Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. How you doing, folks? How we doing? Okay, folks. Hello. How are you? Hopefully. Um hopefully this is working. It's just laggy. That's okay. I can go with lag. Should be able to hear it, but I don't honestly know. Doesn't look like you can hear it, does it? Can you hear this? You should be able to hear this. We'll make some time. You can hear it. Great. Don't know why. Uh [sighs and gasps] anyway, uh video sources. See if I can make this a bit brighter. So, yeah. So, it's going to be a bit kind of on and off. Um cuz I'm doing an unboxing and my remote mic isn't um as charged as I would like it to be. Um and I'm using I've been testing something. So we have Walking Dead. We have the topper. It's a first where the top art actually arrived before the game got here. Woohoo. So, um, let me, uh, I'm going to take this off. I'm going to cut the box, get the game out, get it on the trolley, and then I'll chime back in.
[snorts]
It's a walking dead man finally arrived today. Yeah, I got the uh topper as well. Actually, the topper arrived before the game, which is like a first. My remote headset is not charged. So, I'm back to cables. My big problem is I've not really got anywhere. It's kind of going to be no man's land. This is new manual So, I know there's been a lot about cabinet gate, but right away I am loving one change about this new cabinet. So, here this bit here and the old cabinets, even though you've got these on them. This bit here would always get damaged. And what this looks like to me is that I could if this gets damaged, I can undo these bits, pull it out, put a new one in. I super like that. As someone who moves his games around a lot, I absolutely love that. So, that's a big thumbs up to me. the rest of it. So, we've always had kind of in the past there's always been stuff. I don't know why anyone thinks that these are any are some big issue. I don't think they are. Came looks amazing. They are Hi, man. Sorry. I'm on a mic. My remote mic's gone. I'm I'm good, man. Just doing a doing an unbox of uh Walking Dead and putting the topper on. I got the topper before the game. just realized something. Hopefully So Mike should be speaking. Yes. So let me just has turned it off. Okay. So Eureka I has a remote mic. I always k around the place. I can never find it when I need it. Okay. So, here's the game. Lovely art. Art. Stunning. I don't know what the big ding-dong about the art is. I It's like handdrawn. It's not photoshopped. It's It's like kind of Yeah. Is it dark and horrid like the old game? No, it's bright.
I don't know.
Feels good to me.
Um and and then I'll just say this again. So here, everyone's gone on about cabinet gate. There's one great thing about this new cabinet. This piece here, this bit always gets damaged when you're moving games. Always. So, this looks like I can undo that, that, that, that, and these three things and pop a new bit in.
Feels brilliant. That feel that that in itself I'm super happy with. Right, let's spin around. Do the old death by cutting. yeah, there's like a some poor guy over are dead. Always keep these folks. You want to move games around. They are very useful. So, you get two sets of keys. One for the the main box, one for the back. And the reason why I need to get into the backbox keeping the backbox in. That's a good ad. Not that I've not that I've ever had a problem with that per se. There's a UK plug. There's a tilt and a set of buttons. And there's a European So, there's two bolts for the um backbox. So, we have the limited edition certificate. Wonder if it's still hand signed. Looks like it. Number 129 or 500. Look at this back glass. Look at that shiny. That is amazing. Don't know if you can see inside the Spike 3. So, you got the new CPU the actual Raspberry Pi bit that clamps on. You got the extra HDMI port, Ethernet. You got this beefed up amp here. You got this new power supply that's quiet. Got this new [snorts] power distribution bit. It's very similar to the old one, but they've but they've definitely changed it. Um, obviously the speakers are different. The display is different. I tell you one thing though, holy moly, there is hundreds of these. It must be costing Stern a fortune. And these um I forget what they're called. Anti- they're for interference. Take interference out the cable. I forget what they're called. It's going in my head. I use them every day at work as well. I think I'm going to see now. I mean, it's just to comply with probably I I'd love to see an American one because I wonder if the US one's got a lot less of them in there. Europe's got mad mad mad interference stats. Um, yeah, this looks great. And I'm going to pop this bit. So, I'm going to stick the topper on. That's it. Yeah. Far eight. There's hundreds of them. I mean, even I even noticed them when I was taking the game out here. There's loads of them down here. Stupid European regulations, man. Neil, I want my 9 year 100y old AM radio to work. Ferite core. That's what they're called. Congratulations on your new glass. Please update the code. Buy some merch. Get inside connected. All those good things we shall do this week here in Europe, in the UK, there's um there's a show called E A that's on this week.
I thought they put a couple of small boxes in there for speaker cabinets. What do you mean boxes? You mean around the speakers? Nah, I mean it's hefty. This speaker plate solid, man. It's beautifully made, I have to say. You got this. I'm loving the new mis. It just looks so good. So good. Absolutely love this game. What's great about it is, and we had this stupid Woodbury thing, but part of that there's a lot of little mods that the community did like the bicycle go light. It's now kind of been addressed, which is great. Although, interestingly, no ball No ball here. There was a airball deflector. It's not on the main one. It's not So, it was added to the So, it wasn't originally then. It came with them on all of them. And I have to say it's the part I have to replace of mine the most often. Awesome. Right, let's get into the topper. I tell you what, this is a lot lighter than the than the old one. a lot later. So, let me stick that up here. I think this spike board looks different to the one of the Star Wars. Maybe wrong. I don't know. There's more stuff on this. ribbon connectors. Might be wrong. I haven't really looked at the Star Wars one to be honest. So, you got to put these two cables in, the power cable and the control cable. This is the hard part. I'm too lazy to get my ladder. Okay. So, if you're like me and you stream pinball, this is the last cable that you need. What is it? It's an HDMI extension cable. So, Hopefully I can get this to go in. Yes. Awesome. And then that just plugs in here. I'm just going to loop it through this first just make sure it doesn't get too tight. why you why you why you waste time with cable management? cable management keeps everything working. And if you're moving games around, as I found out, something that didn't have any cable management. Actually, I want to just untangle that. Um, I had a game break because cable management wasn't where it needed needed to be. My fault, actually. So, it is important. Although, I suspect I've gone down the wrong the wrong way cuz I'm digging the old spike. People ask me, Neil, are you are you a fan of Spike 3? My answer is absolutely. You Why are you a fan of Spike 3? The first reason I am is the audio. The second reason I am is the quiet fan. But the most important reason is things got a lot more power and a lot more should have that um there's a whole bunch of these just just People say, "No, why is the topper so expensive?" Check this out. I might have already taken them out. Yeah. So, the topper comes with loads of these ferite cores. I think there's four of them in total that you need to install. I already pulled them out. And those ferite cores, let me tell you, they are not cheap components. They're a lot cheaper than they used to be. I don't know what I did with them, but I pulled them out when the game arrived. Now, what do you not like about Spike 3? I have to say I don't like this. [snorts] So, there's a couple of clips here. Actually, this one was easier. There's a couple of kind of bits where this hooks in. Um, and on my Star Wars, it's so difficult to get a back glass out. I mean, you don't need to do it that often, but um, it is hard. This one's pretty easier. That's probably the only thing I don't like about it. [panting] ASMR, get ready for this. Hold on. Sorry folks. I hate this. on location. I get why you need it, but I don't need it. Right. More ASMR. Here we go. You ready for this? So interestingly around the edges of the fire box has got no protection on there. ASMR. Hold on. Let me move the mic. a full ASMR effect. Yes, it's for uh Dennis's oily only fans. Right. And the angel of the Lord said, "Let there be pinball." And there was nothing against the power. getting audio from the back. picture on it will set the Wi-Fi up for you. So I don't have to take my password and watch everyone listen to it. Okay, that looks good. And then unable to connect to stand are connected. Why is that? IP address should be set. version 78. Holy moly, that is early. Why is it not working? Dennis, I blame you, mate. Everything's right for it. Okay, I'm going to do Three fingered salute. Oh, actually, let me see if that makes difference. There you go. [laughter] Reboot cures all evils. Don't tell anyone not in tech that turning it off and turning it on again is our 70 to 80% of our fixes. So my Kong's booted up and got an IP address. Okay. tell you what turning off Okay, that worked. See, we fixed it. Gain registration. I have to Hey, CNK, how are you, man? Happy New Year, by the way. Happy New Year to everybody. I need this. I need this. And I need that. There we go. Isn't it great when it all comes naturally? Software update. Checking for updates. Let's just wait for this. Make yourselves comfortable. This is the other thing I like about Spike 3. Download is so much quicker. And basically Spike 2 just didn't have any memory. So you're kind of writing to flash which just makes it moving slow. So basically you're you're right. Why don't I talk you through this process? What the hell is that? the oil from the bag which has now leaked all down my comb. Awesome. Yeah, the updates. I mean, I noticed this with Star Wars and not not only is it it's quicker to install it as well. TC when it's done installing. Okay, Kong is saved. So, Kong's updating it right now as well and it's like half the speed. I guess it's it's been on for it's been on for I don't know it bleeping for um so Kong's been on for a while as you know it's only at 33%. This is a 60 it is this is at 68%. Kong's saying 20 minutes left and it's probably a smaller update on Kong. Yep. the top. I've actually got I actually managed to get an old school topper from a Walking Dead LE that's in storage. Someone was selling one and um a reasonable price. Is it? I don't know. Probably not. But it was it was only I wanted to get one for ages. So I got it. That was when I was in um Expo actually. Yeah, I mean I would if I was normally doing this unboxing, I wouldn't I wouldn't do the update. I'd wait because
you see how quickly it verified as well. We get a download now. file too. Smaller file, but it's gone blistol. I've got the um the plunger on order, but it hasn't on back order. Hasn't arrived. I just ordered the Star Wars topper. I tried to order it from Stern, but they wouldn't ship it to me because I'm in the in Europe. So, uh I find another. Look how quick it is. Verifying. Boom. Right. Install. Here we go. Enter still. Now These are the little things, the little, as George and Mark would call them, the little um comfort things, quality of life things. Updates are faster. Downloads are faster, boot times faster. This will be a bit slower because it's updating, obviously. I [clears throat] suspect when they design Spike, they weren't expecting games to be quite so big. there. You know, spike too probably think ah
what would be cool? SP to Stern. Come on, think out the box. It would be cool if the expression lights were like a progress bar on updates. [laughter] There's someone in Stern cursing my name for coming up with that idea. You can have it for free. [laughter]
Yeah, CNK unfortunately um there's a slight issue with that idea. So CNK's idea is my idea for Staron Pokemon. only 151 machines, each of a different cabinar, each sold action style. Um, there's only one problem with that is Stern end up going bust at the end of it
or they charge like 25 grand for it, which you know how well that went down with Bond 60th. issue with
auction. Yeah. Or maybe you can maybe they auction a prize where they make it whatever style you want it
and it's like a pound a ticket.
Uh so this week um we might try and video this. Uh we have a lineman update kit for Old Cactus Canyon. Um, my buddy James is going to install it because I don't if I wait to I've basically had it since September. I got it early thinking, yay. But it's I've just never attempt to fit. So, my buddy James is coming down to fit fitting. I am worried that my um speakers and speaker lights on the upper bit aren't working.
I'm hoping this fix this update fixes that
Harry Potter RGR. No, I'm two two issues with that. One, I can't stand Harry Potter.
Two, I don't think the game's that great. shoots nice, but I think the code's awful. Three, it's Jersey Jack. Um, and I just find their games super unreliable. Let's hope, let's hope, hope, hope, hope. Okay, still on node board update. Mitsuyama. Yeah, sorry. If you uh go back in my videos or listen to our podcast, you hear the story of why me and Jersey Jack don't get on. I I don't really have time for organizations that don't stand by their product. Right. So, something is wrong here. The question is what? Thank you, M. Are you a pinball fan? Welcome to the channel. Don't know if you've been on before. Don't think so. Right, let's see why this isn't working. So I can understand the speaker lights maybe not working but not the audio as well. Jesus mind your eyes. Hopefully this is just a simple connector. So, there's a loose connector. Let's just see. Yeah, there we go. But I still have no speaker lights, which is not ideal, but also not the end of the world. So, these come out So, what could it be? I notic that the um this board's got more intelligence in it because it's pinging away. I think I've got a feeling that that might be plugged into the wrong place. Oh, I need to reboot it. I'm going to do that. Now that I have reconnected everything on the lights, just do this and then I'm just going to play the game. Right, here's the annoying part. I had all this nicely set up to play. But this thing ran out of battery. When it runs out of battery, apparently it doesn't save anything. Uh, an N plus. I need to plug it in for front. Let's just swing these around. HDMI Yeah, okay. How does that look, folks? Let's point the topper at the topper. What am I missing? That's it. Right. I just need to plug into the audio now. Let me unplug this. Okay. Uh, I need to f the audio. USBC on, HDMI one on. Okay, guys. Just let me know how the audio is when it plays the game. Yeah, this Oh, this actually that is a good point that they they're not working either, are they? Well spoiled. Let me um have a quick I suspect it's just a loose connection. [music] But you're right, they're not working either. Uh, I don't really want to pop the lid up right now. Yeah, I'll look. Well, it's not the end of the boat. Wasn't for me. Okay, I need to turn that down, don't I, guys? Hold on. Turn the game volume down a little bit. One. See how that is. Don't look like you're going to last very long.
Okay. Sorry, that was loud.
Player one.
Sorry, I fixed it. Okay. Let me know how that is. Missing a view of the drops on PC can
player one.
Uh, okay. Is that right?
Player one.
Well, that's irritating.
I mean, I guess you what you want. Yeah, you want a camera, but I I don't have any more cameras, so you had it. Um,
player one. Oh, now that's got to hurt. Combo. I bet that felt good, huh?
Dead features are lit.
We go for some barnage.
Too bad for you.
This game is just as brutal as the old one. So, the cool thing about the skill shot is it now starts looks like it starts at the bottom in this one, which I don't think it did before. If you did, I never noticed that until like I got bit.
Holy moly. Walking dead with stern ins. Yeah, that was uh painful. Never logged in. One second. Let me log in.
Here we go. Right.
Come back for some more.
[ __ ] I'm going to have one two two games and I've got to go. Otherwise, my wife's going to come me down. I'll play more uh tomorrow night. [groaning] [snorts] We can kill these things. Come on. Rob there. Hey dude, the dead features are lit.
Dead features are lit, boy. Right here we go. Let's see if we can get a bomb.
Let's get them walkers in the barn. Oh, jump. That was awful.
Prison multiball.
Multiball.
Prison multiball.
Tell the walkers in the prison to light the super jackpot.
last game. Oh, I knew you couldn't resist.
I kind of like the other guy. Let's get some whackers. He's like, I don't know. This guy should sleep. I think the skill shot do is more uh more clarity on what you hit when you didn't hit. These are failed shots, arena.
We're almost there. X-Men. Oh, King Kong. Wow. Have to go off. Oh, damn it. Right, that's it, guys. I got to go. Oh, come here. Uh, thank you all for joining. Uh, I'll play more tomorrow night around about well couple hours earlier than this. Uh, epic. Bit of an annoyance about the the lights. I think it's just a loose connector down there somewhere. Um, I'm sure it'll be fine when I pop it up tomorrow. With that in mind, adios, amigos. Have a good one. Take it easy. Goodbye.