the ball's going and everything what's up nj he says you have a great mass i have a great mass thank you so much what's up nj Pinsomniac's there's a lot of. Oh, I see. What's up Frisco? What's up Frisco? Alright. Thanks Octo Chris for following. So we got Beginners Look Merry here. Hello! Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello. And my other otter buddy. Oh! There's a dog. There's a dog. There's a dog. Doggo. Say hello to the puppers everyone. Hi everyone! Say hi! Nothing to do with Jimbo! Hi! Oh no, no, no, he's fine. He's all good. What's up Bobo? Bobo says hi, Puppers. So this is the... so we've done Ghostbusters before. I think I remember Ben blew it up. Oh yeah, a little bit. Just a tad bit. But, what's up, Metronic? but this is the nice expensive one nice and expensive this is the very expensive this is the Ghostbusters le I wish I had another camera on it so you guys can see but you'll see some of the mods so one of the mods that they installed is the staple stay puff marshmallow man does this thank you for more biddies try to tail pinball. We've got the Subways here. Homer J. Aren't they really all expensive though? This is even more. This is extra special. This is way more expensive. Yes, but you're right. They are expensive. Yes. But expensive is relative. Then how much is this one? I don't know. It's more than 8K. I don't know how much. The more expensive the better. So So this guy has the ugliest shooter rod you've ever seen. It's a Slimer shooter rod and we all hate it. I don't know if you like it but I don't like it. Oh yeah, you guys, it's the, you can't see the rod but like, it's literally the ugliest thing I've seen. You can't see the rod. It is accurate though. It's the ugliest thing I've ever seen. I'll show you guys the shooter rod. That's the shooter rod. Yep. That's why I wanted to do a Rodney Dangerfield and be like, clearly you haven't seen my ex-wife. Yes, it's a little slimer and we all hate it because it feels terrible and it just looks nice. What else do we have? So the difference is between the Pro and the LE, this has the Ecto-Goggles. Yes, that's a lot different. Oh yeah, I haven't seen that before. Which is a little tiny like Batman screen, you know, a little tiny LCD. Yes it is! It has a subway of course, so the super shot doesn't lead straight to the flipper anymore, it goes down into the subway. And it also has, here's the good thing about the LE, this shot here, what am I doing, oh my god. Yeah, what are you doing? What am I doing? Alright, this shot, what shot was I talking about? I don't know, you talking about the subway shot? This shot, it goes underneath and not all the way? I think you were talking about this loopy thing. Oh yeah, yeah, this shot. This shot goes underneath and not all the way? It goes underneath and not all the way. I think you were talking about this movie. Oh, yeah, yeah. This shot here. There. That's not good. Now it's like a chipmunk. Thank you. You talk. Yay! I like being a chipmunk. I always love being a chipmunk. Because I am the chipperest of chipmunks. Yes. Am I high enough for you guys? Is my voice pitch high enough for you guys? It can go higher. It can go a lot higher. Thanks, Fliptronic. Thank you, Fliptronic. All right. So what I was saying was this shot here is very hittable. Okay. It's way more hittable than the pro version, which has that really tiny, like. It's so hard. It's super hard. This you can hit pretty much all the time. Really? Um, the ecto goggles are right here. Right? And that's, that's cool. It doesn't do anything. Yeah. It doesn't do anything. Does it start a mode or anything? It doesn't start a mode, no. So it literally does nothing. It does nothing, but it looks cool. Right? God damn it, Stern. We've got the books, the Scolari Brothers stack. I mean, the Spooked Librarians book stack. So that's, is that the capture ball? Yeah, that's the capture ball. If you hit it too many times, the scolaries come up. Over here, check it out. Over here, green balls. And I think Don't Panic Flip actually had... Wow, those are actually green. Don't Panic Flip had green balls in there. You'll see. I can see. Don't Panic Flip had green balls. I'm not saying anything. To each their own. I am not saying anything. Don't be a stranger. That's Matt. That was Darren. Bye, Darren. Thanks a lot. Clear. What else is there that's a difference? Can you backhand and forehand? Oh, oh, oh, into that shot. You can backhand the... No, no, I think he was talking about the shot you were saying was easy. This shot, no, you can't backhand this shot. It's too deep. But this shot here, you can backhand this. And you guys should get good at backhanding that. Yeah. It just makes it up. It has to be like the perfect backhand. Which is something that you do all the time. These guys are nasty. So these are the things that people hate about the LE version. They're magnet, magno-slings. Wait, what? So not only are they slingshots, but magnets are underneath here that just throw the ball anywhere. Ugh. What? Yes. That's not fair. It's not fair. But at a certain point, sometimes it'll settle the ball and drop it to your flipper. so you have to listen to the sound. The sound will do something like and if you do that It's like pinball on a whole other level. It is. If you do that and you hold it Hey, what's up? Oh, baby. What's up, son? Scorbit in the house. Always. He's one of the guys that works at Scorbit. Awesome. All right. What else? What else? I think that's about it. But this is pretty tricked out. Don't be there. Don't be there. Color DMD, obviously. There is no real sling mechanism in there. Now, he's right. He's right. There's no real sling mechanism in there. It's nothing but a... It's just magnets. It's a switch. It's rubbers and magnets. He's right. It's a switch that detects if the ball hits it, and then the magnets go. So there's actually no slings on there. No sling mechanism. I don't know how I feel about that on him. Oh, it's going to be fun. What's up, Jeff Ward? I'll say hi to people Bobo so you broke the slimer to launch the ball yes also Chris what's up should do that they're inhaling helium yes yes yes yes yes yes insomniac insomniac is always right and we're locating pinballs oh that's not a good start that is not a good start did they put the pinballs back in I hope they did. Otherwise, yeah, the key. Yeah. Did they put the balls back in? Can you go ask Brad if they put the balls back in? That'd be funny if they took the balls out thinking they could screw with you. And then you're like, uh, crap, at the beginning of your stream. And then everyone laughs at you, and you're fat, and yeah. Did they put the balls back in? They were just working on this. Like, legit, I come in and they're working on this. No, Nick, you're always right. Real men can do just fine with no balls. So that's what the one bobo says. Did we put the balls back in? I don't know. Did Darren? I don't know. Not being able to play without balls is what I call being a amateur. There's one. There's two, two, three, four, five, this one. Is it a six ball game? Yeah, it's a six ball game. Let's let them cycle through real quick. Maybe it was just kind of resting weird. But yeah, no. Okay. Cool. That was weird. Maybe it's just like started up and didn't know what his ball was. Welcome aboard. Yay! Thank you to come over here and fix it. Matt, everybody. Matt, a free goal watch, everybody. Free goal watch. Matt Henry up in the house By the way I double Otter today Hey hey hey September September September Which is when my birthday is also So Is it the 21st because otherwise it doesn't count Oh thank you David Buy that man a beer We're supposed to throw Darren under the bus Why don't you go first I go first? Okay. Alright, so I'm assuming the skill shot is similar to the original or is it different? Yeah, same skill shot. So you want to choose which lane you want to start your scene on. Yep. And you also want to choose what you want up at the top. See, it's a double skill shot. I'm going to come over here. It's a double skill shot type of thing. Yeah, I always try to get the middle on your scene. Yeah, the advanced multi-fires is nice. nice very good for the two-seed ladder damn it and uh oh nope oh buy that man a beer no it's his job Rinku that's why it has a long ball face because the game is either super generous or crazy evil Yeah. So this game... See how easy it was to hit that? Yes, very easy. This game does not like balls to be trapped. So... So, like, trapping the ball, like, as hard as it is on a Wonka, or any, like, Jersey Jack, or trapping the ball is tricky. Notice the Stay Puff Man moving back and forth. That's just a little bit of a major problem. That would probably explain why I like some of those Jersey Jack games, because you know me and trapping. It's not a thing. It's not a thing, yeah. Yeah, I get in trouble with this game trying to trap up. Nice! This game will give you a seizure. Yeah, it will. So, if you don't like flashing lights, guys, I apologize. Ah. Oh, there, there, yep, yep. Um, if you get it to a multiball, it flashes you so much. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You can't see the ball. That's why I pretty much just stare down. There he is. And a ball on that. I know, I'm trying to. There you go. Ah! There! Your ball's already lit. Yes. Great so she finished who brought the dog Yes Ah Lock ball one All right, I I just really hope that... What just happened? Okay. Apparently I got two ghosts. I wanted to set up one more camera somewhere else on the green field. Maybe like one that's like, you can see like, I don't know, like up that way. Oh, no. Fudge. Yeah. Yeah, like maybe one that like kind of like is starting to like kind of like see like up. I was thinking like one here, like one here. Something to showcase like a part of the table that is unique. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I like that. I like that idea. So how's everybody else doing today? I'm pretty mellow. Mellow high stress right now. I don't know why. I'm going for the advance. Alright, let's see if I can, uh... Woo! Let's start that scene. We just won! We just won! Not many funds for a skill shot. Hello, Nail Buster! Thank you for joining us. Too hot outside. Too hot to be outside here. Where are you from, Mail Buster? Because in San Francisco it's like nice and ripped here. Yeah. Why...Frisco Pinball says why high stress? I don't know. Why high stress? Are you okay? Do you need to have a mental health check? I might. I might. I don't know. I don't know, Mary. I really don't know actually. I got the 6X running I think. I blame myself. Where do I? Rinku is still working on the FX3 DMV. Oh yeah, cool. Toronto! Already? Wow! Because I got 6X running right now. Oh, you do? That's a long way from where we're at, Mailbuster. Someone's family. I've always wanted to visit Canada. You, go Panthers. I've always wanted to visit Canada. I hear it's really nice. Okay, my turn. Okay. So Mary, I'll tell you this. Yes? If you can hit that shot and it comes into the subway, the very next shot, if you can hit the captive ball, you add a multiplier to the play field and those stand-ups will start with multiplier. What's up, Croatian Samurai? He's still got active on this, too. Yes, it's true. It's Mayor's Office. He's definitely here for me because he's... Mayor's Office. He's left-front. I had no ball space and I had no chance of a skill shot. You can close the way. Cool! Cool! I've seen white shots. The light is green, the crowd is playing. 6X Drain. You went away from... I think you can light that. You went away from that to multiball. Multiball, and this is huge. Let's do this. Nice. Right ramp was shut. Right ramp was shut with ease. That's a good sign. Yeah. So Robert Blakeman, I think the ramp is a little wider on the LE. It feels like the ramp is a little wider on this. I don't know what that is. I think it might be the guard that's on the right side of it helps guide it up. Where if you go just barely on the right on the other version, it flips and comes back. It's so steep. I think you got the multiball. There you go. Yeah! So you want to get those play-through multipliers if you can. That's the captain ball and then the There you go. There you go. So you want to hit that captain ball. Definitely. So you got two two X's two X's 3x, 3x, if you hit the 2x you can hit the 6x. You can hit the 3x, you can hit the 6x. You got to hit the ball. See that 6x? You got to read my eyes. Great. Good job. That could have been so much better, but girl that was amazing. Now you got Oopin' Stupid. Looping stupid is the worst ever. You got another ball. Once you hit 60 goals, you go into looping stupid. I can't even say looping supers. I just say looping stupid. You have to shoot that ramp at least once. And then you can time it out or you can try and hit it repeatedly for a looping super point. looping stupid that's that's one that's two i don't need to count i think we all know how to count but that's a terrific way of wasting a ball that is a terrific way of wasting a ball that's why i hate because you can't shoot anything else right you have to shoot that So here's the thing, Nick says if you have 6X with looping supers, then you're, you're, you're, wait, who is this? Me. Okay. If you have 6X with those looping supers, it's two. Yeah. Lots of things. But if you've got nothing running on it, you can get a 5 million loop. And you have 6X No Uh Hold on How many do you on Yes there it is Multipliers Alright dogger, stop pulling on me. Alright I have gotten to One hundredth of your score Yay Progress Out of the way I'm going to go to the ballroom You're going to go to the ballroom I'm going to the ballroom So see if I can get to We can't we so we kick this ass Look at Mary just Blowing this up Well, my nickname, bruh. I've never played this cabinet before. I've never played this cabinet before. Beginner's luck, Mary. You guys see it all happening. First time. I play my best when I've never played the cabinet before. Let's see if we can do it. Nope. I'm wasting my very generous ball save right now Let's see if we can backhand this Oh, so close It's not making it It's not making it Oh You gotta leave those flippers down when it does that Nice Very nice I don't think we can backhand today I don't think the flippers got the power anymore Let's see if I can make it past the ballroom. Oh good, I got a lock. Yay. Yay! Another thing I like about the LE is when you get a lock, you get the ball served back to you on the shooter lane. Yeah. Rather than it jumping out at you from the pocket. Right, right, right, right. The Pro does a little different. It goes all the way around, right? It goes all the way around, yeah. Oh, that's not... Nice! Super jackpot! That a beast! Crap is clean, ball two. Ah, stole it from me. When the light is green... Bad time! Ten seconds added. You can usually hit that. Woo! Damn. All right. I'll get there on the next one. All right. You're up. All right. So, Mary, you want to also focus on... Oh, you know what the fuck's up. You have choices. They're all pretty much the same distance from each other. I'm going to... Yeah. Because that one I have the most... Yeah. Moser is a good monster. It's pretty easy. Nice. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. Nope. This is why we're going to take them to the world. Oh, here's a little bit. Oh, well. I did get Tobin's guide, so that's nice. Ladies and gentlemen, the longest mystery award ever. Wow. This virtual pinball line is playing and giving me a rough time. What's up, Opto Chris? Wow. Wow. He's going left to the right, never down the middle. Yay! That's how he built it. So you've got to hit both targets within 10 seconds, otherwise they keep coming back up. Come on. No! Nope. You got 62. Nope. They're not going anywhere, dog. Where is... Okay. Well, uh... Sure. Sure. Okay, we got the dog. You want to kill him? I did, actually. It is definitely me. I'm having a tough time. Alright. Let's do that. That's alright. Okay, next one. Octo Chris. Yes. I have heard of Scared Stiffs. It's an amazing game. Scared Stiffs, right down there. It's literally right down this road of pins here. I really like that game. It's very local. Is that the one you're playing with your virtual right now? your virtual cabinet oh you know what i realized you have to finish the last one you can't just skip to it you actually have to finish it i got no multiplier but i'll see if i can get one but you got a multiball got a multiball let's see if i get a multiple not playing on a cat okay Ah, PC, okay. Yeah, no, Bear Settler I really like. I like how the the play through on that one, like all the different you can kind of like monster bash, like you gotta collect all the, like you have certain to make to collect the certain like mode or whatever. It's just fun to try guys on that one. It's a lot of fun. That was unfortunate. And the crate multiball is very forgiving. It's like a really easy shot to make for people who are new to pinball. Flip-tronic flippers are the best, said Flip-tronic. are the tonic bloopers are the best kind of boobers oh shit are you kidding me all right there we go Oh almost made it Oh, we came, we saw, we kicked his butt. It is ready. It is ready for you, Manu. Yeah, if I can make that shot. There it is. We came, we saw, we kicked his butt. All right, we need some bonus multipliers. Seriously. That's not going to do it. Diesel308 says lightning flippers are the worst. They are. Not a name pun comic, just facts. Arthur Pindragon says, The Tron-E-Clippers work best with the PIN Dragonium light! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ah! Got it. Nope, didn't get it. Oh wow! Two at once! 2x, 2x, 2x, 2x, I want 2x. I want 2x. Oh, they all leave. They all leave. Damn it. We can't even play. He saw me kick his ass. No, you son of a bitch. I had my first shot. You did very good. You did very good. I got an extra ball. Alright. What about the dolphin flipper? Well, the dolphin flipper, I don't think that one pertains to pinball. So, but it is a good flipper. It's a very cute flipper. I like those flippers. Gideon, Gideon. I didn't mean to do that. It's okay. Nice. Very nice. Die, Slimer! And I die. Oh, I got it both ways. No, I didn't. No, no, I think it was just lights. Yeah, just lights. All right. Pretty good game. Alright. Well, Monu wins. Just barely, though. I was very close. Just barely. If you multiply my score by 100, I still lose to you. Can I just say, don't face my pinball skill off of the duel that I did with George a couple of nights ago. Please don't. Oh, yes. How'd that go? It was terrible. all right by the way he's decided nobody's allowed to play down except him i'll go this time I agree on that fact about dolphins. I'm from Florida. Sadly, sadly I'm from Florida. Yes, dolphins are jerks. Huge jerks. you go second I'll go last choose your skill shot ok I'm going to do the hard one this time I'm going to try the hard row yeah because people think oh all the dolphins are like those train dolphins you see in Sea World that are like super sweet and let you pet their nose and they'll do little tricks for you no no no no no no no no no lies lies They're actually apples. What am I in right now? I just screwed up my skill set. Paradog, hurry up. Okay. There you go. Got the hurry up. There you go. Is that right? Yeah. Danger. I did nothing I did nothing I did nothing I'm going for the hard one right now I'm going for this I'm going for this guy right here There. Couldn't do it, you know. One's is enough. Huh? One's is enough. One's is enough, yeah. That one's hard. You can't lock in that scoop here if you're not. All right. Yep. Yepp Okay That went right in, which is nice. Oh yeah, that's right, you all saw that, I backhanded the shit out of that. Hell yeah. We can see layouts, there's a cannot end. She's an little bit excited. That dolphins in the wild can be birds. That is true. That is so true. Hey, first go. I uploaded our Batman debut up to YouTube. So check it out. It's getting some good response. I'm getting some good response from it. Paul, if I just keep going right back in there repeatedly, it'll work out eventually, right? It'll work out, yeah. It'll all work out in the end. Hey, the fans, we're going to do a different game now. Yeah, I'll go through the Times got a focus on the new game Up this is what strategy were you using for? Under I'm just very what kind of study are you using for that game? Gotta have a strut. I'm still gonna do this. I'm gonna be scared for me I'm gonna be stupid They're gonna be stupid. She's at scoop again Already never playing this in real life. Don't care for the virtual version of the super fast and fun There's a lot going on I think I like this one better than the pro already I think I like the pro one because I play better on it. I definitely like this one more than the pro. Okay, so you went beast and then coffin. Coffin is just, for me personally, the coffin multiball is like, yes, it's major points, but it's so much work. So much work. work so I try to get like a bunch of the other notes first since those are really easy to get and then I'll go for the coffin like like at the end of my second ball or third ball basically yeah We're gonna do some break dancing! Yes, yes, yes! Oh! I didn't... ...look up at it. Ugh! I thought I didn't hear it. Hear what? ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Let's see if I can... Dear Love and Pinball, hello! Nice to see you. Thank you for joining us. Three things I like. The whack-a-mole behind me. That reminds me of the good old days of Chuck E. Cheese. There we go. So I actually finally did something right. Only took six balls to finally do something right. Woo! The world's longest mystery. Yeah. Biggest point. And my extra ball ends. Good librarian. Okay. That was fun. You won five times in a row? That's awesome, Nailbuster. I wish I had your talent. Thank you. And the kids are spending all the parents' money, so of course the people are going to be like, we're going to listen to the kids. They'll probably spend more money. Okay, alright, I get to like the extra balls now. I mean yeah, Octocritz ball control is definitely a thing for your spirit's disc because like, yeah. I'm not too familiar with virtual pinball. Manu, do you have any? His ball still keeps straight on the left and right outlines no matter what game he plays. You got to nudge. You got to nudge. You got to nudge. You got to use those virtual nudges. And if you can virtually nudge forward, that's the first place you want to do. The side-by-side gets you into dangerous territory. But if you can find the nudge button for forward, every time it comes to one of the slingshots, you want to nudge forward. That's what I'm doing here in the game. Well, these slings are different. These slings are not regular, but normal regular slingshots. If the ball goes to the top of the sling, right? I mean, that's a really good question. If the ball is headed for here, where the heck is the sling? Oh, here. Okay. And the ball is heading in either one of these top areas. I'm going to nudge the game forward because the geometry is such that when it hits a sling, it does this. That's why the slings are angled to the outlanes. So it goes the out lane. you can compensate a little by nudging forward whenever it hits that thing so it'll maybe maybe bang off of this. Right? And it works in physical and virtual pinball. It's no different. In virtual pinball it might even be better because because you can get away with bigger moves in virtual sometimes than you can in physical pinball. Like virtual is like Oh yeah. Fear, love and pinball says Magnus sling in all caps with emphasis. Yeah Magnus sling don't count. We not talking about Magnus sling at all David says why do people think a ball draining in pinball means something is wrong Hi Lynn Don say hi to Lynn Hi Lynn! It's good to see you! No, no, no. Okay, hi Lynn. Hi Lynn! Mr. Harlock! Let's try that again. Nice breathing control, bro. Thank you, thank you, bro. Got that diaphragm working. This is my last ball to try and get it in there. Nice! Yay! I gotta do that three more times now. Three more times. What's up, good? What's good, Mr. Hardluck? And hi, Lynn. I love you, Lynn. You know me and Lynn, we're buddies. Ah! That's that. That's that. That wasn't the right sound to hear out of you. Lynn. Are you blaming that on Lynn? Don't you blame that on Lynn? I just said Lynn. That's all I said. No, no, you were blaming it on Lynn. No, I just said Lynn. You all saw this. I just said Lynn. You all saw that. Alright. Okay, so let's see. Word River of Slime. Start PK, friends. Nice. Four Tobit Skies. Five million Super... I can't wait to see those streams, Lynn. Nope. Alright. Wrong one, but okay. Cool. Did I get ball one? I got ball one locked. Alright. Can you have my glasses? Nope. That's it. That's it. That's all she wrote, ladies and gentlemen, and I am done today. Why don't you two guys play a game? I'm going to do something. Okay. Okay. Go on. In the mask. Double win. Hey. Lynn says they are waiting for my clothes rack so I can build. Yeah, I did a video on how to make a close ride. You want first or second? I'll go first this time. Which portal came after the closure? I guess the answer is T. I brought that one. Wow. Wow. Yeah, exactly. Nope. I was going to say, that is backhandable. That's what I was trying to do. I was trying to do it. I was trying to do it. Nope. I was going to say that is backhandable. That is, that's what I was trying to do but I messed up. It's weird too. The backhands are hard on this. Oh, come on. Ah, so close. Thank God I finally hit that ramp. A little marshmallow man is waving back and forth, back and forth. That was added in after. That's not part of the game. Really? Yeah, that's a mod. Pretty cool. It's cute though. I like it. Yeah, that's cute. I like it. I like it. I like it. I like it. I like it. I like it. I like it. I like it. I like it. I like it. Okay, here we go. Nope. But I'll take it. Nope. It says they got the arms in today and the clamps yesterday. It's a little bit of a project, but once you're done, you end up with this. Nice. Oh, God. God can't help you here, son. You're correct. You're up. You're up. Yeah, the eventful play for artists wanted to hit, but it's worth it. Oh, my God. I'll go for that. Oh, it doesn't work. Wrong one. I'll just go up there. Big central. Daniel Indonesia There you go my bad I should have not. Hey guys, stick around for the end of the stream and you'll see some cool stuff. Oh? Oh? Oh, nice. They're pretty awesome. So my third hand is on that. That's not, you don't have to show them that. Oh. That's part of what they were installing. Oh the TV Yay! Does it just play plenty of the movie or no? It plays the whole movie! It plays the whole movie! That's awesome! So you can really just park right here and walk down the stairs That's good So I think my least favorite thing about about this is you cannot see up top at all Yeah Miss and yeah Yeah, cuz I was like oh just bouncing and then it was actually up top and going through the Yeah No Ball save, that's cool. Very generous ball save. And it goes down. But it's still not a ball save, so that's nice. Yeah, keep doing that. Just keep doing that. All right. Nope, nope, nope. Just no. Just absolute garbage. You know? Where are you? You're up. Ken Swift. Damn. Now he'll make him start talking like that. Yes! I did it! Exactly how I wanted to. Is there another joint now? There's a joint up there with the accident. Maybe there is. That's fine. You got an extra ball, yeah? Yep. There you go. Yeah. Way over two. You're up. Oh, no. No, that's not right. Damn. Well, that's not working today. Chickenaza That's okay. Well, each game for me has been better than the prior. Yes. So at least I got back going for them. There you go. All right. Is that you, Mary, 122? No, that was Ben. That was Mary? No. Congratulations. Good job. And that was you, 24, right? No. Sorry. Ready for some overtime? Clear. All right, who's caught up? You. I go first. You go first. All right. I bought a capture device, and as it turns out, my full DMD is intolerant of what it puts out. Lynn, I would stick Frisco pinball on you because Frisco has a full DMD also, and I do not have a full DMD. Man that thing dances around in there like crazy. Oh yeah. It just fries, stays up there for a nice hot second. Ah I missed my dog. I missed my who brought the dog shot now. I'm kind of in trouble because I gotta hit ghost. Woo! No, no scolaries! I gotta hit ghost to start a mode. Ah! Can you go? Oh man. Can you do it? I don't know if I can actually do it. Oh! Oh, I got scolaries! Of course I got ghost! There we go. There we go. Now it's all screwed up. Survive this. Can he hit the last one? Nope. Nope. No, he cannot. Stormtrooper, Lynn. Stormtrooper. I'm going to say it before she does. Lynn has not said it yet. You're slow on the take there, Lin. Oh my god. There it is! They be what? They be slow! We be fast and they be slow. Eugh! All that. You want two or three? One or two? You're up. I'll go too. Okay. I'll go too. I'll go too. Come on, man. So Lynn, the NDI stuff is great as long as it works. I'm a big proponent of NDI. The 5.0 that just came out might have fixed a lot of problems that I used to have when I was younger. I use NDI when I'm doing my virtual screen to capture the DMV and the battery. DMV and the back glass. But uh, I used to be very good at it. Anyway, I think I have pretty much lost. What's up girls? Nope, not having luck this year. We're having a good day, thank you. I can start making fun of your skills, but just stay up there forever, girls. Just stay up there forever. If I go to the right on this, because you have to hit the gozer target and the ball just stays up there forever right so the way you lock balls is either you get a symptomatic go or you hit that um no no no or you hit the storage facility ok alright I did it yeah hey I heard what you said I just disagreed with it it was not the strategy I was going for my strategy was not to get points Holy! Holy! What is that? High fizzle? High... Oh, are you kidding me? kaisafer okay well that's fine thank you you're a legend thank you so much that brings me closer to my green pinball machine in my garage you're not supposed to hit the rewind button There you go, that's the Ben I know. It happens sometimes. That's the Ben I know. Still! Still! It's a good start. Good start. Yes, thank you. Wow, two million. Good score. Don't worry, I've done worse. Today. That's right. I haven't started a damn thing. Not quite. Oh, crap. How did I get an extra ball then? There you go. Was that from a mystery? Oh, we got it, ladies and gentlemen. I don't even know how I earned it. Oh, magic. All right. Back to ball one. That's good. Okay, here we go. Now I got to start a mode for Christ's sake. Oh, I started a mode. Spook Librarian. Okay, cool. There you go. There you go. Then that means I'm going to have to do back off, man. Yep. Nice. Very nice. Get up there. Get up there. Oh, you suck. I can't hit that gaping hole. Oh, Mary. I didn't say anything. Oh, Mary. I didn't say anything! I think that's it. Two holes to start Librarian. To finish Librarian. That's not the Librarian. To finish the Librarian, yeah. Nice callback. You know, I do what I can sometimes. I never finished the Librarian so I didn't know what to do there. No, it said shoot Librarian to start something, right? Yeah. Oh, I was done with Librarian and I could have shot... I could have shot, okay got it. I didn't know what was going on there. Oh, there we go. Nice. If it's something strange, sleep it in your bed. Lena call. An invisible man, let me sleep in your bed. One. Looping super. Two. So far so good! Will it let you wait it out or does it only let you take off a certain number of seconds? We're gonna find out. Oh, I'm at 2x though. It's worth something. It actually is worth something at 2x. Hey, it lets you time the whole thing out. Yeah, it lets you time the whole thing out. Bam! Done! Alright. What great back laughs are from Frisco Pinball That needs to be framed in my house already Sorry It okay It okay It all good By the way he now looks like true pinball mom Aww Wait a minute too You're up. Girl's up between the legs. That's right. Crystal Pinball is a lawyer. Ah. Hey, Lynn. Thank you. Tell your husband that he is one smart cookie. Wait, she's married to a cookie? Yeah. Imagine what that little, you know, naughtiness is all about. Well, so when they say they have a bun in the oven, it's literally going to be a bun. It's literally a bun. Yeah. Hi. Your bonus will be held for the next ball. Congratulations. You're at 2x. Woo-hoo! Yeah, Mary, she's like, don't you dare die on me. Not on my body. Oh, good shot, Flameshot. Oh! Come here, Slider. Come here, Slider. No, no, no. Don't worry. We all have extra ball to win, right? Oh. Okay. Okay. All right. Yeah, you're up. Hey, Lynn, sorry. I turned them off for the last three. Thank you for the reminder, though. I have to turn them all back on. There it is. They'll be on Friday night when we watch The Lost Boys. So in case you're curious, what the movie is tomorrow is The Lost Boys. With Corey Feldman and Frisco Pinball. Thank you for the bitties. Thank you, buddy. You're kidding me. I just wanted my extra bowl. I kept missing it. Have you ever watched The Lost Boys? The Lost Boys? Yes, I have. Back when I was like in middle school. Exactly. Cry little sister, thou shalt not. Good movie. Cry. It was Keeper. Yes, exactly. I took 27 shots, I didn't get a single one. So let's switch our strategy. Thank you. Thank you, Dynamic Koi. Or Dynamic Koi. How do you pronounce that name? Dynamic Koi. Dynamic Koi. Thank you. Give me a Koi. On me? Yep, I'm done. Okay. Okay. 105. Got to be. You know I feel really silly, who is Dynamicro the 19th? Dynamic what? Dynamicro the 19th. I feel really silly. Dynamicroy. Yeah! Wait, you said we nailed the name, but we said every possible name there is in the world for you. No, the last one, Dynamicroy. Dynamicroy? Yeah. Ah, so close. Got it. Nice. Nope, nope, nope. Nope, nope! Nope! Nope, nope, nope. You got the two! You can go, babe. It's stuck on Lucas' super. Yeah, I know. I'm getting more. Extra ball, yeah. I ain't afraid of no sleep. I ain't afraid of no day. There it is. That's all I cared about. I gotta figure out where my drink is. Or I could just drain. Oh, no! Okay, done. There are magnets. You were talking about this earlier in the stream. The slings are not actual slings. They don't have a traditional sling mechanic. There's no mechanics for the inside there it's magnet like when you hit it these magnets will just send the ball wherever it's not a real thing it's interesting I hate you lupin sippers you're the worst Well, no, there's always been terrible. Also, I can't seem to hit that. Alright, I got time for one more. What do you guys think? Same. I got time for one more. I got one more, then I'm gonna, you know, tip off. Alright. I go last. I'll take first this game. Okay. Actually, you know what? Okay. Damn. Wow. Well, I, uh... No, credit's not working. Oh, I want to put a start to this. Keep trying. That's what he's talking about at five. Okay. You kidding me? Be careful there. He didn't test it. Apparently not mommy tested it. Oh, God. Lynn says, all this pinball playing, and my husband is over here playing Phantasy Star Online 2. Priorities. You're up. Nice. Oh, it starts Ghostbusters 2. I'm sure it starts Ghostbusters 1. Oh, that's cool. Yes, it does. Yes, it does. Just a bunch of little bits, Jackie. Do it again, do it again, do it again, do it again. Yep. So I got a much worse first goal than you had prior. Oh really? Oh yeah, my 600,000 point first goal there. Sam. Sam. No! Okay. What? Your husband has never seen the Addams Family movies? That is an atrocity. That is such an atrocity. Oh my god, are you serious? With Christina Ricci? It's your turn. Land trust in has never seen the Addams Family movies. Oh, okay. Horrible. Horrible. No judging. Don't be judging. I'm triggered. Well you got like crazy when I said I never saw Ghostbusters. Check this out guys. This is on top of the game. Check this out. Wait for it. Wait for it. I videoed it because my camera's not working, but check that out. We have a TV screen on top of Ghostbusters playing Ghostbusters 1 and Ghostbusters 2 back to back. It's hard to tell. But that's actually playing it. How cool is that, huh? We also have it for Simpsons right here. The Simpsons has a TV screen on top of it that's playing episodes of The Simpsons. It looks like the same TV. Yeah, it's... It literally looks like the same TV. It's Darren. Darren is the one who did those. Ah. Boop. Alright. We are in a little place called Free Gold Watch in San Francisco. Waller and Stanyan is literally the biggest place in San Francisco that has the most pinball. They have how many machines now? Like 50? There's like 50 machines in here. 52? You've got a pretty long... They have like 52 pinball machines in house. 56? The number is like right there. 50-51. Over 50 pinball machines. And it's also a t-shirt printing facility. So they get the majority of their money printing t-shirts and then pinball is like the owner's hobby. So just opened a massive arcade here in the city. It's really cool. They keep it very well... What are those games? Very well kept. Smallest pup pack in the world. The name of the place is Free Gold Watch. Free as in free, gold as in gold, and then watch as in watch as in oh my god what is the time. gold as in gold, gold as in gold, and then watch as in oh my god what is the time. It's one of these things that I don't have. Waller & Stanion in San Francisco, California. It is the pinball place to go. the pinball place to go to in the city. It's really good. All cash, no card. They do have coin machines and an ATM machine here if you don't have cash. And yeah, no, it's a really cool spot. They have other arcade machines here too. They have the whack-a-mole as you see behind me right here. They have like Frogger, Tetris, Galaga, Pac-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. How do you play pinball on those hills? Very carefully. Very carefully. As long as we're not on Lombard Street, I think we'll be okay. I think we'll be okay. My friend from high school owns a t-shirt printing company. Maybe I convinced him to get... There you go. There go it's it's t-shirt printing is really big here in the city so there's so many businesses that require you know merch so this place keeps its store it's kept its doors open throughout the entire pandemic almost so we were really uh how come how come the mystery pinball theater merch isn't printed out free gold watch. You'll have to ask Manu about that. The runs are too small. The runs are too small. It's like one t-shirt a week so I'm not going to ask them to do a Marc Silk screen for it. There you go. There you go. There you go. So demand needs to be higher. There you go. There you go. All right so my turn. Yes we're gonna get back into actual playing pinball. Let's see, advanced multipliers, I'm going to start the scene because I want to start the scene. Goddamn. No. There we go. Start the scene. Fantastic. Fantastic. And, of course, there we go. Yeah! Oh come on, I got that. There we go. No! Yeah! Super jackpot! Fantastic! Got a ball lock. Pinball pirate, I'm not sure. I have black flaggers. It's all set up. Maybe we'll do a split screen. I'll do half black flaggers. I tried! It didn't want me to. Don't worry. Oh, was that? Your bonus still is outscoring my game. Is this me? I was player two. You were player three. David, why are you trying to put me on the spot? Ask me why my t-shirts aren't printed here. If I knew it was David, I'd be like, uh, no comment. Put me on the spot, man. Actually, David, Matt asked me, too. He saw one of my shirts. He's like, hey. I was like, do you want to print one of these every week? He's like, nah. I can ask Master Lee to do that. From the EM doctor, it's correct. There is 57. There is? Pinball machines in here, yes. Right now? Yes. 50 cents? Okay. It's 40 to the side. Go off the side. What do I? That's my favorite call out. Wow. Wow. It's that game. Wow. Safety play. What vintage game would you like to see a remake of? Dominic Croy says Swords of Spirit. Hey look at that, there's my old game. Oh, okay. Where are two? What is the total score? Is it less than two? Oh my God! Oh my God. Well, Dynamo Cry, there's a lot of games that they made remakes of. Well, you mean physical remakes? Oh, physical remakes. Physical remakes. It happens just like, like every, like generally speaking, Now, I'll do Black Flaggers on Tuesday, bro. I'll do Black Flaggers. It's a fun game. It plays really long. I got it all set up. I looked at Nail Buster's wiki. I looked at Nailbusters Wiki and I got it set up. Ball 2 is ready. Ahhh, that's an excellent ball. Horrible. It's impressive. Is this it? Oh, this is it. Okay. Black Tiger's just a regular play for me. It really does try to... It looks pretty good. Alright, this is my final ball. Guys, thank you so much. I'm going to say goodbye right now because we're going to shut it down. But if you stick around for the end credits and if you haven't seen it already, one of my favorite videos ever. And let's go to the ballroom. See if we can at least get through the ballroom. Also if you come to the theater on Friday, we're going to be watching The Lost Boys. We're going to be riffing to The Lost Boys. And eating maggots. Ew. Not really. Nope. Can we backhand it? Can you backhand it? Go for it. Go for it. You missed it. I did it once. Oh! And he does it again. I like it. It's all on the hips. It's all on the hips. It's all on the hips. It's all on the hips. Oh! Oh! Oh! Is it garage? Is it garage or garage? It's Jared Gage. Jared Gage. Jared Gage. Like Jared and then Gage. Well, it's nice that we got to see Jared Gage. Aww! Oh, you son of a game! But just remember, that one shot was more than my whole game. So, good to you. Oh my god, Gage. Seriously. Alright, my... I won! You did! Yay! I won the whole game! I was really close. Aww. You were close. If you add my score to either one of them, that would be the winner. Alright. Thank you guys for joining us. Um, I'll put a couple on for you guys to play after I'm finished breaking down. Oh no, I'm gonna be Trevor again. Alright. Uh, I'll see you guys! Thank you, Mary! Thank you for letting me come! Thank you, Ben! Yay! Thank you! Who you gonna call? Your mother! Well, no. Roy Parker Jr. Here we go, let's go, busters! If there's something strange sleeping in your bed Let me tell you something If there's something weird sleeping in your bed Oh, let me tell you something Busting makes me feel good If you're seeing things, sleeping in your bed Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Invisible man Sleeping in your bed Let me taste Pinball Theater's streaming Terminator in 20 seconds Pinball Theater's streaming

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