# Pinburgh Finals (From the back) 08/01/15

**Source:** Dead Flip  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2015-08-04  
**Duration:** 13m 10s  
**Beat:** Pinball

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

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## Analysis

Jack Danger (Dead Flip) provides a casual walkthrough tour of Pinburgh 2015 finals venue from the back area, showcasing various pinball machines including custom-themed pins, multimorphic games, and vintage arcade cabinets. The video is informal livestream footage with minimal narrative structure, focusing on machine spotting and casual commentary rather than competitive tournament coverage.

### Key Claims

- [LOW] Heighway Pinball was a failed arcade game that 'killed pinball' by pulling developers away from pinball development — _Jack Danger, making a joking/speculative historical claim while walking past Heighway Pinball machines_
- [HIGH] Full Throttle by Heighway Pinball allows players to swap out playfields — _Jack Danger, describing the game's modular design feature directly_
- [HIGH] PAPA live stream was scheduled to start in about an hour and a half from the time of filming — _Jack Danger, stating the broadcast schedule_

### Notable Quotes

> "I want to sleep on a Hercules as a bed"
> — **Jack Danger**, early
> _Humorous commentary on the size of a Hercules pinball machine_

> "This game, everyone was pulled off of pinball to create this game. It flopped. It never came out. And then pinball died. Tattoo Assassins. You'll never see those games anywhere."
> — **Jack Danger**, mid
> _Joking historical commentary about arcade game development's impact on pinball, referencing Highway Games' failed Tattoo Assassins arcade title_

> "These games are pretty cool because you can pull the playfield out and put a new one in."
> — **Jack Danger**, mid
> _Describing Highway Pinball's modular playfield design innovation_

> "If you could see how ridiculous I look carrying this laptop with a pocket full of audio equipment. It's pretty ridiculous."
> — **Jack Danger**, late
> _Self-aware commentary on the challenges of mobile streaming at the event_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Jack Danger | person | Content creator and streamer from Dead Flip channel, hosting this venue tour and livestream |
| Pinburgh | event | Major pinball tournament and convention (2015 edition, finals day) |
| The Hobbit | game | Pinball machine by Joseph Jack Kimball, spotted at the event |
| America's Most Haunted | game | Spooky Pinball machine with Lexi Lightspeed theme, at the event but non-functional |
| Luther's Vendetta | game | Custom-themed pinball machine spotted at the event |
| Full Throttle | game | Highway Pinball game with modular, swappable playfields |
| Spooky Pinball | company | Pinball manufacturer, made America's Most Haunted |
| Heighway Pinball | company | Pinball/arcade game manufacturer, made Full Throttle and related games |
| Multimorphic | company | Pinball manufacturer, had monitor-based game displayed at the event |
| Joseph Jack Kimball | person | Designer/creator of The Hobbit pinball machine |
| Billy Mitchell | person | Arcade gamer from King of Kong movie, spotted at the event |
| PAPA | organization | Pinball organization with a live stream scheduled during Pinburgh event |
| Jason Allen | person | Person thanked at the end of the video, may have been on-camera or assisted with the tour |
| [name withheld pending review] | game | Arcade game spotted at the event |
| Donkey Kong | game | Classic arcade game, tournament happening at the event |

### Signals

- **[event_signal]** Pinburgh 2015 finals venue tour showing significant collection of pinball machines and arcade cabinets, indicating robust vendor presence and game diversity at the event (confidence: high) — Jack Danger tours multiple machines including custom pins, multimorphic games, Highway Pinball titles, Spooky Pinball machines, and vintage arcade cabinets
- **[content_signal]** Dead Flip conducting mobile livestream coverage of Pinburgh finals venue, broadcasting to internet audience in real-time with equipment challenges (confidence: high) — Jack Danger mentions 'live streaming to the internet' and references carrying laptop with audio equipment while touring
- **[design_innovation]** Highway Pinball's Full Throttle features swappable playfields, allowing venues to interchange different game variations on the same cabinet (confidence: high) — Jack Danger explicitly states 'These games are pretty cool because you can pull the playfield out and put a new one in'
- **[venue_signal]** Pinburgh venue features significant non-pinball arcade presence including Donkey Kong tournament, Big Buck Hunter, Tron Discs, and other cabinet games alongside pinball machines (confidence: high) — Multiple references to arcade cabinets, Donkey Kong tournament, Big Buck Hunter tournament, and Tron Discs spotted during venue tour
- **[community_signal]** Notable arcade/gaming personalities like Billy Mitchell from King of Kong documentary present at Pinburgh event (confidence: high) — Jack Danger spots and mentions Billy Mitchell at the event, noting he's from the King of Kong movie
- **[gameplay_signal]** Custom-themed and rethemed pinball machines present at Pinburgh, indicating active homebrew/modification community participation (confidence: high) — Jack Danger remarks on custom-themed pins section and notes seeing rethemed pins, including Luther's Vendetta

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## Transcript

 We're back up. Kappa 1-2-3. Kappa 1-2-3, please. Oh, back. Alright, cool. Yeah. This thing's huge. Oh, my arm. I want to sleep on a Hercules as a bed. Yeah, buddy. Somebody actually took one and made one. I saw that. You broke my heart. Aw, I was just kidding. Deadflip, can you shout out something? Yeah, dude. What's up, Sting? What do you need, bud? Yell something. Oh, no, I'm not going to yell in here. That's rude. Okay. Let's walk around a little bit more. I wonder if I can... I would kill for a cigarette. What's up, buddy? All right. Gamma adjustment. We got some cosplay stuff here, that's fun. Oh yeah, let's go take a look. Back in Alaska. This is the Hobbit game by Joseph Jack Kimball. This game is pretty cool guys. Pretty rad. Let's go look at that American's Most Haunted. So she not on but this is the Spooky Pinball America Most Haunted Lexi Lightspeed? Yep. Oh, God. Oh, here are the custom themed pins. Yeah, man, it's beautiful. Look at this thing. Oh, gotcha, gotcha. This is a rethemed pin. I'm not sure what this pin was before this, though. There's one over there, too. Sorry, guys. I'm trying not to make you sick. Luther's Vendetta. It's pretty rad looking. This is that, uh, multimorphic monitor game I was talking about. Pretty rad. Watch the ball trail. You see that? You can see, like, Pretty cool. And we got the Andrew Highway Games over here. This is what killed pinball right here, folks. This game, everyone was pulled off of pinball to create this game. It flopped. It never came out. And then pinball died. Tattoo Assassins. You'll never see those games anywhere. So this is Full Throttle by Highway Pinball. These games are pretty cool because you can pull the playfield out and put a new one in. Oh yeah, Joust is really hell. Here a head to head pinball machine So this is a two game where one person stands on one side one person on the other and you battle each other No, there is no DMD on full throttle. They're just little screens. Hang on. Around the corner, there's a... Yeah, let's go. Might as well show it off. Why not? There's a Donkey Kong battle happening over here. Look at all these Donkey Kongs. I probably want to see Billy Mitchell in white. Oh my god, yeah, might as well. I don't know if you folks are familiar with Billy Mitchell, the from the King of Kong movie but he's right there all white looking good Oh my god. Um, yeah. I don't know what else to show. Yeah, let's head over there real quick. Oh yeah, I gotta hit him up We got more pins back here A lot more pins So majestic. Yeah, dude, I agree. There's a lot of council gaming happening back here. A lot of councils. What's going on, bud? Yeah, man. I'm live streaming to the internet. Play a rare pin? Maybe. Maybe, maybe. Uh, yeah. Well, I know the Papa live stream's starting in an hour and a half. Uh, we may call this quits for now. and uh go go figure something out I don't know one second it's a really rare amazing shirt what can we see here wide body two playfields circus themed absolutely gorgeous Classic First game of the DMD. John Roblova. Yeah, guys, anytime. I'm happy to do the tour. If you could see how ridiculous I look carrying this laptop with a pocket full of audio equipment. It's pretty ridiculous. Here's the big buck hunter thing. Oh, the big buck hunter tournament's over here. Shoot the dog. Shoot the dog. Slaying it. Slaying it. Well, this is insane. We got a Tron Discs game. Anyway, there's still other stuff down by the stage and stuff like that. It's just getting really heavy to hold this. Look at this guy. killing it but so you try to show a little bit of this is back in the a division here oh that that would make more sense flashbang for sure The Hobbit's fun, man. It's definitely more fun now with the... Look at this guy. I love it, dude. How's this going? We got, uh... Mulch here. And some of the old... What? Donate to kids? We got our, uh, here. What? Alright folks, I think this is where I leave you. I love you guys so much. Have a wonderful... Alright, Jason Allen, thanks for coming, buddy. Goodbye, Internet. Say goodbye, Internet. Goodbye, Internet. Yeah. Alright, guys. Have a good one. I'll see you later. Hopefully. Have a good night Go play some pinball

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