# Tales from the Crypt (Data East 1993)

**Source:** Mystery Pinball Theater 3000  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2023-07-26  
**Duration:** 80m 1s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBCKJn_D1FU

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## Analysis

Manu from Mystery Pinball Theater streams Tales from the Crypt (Data East 1993) at Wormhole Pinball during a busy summer day with local camps. He demonstrates game mechanics including the unique doorknob plunger for locking creature features, discusses the game's 12 modes and Crypt Jam wizard mode, and highlights the notoriously difficult right ramp and crypt shot. The stream includes commentary on designer John Borg's work and features from viewers and Twitch chat.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Tales from the Crypt has 12 creature feature modes that must be played to reach Crypt Jam wizard mode — _Manu states this explicitly during gameplay explanation; confirmed by multiple references throughout stream_
- [HIGH] The doorknob plunger on Tales from the Crypt allows players to lock in their preferred creature feature mode — _Manu demonstrates and explains this feature multiple times: 'You can lock in your creature feature by using the doorknob' and 'if you want to play a specific mode, hit the plunger, which is basically the doorknob'_
- [MEDIUM] Most Tales from the Crypt machines only have a button now because the doorknob mod is gone — _Manu references Todd Tucky's TNT Amusements video: 'Todd talked about how most Tales from the Crypt machines only have a button now. Because the whole mod is gone.'_
- [HIGH] The right ramp on this Tales from the Crypt is exceptionally difficult to hit — _Manu repeatedly states: 'I've never hit the right ramp ever. I've never, ever hit that right ramp' and 'The crypt is way harder to shoot than you think'_
- [HIGH] John Borg designed Tales from the Crypt — _Manu states directly: 'This is a John Borg game, by the way'_
- [MEDIUM] John Borg also designed Guardians, Indiana Jones, and Metallica — _Stream chat members (Swizzle) provide this information in response to Manu asking 'what else did he do, you guys? Did John Borg do Metallica?'_
- [HIGH] The machine at Wormhole has a custom doorknob plunger and captive ball feature — _Manu shows the plunger on screen: 'Here's a funny thing I was watching Todd Tucky earlier an old TNT Amusements video' and demonstrates the captive ball: 'there is a captive ball on the left side'_
- [HIGH] Super Crypt Keeper mode lights the kickback for the entire rest of the ball — _Manu explains at end of stream: 'Super Crypt Keeper lights your kickback for the entire rest of the ball'_
- [HIGH] The game has three spinners that change the creature feature mode — _Manu demonstrates: 'I can change the creature feature with the spinners. I think and if you like spinners there's three of them on this game'_
- [MEDIUM] The game does not have many outlane drains, which is surprising for a John Borg game — _Manu comments: 'it doesn't have too many outlane drains, which is surprising for a John Borg game'_

### Notable Quotes

> "You can lock in your creature feature by using the doorknob. I wish I had a shot at this. But you guys should look at this. This actually has the doorknob shooter. It's not a plunger. It's a doorknob."
> — **Manu**, ~15:30
> _Explains the unique mechanical innovation of Tales from the Crypt's doorknob plunger system_

> "I've never hit the right ramp ever. I've never, ever hit that right ramp. I know you're probably saying, well, yeah, Manu, because you suck."
> — **Manu**, ~47:00
> _Emphasizes the extreme difficulty of one of the game's key shots_

> "What is wrong with John Borg? What friggin' anger thing was he going through? Was he going through a divorce when he wrote this game?"
> — **Manu**, ~52:00
> _Comic complaint about the game's punishing difficulty, reflecting on designer's intent_

> "There's a field trip happening right now, I think."
> — **Manu**, ~41:00
> _References the venue context of summer camps bringing children to Wormhole Pinball_

> "I don't know anybody who's ever done Crypt Jam. Because to do all 12 of those, you either have to speedrun them, or be Kyle, or Brian, or somebody way better than me."
> — **Manu**, ~35:00
> _Emphasizes the extreme difficulty of reaching the wizard mode by completing all 12 creature features_

> "This is a John Borg game, by the way. That crypt is way harder to shoot than you think."
> — **Manu**, ~46:00
> _Direct attribution and commentary on game design difficulty_

> "It's a little floaty, as you can see. But that's just a leveling thing."
> — **Manu**, ~31:00
> _Notes a common maintenance issue with the machine_

> "I want that six ball multiball. Six freaking ball multiball. Let's go."
> — **Manu**, ~68:00
> _Shows enthusiasm for the six-ball Electric Something multiball mode_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Manu | person | Host of Mystery Pinball Theater, streams from Wormhole Pinball arcade venue |
| Wormhole Pinball | organization | Pinball arcade venue run by Jamie; location where this stream is taking place; hosts events and content creation |
| Tales from the Crypt | game | Data East 1993 pinball machine being played and analyzed; features 12 creature modes, doorknob plunger, difficult right ramp |
| John Borg | person | Pinball designer credited with Tales from the Crypt; also designed Guardians, Indiana Jones, Metallica; known for challenging game designs |
| Todd Tucky | person | Pinball restorer/reviewer associated with TNT Amusements YouTube channel; discussed Tales from the Crypt modifications on video |
| Brian | person | Friend of Wormhole Pinball who owns the Tales from the Crypt and Rick and Morty machines being played |
| Dave Lansky | person | Pinball content creator currently streaming on Fred Marco Pinball channel during this broadcast |
| Mystery Pinball Theater | organization | Manu's content creation show featuring pinball gameplay, rules discussion, and community engagement |
| Fred Marco Pinball | organization | Pinball streaming channel where Dave Lansky is currently streaming with Kyle and Emoto |
| Emoto | person | Stream participant/colleague mentioned multiple times; agreed to appear on Mystery Pinball Theater episode |
| Kyle | person | Referenced as strong Tales from the Crypt player; co-hosts with Fred Marco Pinball; mentioned as setting up games |
| TNT Amusements | organization | YouTube channel featuring pinball restoration and review content; Todd Tucky discussed Tales from the Crypt modifications |
| Data East | company | Pinball manufacturer; made Tales from the Crypt in 1993; era when John Borg worked for the company |
| Rick and Morty | game | Pinball machine owned by Brian; sits next to Tales from the Crypt at Wormhole Pinball; referenced as incomplete/never finished |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Tales from the Crypt game mechanics and features, Doorknob plunger modification and creature feature locking system, Game difficulty and shot complexity (right ramp, crypt shot)
- **Secondary:** John Borg's design philosophy and other works, Wizard mode (Crypt Jam) achievement and challenge, Location streaming and venue dynamics, Machine maintenance and modifications (custom plunger, captive ball)
- **Mentioned:** Multiball modes and scoring strategy

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.72) — Manu expresses enthusiasm for the game mechanics and enjoys playing despite frustrations with difficulty. Frustration directed at shot difficulty and the game's punishing design (jokingly questioning John Borg's mental state during design) rather than the game being bad. Appreciates unique features like doorknob plunger. Venue noise and crowds create some annoyance but don't diminish core engagement with the machine.

### Signals

- **[community_signal]** Wormhole Pinball uses location venue for content streaming and community building, hosting summer camps and tournaments while supporting content creation (confidence: high) — Stream takes place at Wormhole Pinball during busy summer camp day; venue functions as both arcade and streaming studio; mentioned as hosting events and community activities
- **[design_philosophy]** John Borg designed Tales from the Crypt with exceptionally difficult shots and challenging playfield layout, including a notoriously hard-to-hit right ramp and crypt shot, suggesting intentional punishing design approach (confidence: high) — Manu repeatedly emphasizes difficulty: 'I've never hit the right ramp ever' and jokes about Borg's emotional state during design. This aligns with known John Borg design philosophy.
- **[product_strategy]** Tales from the Crypt features aftermarket doorknob plunger modification that has been widely replaced with standard buttons on most machines (confidence: high) — Manu references Todd Tucky's TNT Amusements video noting most Tales from the Crypt machines now only have buttons because the doorknob mod is gone. This machine has the original/restored doorknob.
- **[technology_signal]** Tales from the Crypt (1993) demonstrates Data East's mechanical innovation with the doorknob plunger as unique shot selection device predating modern digital shot selection (confidence: medium) — The doorknob plunger system for locking creature features represents a mechanical solution to mode selection that Manu emphasizes as notable and worth explaining to viewers

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## Transcript

 I'm going to try really hard to scream today. We're going to play this for a little bit. Hi, I'm Manu, Mr. Pinball Theater at Free Go Watch. It is a freaking madhouse here today. And apparently, let me know if you guys can actually even hear me. It's very busy. So during the summertime, a lot of the local summer camps, they'll bring the kids over to Free Go Watch to play some games for like 30 minutes or an hour or whatever. and it just so happens I'm always here when that happens like right here right now and then later I'll be there loud and clear but mostly loud got it thank you thank you how you doing what's up Jordan for trying to get me grilling get all the children yell at all the children be That's why it's really hard not to. Mr. Hard Luck. Whoa. Thank you for the resub. Thank you, bro. Appreciate you. How you doing, Hard Luck? Oh, boy. I love pinball, but location streaming. Yeah. But I do it. I do it because I love it. Tales from the Crypt. All right, let's go. Tales from the Crypt. Also, if you want to see my buddy Dave Lansky, he's on Marco Pinball right now, which is amazing. I hate to stream against my friend David, but he's on Marco Pinball right now. So if you're able to see what David is doing over at Marco with Kyle and Emoto, I won't feel anything. Because David's awesome, and they're fixing games. Yeah, he is right now. Bye, Jordan. He is, go over there. I'm going to play a bunch of games with this. And... Like this. There we go. We're going to play a bunch of games with this. This came in a few days ago. This is Tales from the Crypt. I'm trying to keep it... This literally sits where all the daylight is coming in. So I have my umbrella. It's doing a job, not a great job. I could do that. Hey, what's up Captain? What's up Captain 12? Wanna do that? Hang on, let me see if I can do this. Ah, it won't stick. Stick! Stick! Wait, I'm gonna make it stick. Oh, my umbrella's being a jerk. Oh, boy, this game. Yeah, tell me about it. We'll see what we can do with it. We'll see what we can do. There's some interesting features that I didn't know about in this game, actually, either. What's left for this coming in? What's left for this coming in? What do you mean, Gaiman? I missed something. What left? Oh, what left? Not what's left. What's left? I don't think anything left. The two games that are right here are... Hi, you're on a stream. The two games that are here are Brian's games. So, Brian, friend of the shop, he's got two games now. He's got his Tale from the Crypt, which looks amazing. And his Rick and Morty is sitting right next to it. Beautiful games. I'll say now. Now I'll say hi so my sound goes up. I hope your sound came on. I heard it. All right, let's try it. So there's some fun, there's some interesting things about this game that I learned. I hate that Rick and Morty will never be finished. What do you mean it'll never be finished? Is it like Disneyland? Is it like Disneyland where they keep working on it and it'll never be finished? Yeah, you can, sure. Hang on a second. Here, check this out. All you got to do is scan that. That'll bring in my Twitter. How are you? Thank you. You're welcome. You're good? Yeah. All right. Thank you. See, that's smart for me to do the QR code. Anybody who knows about Twitch can jump in and follow. Go for it. Let's see. Very nice. There was more to go into it, but the content owner changed hands. Oh, wow. Really? Well, I'm glad they got what they got into it, because it's really fun. I'm going to stream it in a couple weeks, probably. Because we got the Jerry shot, which is not absolutely 100% not endorsed by Scott Denusey. But it's a shot on the table that someone modded and put on there. So there you go. Let's see. The only downside to this game is the constant group people laughing. Hey, the swollen ass burger. Thank you for the follow. Yeah, the jerry mod. They have the jerry mod. What about screaming Zeppelin again? And let's play this game. So, first thing is the skill shot. Whoo, this is floaty. Holy smokes. So the skill shot is shoot the lit, stand up target. That's all that was. Shoot the lit, stand up target. There's your skill shot. Creature. So the object of the game is to do all the creature features and then do Crypt Jam. It's a very long game to get through all the creature features because there's, what, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. It's a clock. There's 12 modes. So it takes a really long time to get through those modes. You don't have to finish them, you just have to play them. Game of Guerrilla, I'll stream Zeppelin again, but I think ours is broken right now. I'm not sure. So the hardest shot in this game is this shot right here. It's this scoop. If this scoop was in every game, it would be a bad thing. That starts your creature feature. That scoop will start your creature feature. Let's see if we can hit that scoop once. I'm hitting the pops. What I tend to do in this game is if I can't hit anything, I'll just shoot for the pops. Okay, sometimes you can hit it with this upper blipper here. But I want to start my creature feature. Now, the current creature feature is... is Light skill Kraken I can change the creature feature With the spinners I think and if you like spinners There's three of them on this game, all right, I started it there's three spinners on this game here here and here All right, so this is a multiball I think capital adds a ball Here's the captain ball. Captain ball is over here. See if I can hit it again. I got lucky on that first shot. Give me a ball. Give me a... No! No! Dang it. See if I can do it. That was pretty baller that I actually hit that captain ball the first time. Alright. that I hit the captain. Alright, so the next, so that one's done. Whether I got good points or not. The next one it's lit on is super guillotine targets. But I think I can change it by hitting a spinner. See how it spins around? Alright, I'll just use my kickback. So it spins if you shoot a spinner. Super keeper targets. I don't like that one either. Now here's something I didn't know, and I found this out from Brody, you even pinball. Those guys, they streamed this a while ago. You can lock in your creature future by using the doorknob. I wish I had a shot at this. But you guys should look at this. This actually has the doorknob shooter. It's not a plunger. It's a doorknob. And if I click the doorknob, you hear the little ding-dong. Maybe not. And now this mode is locked in, so I can't change it anymore. So if you want to play a specific mode, hit that doorknob again, which is the plunger. Okay, this is just pop-up boost. I blew that one. Terrible. Oh, I got a free... Oh, no. No bonus? Wow, zero bonus. Okay. We'll go for that skill shot again. Oh, by the way, you have the crypt here. You guys see the crypt shot? I put it... Right? There's that rest in peace target. Every time you hit the rest in peace target, it's gone right now. And every time you hit it, you light a crypt letter. Spell crypt to get a multiball. So we got it already set up. So if I can shoot it either in that crypt or shoot it back there on that spinner, I can start a multiball. A really tough ramp is this horseshoe ramp. That damn crypt keeper. Yeah, he won't shut up. See if we can work in that multiball. Got it. Alright, the multiball is pretty simple. Shoot the left ramp, then the right ramp, then the crypt for the super jackpot. Easier said than done though. I'm going to go for the left. I think you can backhand the left. Let's trap up That would have been nice if that was the shot I needed Oh, I blew that Come on, do that There we go, there's the left Now we're going to try and do the right Is it staged? It's barely staged I don't know if this would have staged Yeah, it is staged Oh, that was terrible. Alright, well there's your multiball. It doesn't help you with any modes though, that's the problem. What did I say? Crypt Kicker Laff is almost as bad as Freddy and his How about a little nappy? Over and over. Alright. Hey, what's up Luigi? How much points are you getting? How much points? I don't know. I'm doing terrible right now. The left ramp? Hit the left ramp five times to light the right ramp. Left ramp is not too brutal. In fact, I was hitting it pretty successfully yesterday. Alright, the next creature feature is extra ball, so I want to shoot it in there to light the extra ball. I want to hit the doorknob, right? Click the doorknob, locks in extra ball so I don't have to worry about losing it. And all I have to do is hit it. Got it. So now we got an extra ball. What's up? What up? Hi, Nick Yax. How are you? Shoot for the extra ball. How you doing, buddy? Long time no see. Like, maybe a week. Yeah, Brian actually bought this. So it's pretty nice. He told me about it before he bought it. He's like, what do you think? I'm like, yeah, if it looks in good condition, go for it. Go for it. It plays pretty nice. It's a little floaty, as you can see. But that's just a leveling thing. I actually got through what? Four creature features already? That's crazy. And I gotta shoot again. Alright, thunderstorm. The creature feature you want is electrical... where is it? Electric chair. That's a six ball multiball. Let's see if we can lock in an electric chair. The reason it's going on back there with the roller bowler. I don't know. Is it on and running? I don't know. Okay, couldn't mess with it. Yo, Matt, it's crazy here right now. There's thousands of kids in here, but I'm going to swim in the water. Let's get that skill shot. Boom. All right. All right, I want to try and get an electric chair. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to hit a spinner. I'm going to try and hit a spinner. There's three spinners and I got none of them. Three spinners on this thing. Alright, there goes my extra ball. I do not love shopping during the weekend, which is what it sounds like. Yeah, late at night during the weekend is much better. We're just grumpy old men. That's what we are. Alright, come on. Let's get an electric chair. No, poor door price select. Oh, door prize select sounds good. Maybe we get a door prize. Nope, not anymore because we moved it to robbing the crypt. Shoot the crypt for robbing the crypt. That is really hard to do. This is probably the worst one. So much later that the old narrator got tired of waiting and they had to hire a new one. That was actually a pretty good game, like, mode-wise. I think I got through four or five modes. That was a good one. Let's go with it again. Here we go. It's crazy here today, man. Holy smokes. All right, let's go play Super Skills. Let's go for the skill shot. There is no Super Skills shot. One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three, four. Missed it. All right, we're at Thunderstorm. Is that a police? Nothing. Oh, well, sure. Middle of the night and weekend is wonderful. Second only to COVID shutdown. COVID shutdown was pretty fun. COVID shutdown was pretty fun, right, Matt? I got to come in any time, stream any game in silence. Kevin Moe, what's up? Is there a wizard mode? Yes. The wizard mode is called Crypt Jam. So if you manage to get through all the creature features, you start Crypt Jam. I don't know anybody who's ever done Crypt Jam. Because to do all 12 of those, you either have to speedrun them, or be Carl, or Brian, or somebody way better than me. We are on Extra Ball. I'm going to hit the doorknob to lock in the extra ball. And that's a pretty clutch feature. So if you ever play Tales from the Crypt, if you get a feature you want, hit the plunger, which is basically the doorknob. I don't have a picture of it for you. And that will lock in that mode so you don't have to worry about losing it. So if you ever do hit it, it's locked in and you're ready. I love that, actually. alright, ball three alright, first game is good second game is bad, the ping pong yes, the ping pong era wait, does this one have the awesome custom plunger, it does, no, Matt this has I just saw, here's a funny thing I was watching Todd Tucky earlier an old TNT amusement, Todd Tucky, they were talking about Tales from the Crypt and Todd talked about how most Tales from the Crypt It only has a button now. Because the whole mod is gone. Here, I'll show you guys what it looks like. Here, I'm going to do this. Just so you don't have to go look on your own. I'm going to take a picture of it. And I'll just show you. So this is it. And it's beautiful. see that that is nice very very cool and it works 100 so you stick your thumb in and you pull it down and it launches the ball and so come on focus focus back to me and so it also yes that's right i was just saying that super so matt if you come in here to play somebody and you blow it up. You want, if you get extra ball, hit the, hit the, hit the doorknob. It'll stop it on whatever feature you want. Electric chair is what you want. Let's see if we can get an electric chair. That, that crypt is way harder to shoot than you think. You can get it in from the side. Well, yeah, if you just want to blow it up though, not, not in a tournament. You know You know what I mean Alright every time you hit the RIP target you light crypt from multiball Multiball is lit I don usually try and shoot the crypt I try and shoot the other spinner Which is a little well it also pretty tight It also pretty tight Brightmare is lit. Oh boy, that shot. This is a John Borg game, by the way. Oh, that was dicey. Get it! But it doesn't have too many outlane drains, which is surprising for a John Boar game. Okay, so Matt, I've never hit the right ramp ever. I've never, ever hit that right ramp. I know you're probably saying, well, yeah, Manu, because you suck. But I even tried, like, so many times. Let's see if I can hit the crypt. I'm trying to hit the crypt, you cryptkeeper monster. Can't do it Well Thank you, I appreciate I appreciate your word of confidence They are Supa Supa, the first thing I saw was like Wow, what is this, Houdini? Like two giant posts Next to that ramp I think that's excessive That's a little bit excessive especially to make a freaking U-turn. It just seems freaking brutal for no reason. Mr. Hard Love! I think I'm going to ask Brian to do that. Whoever outfitted this game, they put the thickest, dirtiest fucking post that they can find. I'm going to make people really angry. We're going to put some big old dirty posts. Hey, Shell. I'm excited to get to play this, though. I've never really gotten to play. There was one at the pinball museum, but it's always busted. What are we in? Psycho Pops? I'm going to change it. Oh, it's too bad. I can want what I want. It's not going to happen. What do we got? Extra ball. We got super something What do we got now? What do we got now? Back to the same thing again That's as close as I've ever gotten Let's hit this Spinner again See if we can get something on Thunderstorm So this is interesting This is interesting It's not like you get lots of spins. You get... When you hit the spinner, it just changes one mode. Let's see. Got to throw some smaller... Oh, and what is... And what up teats? Oh, okay. What's up teats? That was like 40%. Sweet. I like the strategy. Got number five last night. I gotta get that electric chair, man. I really want that electric chair. Shit. Oh my god. Light, light skull cracking. I think that's a good one. Is that a good one? Oh, by the way, I don't know if you guys saw it earlier, but there is a captive ball on the left side. I'll see if I can hit it just so I can point it out. Captive ball. Nope. It's also a tough shot. Let's see if I can get that ramp. Nope. Alright, let's go into the crypt. This is a bit of a struggle bus right here for me. You've got to find where the shots are. Drop targets are bonus multipliers. Captain Ball adds balls. That's right. Captain Ball adds balls. During multi-balls. Oh, my goodness. Get in there. That's why the game is hard. You have to get that crypt. Oh, my goodness. No. Getting that crypt is just mean Maybe it'll bounce it Maybe I can shoot for something else Let's shoot the ramp for a little while I'm not gonna shoot I'm gonna shoot the ramp for a little while One Oh that laugh is just So wonderful. Two. That ramp. Oh, well done. Woo. Nelly. This game. There's a field trip. Yeah, there's a field trip happening right now, I think. In multiball, in multi-alert, in multi-alert, ramp is jackpot, then left is super, or crypto monster. Exactly. We could go over it a bunch of times. This is stuff I kind of already explained. But if you're new here, ask Supa. Because they got it. They've been playing this for a little while. We got multiball lit. Supa, everything you tell me to do, I can't do. There's a feature. Extra ball. Alright, extra ball is lit, not given. Lit. We're going to try and get this multiball now. The multiball will start on the extra ball shot also. So maybe, if Manu can hit that. Yeah, of course I hit the shot that I'm not trying for. Which doesn't go super that doesn't mean anything right now right super that shot didn't mean anything did no to know I doesn't show but this game is really heavy I haven't gotten much with it I feel like if I shoot that ramp before anything, it does nothing. So you have to earn that right ramp. All right, let's do it again. Here we go. We've got to get that multiball and that extra ball. One, two, three. One, two, three. Thank you. Nice shot. Thank you. Oh, man. What a rough shot. I hit it twice. And it came off the ramp to a new... Here we go. Nope. There's a danger. There's a danger. It does have a tilt. You really got to move this game. Just sneak in there, you son of a gun. The struggle is real. Oh my god. Crypt? What is wrong with Borg? What friggin' anger thing was he going through? Was he going through a divorce when he wrote this game? When he designed this? Oh my god. It still didn't make it. Oh no. Oh no. Dude, if that won't go up, something is wrong. It doesn't even feel like the post-prevost. It was clean, possible, some schmutzing on the ramp. Yeah, this game is really well maintained, though. really well maintained though for a Tales of the Crypt. Play it now, Matt, because it's going to get cruddy. I'm not super up on designers. Borg did Guardians. John Borg did Guardians. John Borg did, what else did he do, you guys? Did Borg do Metallica? So this is back in the dark ages when he was working for Dana East. Oh, Indiana Jones. Yes, thank you, Swizzle. I don't think that was a compliment from Swizzle. I don't think it was a... Oh, by the way, John Borg did Indiana Jones from Stern. Did you mean Swizzle? Did you mean the Williams one? Wait a minute. I saw one on Ground Control this weekend. That's not a ball save either on this game. Oh, that is a ball save. Thank you. Alright, here we go. Ramp. Nope. That was cool. Remember Das? These are from my Free Go Watch Buddies. These are from my Frigo Watch buddies. Remember Das? Das always said, you can't play pinball distracted, you can't play pinball. I don't know why he said that. That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. We're on Rob the Cryptkeeper again. Hey! Lucifer Bob, thank you for the raise! So I see Extra Ball is my mode, so I locked it in by hitting the doorknob. You hear the ding dong. Thank you Lucifer Bob! How are you? Nope, not quite. Can't quite backhand that. See, I didn't change the mode. Because it's locked in. I locked the door. I can unlock the door too if I want to. But you can unlock the mode by hitting it again. What am I shooting for right now? I think I'm shooting... I'm trying to get the extra ball. So I need to feed the upper flipper. Which... I think the upper flipper can be fed by that orbit. Alright, I'll do ramps. One. Two. Three. Three? Is that three? Wait, I got distracted. It wasn't three? Great. Thank you, Mima. Spinner behind the drops is the only way to feed the upper flipper. Yeah. Oh, my God. Really? Marco. All right. Hey. Hey. Hi, Marco. David. I saw you on stream. I said hello. I was so sad that I had to stream while you were on. I was so excited. Why don't you come on my stream sometime, Dave Grumpy? Why don't you ever on my stream? Oh, wait. Wait, you're always on my stream. Thank you, Marco, for the raid. Oh, God. That ramp is lit. That ramp is lit for something. And did it run out? Did I lose it? Living dead mode. Let's see if we can get up there. Nope. Oh my god. That laugh is starting to drive me crazy. Thanks to whoever told me that it would happen all the time. Wait, that was a rerun? Oh my god. Marco, that was a rerun? What? Okay. Dang it! Why are you so sneaky Emoto? Emoto? That was mean. Finally we get our extra ball. Or we light our extra ball. This is a struggle to get anything happening in this game. He dead. I thought it was live. I thought it was live. You're sneaky, Emoto. No, no. You guys are doing bad. You are sneaky, but I love you. You're sneaky, but I love you. You know that. Oh, boy. Oh, jeez. Oh, well. I got an audience. It's always moving. It's all right. We're good. We're good. We're good. All right. Give me some space, guys. All right. No, no, no. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. You're fine. You're fine. I don't need space to get better. I need to get better to get better. Alright, here we go. You guys are good. You guys are good. Giving me encouragement here. Let's get that extra ball. What's up, Paul? Well, it almost makes it up, but not quite. There we go. Backhanded in there. Extra ball. Look at how curious these kids are. You guys like pinball? Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Guys, where'd you go? You guys like pinball? You guys should come and play some pinball. It's like a super skillful game, but it's fun too. Or this. That's fun too. Because it's pong and it's beer. Thanks, Beer Pong, for... We don't call this beer pinball. What am I on? It doesn't work here. Who just redeemed that? So I have to hit the keeper targets. Hi, Emoto. Hi, Emoto. We hear you, Emoto. You don't have to bring the whole army in. Emoto, I want you on my stream. I just said it. I want you on my stream sometime. Okay? It's a deal. It's a deal. You know when I want Emoto on the stream? I want a moto on the stream when we're doing Riff Theater. Good? These are not my kids, no. No, they like being online. They like being online. No. No, Mr. J. Crane. Not today. No. Sometimes I'm a nice guy. Right now, I'm not. I'm putting this on YouTube also, me being a jerk to children kids when they see a pinball machine alright, Emoto we'll chat Emoto's going to be on the Mystery Pinball Theatre electric chair is lit electric chair is lit, hit the door, lock it in electric chair is locked in, six ball multiple Let's go, let's go, let's go. Ready? Here we go. Oh, that was mean, gang. Six ball, multiball. Ready? Let's go. Are you kidding me? Six ball, multiball. Let's go. Oh, shoot. Get in there already. Shut? Oh, who did that? Shell shock I want that six ball multiball No I want the six ball not the regular one Uhhhhhh Oh my god, this game. Six freaking ball multiball. Let's go. Give me my six freaking ball multiball already. You can backhand this, maybe? Yeah. Oh! Woo! Let's go! All right, I'm going to try and hit the... You got to hit the thing again. Let's go, let's go. Hit the crypt. Hit the crypt. Oh, no, I keep blocking the balls. That doesn't seem like it should happen, though. Oh my god. A little crazy. A little crazy. Ah! What? What? What? What? What? Ah! Oh my god. Oh my god. Get that crypt. Get that crypt. Oh my god. Are you kidding me? Oh wow, it still didn't make it up but I got that shot somehow. So exciting. Okay, let's everybody calm down just for a second. Just take it easy. Where am I at? 120, I am doing not great. Not great. Bam! I think you guys do that just to distract me. Oh my god, you guys suck. Why would you do that to distract me? Pied Piper. Hey, Wild Dog, what's up? Creepy times. Wild Dog, thank you for the 100 biddies. That was hella fun. All right, how many in a minute? One, two, three. Oh, my fourth one. Let's do this multiball. That should be fun. Wild Dog, love you guys. Oh, my God, it's Wild Dog. you guys need to keep doing those um pin sounds seriously I want more I want more cake in my games see I went going the distance on this game All right, whatever. Manu, you need channel stickers for IRL networking. Oh, yeah. Mima, you need to talk about how to help me market my stuff. Okay, teacher raining all the young in who is. Okay, good, yeah. We have too many projects going on. working on it. You're working on a homebrew? Are you really? You probably don't want to tell me what it is, but does it have ramps? To either ramp or thunder dog. Does your homebrew have ramps? I literally shot that ramp twice. Nope, we're not telling anything to anyone. Yes, ramps exist. Wait. Wait. Ramps exist. Yes, I realize this, Wild Dog. but do they exist in your game? And what did you say the theme was again? I forgot. You mentioned the theme. What did you say it was again? Just put it in chat real quick one more time. Where are we at? Super guillotine targets. Nah, let's choose another mode. It always wants me to do that mode. Robbing the crypt. Maybe the theme is secret. No, no, no, you mentioned it. Wild Dog, you just mentioned it, like, a second ago. What was it again? I don't remember exactly what you said. So... You're not going to fall for the banana in the tailpipe? Shoot what? Eh. Crack the code. Well, this is exciting. Good try. Light creature feature. So we have to light the creature feature again. I forgot to mention how to light the creature feature. You have to hit one of the... Once it hits a slingshot, it moves the light creature feature light. So now light creature feature is on the left orbit. No, no. Not the left ramp, Milo. The left orbit. See now it moved because it hit a sling. So now it's on the right. Like Creature Feature, that's what you always want. There we go. Creature Feature is lit now. And it's Frightmare. Oh god, I survived that. Double Jackpot is lit. But I want that Creature Feature really bad. Oh no! Oh geez. Yeah, whatever. Let's see if we can feed the upper flipper by shooting the middle spinner. Uh oh, uh oh. Do not. Nah, six ball multiball is electric chair. Didn't you say it was electric chair? You just played it. Yeah, it's an electric chair. I wasn't watching well enough to say what it was. Yeah, it was an electric chair. That's what you want. So, Frightmare. I don't know. There's another multiball in here, too. There's... Oh, it's the skull one. I think I did that also. Chainsaw mode is lit on the ramp. Oh, my God. Alright, let's try and just shoot it direct. Never works out! Never works out! If you need some time to think in this game, just shoot the pops. Wow, wow, wow game. Oh, that was my chance. Yo, that's my highest score right now in the game. Hopefully I'm explaining it. Thank you, bro. Hopefully I'm explaining it. Quick summary. Skill shot. Drop targets. It's lit. Creature feature is lit. You get a free one in the beginning of the game After that, every time you hit a slingshot It moves the creature feature mode Left to right orbit Shoot the crypt if you can To start it Win in my book What's the lowest score here? We got Oh, LJS has got 400 LJFT is at 350 So 350, I gotta get 350 What's up, Splud? Thank you for the resub Thank you, thank you. Let's go. Now, I didn't shoot the right ramp really at all because it's really hella hard to make that all the way around. So, creature feature is already lit. So, I suggest maybe trying to sneak it in. Or, or, spin the spinner until you get to extra ball. Ah, damn it. Super Crypt... Oh, Super Crypt Keeper. Super Crypt Keeper, guys. Oh, thank you. I think it's the same shirt. Yeah, it's the same shirt. That's weird. Super Crypt Keeper lights your kickback for the entire rest of the ball. That is weird. So if you want that kickback to last forever, extra ball is lit! I mean, extra ball mode. I got the extra ball mode lit. Now I have to get the extra ball from the center. I have to get the extra ball back there. Backhand it. No, no. Forehand it. No, no. Oh, son of a... I'm actually kind of enjoying this game, to be honest. Like, the shots don't seem fair. But I think my skill level isn't there. I want to see Andre play this. I want to watch Andre play this. I want to record it and see what angles he's hitting this stuff at. ShellShot says, can you explain it again with charts and PowerPoint slides? You need to clean the glass like Patsky and leave a triangle on the bottom left corner. I'll have a Patsky redeem. We think there has to be some mega unbalanced scoring. Yeah, oh, if it's a Data East from what, 1996? It's got one thing that you need to do to blow it up. That's it. They were never good about balancing their games. Hey, Super Guillotine. Shoot the drop targets. For three million a shot, right? All right. I mean, I knew that. I knew that. I knew that. I knew that. I knew that. Three million a shot is not worth it. Can we do the multiball during this? That would be cool. That would be cool if we could do the multiball during this. Oh, let's do the multiball during this. multiball! If at first you don't succeed, die, die again. Oh, that was my shot, kids. That was my chance. What was that? There it is. Extra ball. I feel like this is like a game made by Fliptronic. Am I still in that mode? That's one. I gotta get the other one. Gotta get the other one. Oh, come on. Stop flipping, man. Almost! Alright, it's got the Hey, idiot, you did nothing. We'll relight the mode for you. Ah, too late. No? Still? No, too late? No, too late? Yeah, too late. Alright, what's lit? Thunderstorm is lit. Thunderstorm is lit. I'm actually kind of having fun with this game. Ugh! Sorry. Sorry. Sorry, game. Thunderstorm is no longer lit. Psycho whatever is lit A million a pop? A million a pop? Wow Keep going there then I can't find that shot from the friggin' flipper. Yeah, I think somebody was here earlier who said you're gonna get really sick and tired of... of that, um... laugh. I'm getting sick and tired of that laugh now. Oh, sh... Oh, there we go. Oh, no! That was a bad flip. Let's see. I'm I'm why am I surprised this game is somewhat fun oh sit for that shot come on no I am surviving like we're not believe we're back to 100k Is it electric chair again? No. No. Oh my god, chat. I'm sorry I'm not reading chat. Whoa. Boy. Guy on the back glass looks like a crypto bro. You just need to find out what the equivalent of the middle ramp in Data East Star Wars is. Oh, sorry Jordan, if you heard that. Jordan, have you ever owned a... Data East cripped off my idea. Have you ever owned a Tales from the Crypt? I feel like this is the kind of game that you would own and then super sell. Like, immediately. Like, no, maybe in a couple of weeks. Yeah, they're just not fun for long. I mean, I'm having fun with this. It doesn't mean that I have to go home with it. I'll say Crypt and Baywatch should stay a couple of months. yo, Baywatch yeah, Baywatch is about to sink Baywatch is fun but yeah Baywatch is fun, but yeah um, light super cryptkeeper, yeah, let's do that yeah, sure, sure, let's do that let's light a thing let's light a thing to a thing I can't hit. I've never had so much trouble with one shot in my life. That was a bad idea. I'm at 6x. No, don't lose me. We changed it to skull cracking. Oh, no. 157. I bet 157 is decent. Kind of like the Dead East Guns N' Roses. The DMD animations are nice on this one. I'm going to... If Onyx Jack is still here, if Matt is still here... What's up, Marty? I'm going to see if I can get Brian to buy the colored DMD for this. The color DMD on this looks really nice. Ah, there's 10 credits in this thing. I don't have 10 credits worth of patience. I did. I dropped a $10 bill in the coin box just to piss off Matt. Because when he does the coin pull, you'll see a $10 bill. It's just going to annoy him. Thank you for the bitties, Marty. Alright, let's do one more. Let's do one more. Danny Danny Elfman's name is in this. Dan Eckward They put everybody who was in the movies name in here Hey sorry Mr Call I just calling you back to let you know that I love you and I miss you Hey, Jordan. One time you got it perfect. One time you matched it up perfectly. Alright, we're on Thunderstorm. We want to change it. I think Data East had extra spinners. John Borg was like, Hey, I need a spinner. They were like, Hey, John. We've got like a thousand spinners left over from that other game. Stop redeeming that! It doesn't work here. Let's make a purr redeem that blends with both. Okay. Oh, how you doing, Marty? I got five million for draining. Did you see that? How you doing, Marty? Jordan, Jordan. Should we tell people about our special extra secret coming up soon? Our secret extra special secret? Our secret special collaboration? Maybe. Maybe not. um you want me to go for it okay hey everybody i'm going to austin yo electric chair i'm going to austin in on august and i'm going to hang out with um jordan and becca sounds exciting right we should end the stream on an electric chair i think Hey, Tracy. Special sauce? A new stream from ClickTronic? Broadcasting live from the moon? Oh, yeah, and I'm going to go see Paul, too. But I'm seeing Jordan and Becca. And I'm going to hang out with Paul. Jordan and Becca. Oh, wait, no, I have to be nice to Paul. Come on. Come on. Otherwise, I have nowhere to stay. I mean, hey buddy, I mean, I didn't mean it. I didn't mean it. What was that? What did I miss? Oh, no! I didn't know I was going to walk the freaking plank. Yeah, I'm going to go to 100 degree Carl Weathers. Poor hat. Oh, good. I'm glad. I need electric. Oh, we lost electric chair. Damn it. Oh, extra ball. Extra ball. Extra ball. Extra ball. Yeah, it'll be fun. It'll be fun. It'll be in August. And, uh... What do you call it? No, she can go. Yeah, she can go. I'll do one more. It'll be in August. It'll be fun. It'll be hot. Take a parasol. I got one right here. Let's see. I may melt. Yes. Tracy I hope to see you Let me know when you have time But Tracy I'll get to see Tracy too That would be awesome Take a pass off I'm Manu's fifth favorite person Based on the people he has already visited I really I really want you to call me that Butter Butter, I love you. Hey, thank you for the follow. SleevesSSV, thank you. I love how parents teach their kids to play the beer pong. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. I don't like how we have a beer pong game here. And the kids all gravitate to the beer cart, man. But then again, it's not my shop. It's Matt Henry's shop. Electric chair is lit. Oh, you suck. Damn it. Electric chair was lit. Lock it in. Let's see if we can get electric. Just go for electric chair. Come on. Nope, nope, nope, nope. Spinners all day. Spinners all day. No, don't do that. Spinner. I love the spinners You know those guys who sang rubber band man You know who would get that? I think Remy would get that Oh I got an electric chair Let's go and then I can be done add a ball, add a ball hit the captain ball let's go uh... damn Let's go! Let's go! Add a ball! Add a ball! Add a ball, maybe? Add a ball, maybe? No? Let's go! Look at how many points I don't get. Wait, can you actually add a ball during this mode? I don't think you can. There are no balls to add. I don't think there were any balls that I could add. There's only six balls in this game. We're a bad man. It's your first purchase. What? Yo, Paul. Okay, all right. Let's play that game. What's the first... What's the first... Okay. If you're younger than 40, shut up. What's the first song you purchased on a record? Mine was A Fifth of Beethoven, the disco version. A Fifth of Beethoven. What was yours? Ill Robinson said Rubber Band Man was his first Rapper's Delight Hell yes Hell yes Why was it not mine I feel I didn't get much chance To hang out at TPM Oh yeah we did Thriller Firebird Symphony Holy shit Disco Dump from Wigty Yes Marty That is the correct answer for you Yes Marty That is the correct answer. Queen of Hearts. Yes! Top Gun. Yes! Spud Killer just won, you guys. Spud Killer just won. The Star Wars Miko. Spud Killer just won. I'm sorry. Wait, I'll read the rest. Where am I? Where am I? Where am I? Psycho Pops. Shoot the Pops. Wait, I want to read the rest. because these are like, these are like hits. These are the hits. Oh, crap. These are the greatest hits of my life. There we go. The Goonies soundtrack. Wow. With, hey, Motherfucker, did, Good Enough, was Good Enough on there? Cindy Lauper, Good Enough? I think it was. To clarify, what about it was first, okay, Revolver was the first album, I got it wrong. Revolver was the first album. River Band Man was the first. 45. With my own money, I first purchased... I first purchased album with... With Smash from the... Smash from the... With my own money. I like that. I like that part. With my own money. Because you didn't get money back in the day. It was hard to get money. Ziggy Stardust. Hell yes. First CD from Mima. The Offspring. Last CD. Last CD. Thank you. Harry Belafonte. Last CD. I love it. First cassette tape was Van Halen with the baby smoking on the cover. Was that Van Halen? Yeah, that was Van Halen. Oh. Wait. Oh. Dang it. I got 120 million from you guys telling me what great music you grew up on. Oh, Jordan, I think I only have three more episodes of the American Gladiators. Love Me Some Goonies. Are you exactly 39 to 40 years old? Me? No, you're talking to Jordan. Still My Brother's Albums. Columbia House, hell yes. The animations are so weird. So here's a suggestion. If you're into, thank you guys for all the songs though. First cassette, Richard Marks, Repeat Offender. Hell yes. I got all these songs, literally. I own all the things you guys just mentioned. My first cassette was a Maxwell Normal Bias, Maxell, sorry, Maxell Normal Bias Bi-Pack. My first cassette was, Mima's first cassette was to record other songs off the radio. Jordan had a really cool suggestion for a movie to watch it's called Jordan can you post it it's a documentary about the American Gladiators and it is amazing it's on Netflix it's amazing it's so good you guys if you're into American Gladiators you need to watch this shit Muscles and Mayhem. It's so good. Oh, I won't make it up. No, yes, docu-series. Docu-series, yeah. Bite-sized pieces. Thank you, Mima. It's bite-sized pieces, guys. It's really good. It's really good. And of course they did steroids. Come on. What are you thinking? Marty, the American Gladiators did steroids. Except for, what's his name? Nitro. Nitro said, well, it's Nitro or... It was the other big black dude. It was like a couple big black dudes. One of the big black dudes was like, I didn't do anything. I said, I don't know why I type here. Muscles of Mayhem is great. Motherfucker already saw it. You are the John Cena. What? Come on Derek, I can't read everything. Alright, here we go. Boom! Let's go, let's go. What do we got, what do we got? Extra ball is played. Let's take that. Let's try and get that. This is, this is a, this game, I tell you what, this game is way better than barbed wire. I'm sorry, this is your phone call and I, I, I know you're done, so, so when you get Look at this, can you call me back? Left ramp scores check five. What did I do? They're all different lengths. Yeah, George, you locked into the first one, but not the rest. Damn it. That raised the jackpot value. That raised the jackpot value, but it didn't score the freaking jackpot. I wish I was good at pinball. I wish I was good at pinball. I wish I was a little bit taller. I wish I played basketball. I wish I had a girlfriend. I wish I had a phone. I wish I had a car. Someone get this man an Impala. All I care about will be the 64 Impala. I'm going to call it. I'm going to call it. There's a lot of credits in this game right now. I gotta be done this was so much fun thank you guys I'm just here for the rabbit I love you and I miss you second most fun man tomorrow are you excited get excited the mystery pinball theater riff theater is back Surprise movie Although it might not be a surprise if you are a regular Because I showed A movie once Said we were going to do it And then the stream exploded Thank you Supa Thank you Supa, appreciate you One more game? No, I can't No No I can't, no I'm already out Come on. Yeah. Too busy lusting after trinkets and ladies to remember to flip. Matt, why don't you come down here and beat me into another free gold cup, all right? Because that's always the thing that happens now. I waste $20 here every freaking time. Just here to chat about old vinyl. Triumphant return of an unwanted reprise What's your name to find out? And catch on, folks Alright We get to No, that's true, that's true Yo, Matt If I'm here Here's the thing Matt Oh Okay Blouses I'm going to just talk over Dave Chappelle. If I'm here, you did inspire me to play this. I'll come by later. Yeah, yeah, so you know the rules now, so you're all set. I want to see your initials. I want to see your initials up here, Matt, because frustrating as hell. If I'm here playing at Free Gold Cup, that means I don't have any responsibilities. The kids are taken care of. I'm here to play pinball. I just psych myself out because I mean if I lose I can still play pinball right but I don't want to lose have a fun-tastic rest of your day thank you Spud Free Go Cup Free Go Cup is the bi-monthly tournament here but it's two strikes and you're out so it's bullshit if you're asking it's two strikes you lose you lose you go home I need more chances than that. It's not bullshit, but it's... Whatever. Whatever. Whatever. Whatever, Onyx. I hate losing. Tomorrow, Manu is debuting his... This... But if you win five games, you win cash. Yeah. That would be a short stream. Nope, nope. It's not baseball, Paul. It's pinball. You get three balls. You lose three balls twice. And you're out. All right, bye, guys. Bye. I'm out, I'm out. Got to go pick up my son. See you tomorrow in the theater. Be there. Do it. What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. Missed it by that much.

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