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Don't Panic Flip plays Jurassic Park Pro v0.96 with rules walkthrough and gameplay commentary.
Keith Elwin designed Jurassic Park Pro
high confidence · George stated explicitly: 'This game was designed by Keith Elwin, otherwise known as Goat, in the pinball world. He is the greatest pinball player of all time.'
Jurassic Park is partially licensed ('went half on the licensing and voice acting'), leading to the NADA Jeep placeholder rather than the actual Jeep from the movie
high confidence · George: 'The joke is we call it Dinosaur Island because they kind of went half on the licensing and voice acting... I'm not okay with is the NADA Jeep. They couldn't get licensing from Jeep to make that the actual Jeep, so George Gomez had to design the NADA Jeep.'
Jurassic Park v0.96 is a beta/pre-release version with active development ongoing
high confidence · George confirmed they have 'a beta version of a Sam Stern machine' and discussed version .96 as an early release state compared to 1.0 final version.
New animations for Jack Danger character in v0.96 update
high confidence · George: 'By the way, this is .96. We have new animations for the Jack Danger... the ah-ah-ah, the shaving cream guy?'
There was a mechanical failure on the Jurassic Park machine: the coil stop component separated from the coil plate
high confidence · George retrieved and displayed the broken part, stating: 'the coil stop, the actual, like, the stop piece on the coil stop, the little knob that sticks out, had completely separated from the coil plate, and it was just sliding around inside of the sleeve.'
Stern's software version strategy releases at version 1.0 when all planned features are included, followed by minor balancing updates at 1.01
high confidence · George explained: 'version 1.0 is their released version meaning everything they planned on releasing is in the game... they almost always follow up 1.0 with a fix at 1.01'
Guardians of the Galaxy (Stern) was released at version .65 very early in development due to licensing requirements
medium confidence · George: 'So Sam Stern, when they released The Games, like on Guardians of the Galaxy, they had to have it released at a certain point. So they released Guardians of the Galaxy at their version, what they called .6, I think it was, or .65, meaning it was really, really early.'
“This game was designed by Keith Elwin, otherwise known as Goat, in the pinball world. He is the greatest pinball player of all time.”
George@ 8:24 — Establishes designer credentials and emphasizes Goat's legendary status in competitive pinball
“if only we had Goldblum and Wayne Knight if this was voiced by Jeff Goldblum it would never leave my house ever”
George@ 10:56 — Highlights licensing limitations and what would improve the game's appeal for this collector
“The joke is we call it Dinosaur Island because they kind of went half on the licensing and voice acting.”
George@ 10:04 — Explains community nickname for game due to partial licensing
“version 1.0 is their released version meaning everything they planned on releasing is in the game”
George@ 43:21 — Clarifies Stern's versioning strategy for community understanding
“The code on Guardians was awful... they didn't have enough people working software, so Guardian stayed awful for a very long time.”
George @ late stream — Critical assessment of Guardians of the Galaxy's poor software development due to resource constraints
“If Trash Can Science were a YouTube channel, I'd watch it.”
Christine@ 8:10 — Humorous comment about George's component diagnosis method
“The O shot is the hardest shot in the game.”
George — Identifies challenging shot in Jurassic Park's layout
business_signal: Guardians of the Galaxy released at v0.65 due to licensing deadline pressure, causing poor code quality and extended development issues due to insufficient software team resources
high · George: 'they had to have it released at a certain point... released at .65 meaning it was really, really early. The code on Guardians was awful... they didn't have enough people working software, so Guardian stayed awful for a very long time'
community_signal: Don't Panic Flip stream includes real-time community chat interaction with multiple concurrent streamers (Faye, Jorgazoo, PinkNinjaMan, Pinsomniac) contributing strategy and observations
high · George regularly read chat aloud, acknowledged other streamers by name, incorporated viewer suggestions about mode stacking and strategy
design_philosophy: Voice actor availability impacts collector appeal: Jeff Goldblum not featured as voice actor is seen as significant miss; Wayne Knight (Nedry) confirmed as voice actor
medium · George: 'if only we had Goldblum and Wayne Knight if this was voiced by Jeff Goldblum it would never leave my house ever... that might be the first time I would say and actually mean it'
design_philosophy: Jurassic Park uses partial licensing (theming/voice partially limited) but maintains functional gameplay with creative workarounds; community accepts Dinosaur Island joke as alternative name
medium · George and chat normalized the 'Dinosaur Island' nickname due to licensing constraints; George states 'I'm okay with that. I just like dinosaurs'
licensing_signal: Jurassic Park Pinball has partial/limited licensing - cannot feature actual Jeep from movie, leading to NADA Jeep placeholder designed by George Gomez as workaround
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Guardians of the Galaxy code was poor quality and remained poorly developed for a long time due to insufficient software resources
high confidence · George: 'The code on Guardians was awful. And then on top of that, they didn't have enough people working software, so Guardian stayed awful for a very long time.'
“I have logged less than like an hour in my life of actually playing pinball.”
Christine@ 22:44 — Establishes Christine's experience level as a newer player learning on stream
high · George: 'They couldn't get licensing from Jeep to make that the actual Jeep, so George Gomez had to design the NADA Jeep.' Also: 'went half on the licensing and voice acting'
community_signal: Keith Elwin (Goat) brought competitive player expertise to game design, first designer game was a major success
high · George: 'Elwin's first game was a major win' and 'He is the greatest pinball player of all time'
product_strategy: Jurassic Park v0.96 includes new Jack Danger character animations added in this version
high · George: 'By the way, this is .96. We have new animations for the Jack Danger'
product_concern: Mechanical failure on Jurassic Park Pro: coil stop component separated from coil plate and moved freely inside sleeve during play
high · George physically retrieved and displayed the broken component, explaining the normal vs broken state: 'normally that should be like this, like that, but that actually came off'
technology_signal: Stern's software versioning shows pre-release strategy: Jurassic Park at v0.96 is beta build with active development before v1.0 final release
high · George streaming v0.96 as beta; George explained Stern's v1.0 = feature-complete, followed by v1.01 patches