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Dead Flip livestreams Texas Pinball Festival 2018 Day 1 walkthrough with vendor booths, machines, and industry personalities.
Spooky Pinball is keeping a brand new Larry Day game playfield secret until Saturday reveal
high confidence · Booth tour reveals pink covering over playfield with announcement that unveiling happens Saturday; everything seen is unreleased including the playfield
Marco Specialties booth will feature unreleased Guardians of the Galaxy code and Batman code for play testing and battles with designers
high confidence · Dead Flip announces they'll be battling George Gomez, Steve Ritchie, John Borg, and Lyman Sheets on new code; explicitly states 'no one has yet' accessed it
Guardians of the Galaxy received new Cherry Bomb Multiball mode that is timed and includes score-doubling mechanics
high confidence · Dead Flip describes Cherry Bomb Multiball as 'apparently' timed multiball programmed in but 'no one has access to yet'; mentions there's 'like some crazy shit that goes on there'
Kingpin is a Capcom original machine with only 8 units made; this is a remake/reimagining of that IP
medium confidence · Dead Flip states 'Kingpin is a game that Capcom made. And they only made eight of them. This is them buying that IP and bringing it back out.' (unclear referent for 'them')
Multiple Stern employees present at Texas Pinball Festival including Mike Vinacore, Lyman Sheets, Steve Ritchie, George Gomez
high confidence · Dead Flip directly lists these names when asked if Jack is the official Stern rep
“There's a lot of rad shit. If you folks aren't here, you gotta come here.”
Dead Flip@ 33:22 — Enthusiastic endorsement of the festival experience and vendor diversity
“So there's a monitor and physical flippers and pop-up, okay? A monitor underneath it and lots of little sensors all over the place that track the ball. So when you shoot the ball, it's like a trail and everything on the monitor.”
Dead Flip@ 15:35 — Explanation of Multimorphic P3 hybrid pinball/digital technology platform
“Red Cake Cherry bomb is a multi-ball. They have like a Cherry bomb multi-ball inside of Guardians that they just programmed in, but no one has access to yet.”
Dead Flip@ 41:46 — Revelation of unreleased Guardians of the Galaxy code feature
“Kingpin is a game that Capcom made. And they only made eight of them. This is them buying that IP and bringing it back out.”
Dead Flip@ 25:40 — Historical context on Kingpin IP acquisition and remake
“There's so many Stern employees here, it's out of control. Mike Vinacore's here. Lyman Sheets. Steve Steve Ritchie. George George Gomez.”
Dead Flip@ 45:54 — Confirms major Stern design/management presence at festival
event_signal: Marco Specialties hosting tournament play with Stern designers (George Gomez, Steve Ritchie, John Borg, Lyman Sheets) battling community players on new code
high · Dead Flip states 'we're going to pull over George Gomez. We'll battle him. We're going to grab freaking Steve Ritchie, John Borg, Lyman Sheets. We're going to battle everyone.'
event_signal: Texas Pinball Festival 2018 Day 1 features major vendor presence from Stern, Spooky, Jersey Jack, Chicago Gaming, Multimorphic, and Marco Specialties with hundreds of playable machines
high · Direct observation during walkthrough; multiple booths documented with named representatives
market_signal: Festival scale appears exceptionally large with 'crap load' of games and multiple manufacturer booths fully staffed
high · Dead Flip repeatedly comments on scale: 'There's so much pinball here' and 'There has to be like 400 freaking pinball machines here'
personnel_signal: Christopher Franchi from Spooky Pinball confirmed as artist/designer giving talk at festival
high · Dead Flip introduces Franchi as scheduled speaker and plans to have dinner with him
announcement: Spooky Pinball planning Saturday reveal of new Larry Day game; playfield design being kept secret until announcement
high · Pink covering over playfield with explicit statement 'Everything you're seeing right now has not been seen before. Including the playfield which they're keeping a secret until they announce it.'
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product_strategy: Guardians of the Galaxy and Batman receiving new code updates with Cherry Bomb Multiball and other features being tested at festival
high · Dead Flip announces 'unreleased' code access and describes specific Cherry Bomb Multiball mechanics with score-doubling