# The Walking Dead Remastered Gameplay Premiere **Source:** Stern Pinball **Type:** video **Published:** 2025-12-08 **Duration:** 24m 27s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya9lLWDoZ9Q --- ## Analysis Stern Pinball releases an official gameplay preview of Walking Dead Remastered featuring Raymond Davidson and John Borg demonstrating core mechanics, new features, and planned code improvements. The video showcases mechanical enhancements (crossbow encoder, Well Walker animation coil, improved ramps), new voice acting from Michael Rooker, upcoming game modes (team play, co-op, two new mini wizard modes), and a classic 2014 mode option. Development feedback is being actively incorporated by lead software designer Mark Guidarelli. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] Walking Dead Remastered will include a 2014 mode playable from the gameplay menu for classic rule set access — _John Borg and Raymond Davidson discussing game features; Borg confirms 2014 mode can be selected_ - [HIGH] Michael Rooker was originally recorded for the 2014 Walking Dead but that material was never used in the original game — _John Borg states explicitly: 'Yeah, we recorded Michael Rooker for the first game, but we never got to use the material'_ - [HIGH] The crossbow now has a special encoder that detects its position and enables smart fire auto-targeting — _Raymond Davidson: 'Yeah, it's got it's got a special encoder now so it can tell um what position it's at... can automatically hit something for you'_ - [HIGH] Prison and Bicycle Girl zombie mechanisms are completely new, using micro switches instead of leaf switches — _John Borg explains the mechanical upgrades in detail: 'the prison zombie and the bicycle girl zombie are um they're new mechanisms altogether... they're micro switches now'_ - [HIGH] The Well Walker now has an animating coil that makes it react and perform a tantrum when hit — _Raymond Davidson: 'something subtle that I think adds a lot to what's going on here is the coil that you added underneath the well walker where you can actually like make him react... now you can get him to throw a tantrum'_ - [HIGH] Team play and co-op modes are planned for future code updates — _John Borg announces: 'I have a note here that says there's also team play and co-op coming'_ - [HIGH] The ramp flap has been redesigned to be longer and more forgiving than the original version — _Raymond Davidson discusses the improvement with John Borg: 'I don't know what you did to the ramp flap, but I feel like it's much better... It's a lot smoother... It's longer and it gives a little bit when the ball hits it'_ - [HIGH] Multiple new character voice acting is included beyond Michael Rooker, including Michonne and eight or nine other characters — _John Borg: 'Um, when the game first went out, all we had was Michael Rooker speech in the game. Uh, but we're going to have custom speech from Michonne and I think there's eight or nine other characters that speak during the game'_ ### Notable Quotes > "They cut up his baby." > — **Raymond Davidson**, ~4:15 > _Humorous reference to the original Walking Dead machine being disassembled for research to create the remaster_ > "Yeah, it's got a special encoder now so it can tell um what position it's at... can automatically hit something for you." > — **Raymond Davidson**, ~9:00 > _Technical explanation of crossbow enhancement; represents design innovation in mechanical reliability_ > "Yeah, we recorded Michael Rooker for the first game, but we never got to use the material." > — **John Borg**, ~14:30 > _Reveals previously unused voice acting is now being incorporated into the remaster_ > "I have a note here that says there's also team play and co-op coming." > — **John Borg**, ~19:45 > _Announces planned multiplayer modes still in development_ > "All right, Borgie, it's up to you. Championship of the world." > — **Raymond Davidson**, ~17:00 > _Casual competitive moment during gameplay demo_ > "But we're going to have custom speech from Michonne and I think there's eight or nine other characters that speak during the game." > — **John Borg**, ~15:30 > _Details expanded voice cast beyond original Michael Rooker performance_ > "The old game you didn't have room on the display to see your your 2x play field timer, so you kind of just guess." > — **John Borg**, ~21:00 > _Explains quality-of-life display improvement in remaster_ > "Ball is wild, baby." > — **Raymond Davidson**, ~25:30 > _Playful acknowledgment of unpredictable ball physics_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | Raymond Davidson | person | Professional pinball player demonstrating gameplay and providing expert commentary on mechanics and tournament strategy | | John Borg | person | Original designer of The Walking Dead (2014) and lead designer of the Remastered version; appears as cardboard cutout on playfield and discusses mechanical and artistic design decisions | | Mark Guidarelli | person | Lead software designer for The Walking Dead Remastered; soliciting feedback from professional players for code improvements | | Michael Rooker | person | Actor providing voice acting for The Walking Dead Remastered; recorded material for original 2014 game that was never used; anecdote about recording sessions and improvisation in sound booth | | The Walking Dead Remastered | game | 2025 Stern Pinball remake of 2014 original; built on Spike 3 platform with upgraded mechanics, new voice acting, expanded code features, and quality-of-life improvements | | Stern Pinball | company | Manufacturer producing The Walking Dead Remastered; official source of this gameplay preview video | | Spike 3 | product | Hardware platform used for The Walking Dead Remastered; enables enhanced display, lighting, and software capabilities | | [name withheld pending review] | person | Mentioned tangentially; his son is fighting leukemia and participated in zombie growl voice recording sessions for the game | | Metallica | game | Previously released Stern pinball game; referenced for comparison on outlane difficulty and feature design | | Keith | person | Professional player mentioned as successfully executing tunnel mode shots | | Elwin | person | Owner of original Walking Dead machine that was dissected/studied to inform the remaster design; professional player consulted for feedback | | Gary | person | Minor reference; phrase 'Like Gary says, the ball is wild' quoted during gameplay | | Chuck | person | Video creator producing educational content about animation and rigging techniques used in The Walking Dead Remastered | ### Signals - **[code_update]** Multiple planned code improvements identified including team play, co-op modes, two new mini wizard modes, expanded challenge modes, crossbow encoder smart-fire functionality, multiball stacking refinements, outlane protection enhancements, and voice line additions (Bicycle Girl groans currently missing) (confidence: high) — John Borg explicitly lists: 'two new mini wizard modes. Um lots more modes actually, new challenge modes.' Also notes: 'One of the things that I noticed that's missing right now is Bicycle Girls groans and moans... I'm sure it'll be bad... next update.' - **[design_innovation]** Multiple mechanical improvements over 2014 original including: crossbow with position-sensing encoder for smart fire, Well Walker animating coil for reaction/tantrum, prison/bicycle girl micro-switch mechanisms replacing leaf switches, improved ramp flap (longer, more forgiving), revised right-upper corner rail geometry for easier tunnel shot, modified pop bumper feed angles, adjustable outlane protection posts (confidence: high) — Detailed technical discussion between Raymond Davidson and John Borg on mechanical upgrades throughout video; specific mentions: 'special encoder now so it can tell um what position it's at', 'coil... underneath the well walker... make him react', 'new mechanisms altogether... micro switches now' - **[product_strategy]** Remaster includes selectable 2014 mode from gameplay menu allowing players to experience original ruleset and code on modern hardware (confidence: high) — John Borg states: 'But at popular request, this game's going to have a um 2014 mode, so you can choose it from the gameplay menu and just go old school if you want.' - **[licensing_signal]** Expanded voice acting cast including Michael Rooker (protagonist Woodbury), Michonne character, and 8-9 additional characters speaking during gameplay; previously recorded Rooker material from 2014 development now implemented (confidence: high) — John Borg: 'When the game first went out, all we had was Michael Rooker speech in the game. Uh, but we're going to have custom speech from Michonne and I think there's eight or nine other characters that speak during the game.' Also: 'we recorded Michael Rooker for the first game, but we never got to use the material.' - **[gameplay_signal]** Ongoing adjustments to game balance including outlane protection enhancements, Woodberry skill shot restructuring to reward top rollover over bottom, multiball mechanics adjustments for stacking possibilities, and feed angle modifications to reduce unexpected outlane drains (confidence: high) — John Borg discusses upcoming adjustments: 'I want to make uh stopping on that top roll over much more lucrative than the bottom one cuz now you've got three and the bottom one's a give me.' Also mentions anti-Borg posts and rubber ring removal options. - **[design_philosophy]** Active feedback loop between lead designer Mark Guidarelli and professional players (including Raymond Davidson and Elwin) for code refinement; designer expresses commitment to addressing player input and plugging perceived gameplay holes (confidence: high) — John Borg states: 'the lead software uh Mark Guidarelli is going to be asking Elwin and and myself for any any sort of cool ideas and input and feedback... We've already got a whole bunch of cool ideas planned.' Also: 'we're going to... plug any holes we see, try to make things more exciting.' - **[community_signal]** Video demonstrates active engagement with competitive player community through gameplay preview featuring known tournament players (Raymond Davidson, Elwin); implies focus on tournament viability and competitive meta considerations (confidence: high) — Video features Raymond Davidson discussing tournament strategy ('What is your like go-to when you're playing this game in a tournament, per se?'); references to Keith's tunnel mode performance and competitive play patterns - **[product_concern]** Video implicitly confirms game launched with incomplete feature set; multiple planned additions and missing elements (Bicycle Girl voice, team play, co-op) noted as coming in future updates (confidence: medium) — Multiple references to planned future content: 'I'm sure it'll be bad... next update' on missing voice lines; 'I have a note here that says there's also team play and co-op coming' indicating post-launch implementation - **[content_signal]** Stern producing follow-up technical/educational content; Chuck creating video documenting animation and rigging techniques used in remaster production (confidence: medium) — John Borg mentions: 'Chuck, I believe, has a a video coming out soon showing how they did all this stuff to like match the dots and rig all this stuff and make it all cool. It should be should be pretty rad.' - **[manufacturing_signal]** Design choices emphasize reliability and reduced maintenance: micro switches replace leaf switches (easier adjustment, more sensitive), encoder-based crossbow eliminates calibration issues, improved feed angles reduce component stress, modular outlane protection allows field adjustment without parts replacement (confidence: high) — John Borg on micro switches: 'they're very easily adjustable. Um, but they don't need adjustment. Um, and they're very sensitive.' On crossbow: 'it can tell um what position it's at... use that to do like a smart fire where it kind of calibrates itself' --- ## Transcript Hey there, Pinball Land. We are here with Raymond Davidson. We're going to show you a gameplay preview of The Walking Dead Remastered, and we're just going to jump right into it. So, Ray, if you could start a two-player game. All right. Well, thanks for inviting me to play some Walking Dead. Thanks for coming. Look at that. I got the triple skill shot now. We got the the new button rollovers there. That's exciting. Oh, look at that. Automatically shot the uh tunnel for me. Oh, that nice feed out of the box there. We're almost there. Let's see. Whoa, look at that secret ball lock. Oh, behind the Oh, there we go. Look at that. It must have uh ball searched. There you go. Put some hair on your chest. That was cool. Oh, that'll put some hair in your chest. Oh, nice little ancillary drop target hit there. So, what is your like go-to when you're playing this game in a tournament, per se? uh usually trying to get some progress on um you know well and or prison. Well, you definitely want to open the prison first cuz now you have all these blue arrows. So, every blue arrow you hit is uh advancing towards the uh prison multiball. Um and then you also want to start a mode. Uh barn is usually a go-to. Okay. Um CDC can be really big. Or sometimes what I'll do is I'll just commit all three balls to blood bath and then stack it with riot. So I might do that here. So I'm just going to focus on these uh drop targets. You know, I had uh I had Elwin in here beating on this game a little bit earlier and he was telling a story about how they actually took his original Walking Dead and brought it in to dissect it to create this game. Yep. so that can be um faithfully remastered. Um they cut up his baby. They uh speaking of Elwin, um the the lead software uh Mark Guidarelli is going to be asking Elwin and and myself for any any sort of cool ideas and input and feedback. Um you know, to try to make this remaster really cool. And we've already got a whole bunch of cool ideas planned. Wow, look at that crossbow. That was like prestigious. Nicely done. Right into Bicycle Girl. Is that who I think it is? Oh, it is. It's John. It's the zombie himself. It's John Borg. Yo, bring that back. I love that cutout, dude. What's up, Mr. Borg? Oh, I got two of my Hello. My name is John Borg. It looks just like you, doesn't it? Well, his head's a little floppy there. Oh, there you go. It's got the the backup. All right. And I got a multi-kill cuz I um hit enough bicycle girl shots. So you can see now that little yellow insert is flashing. So that'll actually give me even more points. Oh, nice. Um one thing really big about this are these inlane multipliers. So if I Oh, that would have been so big. 3x. Good save. It might still be 3x actually. Let's see. Oh, that definitely was. Oh my goodness. That's all you got in here? Magnet action. I'm I'm loving the magnets on this thing. Uh yeah, aside aside from like the obviously the the base game that you guys all love and remember, uh there's a whole bunch of new stuff that are being, you know, shoved into this game. It's going to be phenomenal. We have like two new mini wizard modes. Um lots more modes actually, new challenge modes. Uh I believe the crossbow functionality is getting a a cool revamp. Yeah, it's got it's got a special encoder now so it can tell um what position it's at. Know exactly where it's at. So, we can use that to do like a smart fire where it kind of calibrates itself and can auto automatically hit something for you. Um, and with all these cool Oh, I just I think I just nudged a switch and got something. Well, that freaked me out. Holy. To get to get to last man standing, you have to have 115 kills, I believe. Okay. Um, so we're going to, you know, throw something in along the way um that you'll hit when you get to like 30 or 40 or something. Yeah, there might be other ways to, you know, really start getting lots of kills. Make the multi-kills more um exciting, like to get multiple going at once. On the old code, that didn't really mean as much. But now, you know, we're going to just kind of plug any holes we see, try to make things more exciting. I'm I'm excited for the um Do you want Do you want in on this, by the way? Uh are you still on ball one? Yeah. Yeah. Put me in. All right. We got a player three. Um I'm excited. Um the uh supplies um there's an idea for like if you get first aid normally you want different supplies. We're going to try to put some incentives so that if you go after the same supply like if you get first aid twice then it can give you outlane healers. Yeah. Yeah. We definitely need uh uh the uh the outlanes to provide more bers kind of like Metallica does. Right. But at popular request, this game's going to have a um 2014 mode, so you can choose it from the gameplay menu and just go old school if you want. Oh, you can stay with the classic mode. Oh, that's that's awesome. Yeah. Yeah. So, what would it still maintain the like the Does it have the dots in it or like what what does that I don't know. I'm not I'm not on the um No specific code. I'm just I'm just an ideas guy. Yeah, I'm just an ideas man. Dude, that left ramp feels so freaking good. Oh yeah. Look at that. Yeah. You know, I revamped the right upper right hand corner because the the flat rail used to go all the way to the edge of the playfield. So, I brought it in because we have the steel rails on the game now. And it seems to have made the tunnel shot a little easier, too. And when you're in the tunnel mode, the points are very lucrative. Oh, I might go for that next. I was watching Keith pounding [snorts] on that the other day, and he was just he was just crushing it. Oh, in tunnel. In tunnel. Yeah, I love that tunnel mode. And it looks like the um the feet from the pop bumpers seems to be pretty friendly now. Yeah, it's it's a little more friendly. I'm sure it can still go wherever it wants. Right. It it's uh it's coming down, you know, at that angle and you know, it could possibly go out, but Oh, that one. Oh, it's not as mean as it used to be. I like it. Give it to me. I'll take CDC. Yeah, that's exactly what I wanted to shoot. There we go. All right. So, for CDC, you want to hit that left ramp as many times as you can. As soon almost as soon as you hit something that's not a left ramp. Yeah. Um, then you kind of move to phase two. Okay, got it. So, you want to just repeat left ramp all day. Yep. Let me get control of the dang ball. Jack, danger, what are you doing? I like I don't know what you did to the ramp flap, but I feel like it's much better than It's a lot smoother than it than it was in the original version. It's longer and it gives a little bit when the ball hits it and it it glides up there very nicely. My brain just really wants to shoot that barn shot all say, Jack, you still despite how smooth he makes it, you got to get it between the the posts. Yep. Got to get that. I mean, it's it's generous. All right, Borgie, it's up to you. All right, here we go. Championship of the world. Oh, actually, uh, I have I have a note here that says there's also team play and co-op coming. Oh, there you go. So, you can try to get So, you can Yeah, two people can try to get all the features together. That's That is awesome. That's going to be awesome. So, yeah, got to be patient. There's all these cool things planned. It's coming. Open up that prison. Open the prison. So, John, there's new speech for this game. Yeah. Yes. Um, and it's already in the game. I was hearing a lot of it. Yeah. I did scripts for several characters. Some of them just only have a few lines, but some of them have a lot of lines. Um, when the game first went out, all we had was Michael Rooker speech in the game. Uh, but we're going to have custom speech from Michonne and I think there's eight or nine other characters that speak during the game. He's showing off the left ramp. Did you see that? That was great. Oh, I don't know where that 10 million came from. That was sweet. It's free money. Bicycle girl is lit. Oh, yeah. Now I can't make the left. Now that it's lit. Oh yeah, you got bicycle girl ready. That'll stop them. Uhoh. I like the new lights on the outside and inside. And it looks like there's some cool kind of ominous GI. Oh yeah, got those cool fish heads up there. All right, he's going straight for the prison. That's That's a good strat. So, something subtle that I think adds a lot to what's going on here is the coil that you added underneath the well walker where you can actually like make him react. Make him animate. Before just the lights would flash back and forth on the well, now you can get him to throw a tantrum. Yeah, he has a tantrum. That's cool. I remember you adding that when we were Yeah. You were making the remaster. You're like, I think I'm going to It gives you a chance to see the guts that are hanging. Oh, yeah. There's molded guts underneath. Ah, some people didn't know that cuz it's, you know, when you hit it with the ball, it opens up a little bit. Wait, were there molded guts in the original? Yes. Really? Yeah. I actually didn't know that. Uh-huh. I know. Some a lot of people have told me that. That's wild. Oo, I like on that. Wow, you put guts in. I like you can see your um 2x playfield timer. That's cool. The old game you didn't have room on the display to see your your 2x play field timer, so you kind of just guess. Just crossing your finger. Yeah. Yeah. I would just looked to see if the lamp was still flashing. Mhm. We got Woodberry lit now. Now Woodberry, I want to split that off because when you change what the Woodberry skill shot is once you get the ball in there, I want to make uh stopping on that top roll over much more lucrative than the bottom one cuz now you've got three and the bottom one's a give me. But if you plunge up and touch off on the top one, that's where I want the big the biggest features. Yeah. Big pay. Wow, that was okay. Wow. Yeah, you did a riot pretty good. You hit a couple riot moi shots. All right, let's I'm I'm all in on blood bath here, so I just need to wait for it to get to first aid. Good timing. Now you got to clear it. Yeah, I need that one extra target. We'll see if he gives me I'm a little nervous here. All right. Oh, nice. Nice and easy. Oh, just missed it. Target said no. Hit it, too. Here we go. There you go. Oh, yeah. Going to be a bud bath. Oh, that was definitely a new quote. Yeah, cuz that that was they they used um Michael Rooker, right? That felt good, huh? They didn't have him on the first game. Yeah, we recorded Michael Rooker for the first game, but we never got to use the material. Oh, really? Mhm. That's right. You got He had the Michael Rooker was so funny. There was a lot of things he add lived in the in the sound booth that that definitely couldn't go in the game, but he was really really funny to listen to. Oh, I bet. All right, Adabal. Let's hit those drop targets. Oh, yes. That's what I wanted. I wanted a I didn't I I wanted Riot, but I didn't think I'd be able to Oh, no. Oh, no. LAST MINUTE. OH, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. LING. LING, GRACE. OH, not enough, Grace. Well, whoa. I think Wow. Did you see that? I hit it so fast I don't think it registered. I whipped it and then it jumped over everything. Like Gary says, the ball is wild. Ball is wild, baby. I want to try one of those ricochets again because I also want to get get my well walker into Yeah. The other thing we did with the new game compared to the old game is the uh uh the prison zombie and the bicycle girl zombie are um they're new mechanisms alto together. the old ones, uh, uh, when you hit them, it it pivoted to to make a, um, a leaf switch, and they're micro switches now, and they're, um, they're very easily adjustable. Um, but they don't need adjustment. Um, and they're very sensitive. All right, let's do this thing. There we go. Quick action and put them in a tank. Nice. I didn't know you could hit it. Yeah, you can. That was pretty. I think it's easier when you let it go all the way across and it's on its way back. He did it the hard way. He did it the hard way. Yeah, that's like threading the needle. Yeah. A little secret action. Okay, so we need another mode going on here. So, we needed that. Yeah, modes are good. Good thing they can't run. Good thing they can't run. fun little uh nod to other zombie movies. Michael was just great. There's a line in the game though where the character says, "Holy suffering cats." And that was something that my grandpa used to say when I was little. I think it was a replacement for a swear word. And uh so Michael was reading the script and he and he got to Holy Suffering Cats. He goes, "Holy suffering cats." He goes, "What the hell is that? That's awesome. Did you record the What the hell is that? That would be Oh, yeah. No, I got I have the whole the whole entire session. But, you know, the Michael was doing a lot of teasing the player, and I'd like to try to squeeze some of that into the game, too. Some of it Oh, I got an EB. Some of it was a little a little much. Oh, that's I'm not going to play the extra ball out, but I am going to shoot for a skill shot again. Line it up on the right. Oh, extra balls. Okay, we're hardcore. Oh, wow. Oh, no hands. [groaning] Okay, no hands, baby. Mhm. Give me another. Oh, and we get the bonus. Wow, look at this. Very fruitful. You have prison multiball lit, too. Hex ball. Saving it. All right, Borg. Actually, if you have a blue I have a blue button, so if I was in jack state, I could hit my blue button and start prison multiball. Oh, that's uh the walker bomb, right? Yeah. Oh, wait. It changes color depending on what? Yeah, blue is prison and green is well. And then I think red is cord. Oh, I think you counted yourself out on that one. I could have I could have saved that. Yeah, a good snack would have. Yeah, he's just sandbagging. Keeping it closed. Yeah. Making me think I'm safe. Got to keep it interesting. Uhoh. Okay, my ball safe time. I don't want to waste. All right. Oh, my prison I think is lit, actually. So, wait. I think I'm in that state where I just hit the button. Oh, save. I had a ball saved. Oh, that made me real nervous. Yeah, I think prison is ready. So, if I hit the button, it should start multiball. But I'm going to just kind of noodle around here since it's safe. Try to get a mode going. Essentially, like having a ball. Yeah. Oh, no. I started well. Oh, I got well walker. That's fine. I ain't never seen anything like this before. Multiple. All right, let's see if I can do tunnel like you were saying. Although tunnel is not super great in multiball because Yeah. Oh, I did anyway. That other ball. Tunnel. Nice shot. The more tunnels you hit before hitting anything else, the more the value is. But as soon as I hit something else, then the value gets locked in. So that's why multiball is kind of hard cuz I need to not hit anything else. Not hit anything else. Corpse right there. Oh, nice. I think the wind pulled that one out. There we go. There's a nice one. All right. So now my tunnel is double. So I'm going to start cashing stuff in. Oh, baby. Nice. Oh my god. Also, that spinner is counting every freaking spin. It is beautiful. You're getting a nice collection of weapons here, too, as you go along. Oh, look at that multi kill. Oh, yeah. Oh, no. All right, let's uh finish this off with a tunnel shot. Wow, that tunnel. You're right. Whatever you did to it, it it's it's a little easier. Look at 200 million out. Look at Wow. I a sandbag. Yeah, right. We got the multi killer. All right, I guess I'll work towards uh I mean, well, I got my button. I might as well just bash on the well to get him ready. Get him ready. This is kind of the grind strat you would use if you're going for last man standing is try to prep your multiballs kind of back and forth. Oh, well. So, what does the blue button do for you while you're I think it should give me a jackpot. Yeah. So, it opened it up and now I can hit him again. Jackpot. Now, you can't stack Weller, but you can stack blood bath. Get every walker that comes out of that barn. I'm getting the multi-kills. Get whatever comes out of that barn. Nice little bice action. Oh, looks like you still get those outlanes. Although you added some anti-borg posts I see on this one a little bit just to give you a fighting chance. Yeah, the bottom changed too. Um uh originally the uh the rubber rings were on the return lane guides. Yeah, we're going to have to But now there's a post so you can you can take the rubber off that post. Gives you a scoring chance. Yep. You can take it off if you want. Before you couldn't really take it off. It wasn't really It was hard. Yeah, it was a little harder to do. Oh. Oh, the two-edged bicycle girl. And you got Woodbury lit. There she is. Um, one of the things that I noticed that's missing right now is Bicycle Girls groans and moans. Oh, you like like when she starts up she's like, "Yeah, she's like she's like and it was just all of a sudden it went missing." So, well, I'm sure we'll it'll be bad. I'm sure they go next update. All right. When we made this game, um I don't know, do you guys know uh Joe Dy? He his son is uh fighting leukemia. Um when he since he was like three and when he was about six, they came in here and I had the boys in a back room with a uh for a recording session. I let them sit and make zombie growl. Oh, that's cool. for about a half an hour. Yeah. and they were like they were they they did a good job. But they were bringing uh their son uh uh Cohen to the hospital. Felt good, huh? And then they would stop out of pinball. And I remember I brought them back into engineering and showed them Metallica before it went into production. And I had to do a pinky swear with them to so that they wouldn't can't tell you anything. Mom and dad are going to be asking you questions in the car and like you can't tell anything. Pinky swear, you know. Oh no. Oh no. Oh 17 million button on the way out. Yeah. Uh-huh. Wow. That's going to be hard to come back from. That's only 10 times my score. Yeah. You got to get 10x. Yeah. Let me get the 10x going here. Plunge my extra ball, I guess. Oh, yeah. You get here. I'll let you do it. Okay. I gotta do the jack danger. Line it up, baby. Shoot it again. A I like how you get 300,000 just anyway. Just for trying. Yep. Thanks for playing. Those animations are cool. Chuck, I believe, has a a video coming out soon showing how they did all this stuff to like match the dots and rig all this stuff and make it all cool. It should be should be pretty rad. All right, here we go. Oh, look at it's cruising. Yeah, it gets harder and harder. Boom. Give it to me. Mhm. Dead as a door. You're dead as a doornail. Sure. Walker's fun. I need a mode though. Did that on purpose. Don't you What is happening? All right, here we go. Avenge Jack Danger here. Yeah, sorry. I I asleep at the wheel. Oh, I just noticed those scary looking slingshot zombies. Yeah, I love the the lighting that they painted onto those. But my favorite is the door painted onto the well walker. Yeah, extra ball. I love this animation. The eyeball. We got ourselves an extra ball. Yeah, the new call outs are pretty cool. The only way is through those that'll stop them. Oh, yeah. Oh, now that's got to hurt. I finally went and watched um the first couple seasons of this when we were doing the remaster. Oh, it's it's a great show. It's It's pretty cool. We're going to have to I remember when it first came out, I was waiting. I was sitting in front of the television about a half an hour before the first episode started. I couldn't wait. Oh, wow. Oh, you're there from the beginning. The AMC had a timer on the screen like a a week lead a week leading up to The Walking Dead's first debut. Don't be a wimp. Oh jeez. Come on. Let's get I thought I thought I got bit. You got bit. You got that extra ball for you? I did. I'll see if you can get the skill shot. See if I can get skill shot. It's not going to get me to 323 points. Shoot again. Quite the skill shot. You never know. Yeah, right. Wow, look at that. I got a million. 1. What's fun is sometimes we play this for walker dollars. You Well, maybe maybe not dollars, but walker points. Yeah, walker points. Yeah, of course. And And depending on how many walkers you got, you know, more than your your other person be like, "Yeah, I got, you know, just ignore the score and just go for I got 14 walker points." High score achieved. High score. Get it right. High score. Excellent work, friend. Sweet. Walker's cube. That tunnel champion. Let's go. Well, that was fun. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, thanks for joining me, guys. Internet, again, this is a a preview of uh what's to come. So, uh if you see this game out in the wild, go beat it up and we'll see you on the next one. Thanks, friends. See you later, everybody. Bye. _(Acquisition: youtube_auto_sub, Enrichment: v1)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-08-04 | Item ID: eba5e30f-8bf1-446d-840a-d9c191824a6e*