# Foo Fighters Premium Gameplay - 4K (Flip N Out Pinball, 2023)

**Source:** Flip n Out Pinball  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2023-09-28  
**Duration:** 20m 52s  
**Beat:** Pinball

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

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## Analysis

Zach Minney of Flippin' Out Pinball demonstrates gameplay on a Stern Pinball Foo Fighters Premium model, highlighting mechanical differences from Pro (upper playfield, dead post ball save, custom molded toys) and gameplay features including skill shots, city-based modes (Chicago, New Orleans, New York, Austin, Seattle, LA), multiball mechanics, and Insider Connected integration. The video showcases accessible yet deep ruleset with city modes, FooBot construction progression, and stacked multiball/mode gameplay.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Foo Fighters Premium has an upper playfield and dead post ball save feature not present on Pro model — _Zach explicitly describes these differences while showing them on-screen_
- [HIGH] Custom molded toys differentiate Pro and Premium models on Foo Fighters — _Zach states 'custom molded toys differentiate the two models' and directs viewers to FlippinOutPinball.com for specifics_
- [HIGH] Insider Connected provides achievements, friend battles, and verified progression across home and location play — _Zach demonstrates scanning QR code and explains IC features; directs to SternPinball.com for setup_
- [HIGH] Foo Fighters features a jukebox-style song selection that does not affect gameplay — _Zach states 'you can select whatever song you want to listen to. It's kind of like a jukebox, so it doesn't really affect gameplay per se'_
- [HIGH] Six city-based modes exist in Foo Fighters (Chicago, New Orleans, New York, Austin, Seattle, LA) with mini wizard modes unlockable — _Zach plays through multiple city modes and references qualifying mini wizard modes in Austin and DC_
- [HIGH] Multiball is activated via the Overlord captive ball area on the playfield — _Zach explains 'Multiball is in that overlord area' and demonstrates attempting to bash the captive ball to start multiball_
- [HIGH] FooBot card progression rewards completing city modes as part of a 'Construct-a-Bot' feature — _Zach references collecting 'FUBOT parts' for completing modes and notes 'if you complete a mode, you can get like a foobot card'_

### Notable Quotes

> "The differences between the pro and premium, quite a few on this title. Some titles, not as much."
> — **Zach Minney**, ~0:20
> _Establishes that Foo Fighters has significant Pro/Premium differentiation compared to other Stern titles_

> "Foo Fighters are coming to the Earth to save the planet from aliens. Go with it. It's weird, but it works."
> — **Zach Minney**, ~1:50
> _Describes the game's narrative premise and Zach's acceptance of its unconventional theme_

> "This game is fun as shit. I love this game."
> — **Zach Minney**, ~20:30
> _Direct positive sentiment about game quality and enjoyment_

> "I hate to love pinball, and I love to hate pinball."
> — **Zach Minney**, ~26:00
> _Captures the emotional/frustrating nature of competitive pinball skill execution_

> "If you want one of these, all you got to do is go to flippingoutpinball.com, order you one, and we will ship it out like same day or night. Next day. Free shipping. You cannot beat it."
> — **Zach Minney**, ~27:30
> _Commercial call-to-action showcasing Flippin' Out Pinball's sales/distribution model_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Zach Minney | person | Owner of Flippin' Out Pinball, co-host of Straight Down the Middle, host of The Pinball Show podcast; demonstrates gameplay |
| Flippin' Out Pinball | company | Pinball sales, distribution, and rental company; distributor and content creator |
| Stern Pinball | company | Manufacturer of Foo Fighters pinball machine; produces Insider Connected ecosystem |
| Foo Fighters Pinball | game | Licensed Stern Pinball machine; Premium model shown; features city modes, multiball, FooBot progression |
| Insider Connected | product | Stern's digital ecosystem connecting pinball machines for achievements, leaderboards, friend battles, and verified progression |
| Straight Down the Middle | organization | Pinball podcast/content channel co-hosted by Zach Minney |
| The Pinball Show | organization | Pinball podcast hosted by Zach Minney |
| Jack Danger | person | Designer of Foo Fighters Pinball (implied reference via 'Jack Posse Crease' mode callout); Stern designer |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Foo Fighters Pinball mechanical features and Pro/Premium/LE differentiation, Insider Connected ecosystem integration and gameplay tracking, City-based mode design and ruleset structure, Multiball mechanics and stacking strategies
- **Secondary:** Flippin' Out Pinball as distributor and content creator, Skill shot execution and playfield layout

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.82) — Zach expresses genuine enjoyment and enthusiasm for the game throughout gameplay, despite frustration with execution (missing shots, drains). Positive language dominates ('fun as shit,' 'love this game'). Commercial framing at end reinforces positive positioning of the product.

### Signals

- **[community_signal]** Stern Pinball implementing Insider Connected with QR code scanning, achievements, and friend challenges as standard feature across location and home play (confidence: high) — Zach demonstrates IC integration via QR code scan and explains achievement/battle features; directs viewers to SternPinball.com for account setup
- **[design_philosophy]** Foo Fighters designed with accessible entry-level modes (city modes with clear shot objectives) but deep progression mechanics (FooBot construction, stacked multiball/modes, mini wizard modes) (confidence: high) — Zach references easy-to-understand shot-matching gameplay ('hit the shot that corresponded with the colors of this mode') layered with complex stacking and progression systems
- **[product_strategy]** Foo Fighters Premium tier explicitly designed with upper playfield and dead post ball save features exclusive to Premium/LE, absent on Pro (confidence: high) — Zach clearly identifies and demonstrates these hardware differences: 'big old upper play field there, it's not on the pro model. Same as this dead post down here'
- **[licensing_signal]** Foo Fighters licensed IP integrated with extensive band music and city-based gameplay inspired by band history/tours (confidence: high) — Game features jukebox song selection ('My Hero,' implied other band tracks) and city modes (Chicago, New Orleans, New York, Austin, Seattle, LA) aligned with touring geography

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## Transcript

 What is going on people? I'm Zach with Flip N Out Pinball with Straight Down the Middle and with the podcast The Pinball Show. We're here today to play some Stern Pinball Foo Fighters. In particular, this game is a premium model. They do come in pro, premium, and LE. The differences between the pro and premium, quite a few on this title. Some titles, not as much. But on this title, as we see, the big old upper play field there, it's not on the pro model. Same as this dead post down here. This dead post pops up and helps save your ball. That is not on the pro either. Other things like custom molded toys differentiate the two models. You can go to FlippinOutPinball.com to see specifics on the differences between the Pro, Premium, and LE models. Now, before jumping in and starting our game on Foo Fighters, I've got to get Insider Connected. So, here, I've got my QR code right there. I just scan it. If you don't have Insider Connected, all you've got to do is go to SternPinball.com, set up your own account. That way, whether you're playing at home or whether you're playing on location, you can get verified achievements. At home, you can get achievements. You can battle friends. You can try all kinds of fun stuff on Stern's Insider Connected. Let's play some Foo Fighters. Huh? Huh? You want that? Sound the alarm! Foo Fighters are coming to the Earth to save the planet from aliens. Go with it. It's weird, but it works. Before even plunging on Foo Fighters, you can select whatever song you want to listen to. It's kind of like a jukebox, so it doesn't really affect gameplay per se. So pick a song you want to hear such as My Hero. Also, if you keep on scanning through on the newest code, look, another set of music. We'll start with My Hero. What I'm trying to do on this plunge, as you see down below, there's a roving yellow skill shot that I can soft plunge, try to bounce it right into there. There's a green and teal flashing arrow if I do a full plunge come around left orbit combo it to another green and teal or Arrow coming down if they begin combo three combo four, etc But I'm not very good at that We'll try it Yeah also left ramp to start a mode now I started that mode there was white white arrows on the playfield as I was flailing around really messing up that skill shot if I hit three white arrows V-A-N spelling van I qualify a lower and then the the the van icon or what is that called Insert. The insert of the vein was lit. So the left ran. Let's just start a mode. Where do you guys want to go? Our first mode, Wolf Trap, Chicago, where I can get myself a hot dog. I like my hot dogs with ketchup only, just like a kid. Don't judge. You're probably a mustard lover, aren't you? All right, hurry up shots. It's going to be spread. If you take too long, clear. Oh, that was a bunch of blobby blues. Do you know what I did? I just hit the shot that corresponded with the colors of this mode, which are blue. That's what I try to do. I also want to get a multiball going. Multiball is in, oh boy, is in that overlord area. Right there. So I've locked a ball. Now if I keep hitting that captive ball, if I keep hitting that, I will start a multiball. Which I probably can do, because remember, the better you do on these modes, if you complete a mode, you can get like a foobot card to complete your Construct-a-Bot foobot. So I'm going to try to bash on that captive ball and miss horribly. Oh my, that's just shot accuracy is piss poor. There's two Don't be evil to me Red shots or your multiball like a jackpot. Thank you for Also trying to walk about back up there All right Alright he wants me to bash on him some more Ball safe! There's a red shot over here. Just that! So I messed that up, but at least still get my ball back. That was really bad. Bad multiball? I would say bad mode, but we did get through Chicago. We got a blinking FUBOT part. I think we got that. Three more white shots to qualify mode. There's one. There's two. There's three. Four-way combos. Let's get to that left ramp. Let's just start another mode. Where do you guys want to go? New Orleans. What I'm going to try to do is I'm going to try to start a mode and get that right ramp hit a couple more times to qualify Area 51 multiball. New Orleans, baby. I do like me some New Orleans. Here we go. Perfect shot. Oh, don't be evil. So don't be showing the people your evilness. don't show them your evilness alright purple shots are going well so far I want that right right only thing purple lit is upper play field is this one right here that one right here you monster you're a monster little combo there 5-1 little combo, missed it missed it that's ok that's alright that's gotta hurt ok what we got Look, pinball is a game of three balls. It's just ball one. Got 100 million. Not horrible. We were able to stack a multiball with a mode. Get Chicago complete. And extra ball is lit at the stand-up target. That would be great if I got that. Let's change to the lever. I don't know. I'll try to complete the white mode to get another mode going. I'm a glutton for punishment when it comes to that. I just love blowing through my ball safe so that I can get through a skill shot. All right, there's one. Still need one more shot to qualify. No, did it. Okay, where are we going? Do we want to go back to New Orleans? I've almost got the damn thing complete. I've every shot complete. Might as well. Did I complete it? Yeah. What else do I need to do? Overlord, shoot the target! Okay, completed New Orleans. I'm glad I did that. Now I need to qualify another mode. Ah, boy. Settle down. So, I guess if you have to go back into it, you don't get your FUBOT part. That's okay. There's one. There's two. I didn't want to start Area 51 yet, so I tried botching that. No, no, no, no, no, no. One more white. One more white. Jeez. Let's see if I can backhand this van. Okay, New Orleans complete, Chicago complete. Let's go to New York and try to get that area 51 going at the right range. It's blinking, but I can't hit it. Yellow shots for this move. That's just spinner ripping. Spinner ripping good time. Might as well keep hitting it. I really would like that right ramp though. I just can't hit it. There it is. Hit that! Get it! Oh, I almost hit it. It's that back target. It's tough. It is tough. Yellow shot. I'm still going for those. I'm fine with that. Combo after combo. Get that ramp. Whoa. Juicy ramp. To the combo To the Get it Get it I just want to get it Get it Damn it Okay Overlord! To complete the mode. Okay. Three shots. Remember, three wide shots to qualify for the mode. Don't you dare! Son of a biscuit! Have you ever tried... Shit! I got my insider achievement though. Woo! Woo! One more time. All right, so let's regroup. We got an extra ball. We're into ball two. Alston and DC in many wizard mode are blinking, so if we qualify using three white shots and qualify in mode, we can start with that, which is good. We got that because we completed New Orleans, Chicago, and New York, three modes. So we've got three of the six regular modes. We're going into mini wizard mode. We still have, I think, extra ball lit at the stand-up target, so I'd like to do that. I'd like to get some more multi-balls going. And that damn right ramp for Area 51, I'd like to get that going. But right now, my focus is on the white inserts to start one of those mini wizard modes. Let's rock and roll, baby. Come on. Left ramp. I don't even care about that skill shot anymore. Should I do Area 51? Oh, I wanted to. Left 3. Oh, I missed it again. Okay. So we can start Austin or DC. Which one do you guys want to start? Austin or DC. Let's go. Some of my favorite people are in Austin. Here we go. Jack Posse Crease X on the Spider-Bot Shot. Spider-Bot Shot, we like Jack-Bot. Whatever that means. So now we're just, this is a multiball, and we're just going for, just like red shots here and blue shots here. I don't know the specifics. I just have fun playing pinball. Oh my goodness, it's an overload! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! You got the X-T-Ball! Everything is lit! Oh, oh shit! We were doing a forward play. Focus, Zach, focus. Yeah. I'm not letting him in all the time. except for that one. Okay, added the ball there. That works, that works. I just let that ball go for some reason. Oh, fire away, baby! Put them, come on, come on, come on! Come on! Feed me! Feed me, Seymour! I'll stop! Come on, clean it! Better than sex! It's not better than sex. Okay, down to two more. Yes! Yes! Hi, hi. Okay. Wait for it. Blue shot, I needed it. Blue shot, I needed it. Try to loop that around. Blue shot, no. No, that doesn't. Blue shot. That's right. That's an animal. Oh, did I? Oh, man. Well, food. I'll hit it, I don't care. Don't you drain me now. What am I playing with? We're going three white shots. I think I completed Austin. I got a chest on my chest piece for Fubak. There's another combo. Give that to me. Did it. Left ramp. Get a move going. Da-da-da-da-da. Let's do it. Okay. So we've got four of them going. Let's go to Seattle. Yeah. Seattle. Looks like blue shots. I still need area 51 to go, so I'm going for that right ramp. Come on Zach Why can I hit that shot Don you drain on me That's alright. You know what? I'm good with that. Woo! Woo! I'm sweating now. Oh, I got to turn it back. Shit's getting real now, y'all. shit getting real. This game is real. This game is fun as shit. I love this game. 289. Um, what do I need to do here? Still got my extra ball, so I'm good with that. Seattle, I did not complete. White shots and area 51. I'd still like to get a mode going before I'm going to press our area 51 if at all possible. Ozak, don't you dream so stupidly. I'd like to get a multiball going there too. If possible. You see those qualifications? I don't have my easy left ramp or spinner shot for from most of it don't left orbit no okay mode is lit see I have my really good piss point let's go now let's go to LA Let's try LA. I need another food party. Right ramp, you monster! And then... I wanted it! No! No! There's a left ramp. Right orbit. No, right ramp. Come on. You're a monster! No, no, no, no, no. Don't you dare... I knew what it was going to do to me. I felt it. I felt it deep down. All right. We got one more ball. Or is that the game? Foo Fighters done. Did me good today, y'all. Last ball. We're going out with a bang here. I've got left ramp blue lit for Foo Bot Frenzy, I believe, which is a super cool mode. Area 51, I don't know if I'm going to be able to get to. just because I cannot hit. It's this loop here. So you hit it up here and then you hit that red shot. Diverter comes up and it hits a stand-up target back there. You've got to hit it with some zest. And I just can't get that shot. I'd like to get another mode going, but that's not a guarantee. I'm going to ignore that skill shot. I just can't focus on that right now. I have to hit the white shots to get a mode going. Or the left ramp. I'll show you guys that. That's pretty cool. Come on. Left Ramp. Really? Oh my. I went to area 51 dead. Get up there. At least you can see that. Goodbye printing. Super cool. I love this. I'd even be willing to get Area 51 going even without a mode at this point. I hate to love pinball, and I love to hate pinball. That's Foo Fighters pinball. At least I got New York champ. By Stern Pinball. If you want one of these, all you got to do is go to flippingoutpinball.com, order you one, and we will ship it out like same day or night. next day. Free shipping. You cannot beat it. Can't beat it. Or you can email me at Zach, Z-A-C-H at flip the letter N out pinball.com. I'll see you on the next video. What are we going to play next? Email, email or message me on Facebook. Follow us on Instagram to watch some reels. Follow us on YouTube, on Facebook. Let me know what you want to see next because we've probably got it. Damn, I wanted to get to... I'm going to play again, but I'll see you all later. So that is how you blow a multiball and a mode at the same time. That's blowing your stack there. Yeah. Ooh. pinballer returns all my life i've been wanting to hit that fucking right red but i got it nothing

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