# NBA Pinball (Stern 2009) VPX Preview

**Source:** Mystery Pinball Theater 3000  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2020-08-05  
**Duration:** 74m 1s  
**Beat:** Pinball

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

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## Analysis

Manu from Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 previews a VPX recreation of Stern's 2009 NBA Pinball machine created by a developer named Jens. The game features a simple ruleset centered on hitting NBA-themed targets, achieving triple-doubles, and progressing through modes like All-Star and Fast Break to reach the NBA Finals. Manu praises the table's build quality, callouts, and playfield design while discussing strategy and gameplay mechanics throughout multiple games.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] NBA Pinball is from 2009 — _Manu states 'This game is from uh from from when when is this game from i forgot even 2009 2009'_
- [HIGH] Jens has been working on this VPX table for two to three years — _Manu says 'this is a preview stream of a table created by my buddy uh Jens who has spent the last two years kind of off and on messing with this table and building it up'_
- [HIGH] The table has only had one confirmed ball-stuck issue during testing — _Manu states 'i did get a ball stuck like uh the ball shoots to the hoop it just disappeared once but it only happened once'_
- [MEDIUM] Jens is also creating a Space Jam VPX table — _Manu says 'So the gentleman Who is creating this table Also is Creating Space Jam And I'm hoping that I think he's creating Space Jam I think it is'_
- [MEDIUM] The announcer (Tim Kitzrow) is the same as in NBA Fast Break — _Manu observes 'Same announcer as Fastbreak. It sounds like the same announcer as Fastbreak' and later identifies him as 'Tim Kitts Rowe' with the note 'The voice of sports arcade games'_
- [MEDIUM] The high score on NBA Pinball is 75 million — _Manu states 'the high score is 75 million. I've only been able to put up 17 million'_
- [HIGH] The table uses an alternate color DMD rather than a full color DMD — _Manu explains 'It's not exactly a color DMD It is more an Alt color DMD So it's So they kind of colored it But it's not As you can tell So it's using a different color palette'_
- [HIGH] The table will be available for download from vpinball when completed — _Manu states 'It is not currently available yet' and 'I will happily post it in the description, or it will probably be posted in vpinball'_

### Notable Quotes

> "This is Mystery Pinball Theater 3000. I am Manu. My name is not Mystery Pinball Theater 3000, but that's my call sign."
> — **Manu**, 0:00-0:15
> _Establishes host identity and channel branding_

> "I fired it up and i was like dude your game is like finished like there's there i think there may be a couple of things that he might want to fix because i did get a ball stuck like uh the ball shoots to the hoop it just disappeared once but it only happened once"
> — **Manu**, ~3:00
> _Initial assessment of table quality and minor issues_

> "It's a very simple rule set it reminds me a little bit of a little bit of The Rolling Stones without the stupid mick jagger thing rolling around"
> — **Manu**, ~4:30
> _Design comparison to another Stern game, describing accessible ruleset_

> "Triple-double! Oh! Oh, I'm a ball player. I'm a ball player."
> — **Manu**, ~45:00
> _Excitement about hitting the triple-double mechanic_

> "Jens, the guy who is remaking this table, he watched Papa Pinball play of this. and he made his basketball just as brutal as the Papa Tables."
> — **Manu**, ~55:00
> _Designer methodology and inspiration from Papa Pinball's work_

> "So this is a preview stream of a table created by my buddy uh Jens who has spent the last two years kind of off and on messing with this table and building it up. NBA Pinball 2009."
> — **Manu**, ~70:00
> _Direct statement of table creator and development timeline_

> "I love the call outs in this it makes you feel like you're in a freaking game now"
> — **Manu**, ~48:00
> _Praise for voice callouts and immersion quality_

> "If you see this game on location, I'm playing the hell out of it."
> — **Manu**, ~95:00
> _Strong endorsement of the physical machine version_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Manu | person | Host of Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 channel, streaming VPX pinball previews |
| Jens | person | VPX pinball machine creator who developed the NBA Pinball and Space Jam tables over two years |
| Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 | organization | YouTube streaming channel focused on VPX pinball machine previews and gameplay |
| NBA Pinball | game | Stern pinball machine from 2009, currently being recreated in VPX by Jens |
| Space Jam | game | VPX pinball table in development by Jens, mentioned as upcoming preview |
| NBA Fast Break | game | Harry Williams pinball machine referenced as comparison; Manu states never seeing NBA Pinball in wild but familiar with Fast Break |
| The Big Lebowski Pinball | game | Free Go Watch pinball machine mentioned as upcoming stream on Thursday; Manu previewed it and found leveling and lock issues |
| Stern Pinball | company | Manufacturer of original NBA Pinball (2009) and other machines discussed |
| Harry Williams | company | Manufacturer of NBA Fast Break, referenced as comparison machine |
| Free Go Watch | organization | Creator/distributor of The Big Lebowski Pinball |
| Papa Pinball | person | VPX designer whose work inspired Jens's basketball mechanism design |
| Tim Kitzrow | person | Announcer/voice talent for NBA Pinball and NBA Fast Break; voice of sports arcade games |
| Fliptronic | person | Streamer in The Pinball Network currently streaming Hot Wheels from American Pinball |
| Faye | person | TPN streamer recently acquired Jurassic Park and streaming learning process |
| Don't Panic Flip | person | TPN streamer who streams Monday, Tuesday, Thursdays |
| The Pinball Network (TPN) | organization | Network of pinball streamers including Fliptronic, Faye, and others |
| American Pinball | company | Manufacturer of Hot Wheels pinball machine |
| Harry Potter | game | Pinball machine Manu has previously used with Orbital Scoreboard feature |

### Topics

- **Primary:** VPX table recreation and quality assessment, NBA Pinball 2009 game mechanics and ruleset
- **Secondary:** VPX designer methodology and inspiration, Streaming technical challenges (OBS audio issues), Upcoming VPX tables and release timeline
- **Mentioned:** Pinball community and streamer network

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.85) — Manu expresses strong enthusiasm for the NBA Pinball VPX recreation, praising build quality, callouts, and gameplay mechanics. Frustration with technical streaming issues (OBS audio) temporarily disrupts positivity but does not diminish endorsement of Jens's work. Overall tone is celebratory and encouraging.

### Signals

- **[community_signal]** Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 actively coordinating with VPX designers for exclusive early preview streams (confidence: high) — Jens reached out directly to Manu offering preview access; Manu committed to posting download links on YouTube channel upon completion
- **[design_philosophy]** VPX designer intentionally incorporated brutal basketball mechanics inspired by Papa Pinball's playfield design (confidence: high) — Manu notes 'Jens, the guy who is remaking this table, he watched Papa Pinball play of this. and he made his basketball just as brutal as the Papa Tables'
- **[leak_detection]** Space Jam VPX table in development by same creator (Jens) (confidence: medium) — Manu mentions 'So the gentleman Who is creating this table Also is Creating Space Jam' with slight uncertainty ('I think he's creating Space Jam I think it is')
- **[announcement]** VPX recreation of Stern NBA Pinball (2009) by Jens reaching completion and preview stage (confidence: high) — Manu states 'It is not currently available yet' but streams gameplay preview, confirms download availability pending completion on vpinball.org
- **[product_concern]** The Big Lebowski Pinball has leveling and lock mechanism issues affecting primary multiball stacking strategy (confidence: high) — Manu states 'There's only two issues with it One it's not level which is an easy issue The other one there is a lock That's not locking And that game is all about getting that Lebowski shot and locking the ball'
- **[technology_signal]** VPX platform adoption enabling full 3D playfield objects and VR compatibility for pinball recreations (confidence: high) — Manu explains 'I have played this in VR also it looks amazing So when the ball launches through the air and hits that hoop all those objects are actually 3D objects You just seeing it from one view So that what cool about visual pinball There actual 3D objects all over the place'

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## Transcript

 All right, let's get this party started. That's because we got pinball time. Hello my friends, welcome to Mystery Pinball Theater 3000. I'm Manu. And I have my cell phone behind me. Shut up. I want to say this. This is Mystery Pinball Theater 3000. I am Manu. My name is not MPT3K, but that's my call sign. So there you go. Whoa, hi from Australia. Good day, mate. Terrible, right? I miss Australia. What's up, Pins Rule? I miss Australia. And I'll tell you why. Because I have been to Australia eight times. Eight times. I've been to Perth. I've been to Melbourne. I've been to Brisbane. I've been to Lismore. Is that a place? I've been to Sydney. I've been to... I've been to Canberra. And you know I've been there because I'm not pronouncing them. Perth. Melbourne. Canberra. Canberra. Sorry, Canberra. Like a freaking United States jerk would do. No, no, no. You beat me to it, yeah. No, I got schooled as soon as I went there. I was like, where's Canberra? Where's Canberra? They're like, no, no, go back to the, go home. Anyway, Queensland rules. Yes. Okay. Okay. I'm excited today because, so this channel has been kind of getting a little more popularity with the VPX crowd. And so last week, you guys know that we went over, we showed the preview of the getaway, which was insane. So like John and Harlan knocked it out of the park with an amazing pup pack. So it's downloadable now. I've updated the description on YouTube for that particular show. Go download the table. Go download the pup pack. It is insane. But today, no, actually a couple of weeks ago, actually many weeks ago, maybe three or four weeks ago, a wonderful gentleman by the name of Jens, which I hope I'm pronouncing his name correctly, Jens, reached out to me and said, hey, I like what you're doing. Would you like to preview the table I've been working on? And I said, hell yeah. What have you been working on? And he said, I've been working on NBA pinball by Stern. and i was like what no freaking way now i had never flipped this game in real life let's just let's actually just switch over um zoom i have never flipped this game in real life i've seen it on the youtubes and i've seen it in papa um and i never really gave this game any i never really gave it a second look because i've always played nba fast break right by williams never even seen this game in the wild and so when he's like hey you want to check out um when yen said hey you want to go check out stern uh stern's nba i was like yeah okay cool i'll check it out yeah let's see and i fired it up and i was like dude your game is like finished like there's there i think there may be a couple of things that he might want to fix because i did get a ball stuck like uh the ball shoots to the hoop it just disappeared once but it only happened once i think there's a couple of things um that maybe he could check but outside of that it it's it's it looks pretty cool um never played it either yeah pins rule like i don't even know so this game is from uh from from when when is this game from i forgot even 2009 2009 there's some there's some there's some things in this game that sound to me like wheel of fortune oh there he What's up, wind? Was you waiting for that? Was you expecting that? Was that what you wanted? I had to shorten it a little. Otherwise, bro, I would have played the whole damn song. So there you go. I hope you enjoy your redemption. The sad days of pinball. Yeah. yeah so those were the sad days of pinball stern pinball um yeah but so i was playing fast break like craze like ah it's all about fast break all about fast break and i played this and i went what this is cool it's a very simple rule set it reminds me a little bit of a little bit of rolling stones without the stupid mick jagger thing rolling around um let me fire this up and see if the audio is okay because I've been having audio issues for a while. Oh no. No. Oh. The audio is crap again. I have no idea why it does that. It was not. I just tested it i literally just tested it oh you you be quiet back here i literally just tested it so the only thing there's nothing i can do now except turn it up here i have guys i have zero clue why obs and that's a bug in obs that is a bug in obs um i have zero i i i can't tell you i just tested this on my other stream to make sure that the direct sound works and it is a garbage now so i'm so sad but yen's worked really hard on this i feel like trying something before i even start I feel like trying one thing real quick It's not exactly a color DMD It is more a Alt color DMD So it's So they kind of colored it But it's not As you can tell So it's using a different color palette It's a different color palette For the DMD oh my god i can't believe this has done this to me again guys i'm gonna try one thing i need to try one thing real quick um this makes absolutely no sense to me because because i tested this the moment like i was i was streaming it like um 30 minutes before i came in and I tested it and it worked. So, this is definitely an OBS bug. What are you guys saying? DMD extender? This is, well, of course, this is VPX, right? This is visual pinball. I put it in the description. I put it in the description. I'm not trying to fool anybody. I put it in the description. Let's see. Let's see. Oh my god, I can't type. SC. There we go. Let's fire up the scan converter. And the audio is coming over the NDI connection. So I may need to ditch that completely now. If the audio stops working, because I've never been able to stream the direct audio on this channel, which is weird because I have my other fake channel, which I'm not going to tell you where it is because, of course, that's the thing. It's got to be secret. It always works. So let's see. Welcome to NBA Pinball. I'm in the room for just about six to go here. We've got a lot of crowd on hand waiting for tonight's pinball. Nope. It's an OBS bug. It's an OBS bug. So we're just going to turn this up. I can't. Guys, I can't tell you how frustrating this is. It's like it always happens just now. So, super simple game. Super simple rule set. You guys hear the sound from just the microphone? I'm going to ditch the NDI sound from now on. I'm not using it. I'm going to go in the analog way, which always works. Thank you. What's up, Da Fish Bowl? Da Fish Bowl. So, choose a team, right? Okay, let's choose a team. I don't know. Let's choose the Golden State Warriors. Where are they? This is ridiculous. I'm not going to stand here all day and choosing a team. I don't follow the basketballs. I don't really. Let's do Chicago Bills, because of course. Right? He's selected. the Chicago Bulls. Now, very basic rule set. MVP. If you like MVP, uh, scene change. Thank you. Thank you. You guys are, you guys always keep me on my toes. Raps! No, not yet. Um, let's see. If you like, if you hit the MVP target, you get 2x play field. Cool. The orbits start fast break. So if you have to hit like first time, it's like two orbits. You start fast break. Now, here's the cool thing about this table. These three shots in the middle, this guy, this guy and this guy. Those score points, right? But if you hit them one, two, three, within a certain amount of time, you get what's called a triple double. Well, you guys know what a triple-double is because you follow basketball. I don't. So to get to NBA Finals, you have to light on fire, all-star, fast break, triple-double, rebound, and superstar. What's cool? Oh, that's two. I might get the triple-double. Triple-double. What the frack? I've been trying to do that all day. I've been trying to do the friggin' triple-double all day, and then I hit it the first shot on the table. That's insanity right there. And I almost tilted out. Alright, so, got the triple-double. Now all I need to do is get All-Star, On Fire, Fast Break, Rebound, Super Star. So I can get Fast Break, and I can get... Shoot the Orbits enough times to start Fast Break. Boom shakalaka! Here we go, here we go. So Let's keep going Come on, come on Now this is one of those Stern games where You're not going to get A lot of score It's like really hard To get a huge score Let's get another Triple-double You've got to be kidding me You didn't come here to hear me whine, right? It's my last fall. So this is one of those games that doesn't have a huge amount of points. You have to work really hard to get points on this table. And like, the high score is 75 million. I've only been able to put up 17 million. I've been looking online to see what's the magic stuff you have to mix to get points. I think it has to do with MVP. If you know in the chat, please type in the chat. But if you hit MVP, you get 2X. And I guess if you hit MVP again, you get 3X? But I'm not even sure. Ah So notice I missed that last shot The triple double disappeared They went to flashing again So that's how quickly you gotta get that triple double It's time for NBA Multiball Now this multiball, I have to hit the middle three shots Which will open up all the other shots One more shot Oh yeah, and then there's an annoying basketball in the middle. I need to trap. Not on that flipper, trap on the- oh, almost made it! Okay, I just need one! So close. All right. Let's see. Two tips I found. Shoot the right ramp and spell fire. Start fire scoring. This also feeds the in lane to build bonus X. Spell all star to light all star mode. Start at the all star scoop. Modes are generally worth decent points. Looks like a pizza spinner. Yeah, it does. All right, cool. Thank you, CoinyCoin Welcome back to the stream Alright, I'm almost at fire, I think But I'm going to shoot All-Star right now See if we can get All-Star started So it's another one of those Stern games where You know, it takes a couple of shots to get stuff started And then a million shots to get it going again MVP MVP So instead of two shots Okay, we got 2x scoring Alright, pretty decent for a first game I can't believe I hit that triple-double right in the beginning And as far as I can tell It doesn't matter which team you choose This is super fun Yen's put a lot of work into this The guy who's creating it It's not available yet. I guess it will be available when it's done. But when it is done, I will update the description on YouTube, give you the exact location to order your own copy. I say order your own copy. Hi, everybody. Tim Kitzer with you here for NBA Pinball. Tickets for this game win quickly. A lot of folks looking forward to this rematch for quite a while now. Let's play the Celtics. Same announcer as Fastbreak. It sounds like the same announcer as Fastbreak. Hey, thank you for the follow. Oh my god. Intervicker. There goes my triple-double. Alright. Let's do the all-star strategy. Where we hit all the stars. So as you can see, stars on this side. It's hard to live catch on this. Okay, so I have all-star lit on the middle scoop there. Tim Kitts Rowe. That's the announcer. Oh, son of a gun! Stop reading chat. It's one of those certain games where the first mode of anything is kind of super easy to get to and then to go further. The voice of sports arcade games. Man, that thing is annoying. Alright, hang on. I was going for a triple-double again, but let's get... It's time for the skills challenge. In order to be great in the NBA, you need a simple finish. Let's see what these guys have. Oh. Right on target. It feeds the right... It feeds the correct ramp. You can brick a shot. You can brick a shot. because basically there's a magnet up there oh god oh that was the wrong way to flip bonehead move there's a magnet up there all right and once the ball launches the magnet engages the ball has to hit that magnet and drop down i have played this in VR also it looks amazing So when the ball launches through the air and hits that hoop all those objects are actually 3D objects You just seeing it from one view So that what cool about visual pinball There actual 3D objects all over the place So when you look at it in VR you can actually look around the shots So it pretty sweet Not quite. Not quite. I always feel like you guys are mocking me. When you do that. That freaking ball. Alright. Now I'm not sure what rebound does. Let's try rebound. From the parking lot. Let's do this. Nope. I love the call outs on this so much missed it I love the call outs in this it makes you feel like you're in a freaking game now my daughter wanted to see a redemption oh ok There's a new one in there also There's going to probably be a new one Every time you come in So if you can find it You can try it Alright I got to hit the first three Oh god Okay, let me just trap. Oh, yeah. And they... They make fun of you. One more should do it for the triple-double. Boom! Oh! He got the triple-double. Baby. Here's the back cut by Alan. Now you can do it. Our heads don't line up, do they? Yep, that's me. What's up, Flipstream? You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation. You gotta make the easy ones. You gotta make the easy ones. Hello, Mixer Tuna. Oh, damn. This game gets intense. And so the call-outs on this. Let's get ready for a match. Just brilliant. The NBA has never been more exciting. And there's a lot of talent in this league. We saw a lot of it here on the court tonight. All right. Sure you did. Just reached visitor center on Jurassic Park before draining out and having to put the kid out of bed. Nice. Play as the Raptors? Okay. Remember, I don't follow basketball. Yeah, hard to believe. I don't follow basketball, but it happens. Welcome to NBA Pinball. Lots riding on the outcome of tonight's game for both teams as they vote jockey for position in the playoffs. It's hard to read what they are, too, because... Eh, hockey by myself. The Suns. Oh, quick... Quick bit of basketball trivia. Name a team whose team name doesn't end in S. I think there are two of them. There they are. Sacramento. And Jazz. Sacramento Jazz. Is it the Sacramento Jazz? Triple-double coming up. Oh, crap. Feed the wrong flipper. You fed the wrong flipper. Kings, Kings Sacramento Kings and the Utah Jazz Now I'll tell you this much MVP means 2x scoring So I'm going to follow The all-star rule Get all-star lit Shoot all-star if possible That basketball sucks Okay, my 2X is gone. That's alright. I'm still going to shoot All-Star. Miami Heat and Utah Jazz. Oh! Miami Heat. Are there three? The Kings end in S. Kings end in S. Cool! He did, he did. Don't make fun of him. Kaboom. Oh, so good. Oh, I missed the triple-double. Triple-double! Oh! Oh, I'm a ball player. I'm a ball player. Thunder? Yeah, there's more. Why did I think there were only two? Oh, I think... That could have been an amazing stack. I had All-Star lit also. So I had Fast Break lit, and I had All-Star lit. And then I can maybe slam on MVP. Let's look at that replay, though. Triple-double! Boom! Triple-double! That feels so good when you hit that triple-double! Alright, there's like 17 teams that don't end in S. Bad bit of trivia. Bad bit of trivia. We are going for fire. Get in there. Get in there. Stay in there. Alright, let's take it the easy way. It sucks when you miss a shot! There we go. We got fire lit. Oh my god, just hit a shot. Trap up. And I missed. Damn it Not a single fire shot And I hit the rim That's the thing about this game That's what I love about it It's got that randomness Even if you make the shot You could still miss the shot It could hit the rim Orbital I have Oh, he didn't miss it. Stop talking bad about me. Let's see. Have you used Orbital Scoreboard yet? Pretty cool. Yeah, I've used it with Harry Potter. I've used it with Harry Potter. Let's go All-Star. I'm hoping everybody starts putting Orbital into their games. Because it's really fun. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh man, this game is fast. And I am not making that one shot Just another pinball stream, what do you have running in your defender cab NBA Jam, baby? Why is it asking for credits NBA Jam over there? I'm all and I'm wearing orange so I'm all set Yes he did. Yes he did girlfriend. Shoot. I mean shoot. I mean don't swear. Oh this is amazing. Freaking multiball. Oh, get up there. Oh, man. Oh, almost last. All that work, nine million. All that work, nine million. I couldn't do that. I couldn't do that during the freaking multiball. No, he can't. But he doesn't need another triple-double. He doesn't need another triple-double. Oh, shit. I really like the up-tempo game tonight. Ooh, just get a flipper on the friggin' ball. Here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go. Score three. Missed. And that shall ricochet off the rim like a pinball. All right, multiball, here we go. Looks super fast with the center spin. Yeah. So, Jens, the guy who is writing this table, he watched Papa Pinball play of this. and he made his basketball just as brutal as the Papa Tables. That ramp right there is going to be trouble. Got it. No, I did not miss that shot you son of a gun. There we go. Double Drain! Double Drain! Thank you. Thank you. 16! Woo, baby! You gotta work hard for this game Dang it It is an uphill battle It is an uphill battle on this one baby Yes Alright let's keep it going The tilt cam got in the way of the That was the new one The tilt cam got in the way with the yodeler. I just love that Price is Right thing. It's so friggin' funny. Alright, let's see what we can do. Where are we at? We need All-Star and we need Superstar. I don't know how to light Superstar. I know how to light All-Star. How do you... How do you... how do you light all-star it's like hitting the TV targets in Batman five shots from multiball oh my god And it is. Open for three. He hits the three. Hmm. Ah, this sucks. I don't know how to light All-Star or Superstar. So I'm just going to play this. I'm just going to play pinball now. Stern had some interesting themes in the 2000s. This, Wheel of Fortune. Yeah, so there's some call-outs in here, or some sounds in here, That I think they got into Wheel of Fortune also. I'm pretty sure. Alright, I'm just going to play pinball. Damn, All-Star and Superstar. Maybe you have to complete something. I'm going to keep hitting All-Star though. The hell was that? That looked like a box play right there. All-Star is lit at the left, EJ. Maybe you have to finish all the All-Star modes. That might be it. Now it's time for the All-Stars to show their stuff in the All-Star Tilt Challenge. You love the tilt cam. Thank you. Get the extra ball. Yeah, I will. I'll try. Koof. Let's go for the extra ball. Mmm. Ah. Ah. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. I got neither. Oh, man. 17. 18. 18. Woo! NBA has never been more exciting. And there's a lot of talent in this league. We saw a lot of it here on the court tonight. Alright, guys. We're going to keep playing a little bit, but just before I keep going, I've got to tell you about TPN, which is the Pinball Network. A bunch of cool streamers. A bunch of pinball streamers. I know Fliptronic is streaming right now, and they've got Hot Wheels from American Pinball, which is awesome. And let's take a look at the TPN schedule real quick, just so you know. Fliptronic right now. Faye! Faye is awesome. Faye's got a Jurassic Park that he's going to be streaming for a long time. He's just got it. He's learning how to play it. Unfortunately, Don't Panic Flip is not streaming tonight. He has work, but he usually streams Monday, Tuesday, Thursdays. We got What the Flip. We got One iPad, One Pinball, Straight Down the Middle, and Faye again. So you can rock out to Faye all weekend Go over and follow Faye if you don he awesome also follow my buddy flipstream in the chat because he is a lot of fun too he my buddy we play we duel in batman 66 and he kicked my butt last time and i don't know why i'm talking like this but i want to show this replay real quick. I don't know why this one was good, but we'll see. Clip stream, I want to tell you one thing. I did not let you win. If I don't let my 11 year old win at anything against me I am not going to let your 36 year old butt Beat me or whatever you are I don't know how old you are I was going to say 73 year old Not having it Not in my house Alright here we go 18 is a thing to beat So I think the advice of All Star 36 nice I think the advice of All Star With Fire. Fire got me some points. All-Star got me some points. Let's see what I do next time. Oh, who did I pick? What team did I pick? What the what? The Charlotte what? With his first miss tonight. the bobcat the hornets the bobcats the hornets the bobcat the hornets who was it this is why i love that i don't know basketball at all i used to i used to live in new york so i'm supposed to be a knicks fan Thank you for cleaning the screen It's not going to help my play right now You lit all star at the end You only had super star to go Ah shoot But you know what just another pinball That was weird because you can light all star in the beginning With no problem So That's not an all star then You have to light it again To get all star That's what I was curious about Right I can light all star like right now It'll spot me all the targets I think Um If I can get a flipper on the ball Count it So there's star Backhand Ball Right But that doesn't That doesn't give it to me So I might have to do it again. Timing. Timing. Oh! Oh! Now there's one other thing. Okay, you had five out of the six middle lines. That's what I was going to say So I was about to say This is the only thing I'm not sure about This ball here Right It's horse Oh shoot That's what it is You're right Alright Ken70 and Synth Synthcliff You guys are awesome So I got to do all these Slam dunk Skills challenge Horse Mystery Shooting stars three-point shootout i gotta light all-star i gotta light the all-star ball so it feels like you have to kind of work on that for a while keep lighting all-star keep hitting your all-stars light that whole ball up and then you're in then you're in like fun okay it's like you can see everything you need to do but it's just a little bit challenging getting there welcome to nba pinball There we go. That's what I'm talking about. Oops. I did a player two. I don't want a player two. Who cares? I'll do two players. Let's do that. Let's do the Golden State Warriors versus... No, I meant the rig lights below that. Oh, the ring lights. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So these I know about. these, I think we've kind of added together our knowledge of this. I had a bunch of stuff lit and you said I had All-Star lit and I didn't see that I had it lit. So all I had to do was Superstar. And I think Superstar means do all these. I think. Let's do the Warriors versus the Lakers. Yeah, let's do that. He's selected the Los Angeles Lakers. Oh, I changed my... Alright, that's okay. Man, that friggin' ball is not... There's fast break. Alright. Boom. One. Give me that triple-double. Nope, no triple-double. Timed out. Okay, you got to go for it again. All-star is lit. We should go for all-star right now. The thing about that ball is, it usually saves you from straight drains, which is kind of cool. eight eight bits what's happening welcome to the stream son of a gun ah trying to save trying to save one I lost the other oh I know it can't be hard to read yeah nine minutes lights the all-star was lit solid hell is this is this is hello it's table this table no it's not not yet so eight bits fz it so this is a preview stream of a table created by my buddy uh yens who has spent the last two years kind of off and on messing with this table and building it up. NBA Pinball 2009. When it is available, I will post that. All these videos go on YouTube afterwards. I will happily post it in the description, or it will probably be posted in vpinball.com. It is not currently available yet, no. So there you go. You selected the New Orleans Hornets. Alright. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. A long range play. Okay, that's not going to do anything. You know what would be a good stack? Ah, he didn't. Can he? No, he can't. So what would be a nice stack is... Left ramp, right ramp All-star is lit Hit that middle to get all-star started That would be a nice I'm not sure if it does anything for you Not the Pelicans I'm not even sure if all the teams are in here I don't see why not though Once you get an NBA Once you get an NBA license You can use the team names How could I miss that three Gotta keep the flippers down When it goes past that When it goes past this You gotta keep those flippers down I missed another three. Whenever the crowd chants MVP, you have 2X scoring. So I need to do All-Star during this 2X. I only got six seconds left, so... It's kind of not valid anymore. Yeah, it's gone. Push! Ha! I just did a flip like Jedi McMuffin. Cheers. Ah! I from Brazil sorry my English. Your English is way better than my any other language. So don't even worry about it bro. Old teams in here. Yeah. Charlotte are still the Bobcats here. Oh, interesting. Got the historian up in the joint. He left his jump shot back at the hotel That sucked guys That really sucked You get that last triple double You get that last triple double shot This layout is a mirror of Space Jam It's funny you say that 8-bit, it's funny you say that So the gentleman Who is creating this table Also is Creating Space Jam And I'm hoping that I think he's creating Space Jam I think it is. And I'm hoping that I'm hoping that he allows me to stream Space Jam 2 before it's, when it's close to being completed. There's another one that I have never flipped in real life, it's Space Jam. New Orleans New Orleans are the Hornets here which is funny since Charlotte are the Hornets now. The sneaker squeak with the slings is funny. I love the sneaker squeak when it hits the Oh, okay. Alright. Here we go. Never give your viewers... Never give your viewers... Put your viewers in charge of your stream layout. They come up with interesting things. I love it I love it Boom one Shoot Right under my flipper That's what happens If you keep those flippers up Sneaks under there Fast Break is a hurry up on the Orbits. Not worth a lot. Well, this is good. A multiball with Fast Break is kind of good. So let's see if we can get any value out of it. No value out of that fast break. Ha! There it is! That shot... Still good. Oh, my! He pushed the ball in the corner. Ugh. The call outs in this I love it I absolutely love it Thank you for the follow Pinball Newbie awesome thank you so much Fire to three That may have been a pass I'm not sure Did you hear that call out That may have been a pass I'm not sure That's messed up Bucket Oh, come on! Oh, my God. This is NBA Pinball from Stern 2009. Thank you so much to Jens for getting in touch with me and allowing me to play your creation a little early. Like I said before, I will put this... I'm not done. I've got a couple more games, but I will put the description of where you can download the table on my YouTube channel, which is MysteryPinballTheater3000 on YouTube. Also join me on Thursday when I am hopefully streaming The Big Lebowski. The Big Lebowski from Free Go Watch. Triple double. Triple double. Right here. Dang it. No triple-double. Oh, hi there. I love this game so much. I like the name. Oh, hi there. Yeah, this game is fun. Well, they're in the NBA. I'm not in the NBA. Not fair, I made that shot. Come on. You gotta give me that shot, y'all. So not fair. And the ball is posted way out of bounds. Let's see who they award this one to. You know I hit that shot right twice Boom shakalaka Big Lebowski is a really entertaining machine Yeah so hopefully I was down there today We took a look at Big Lebowski There's only two issues with it One it's not level which is an easy issue The other one there is a lock That's not locking And that game is all about getting that Lebowski shot and locking the ball and then stacking your multi-balls. So, we'll make it happen. Otherwise, I might be streaming something else. But Thursday at 2 p.m. Pacific, I'll be streaming. So, now there's something going on with that with this shot here. It doesn't seem to be sticking. It doesn't seem to be sticking. I just gotta not suck That's all it is I just gotta not be sucking Maybe we can get fire going again It's cause they switched the screens on And used the shooting Exactly What was that? The flipper fired Let's get ready for a match The flipper fired for it by itself Oh guys check it out I got a free game I could take these guys and play all night if they could Alright. Alright. If you like the table over there, that's cool. That was a double dribble. I love it. Ohio there. That's perfect. All right, let's play. Let's play some Miami Heat. I don't know if I'm going to be able to beat my 18. My 18 was huge Oh jeez It just fires the ball down at you Those slings are really sensitive Damn Geez, that ball in the middle just sucks The life out of you Alright, let's go for all-star Wait a minute, wait a minute One more He's working on three in a row. He's going deep, ladies. Ah. He went way back to the man down. Oh. Oh. Ah. Oh. Nope, nope. So if I see this game on location, I'm playing the hell out of it. Let's get an all-star mode going. Come on, you can do a post pass. Seems like you just need to ignore everything Except get into a multiball And nail all-star targets Well, the first multiball is like a gimme Right? Let's see if I can So I have NB I need to hit A Slip Let's see So I got an all star And I have a multiball Do they stack? It looks like the all star is gone Do you have Way up on the rim! He should have gone longer! Makes the first one. On ahead, the children man. Whoa! Plank that one off the back of the rim. Makes the first one. Ah, that's going out. Damn it. Wait. So, the seams seem to be spaced a bit high and back from the flipper like a Batman scene. You know what? That multiball got rid of my all-star. I don't think you can stack them. That kind of sucked. Michael Beasley rushes into the front court. For three. Not even close. The crowd is on their feet chanting MVP. 2X. And the crowd are going wild. That's correct, right? They're pushing up the court in a hurry. C.J. doing it one-on-one. Rattling violation now. and awarded a mystery. Oh, almost. And the crowd are going wild. Tell me that's incorrect grammar. It's not. Oh, that is so pretty. I keep missing that He's gotta get his legs under it Alright guys Let's finish this up strong I think I can put another 10 million up Not at this rate. Oh boy. Oh boy. No, he's not done yet. So, so, It's a fire total a million a million guys. That's like no points on this table Dang it Thank you for the follow Chris Chris Van Ex You're awesome He has really been struggling tonight He has really been struggling He'll try a three here Comes up short He's in point of cover Shoot I keep hearing new Oh that was a panic flip What's up, Retro Addicts? G'day, mate. Cheers. How late is it? How late is it? Or early? Or late? Or question mark? Dope game. Yeah, this game is fun. Stuff your mom hates Thank you for the follow Stuff your mom hates Alright let's do Let's do one more Let's do one more This real machine Not exist in my country Yeah look 8-bit I have not seen this machine in my country Unless I guess you go to Papa in Pittsburgh And you can find this Haven't seen this machine around Don't know it don't whatever By the way guys, if you're here And you Do me a favor Go over to Retro Addicts right now Go follow Retro Addicts, so much fun, super cool dude Me and him, we kind of hung out He's in Australia also We kind of hung out and just played some Tron And played some Star Trek and stuff like that Super cool dude, go follow Retro Addicts Streams pinball And you know, virtual pinball And video games and stuff like that Super cool Boom shakalaka Let's get a riff and let's get it going One more Two in the afternoon for me Perfect Perfect What a struggle No no no no no Alright here we go Why did I collect Select the Cleveland Cavaliers. Why did I select the Cleveland Cavaliers? Can somebody tell me, please? I totally got confused and I thought I was using the wrong account again. Damn it. Get that. Ketchup and mustard. Thank you for the follow. Yeah, I'm a badass Okay, we We got We got all star lit Hey now Hey now Oh, it's horse Oh, this is gonna be hard First time I managed to catch a stream MT3K Yeah, buddy Oh shoot. So I gotta make it again. Oh ho ho. Playing horse with yourself. I meant to shoot that, not that. Damn it. Oh, you got a tilt cam in there. Yeah, ketchup and mustard. I got a bunch of stuff. I got a bunch of stuff. I got this hand cam, which is kind of dark. I apologize. The hand cam is kind of useless right now. So, um, and we got the tilt cam in there because you got to, it's a virtual cab, but it's got as many realistic bells and whistles as I could pile on here. It's got a full analog plunger. Right? So I can soft plunge if I want. I also have a button for, like, Attack of Mars. Oh, yeah. Pete is my retro addicts bro with the retro games. Cool. So you guys are, like, you, like, stream one stream. You both stream on the same channel, but you both, like, plot back and forth. Um, Nia's Dream looks good. It's ketchup. I, it's ketchup John Mustard. Ketchup John Mustard. Thank you. Ketchup John Mustard. Alright, here we go. This will be my last game, because I've got to put the kids to bed. Let's do it. And there's going to be another foul. These guys are really not giving an inch defensively. From way downtown, Kaboom! Kaboom, really? Really, Kaboom? Hey Retro Addicts I got a little pinball tip for you I'm eating corn I never wanted to have ketchup or mustard in that Pete is 90% a streamer Okay cool So Retro Addicts Learn to deadflip Even in virtual pinball Deadflipping is a thing So if the ball is coming at the flippers, don't do anything. Sometimes you can slow it down that way. Don't do anything. It's called a dead flip. It will increase your scores a lot. You just have to know when not to flip. a good time not to flip. That's not a good time not to flip. Right? So you just gotta know when not to flip. No worries, I'm just kidding. Alright, I gotta be done. Flip stream. Bounce. Bounce pass. Well, I'm going to leave you guys with this. Because no one bothered to redeem the murder voice. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for joining me today here on Mystery Pinball Theater 3000. Jens, thank you so much for allowing me to stream your unfinished table. once again like i said the script the the the link will be in the description on youtube after it's posted on youtube when it's available um thank you once again for letting me do this thank you all for joining me thank all the followers everybody bounce pass and uh thanks i've been trying to incorporate more techniques like that yeah there you go so dead flip right try that out for a little bit seriously your setup is is is lit By the way, flip stream. My merch came in. Some more merch. Pretty tight, right? That looks good. I'm soon going to be doing giveaways for t-shirts and stuff like that. So follow me. You'll see. Whatever. Thank you guys. I'll see you later. who's streaming right now Who could we go raid? Retro Addicts isn't streaming Because I would raid him Alright, we're going to stream Lazer Lose again No, you know what guys? We're going to stream Faye We're going to stream Faye Because Faye is my buddy Faye is also part of the TPN And I want to throw some love Faye's way He's not streaming pinball I don't think But go say hi for me Go over there and say mbt3k says hi Thanks a lot guys Thank you. Bye.

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