Medieval Madness Remake Pinball Tutorial (Flip N Out Pinball, 2025)

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TL;DR

Medieval Madness Merlin Edition tutorial showcasing accessible rules, multiball strategy, and mode stacking.

Summary

Joel Engleber from Flip n Out Pinball provides a comprehensive tutorial of the Medieval Madness Merlin Edition remake by Chicago Gaming Company. The video demonstrates core gameplay mechanics, modes, multiball strategies, and rule progression, emphasizing the game's accessibility and approachability for all skill levels. Engleber praises the game's iconic castle mechanic, clear objectives, and fun factor while explaining advanced strategies like mode stacking for point optimization.

Key Claims

Medieval Madness is 'arguably one of the greatest games ever made'
medium confidence · Joel Engleber opening statement; subjective opinion widely shared in community
Medieval Madness Merlin Edition features XL display, extra lighting effects, GI lighting, and a topper
high confidence · Direct visual confirmation and explicit description by host during gameplay walkthrough
The game features six knights/castles to defeat (Sir Psycho, King of Pain, and others)
high confidence · Explicitly stated during gameplay: 'there are six knights to defeat or six castles'
Medieval Madness Merlin Edition is currently sold out at Flip n Out Pinball
high confidence · Direct statement: 'This game is currently sold out. They are trying to make as many as they can'
Trolls mode requires hitting eight troll targets to light the mode
high confidence · Explicit gameplay demonstration: 'I think it's eight troll targets' confirmed through play
The scoop shot must be hit precisely or the ball will fly off the side
high confidence · Host commentary during gameplay: 'you really got to hit it just right. It's got to fall in there. or you hit it too hard, it's going to fly off the side'
Royal Madness is the second-tier endgame mode requiring completion of all qualified shots
high confidence · Demonstrated gameplay showing progression from Multiball Madness to Royal Madness mode
Battle of Kingdom is accessed by destroying all six castles and completing other mode requirements
high confidence · Gameplay progression shown: 'that would be the final castle, which means I should have Castle Crasher lit' leading to Battle the Kingdom

Notable Quotes

“Medieval Madness. It's uh arguably one of the greatest games ever made. Um and it's great. I don't I mean it is a fantastic game. It's got amazing mechs. It's super easy to understand.”
Joel Engleber @ 0:00-0:15 — Sets up the game's reputation and accessibility as core strengths
“Hit the castle. That's all you got to do. You don't have to point anything out. There's this huge mech back here that's obvious.”
Joel Engleber @ 0:15-0:25 — Emphasizes intuitive game design and minimal learning curve
“So, I have joust madness lit. Let's go ahead and get catapult. Now, what do I mean by by madness is lit. If I hit that scoop right now, I will start a multiball.”
Joel Engleber @ 10:00-10:15 — Explains core mode stacking mechanic for advanced play
“you really want to capitalize on points. You want to stack everything.”
Joel Engleber @ 10:30-10:35 — Articulates competitive strategy for maximizing scoring
“I totally understand why this game's so beloved. I understand why so many people love this game and it's a great game to have in your collection uh because it's so approachable and just fun.”
Joel Engleber @ 16:00-16:20 — Summarizes why Medieval Madness endures as a collector favorite
“This game is currently sold out. They are trying to make as many as they can, but doesn't hurt to get on a list or um hopefully they'll come back in used or whatnot.”
Joel Engleber @ 16:30-16:50 — Confirms current inventory status and production constraints for Merlin Edition
“Dude, the shaker motor in this is going nuts right now.”
Joel Engleber @ 14:15 — Casual observation about haptic feedback intensity during active multiball play
“But honestly, it's a game that anybody can step up to and have a good time. Anybody can step up to and and know what to do.”
Joel Engleber — Core thesis on game accessibility across skill levels

Entities

Joel EngleberpersonFlip n Out PinballcompanyMedieval Madness Merlin Editiongame Chicago Gaming Companycompany Zach and Nicoleperson Medieval MadnessgameBattle of KingdomgameMultiball Madnessgame

Signals

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community_signal: Flip n Out Pinball utilizing detailed video tutorials as content strategy for game demonstrations and community education
high · Comprehensive 18+ minute tutorial covering all major modes, rules progression, and strategic play; designed to educate and encourage collection
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design_philosophy: Medieval Madness design philosophy emphasizes accessibility and intuitive objectives for all skill levels
high · Host repeatedly emphasizes: 'It's not a crazy layout. It's very simple to understand, very easy to explain or know what to do when you step up to the game' and 'it's a game that anybody can step up to and have a good time'
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market_signal: Medieval Madness Merlin Edition inventory status: currently sold out at Flip n Out Pinball with continued production attempts
high · Host states: 'This game is currently sold out. They are trying to make as many as they can, but doesn't hurt to get on a list or um hopefully they'll come back in used or whatnot.'
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announcement: Medieval Madness Merlin Edition confirmed as Chicago Gaming Company remake with enhanced features (XL display, GI lighting, topper)
high · Direct visual demonstration and specifications provided: 'Medieval Madness Merlin Edition. Uh, it's got some extra lighting effects, some of the GI lighting, as well as a really cool topper. Really cool topper that you can see up there. Um, XL display, awesome speed.'
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product_concern: Trolls mode access difficulty noted as minor design limitation that restricts casual player engagement

Transcript

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[Music] Hello, my name is Joel Engleber and this is the Flipping Out YouTube channel. Thank you so much for clicking on the video and um yeah, today we're going to talk about Medieval Madness. Medieval Madness. It's uh arguably one of the greatest games ever made. Um and it's great. I don't I mean it is a fantastic game. It's got amazing mechs. It's super easy to understand. and you can just step up to the game and you can just play and know what to do. Um, you don't have to point anything out. There's this huge mech back here that's obvious. Hit the castle. That's all you got to do. But, um, yeah, let's go ahead and start off with our normal, um, overview. Huge shout out to Zach and Nicole for letting me borrow this game. This is the Medieval Madness Merlin Edition. Uh, it's got some extra lighting effects, some of the GI lighting, as well as a really cool topper. Really cool topper that you can see up there. Um, XL display, awesome speed. It's a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful version of the game. So, um, yeah, let's go ahead and explain it. Um, very simple, basic in lane, outlane situation down here where you can spell fire. If you spell fire enough times, you can get to a special uh, mode with that. And then it's a fan layout. So, from this far left, there's a catapult shot. The catapult shot will throw the ball up and it will send it back down to the left flipper. You got your orbit shot or the jou shot. It's the same on the left and the right. Um, we'll go all the way around. There are times where it could stop and drop it back here. There's a pop bumper cluster back there. Um, then you got the left ramp. Very satisfying ramp. That's the peasant ramp. Um, where the peasants will start to revolt against you. Um, then you got this shot. This is the shot which feeds. There's a there's a spot back here in the castle. That's where you're going to lock your balls for multiball. uh is in that tight shot right there. You have two targets here. These are the trolls targets. You can see them here and here. Uh you're going to hit those enough times to light trolls. Then you got the main castle shot right up the middle. The draw bridge will come down. Then the gate will go up and you shoot back in there to destroy the castle. Then you have the scoop, the Merlin scoop. You can see it here and here. This is where you're going to cash in on your extra balls. You're going to start uh multiball madness. Uh that's your mystery mode. The mystery actually ties in with the three targets over here on the right. You basically light all those and that's how you light mystery at the Merlin scoop. Then you have the right ramp. The right ramp will normally feed down to the right flipper, but there is time where uh the damsel shot here. If you've hit that shot enough, it'll actually go all the way to the back and drop in back there, which is pretty cool. And then you got the right orbit. And then you got the plunge. The plunge will shoot it back here. If you hold the left flipper down, it'll go all the way around. Otherwise, it'll drop into the pops up here. And they got the two trolls. The two trolls are right here in the middle. When you start the trolls mode, they will pop up and you'll want to bash the trolls, which is always a good time. So, that's it. It's not It's not a crazy layout. It's very simple to understand, very easy to explain or know what to do when you step up to the game. And um yeah, let's go ahead and start a game. I am the king of Okay, so when you're in the game, Okay, so when you're in the game, there are six knights to defeat or six there are six knights to defeat or six castles. So, right now, Sir Psycho is who is lit. Um, we're basically going to hit the castle enough to destroy the his castle and then we'd move on to the next castle. Um, so down here in the middle is where you, you know, your progress uh towards the castles. Um, and then every major shot in the game um has inserts in front of it. So, you know, we have three inserts here for Catapult. We got three on Shou. We got four on the left ramp, four on the right ramp. Uh, you're basically going to light those to qualify the madness version of the mode. The madness modes are right here. Um, so I'll show that off. And then you can see your light lock shots here for multiball. And then we have the castle as well. So, let's let's just go ahead and focus straight on a castle. I'm going to hold the left flipper down. That way it goes all the way around. And then I went right up the middle to hit the castle. You can see the drawbridge went down. We're going to throw another one. That's We're going to throw another one. That's one hit on the gate. Throw it again. There's two hits on the gate. And then the third time, boom, you've destroyed the castle. So just like that, I've destroyed Sir Psycho. But remember, when the gate is there, that ball is coming right back at you. So that is a dangerous shot. So to work your way through the castles, the best way to do that is with multiball. So I threw that shot. The locks are lit by default on ball one. So let's see if we can do that again. There we go. There's ball two. And then we'll go ahead and get ball three here, which will start multiball. So when you're in multiball, there's a few different things you can do. one. A lot of people like to use multiball as a great way to work your way through the castles um because it's safer. Otherwise, you can see the jackpot shots are lit on the range. So, let's go ahead and start hitting some ramps. Let me grab all these. You can see magic shield is lit. So, that's the ball save. So, there's a jackpot shot. There's another jackpot shot. You can do the left ramp as well. You're going to see on screen here there's knights. You're going to see them here. Yeah. So, I've already hit three, so I need two more uh jackpot shots. There's another one. Let me get the last one. Doesn't matter. Either one. And then you can see right there, the super jackpot shot is lit. So, I'm going to hit that super jackpot shot. And boom. There's all your points. And also an extra ball. So, I can hit I can hit my uh scoop over here to get my extra ball. Now, this scoop, you really got to hit it just right. It's got to fall in there. or you hit it too hard, it's going to fly off the side. Um, but that's the main goal, right, during during multiball is you can work on your mult your extra ball. Otherwise, use your multiball to do the shots up the middle to get through some castles. So, let's go ahead and get through castle number two. So, it was two hits to hit the draw bridge down. Now, it was three hits to hit the the um the gate up. There we go. We just got through our second castle. When you get through your second castle, you have another extra ball lit. Extra. Extra. So now I'm already on castle number So now I'm already on castle number three. So once again, if you're in multiball, this is a great time to keep chipping away at castles. But I'm going to go ahead and drain down to one ball. Now that I'm down to one ball, what I want to show is I want to show um let's go ahead and get our trolls lit. Believe it or not, I'm actually aiming at the troll targets. Oh, sweet. You have to hit I think it's eight troll targets. So that's these targets right here. You have to hit those um enough to light trolls. You can see trolls is lit there on the insert. So let's go ahead and start trolls at the streak. So the trolls mode itself is kind of a little mini mode where I have to hit each one three times within the right amount of time. So you can see how I have two on the on the right or left. So remember, these are all very dangerous shots. And then once you get through all three And then once you get through all three of them, you um you will light troll madness. So troll you will light troll madness. So troll madness is um that is a way to get through one of the ma um the madness multiballs. Let's talk about the other madness multiballs. Um basically, you want to hit the same shot enough to fill up. So that's one orbit. Let's hit another orbit. Now I have joust lit. I just have to hit it one more time. And once you've done it, once you've completed all the inserts, that's how you your madness is lit. So I have joust madness lit. Let's go ahead and get catapult. Now, what do I mean by by madness is lit. If I hit that scoop right now, I will start a multiball. And that's called um what's it called? Multiball madness. And every everything that you did to qualify it will be lit as a jackpot shot. So right now, oh, let's talk about this. So the cat happens to be 500,000. So let's uh cat. Ah, I guessed right. There's points. So now catapult lit. So if I was to hit the scoop right now, all my joust shots, my catapult shots, and my trolls would be worth jackpot shots during that multiball. You really want to capitalize on points. You want to stack everything. So, let's go ahead and try to get peasant going. There we go. Oh, also fire to spell fire. Move your You want to roll over when they're not lit and you can control that with your clippers. So, now I have peasant. So, for the sake of demo, I'm going to not light damsel. I'm going to go ahead and start this so you can see what I mean as I as the shot pops out. There we go. So, I got joust catapult peasant. No So, I got joust catapult peasant. No damsel troll. So, you can see everything is a jackpot you can see everything is a jackpot shot. Everything's lit and kind of saying, "Hit me, hit me, hit me." Except for the right ramp because we didn't complete the right ramp. So, that'll be a jackpot shot. This will be a jackpot shot. Now, you do want to absolutely hit your trolls down while you're in this So, I'm just bashing trolls. I think it's 10 trolls. So, that would be four, five, six, seven, eight. Remember, it's multiball. Nine. There we go. So, what what did what happened now that I hit all the trolls? My master trolls is finished. [Music] So, once again, we are in a multiball. So, once again, we are in a multiball. So, I can use this as an opportunity to uh work towards my castles.