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Secrets, Surprises! Stern King Kong Pro on Code 0.85 w/ 735 Million Points!

Wild Dog Arcade·video·25m 23s·analyzed·Aug 17, 2025
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TL;DR

King Kong Pro gameplay stream with possible Star Wars audio easter egg reference.

Summary

Wild Dog Arcade streams gameplay of Stern King Kong Pro (Code 0.85), achieving 735 million points across multiple modes including multiball sequences. The stream features casual commentary on game mechanics, custom 3D-printed mods in progress, and incidental audio that may hint at upcoming Star Wars pinball content. The player discusses King Kong's mode variety, shot difficulty, and gameplay strategy while interacting with stream chat.

Key Claims

  • King Kong Code 0.85 is currently in play with custom 3D-printed mods being manufactured

    high confidence · Host mentions printing mods for the game and discusses 3D printer progress during gameplay

  • A Star Wars sound effect was heard in King Kong during gameplay

    medium confidence · Host states 'I thought I heard like a Star Wars tie-dye' and speculates it could be a hint at an upcoming Star Wars cornerstone title or just a nod

  • Dungeons & Dragons pinball is better suited to home play environments for learning

    medium confidence · Host comments 'Dungeons & Dragons is definitely one of those games that is better suited to a home environment where you get some solid play and really learn the game'

  • King Kong's ramp design punishes missed shots by not returning the ball with enough force for recovery

    high confidence · Host explains 'If you mess up that ramp, it doesn't come back with enough force that even trying to get it again, you never get it'

  • Time modes in King Kong create significant player anxiety and difficulty

    medium confidence · Host states 'I don't like it when I'm in a time mode. It makes me so nervous' and another player confirms 'Time modes give Ed severe anxiety'

Notable Quotes

  • “I thought I heard like a Star Wars tie-dye... Is that a hint? Yeah, exactly. Hint of the next game?”

    Wild Dog Arcade host@ 13:13 — Potential hint at upcoming Star Wars pinball content; sparks speculation about future releases

  • “Dungeons & Dragons is definitely one of those games that is better suited to a home environment where you get some solid play and really learn the game.”

    Wild Dog Arcade host@ 8:00 — Commentary on D&D difficulty and accessibility for different play environments

  • “If you mess up that ramp, it doesn't come back with enough force that even trying to get it again, you never get it.”

    Wild Dog Arcade host@ 15:27 — Design critique of King Kong ramp mechanics; illustrates potential playfield issue

  • “I don't like it when I'm in a time mode. It makes me so nervous.”

    Wild Dog Arcade host (Ed)@ 20:12 — Player psychology regarding time-pressure modes in pinball games

  • “Keep the balls going. Like this? That was a good one to float, too.”

    Wild Dog Arcade host@ 22:37 — Discussion of multiball strategy: favoring continuous ball action over trap strategies

Entities

Wild Dog ArcadeorganizationKing KonggameStern PinballcompanyDungeons & DragonsgameStar WarsgameKaneda's Pinball PodcastorganizationKeith ElwinpersonGeorge Gomezperson

Signals

  • ?

    community_signal: Streamer actively engages with chat, receives donations/bits, and references pinball media/community figures (Kaneda's Podcast, Keith Elwin, Nap's Arcade)

    high · Multiple chat interactions, follower acknowledgments, discussion of sending highlights to community figures

  • ?

    design_philosophy: King Kong designed with mode variety and complexity suitable for home/serious players; accessibility concerns for casual location play

    medium · Host discusses D&D and King Kong as games better suited to home play for learning; mentions time modes create severe anxiety for some players

  • ?

    leak_detection: Potential Star Wars pinball audio easter egg detected in King Kong Code 0.85, sparking speculation about upcoming Stern release

    low · Host and chat detect Star Wars sound effect during King Kong gameplay; host speculates 'Is that a hint at the upcoming cornerstone right?'

  • ?

    product_concern: King Kong ramp design issue: missed shots do not return ball with sufficient force for recovery, creating dead-end situations where bonus accumulation is lost

    high · Host explains: 'If you mess up that ramp, it doesn't come back with enough force that even trying to get it again, you never get it. Basically any bonus that you would accumulate at the end of the ball goes away.'

  • ?

    technology_signal: 3D-printed mod manufacturing in progress for King Kong; custom playfield enhancements including gong replacement with more detailed plastic piece

    high · Host discusses 3D printer progress: 'we're basically gonna put a new gong on because right now all it is it's just a plastic insert thingy so it's gonna look like it's part of one of the pieces'

Transcript

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0:00
Oh I tilted! Tilted! No! Thank you Casual. I know right? Where did this game come from? Thank you Minnesota. I think. Maybe?
0:30
Or do you hate the physical Manhattan? That's true. I don't know. All right. I've never visited, so I wouldn't know what that's like. Let me check out my 3D print over here and see where we're at on progress. Oh, yeah. He's printing mods for this game as we speak this evening. Well, it's going.
0:52
Synchronized Space Bomb. Thank you for that clip there, We Don't Know Games. I thought you were bringing it out or something. all right yeah good job Chris mental gen a silver iron how you doing all right I'm gonna take a small break I'll be right back it will entertain all you fine folk out there I will do Just that. And nothing more.
1:31
I promise nothing. Alright, let me see where we can go from here. Where do we go? Is this good enough? Yes, it is. Oh, I still nicked the side when I did the backspin there.
1:53
Nope. Almost got it. Oh, almost had it there, too. Alright, let's try this again. There we go, that was better.
2:05
Entertain me, clown! Dance, monkey, dance! Well, there is a monkey in here, after all, so... Alright, I'm going to try to escape the swamp. I was kind of talking about the modes earlier and not really... coming up with a real favorite yet, although I do like this one, too.
2:23
Let's see, I'm going to practice some of these spots to begin with, to get better at them here. Whoopsie. There we go. That wasn't what I was trying to do.
2:32
Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bounce. Cool. More bouncing. More rejections. Alright, here we go. Oh, missed it. Alright. Oh, I deserve that one. Guess I'll have to warm up a little bit here and there, too. I see the slingshot mod on there. I got the, uh, we'll see, one yesterday. Oh, okay. I don't remember what that, uh, that particular one. Gary can kind show off a little more about that. I haven't even looked at the 3d printer yet tonight because there was some modifying that he was doing on one of them. I think one had like a little the plastic was a little too thick. We're basically gonna put a new gong on because right now all it is it's just a plastic you know insert thingy so it's gonna look like it's part of one of the pieces here like you know something a little more beefy right a little more detail to it. Alright, we'll stick with Stegosaurus, why not?
3:48
Stegosaurus. Thank you. Let's try that again. Okay, here we go. Oop, well, probably need to go there anyway. Nope, way early. Banana combo! I don't know what it is the way he says it. It always makes me crack up.
4:42
Alright. Come on. There we go. I had two different balls I was watching at the same time, man. I was like, wait a minute. What's happening over there?
5:17
Come on. No. Oh, good. Good. There we go. I got a use to... Win, not to. Go up. Oh, wait, that doesn't work that way.
5:37
No, I can't push the machine hard enough so it hits the punch on that slow arc that I had. But I did complete a map. Alright, well, that's cool.
5:46
Ah! Thank you for throwing it that way. I was trying to get it over there. There we go. Oh! I see that lit. Oh, it is like harder to get it in there that way apparently. You guys aren't kidding. Oh, double danger I think. Yep. Ugh. Pinball is hard Alright here we go Ugh Somehow somehow that got recovered I knew I couldn nudge it anymore
6:27
Two dogs and a King Kong walk to a King Kong. How's it going, Pat? Banana combo! Exactly, Chunky Coat. How's it going?
6:39
This shit is banana. Banana, banana, banana. That's kind of the second thing that comes to mind when I think of banana. It's the No Doubt song.
6:51
Or I guess the Gwen Stefani song. I think that was when she was on her lonesome... All right, I've returned. Oh, good.
7:04
There we go. Nice. It could be named, like, Cocaine Combo, but yeah. Wouldn't fit with the lore. There we go.
7:26
Shoot the biplane, huh? Okay. Yep, that's the side ramp off the upper right flipper. Oh, it is? Yeah, that's the biplane ramp.
7:39
Damn it. No, don't do it. Thank you for not killing myself. I can't tell you how many times I've done that.
7:54
Misfire. Yeah. D&D is definitely one of those games that is better suited to a home environment where you get some solid play and really learn the game.
8:14
Yeah. Polly. Help me! Help me! Save me! Yeah. No? Good. Oh, that was a happy accident. Oh, nice. Alright.
8:31
He's like, I do hope we get a chance to play a Captain Tanning with that expansion kit at some point. Thank you, Nate. Appreciate that.
8:41
Miss Polly's in trouble. Oh, is this Dead Eye? Oh, snap. Alright. Here we go. There you go. You gotta hit the regular ones before that counts. Okay. Dude, how did I get the first try and then...oh, here we go. It's a really soft shot. I got one of them. With this spring. Oh, damn, I should have counted. I was gonna count to you oops crap oh no oh oh yeah I did better than I had before I think I was my best run on that yet how many did I get by the way that say it was 16 15 5 yeah was my best so far in that mode cool it oh okay good
9:41
King Kong locks are lit. Okay, hold on. Oh, no. There we go. Okay. Center wrap. Oh, center wrap? Oh, you're right. Okay. Oh, crud.
10:06
Okay. No. there we go two more times is it harder to do it on that side you can do it okay it's crud that was close it's a tight shot but you can do it okay it's what it's definitely way easier if you stopped but you can do it on the run all right hang on i have to get back over there again oh hello almost went in there Oh, what was that? Oh, more distractions.
10:40
More distractions, more points. Bring it on. Balls are touching. Yes, go that way. That was the perfect 7-10 split right there.
10:55
Oh boy, here we go. Oh, that went in and out. Nice. Oh, almost had that. Ah. Big news, Polly isn't in this unpatriot. Yeah, no. Polly's, Polly's definitely into bondage. Well, you know. It's a living. Oh! Oh, you bastard. He didn't want to join the party. I get it. Oh! No. No, oh good. Oh, he's dead. No. Oh, good.
11:37
Got it that time. Nope. We had rebounds. Oh, I got it that time. Sweet. It's not lit right now because you're in the middle of his multiball. Okay.
11:58
Sweet. Well, I got the spider jackpot somehow. Did it say quadruple jack plus? Yeah, it did. I'll take it. More spiders, more jack plus. No. Oh no, yes. No. It's back and forth, ladies and gentlemen. Yes, no, yes, no.
12:30
There we go. Nice. He always wants to be together I don know There we go. Ah, there we go. I thought I heard like a Star Wars tie-dye. Yeah, I know. I heard that too. It's like, huh. I don't know why that would be a thing. Is that a little hint? Yeah, exactly. Hint of the next game? Right.
13:20
Is it not a George Lucas or something? Since it's kind of like Indiana Jones? I don't really know. Oh, I missed that. Damn it.
13:34
Another jackpot. And there it goes. Not bad. Get me points and shit. Oh, hello. Oh, I tilted. Oh. No.
13:52
Oh. I forgot about the double danger. Oh, that killed me. all those points luckily it didn't count the New York City event all those points gone it didn't count so it's still lit damn it well I just got my new personal best thank you for putting that there Red Lancer I'd send it to Kaneda I'm not sending Jack to Kaneda well you know Elwin we can give it to Elwin I'm sure he'll like it yeah they either threw that in as just a nod nod wink wink or oh the star thing star wars thing yeah or is that or is that a hint at the upcoming cornerstone right oh hello and yeah somebody clip that and i'll send some uh kansas thank you so much for that Yeah, we should clip that and get that over to Nap Arcade. Hey, new Star Wars sound in King Kong.
15:07
Oh, really? Well, you know, that's Canadian. What can I say? Nice, casual. Oh, nuts. Oh, good. Although, too bad it's not.
15:22
Mess that up again. That was pretty much me earlier. If you mess up that ramp, it doesn't come back with enough force that even trying to get it again, you never get it. Oh, that's... Yep, basically any bonus that you would accumulate at the end of the ball goes away. That's like all modern games now.
15:42
Yep. There we go, got it. All right. Here we go. King Kong multi-ball. I can't believe I got tilted. Oh. Oh, well.
15:57
Oh hello, hello, goodbye. Anybody can go up there any day now. You all miss the ramp. Nope. It always does better on the multi-walls in this game, because I think you just keep it going. I try to stop it, and I think that hurts me on this game. There we go. Finally got the damn shot I wanted. I try to trap up and do stuff with it. I know. I think that hurts me.
16:43
Thank you for that follow, whoever it was that. Fire him, yeah. If you don't have any extra balls, you tilt on that last ball, the game is over.
16:55
DJ Huxley? Thank you for that follow. DJ Huxley for the facts. Yes. You lost the sailor. I did King combos make combos to light
17:14
Round of forgotten God hit five gold arrows on the late left key for jackpot Oh, hello. You weren't messing around.
17:26
Oop. Oop, that was close. Oh, shoot. Whoa. Yeah, I know. I was trying to... Ah. Ed's like, do something, Paul. Yeah.
17:49
All right, hit the right orbit. It's blinking at you. Okay, I'll get over there if I can. Because now everything's always on the right. Yeah. No.
18:11
Nice. Whatever. That was a good run. Kung fu mode? No. if he said it he was joking or I don't know I probably or I just say things so so quickly and I don't literally think because I'm playing pinball and just random words oh my god I have another ball okay but we're not done yet casual alright here we go of course I say that and then I start freaking completely loving it like that apparently T-Rex is lit I got double scoring from that. Holy moly, that was a cool little... Yeah, you had an extra ball lit that collected at some point. There we go Don pick up that There we go T Ooh T battle This is more difficult Let's find out.
19:27
I don't know what the total is every games a little different and and it is something you can change in the game settings so a location game might have limits on it compared to us I have a touch so I said whatever the fault was I'm just trying to do this.
19:55
Oh! Okay, good. No! I'm thinking about shots! No! No. Damn. I don't like it when I'm in a time mode. It makes me so nervous and... Time modes give Ed severe anxiety. It does. so much pressure there we go oh well you have I have something in your snaps New York City event all right which ones okay this is the one is there any other way go use the other flipper single ball time I still want to do multiple I haven't tried this one yet so I'm doing this one I'm just too addicted to multiple I can't help myself multi ball multi ball multi ball the weird ones the flip ones and the one ball one is late. Later.
21:00
There we go. Uh-oh. We control the balls. No, no, no. I want to control the balls. Thank you for the 50 bits.
21:27
Thank you, Gravity Falls, for that fine... Yeah, there we go. Damn it! Oh, how many was that? How was that? One? Yeah, one. Okay, good.
21:38
No! Okay, good. oh hey wonderland 889 thank you for that follow thank you for that ball there we go this is insane Yes.
22:27
I'm going to have to use Ed's strategy and see. Screw trapping up during multi-balls just to keep it on swinging. Oh, yeah. Because he's getting lots of points doing that. Yeah. Keep the balls going. Like this? That was a good one to float, too.
22:46
Oops. All right. No. Oh, no. Okay, good. Does that count? That's 12. Whoa. Look at that move. I thought you were screwed. I know, but... Uh-oh. Manhattan Rampage total, 24 million. All right. Sweet. Can I do it this time? No, I can't.
23:20
What? Okay, good. I thought I hit something. I got penalized for it. Come on. There we go. Oh, nutsy.
23:33
That was nutsy. And I'm also missing again. All right. I want to hit that dang gong shot. I don't know about you guys.
23:49
How do I backhand it? I don't know how to do it anymore, dude. You can do it. There we go. Yeah, there's a little delay. It's not instant. It's a little delay. It's weird. I guess that was the last mode.
24:06
Pterodactyls. Here we go. Pterodactyl. I've had those little weird horn things.
24:16
Oh, right down the middle. Oh, wow. I haven't elided that, but hey. What a workout that was. That was pretty incredible.
24:28
Oh, excuse me. I didn't tilt out that time. Thank you, Casual. I know, right? Where did this game come from? Thank you, Newtota. I think. Maybe.
24:46
You have beat my high score there, buddy. Oh, I have. All right. Well, I... Oh, and there's your score that I... I guess I beat your score there. Mm-hmm.
24:58
And that one, too. Six targets hit. I still quite don't remember what I did there on that one, but... Woo! Thank you, Pat and Silver.
25:08
Appreciate that. Now that was sick. Thank you. Christopher now move over