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Led Zepplin Premium (Stern 2020)

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000·video·1h 32m·analyzed·Dec 20, 2021
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TL;DR

Manu reconsiders Led Zeppelin Premium after initial dismissal, finds it rewarding on deeper play.

Summary

Manu from Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 streams gameplay of Stern's Led Zeppelin Premium Edition pinball machine at Free Gold Watch arcade in San Francisco. Initially skeptical after playing the Pro version briefly at California Extreme, Manu decides to give the game a fair chance after Matt (the owner) insists it's fun, and discovers the playfield is engaging despite initial negative impressions. The stream includes gameplay commentary, chat interaction, discussion of the game's music licensing and design, and acknowledgment that Led Zeppelin is a 'grower not a shower' that rewards deeper play.

Key Claims

  • Steve Ritchie was upset that Stern wouldn't pay for the rights to 'Stairway to Heaven' for the Led Zeppelin pinball machine

    medium confidence · George mentioned in chat; Manu acknowledges Steve was 'running around TPN parties screaming fuck Stern' about Stairway not being implemented

  • Led Zeppelin is a 'grower not a shower' game that improves with more play

    high confidence · Manu states this directly based on his session: 'it definitely is splud holy smokes this is kind of like a sleeper right'

  • Manu's Premium Edition Led Zeppelin cost 8.5K brand new

    medium confidence · Manu states: 'I think my Premium Edition was 8.5K brand new back in...'

  • You can attenuate (lower) music and speech volumes on Stern games, and most people don't know how

    high confidence · Manu explains: 'to attenuate the music you crank it up to lower down' and states people don't know about this feature

  • Led Zeppelin has a very tight/difficult upper ramp shot that is hard to trap consistently

    high confidence · Manu repeatedly struggles with this shot throughout the stream, calls it 'so hard to trap' multiple times

Notable Quotes

  • “So I came over here. I had all my gear on Godzilla. I came over here. I played a game of Led Zeppelin. I walked back over to Godzilla. I took all the cameras off. I told Matt he could go F himself. And I set up on Led Zeppelin.”

    Manu@ 10:04 — Demonstrates immediate change of mind after one game; shows the game won him over quickly enough to abandon his original streaming plan

  • “I judged a book by its cover, clearly. And I was guilty.”

    Manu@ 8:59 — Acknowledges his initial unfair dismissal of the game after playing Pro version at California Extreme

  • “It looks easy, but some of these shots I cannot hit.”

    Manu@ 3:18 — Early observation that Led Zeppelin has deceptive difficulty

  • “This game is not unfair. You could... You could say a game is unfair. This does not feel unfair. It just feels like I just can't do it.”

    Manu@ 26:34 — Distinguishes between poorly designed unfairness and legitimate skill-based challenge

  • “If you have the Spike 2 headphone kit, you can plug headphones into your Stern and play. Oh my god, it's just legit. It's so good.”

    Manu@ 42:12 — Praises Stern's audio engineering and reveals a feature most players don't know about

  • “Steve was very pissed that this major stairway couldn't be implemented because Stern wouldn't pay for the rights to stairway to heaven. I mean, who would think a Led Led Zeppelin pinball could be made without stairway?”

    Manu (reporting George's chat message)@ 39:24 — Reveals designer frustration with licensing limitations that affected game design

Entities

Manu SmithpersonSteve RitchiepersonMattpersonFree Gold WatchvenueLed Zeppelin Premium EditiongameStern PinballcompanyraydaypinballpersonOscar H. Rayperson

Signals

  • ?

    community_signal: raydaypinball (top player) joined stream briefly to provide gameplay tips, indicating integration between content creators and competitive players

    high · raydaypinball gave specific shot advice; Manu acknowledges him as 'greatest pinball player in the world'

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Game receives criticism ('been given this game crap for a long time') but is being re-evaluated through play-testing; perception shifting from negative to appreciative

    high · Manu's arc: 'eh' dismissal → one game played → full camera/gear relocation to stream it; chat sentiment improving as stream progresses

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Led Zeppelin lacks 'Stairway to Heaven' mode despite it being the band's most iconic song, due to licensing cost — represents fundamental missed opportunity

    high · George's chat message and Manu's acknowledgment: Steve Ritchie was furious about this limitation

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Led Zeppelin has non-obvious difficulty; appears accessible but specific shots (upper ramp, trap consistency) require significant skill development

    high · Manu unable to hit upper ramp consistently, struggles with trap timing despite playfield looking 'nice and big'

  • ?

    community_signal: Most pinball players unaware of basic Stern features (music attenuation, headphone jack on Spike 2)

    high · Manu: 'if someone tells you that you can't lower the sounds... they are lying... most people don't even know how to do it'

Transcript

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0:00
Joe Hills! Hello Joe, how are you today? Welcome to Mystery Pinball Theater. I'm happy to be back on location again.
0:34
Finally, once again, here back at Free Go Watch. And, what's up, Graze? And, uh, so here, we're gonna do a little, we're gonna do a little test today.
0:46
Because I've given crap to this game for a long time. What's up, Higher Peanut? So I've given this game crap for a long time. and it's not fair to judge a book by its cover i never got to flip it what's up freezy what up i never got to flip this game and uh so matt decided to buy one and it's a premium so this is uh led zeppelin and uh okay i lie i flipped the pro but i never got to flip the premium i flipped the pro for a couple of times at at uh california extreme uh wasn't terribly impressed walked away and then matt bought one put it here and free go watch and hey you should stream it and i i was literally setting up on Godzilla. I was going to play some Godzilla Premium today. I think I keep mentioning to the stream, I'm going to play Godzilla Premium on stream. Don't worry, I'm going to play it. I actually got, I got two people ask me, when are you going to play Godzilla Premium on your stream? And I'm like, well, everyone's playing Godzilla Premium.
2:03
Everybody and their grandmother. Their grandmother. She's pretty hip. It's playing Godzilla. and you can watch Escher play Godzilla on Don't Panic Flip and get billions of points. And I'm like, well, we have it here. It's all good. Everybody's streaming it. Jordan, Fliptronic is like, it's not the streamer. It's not the game, man. It's the streamer. I go, I know, but the streamer wants to play something that maybe is unique for a moment.

  • “Is there any argument? Was Steve's least successful? This is probably Steve's most unsuccessful one sure. But it's not a hot dumpster fire like everyone's saying it is.”

    Manu@ 47:51 — Contextualizes Led Zeppelin as underperforming by Ritchie standards but still competent

    • Godzilla
    game
    Elvisgame
    Star Warsgame
    Fliptronicperson
    California Extremeevent
    Guns N' Rosesgame
    Georgeperson
    ?

    personnel_signal: Steve Ritchie no longer at Stern; may impact future band-theme game development

    high · Manu and chat confirm: 'Steve Ritchie doesn't work at Stern anymore' in context of future band pinball games

  • ?

    product_strategy: Premium Edition distinguishes itself through build quality and lighting; compared favorably to Jersey Jack's Guns N' Roses for brightness/aesthetic balance

    medium · Manu: 'no offense to Jersey Jack Pinball Guns N' Roses a little bright... Led Zeppelin... it's got its own light show, it's just freaking perfect'

  • ?

    licensing_signal: Music licensing constraints directly impacted game design decisions; Stairway to Heaven unavailable due to cost

    high · Designer (Steve Ritchie) reportedly furious; George confirms Stern would not pay licensing

    • 2:34
    So I decided, I feel like I'm a little off to the side. I should adjust this camera a little bit. I'm going to get precious about my camera. Let's get this tool started. Oh, I just pressed start with my penis.
    2:47
    Oh, boy. Doesn't that suck when you start a pinball machine with your penis? Sorry, it's not Friday night. I forgot. I'm not supposed to say dirty things.
    2:58
    Okay, so here's what I did. I immediately turned tail, walked right over to this Led Zeppelin, and said, all right, I'm going to give Matt a shot and see if he's... There he goes. see if he's not an effing liar by saying this game is great.
    3:15
    So I flipped it a couple times. It's fun. It's tricky. It looks easy, but some of these shots I cannot hit.
    3:23
    I'm getting a call from my mom. Hang on a second. Hi, Mom. I'm good. I'm doing a live stream right now.
    3:38
    Ooh, a mouse. again. We should talk. He's got an orchestra. He's got his orchestra concert tonight. Yeah. I'm taking Skyler. We're both going. Oh, everyone on chat says, hi, Mander's mom.
    3:58
    She said hi. Okay, yeah, we'll talk about it. Believe it or not, he wants another mouse, but anyway. Okay, yeah. Alright. Okay, bye.
    4:18
    I gotta answer my mom. Come on, you guys. That's my mom. Flip some LZ. Without dialing down consistent combos, it was kind of awkward.
    4:29
    Without dialing down consistent combos, it was kind of awkward. Hmm. The small change arcade cabinets are so rad. They are bass tone. They are. these are not main machines either these are actual boards they're pretty freaking awesome so if you want one I know the guy who builds them and sells them I can get you in touch dear please stop saying I guess yeah my mom knew that I was being naughty.
    5:11
    What's up, CFW Network? Welcome to the theater. Nice ramp cam. Thank you. Yeah, so we got that. Mom dialed in.
    5:21
    Mom dialed in, but I'm not allowed to accept your actual phone call from self. Communication breakdown. Ken Dallas MC subscribing at one at tier one for five months. You are legendary. Thank you so much for that, self. That means a lot to me. I was hoping for this so bad. You were hoping for Led Zeppelin on my channel?
    5:43
    Give the mouse a cookie. What's up, Iron Fox? What's up, Fuzzy Cord? I follow Matt on Insta. Kind of copied. Oh, I see. And built a one-third size meme. Oh, that's awesome. Whoa, that's awesome.
    5:59
    Dial in with phone a friend would be fun. Joe, we're watching Mannequin tomorrow. The 80s movie, Mannequin. I needed to put a rom-com. I need to mix up. We had three weeks of slasher films from the 80s. I needed a rom-com in there. I needed to wash the palate.
    6:24
    We're not doing Santa's sleigh Friday. We'll do Santa's sleigh in two weeks. I needed to chill out for a minute with the slasher.
    6:34
    All right, so we know Stern ain't going to quit making the band themes tables. If you could pick an artist to take a table, it would be Prince. Done. I didn't even need to finish the sentence. It would be Prince. I know it would be a hot mess. Prince. So people are asking, actually CFW said, Stern's not going to stop making band things. Yeah. Which you'd be surprised. Steve Ritchie doesn't work at Stern anymore. True. so that might not happen but he said what do you want I said I want a Prince game knowing that the Queen game is coming because no yes oh Queen game is coming yeah Pinball Brothers are you going to be able to listen to Bohemian Rhapsody over and over again oh my gosh driving me crazy Beastie Boys would be a good one Beastie Boys would be nice that would be a nice little segue into possibly the Wu-Tang pinball machine which would be the ultimate we don't have any hip hop no themes and Daft Punk was still together that would be my first choice Daft Punk all the way That would be great They almost did it with Tron But Daft Punk Awesome Tron? Oh The Tron No Yeah Well they had the Daft Punk Multiple on there But it has a bunch of Daft Punk music Yeah yeah yeah It's all their score Is it really? I didn't know that Yeah All right You got it right there I like that That's a good one What's up Ray Day? Ah Ray Day What's up? Ray Day, you're about to watch a brother get really bad at this game. But here's the trick. I'm glad you joined us, Ray Day, because I was just telling a little story. By the way, go follow Ray Day.
    8:17
    If you don't know it already, Ray Day, this is kind of his game. So here's the deal. I was at Expo. Not Pinball Expo, but California Extreme.
    8:36
    My fiance says the best answer is being Snoop Dogg. Lock is lit. That would be tight. Lock is lit. That's pretty sweet. So anyway, I was at California Extreme, and I flipped this maybe once or twice, the pro version, and I kind of went like, eh, and I walked away. Okay? So that's judging a book by its cover, clearly. And I was guilty. So I came to Free Gold Watch a couple days ago and Matt said, hey, guess what? What? I bought a Zeppelin Pro, a Zeppelin Premium. You got to try it. It's really fun. And I was like, no, it's not really fun. He goes, no, it is really fun. And we did that for about a half an hour where I said no and he said yes. I said no. And the game was sitting here literally going, can you just play me for a minute and let me know? So I was set up. I was at CACS. Yeah. Oh, you should have invited me over.
    9:37
    A weird Al Pimmo machine? What's up, gang, on a moving train? Praise Free Gold Watch. That's right, baby. Free Gold Watch. So, Ray, I was setting up on Godzilla. I was putting all my cameras up and everything. And Matt said, bro, you should stream Led Zeppelin. And I said, let me go flip it once. So I came over here. I had all my gear on Godzilla. I came over here. I played a game of Zeppelin.
    10:11
    I walked back over to Godzilla. I took all the cameras off. I told Matt he could go F himself. And I set up on Zeppelin. So here's the thing What's up Splud?
    10:37
    I flipped it once And was like It looks easy The playfield is nice and big Nothing comes screaming back at you In a violent way but i couldn't even get two million and i went oh you son of a bitch and i just put all my shit right on here and i was like all right we're doing this also you know there's the fact that like a million people are streaming godzilla and i'm like i'm gonna zag so we're gonna play this now what i did do stream so you know it's a grower not a show it definitely is splut holy smokes this is kind of like a sleeper right and i'm like i didn't even know whether i needed to put pin stadiums on here i have pin stadiums on here but the freaking thing is like okay no offense jersey jack guns and roses a little bright it's a little bright led zeppelin right there led zeppelin is right there it's got its own leds lights it's got its own light show, it's just freaking perfect. In terms of blinding me, it's not doing that. But it's still beautifully lit. And, oh, make sure to shoot the left scoop early to start your tour.
    12:00
    Oh, shit. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, and Ray Day, you'll appreciate this. Right next to Led Zeppelin,
    12:07
    Elvis. One of my favorites. Welcome to the show Fucking Elvis Yo, don't sleep on Elvis The game bangs Alright So what we did I had an Elvis for a while I love it Yes, Elvis is sweet I got a Mando at home Nice, CFW What's up, Goran? What's up, buddy?
    12:41
    Yeah, I had a Mando for a little while Mando was fun Mando is fun. Mando is fun. You'll swear on certain things, but Mando is fun. The sky is up. Thank you, Goran. You are Goran, aren't you? You're not an impersonator either.
    12:58
    All right. So I attenuated the music. friends if someone tells you that you can't lower the sounds and speech and the music on a stern game they are lying they just don't know how to do it it's very easy you attenuate the music you're done but I understand most people don't even know what attenuate means and to attenuate the music you crank it up to lower down. So we're playing... So we're playing Led Zeppelin quietly so I don't get DMCA striked.
    13:41
    So I can choose a song, but the songs don't play. And that's only... Set it to 60. That's right, George.
    13:49
    Set it to 60. So you're about to see somebody play this game horribly, but Ray Day is here. And holy smokes, that frickin'... That shot...
    14:03
    Let me see if I can trap. Oh, this is... It's hard to... It's so hard to trap! So hard to trap!
    14:13
    Oh, shit. Oh, my God. It's so hard to trap for this game. I forgot. Okay. I let it kind of drain on purpose.
    14:25
    Grab the potentiometer and twist it. This may be one of my favorite play fields in the artistic sense. Absolutely gorgeous. Oh, wow. George, I don't think we ever talked about Zeppelin. And how freaking hard that shot is up there.
    14:40
    Okay, so let me show you one thing about this game. This shot here, there's a shot here. There's a shot there, guys. And it's freaking hard.
    14:58
    It goes like this. Move up. back there. It's... I tried it. I just tried it. Like a bunch of times. And I couldn't do it.
    15:18
    Alright. So Ray says to do not that, not that many. Oh, this game is going to hurt me today. I did get the easy... Everyone in my chat knows I always start off terrible And I work up from there George is going to buy a Zeppelin now You saw Wait a minute shoot the bull Rayday you saw a Led Zeppelin for under 10k a premium that's not what we bought ours for
    16:22
    I feel bad about turning the music down. I feel bad about turning the music down because, holy smokes, what should I do? An LE for less than 10K?
    16:38
    What should I do? Should I do pop bumpers? What's the easiest thing to do? Six ramps. I can do ramps. I guess whatever is easiest for you to shoot, Manu That's what you should do I heard a lot of people don't care for this table I've not played it yet, are you liking it? I, I Good grief Let me just put it this way I'm gonna do ramps Let's put it this way, good grief I was originally set up on Godzilla I came over and I played one game of Zeppelin I moved all my gear to Zeppelin So There's that Wait you can backhand this crap You can backhand this crap on budget time Backhand When I got the multi ball Forehand Wait.
    17:44
    Get that chore going. Let's hit a ramp, maybe hit a ramp, maybe hit a ramp. Or we can drain everything. It's okay, we got ball savings.
    17:59
    Yeah, oh, you're coming back to me, huh? Okay, gotcha. I missed it by that much. Okay, that's a good place to be. I think my premium was 8.5K brand new back in... Oh wait, is the time run out? Wait, is that a time mode? Do I have to hit more ramps? Shit.
    18:54
    I don't know what I'm doing. What do I do? Is it leaning right a little bit? It might be They have a hard time If it's not a tournament They have a hard time Keeping games steady over here If we go watch
    19:26
    Oh my god, it's so satisfying being able to backhand like freaking everything. No! Shit. There's an extra ball in there that I want. I know that much. Oh, damn it.
    19:56
    Get up there! Oh, that's a tough scoop. Oh, that's a tough scoop! What's this button do? Bye, George.
    20:28
    Ooh, that's a tough scoop. Damn. This is like the quietest game of Led Zeppelin ever. Oh, my God. I just got 43 million.
    20:43
    So Ray already helped me quadruple my score. Arthur Pindragon subscribing at tier one. You, sir. You, sir, are a legend. What did I get? Oh, I got a multiball champ.
    20:58
    Nice. Arthur Pindragon. Arthur Pindragon, you're a multiball champion. What's your initials? Pin. What's that? Wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait, wait.
    21:23
    I don't need you to tell me what your custom sound is anymore. I am processing those tonight. So don't worry about it. I am doing the sounds tonight.
    21:37
    I knew that. I was like, oh, man, I've got like four people I've got to do custom sounds for. I hope they don't come to the location stream.
    21:44
    Let's do this. Alright, let's get this tour started. Okay, so Ray Day told me, shoot the scoop to start your tour.
    21:54
    So right now I'm stacking tour, my ramp tour with... Here's what I'm going to do next. Let's start a tour.
    22:03
    Guess what? I came to the location stream. Damn it. Okay, I'm going to try and start my tour and then start my multiball and maybe tour with the pop bumpers.
    22:15
    Let's try that. I have not yet successfully... I have not yet successfully gotten the ball anywhere near that ramp up there.
    22:45
    shit shit shit don tilt me don tilt me do not tilt me Let me at least get a couple of ball locks I can't move the game now. I can't do anything. I'm done. Let me get a couple of ball locks, please. Oh, it's letting me try, but I'm missing I got two dangers Oh no, I did it to myself What does that trouble ramp give you? I don't know I have no idea Are you a fan of Led Zeppelin's music?
    23:43
    I've heard Led Zeppelin's music I'm not a fan. I have heard it and none of it has bothered me. Isn't that an endorsement?
    23:54
    None of it bothers me. I'm not worried about it. Oh, so my tour is over, huh? I think my tour is over.
    24:08
    Oh, I got extra ball lit. No, don't just leave. Okay, okay, here he is. Each side ramp adds five seconds to your next Icarus Playfield X.
    24:26
    Which side ramp? That's so hard to hit. I don't, it looks like, it's such a tight shot. I haven't figured out where on that upper flipper to try that shot.
    24:39
    Can extend the time by 15 seconds if you hit it while it's running. Tours don't go away until you beat them.
    24:44
    Oh, 20 pop bumpers is still there. You know what's funny is that you can hate on a game and then once you dig into it, then you can re-hate on it because it's defeating you. I really want to... Okay, so I got multiball going. Oh, I missed it.
    25:14
    I'm trying to see if I can hit that. So I want pop bumpers, but I also want... I got a bonus X increase.
    25:26
    I just can't... I just... Oh! It's launching every ball in the game. I think it's broken. I don't need this mini balls game, thank you I got bonus multiply increase Wait, I gotta look at what Raymond says
    26:01
    Oh, everybody's gonna leave No, everybody's here Oh, it's flashing red, I won it Damn it. Oh, I want that ramp so much. Get that extra ball.
    26:22
    Ah, shit. This game is not unfair. You could... You could say a game is unfair This does not feel unfair. It just feels like I just can't do it. Oh, band boost. Oh, okay. Let me see. Once you beat the tour multiball, once you beat the tour multiball, it's lit at left scoop. What?
    26:53
    Oh. I better learn this a little more because Matt's going to come and play me and kick my ass. That's what makes pinball so good. Hit it one day or a minute. Love it the next. All right. We're gonna try and achieve success Ray, what is this button for? I just did a band boost It's always the question of like What's the button for?
    27:21
    If you're still here If you're not here I'll figure it out L-E-D Oh, crap I just killed my skill shot I love finding backhandable ramps. Those are the most fun ever.
    27:46
    Okay, let's start our tour. The button converts your band boost into... Thank you, Fuzzy Chord. Top 20 pop bumper. seems like it's the button is complicated but in but in uh multiball i can add a ball oh okay ah oh i could have gotten that back please don't
    28:35
    Oh, it's like Ghostbusters. I got 27 ball saves. So Andre already pissed all over this machine, right? Hey look at that I got the thing to come up And I don't know what to do with it So I'm going to shoot it Let's shoot it Wow This is what makes pinball fun It's like what is that thing for Oh that thing is juiced Oh my god that thing spins Oh damn that thing is Is that an opto?
    29:36
    That's an opto Isn't it? There's no switch stopping that thing from spinning There are four multicolored circular lights in the middle representing multipliers Look at that Shoot the bull Wait, here?
    29:57
    Hmm. You can be sucking and hating, and then you pop in a delicious piece of your favorite lucky bubble bubble. Oh, wow.
    30:07
    They need to come back to an era where we're really... The era where really bad man movies had really good tables, like Shadow in Congo.
    30:17
    Yeah. Each multiplier starts at 1.0. Okay. So Fuzzy, you know this. Fuzzy knows this. Let's do some more work with that. It says rock out and lock when green. Let's see what happens when I lock a ball in this cool net. It stopped. Oh, that's cool. What's up, Grammy? That was pretty cool It ate the ball, the ball is still there The ball is still there Have you guys seen that?
    30:59
    Have you guys seen this This ball with an Oh I got electric magic multi-ball Let's see if we can shoot the upper No, is that it? Oh, that was freaking fun Is there a way for me to lock more balls in there?
    31:26
    Look at this At least I'm showing you guys little bits of everything, right? Is there a hidden message if you play backwards?
    31:36
    Yeah, it turns into Wizard of Oz It turns into a Jersey Jack then Thank you for the follow Ledbetter2068 You're a legendary Welcome to the theater Doing ramp orbit combos Ending with a target bank hit Will add .1 to the corresponding multiplier For each hit in the combo That's complicated That would just happen What's up Captain12 I don't know about I hope it's a free play The credits say no quarters You should be playing the game My intro represents It's still here Captain 12 it's still here What's up How you doing man It's still here Captain 12 Ice Skidoo is raiding What's up Ice Skidoo Thank you for the raid my friend We got a little Led Zeppelin here now I don't hear no music I had to turn the music off For the stream But the music is amazing It's actually very cool Like I was never interested In it until it showed up And then I played one game and I went, wow, this is, okay. All right, I get it. Actually, I had a good time on this, too. Elvis is awesome. It's a fun game. To put Elvis and Led Zeppelin right next to each other, that's pretty clutch.
    33:19
    Found it! I found that freaking shot, you guys. I finally found that freaking shot. Let's find it again. Ooh, that was a weird stop. Okay, let's get a tour started.
    33:44
    Elvis is great. Yeah, I think everybody agrees. Who else played Elvis? It's a freaking fun game. Ooh, 70 spins. Let's do 70 spins.
    33:59
    All right, so the tour stays lit, 70 spins. I can backhand this, but it won't spin it that much. It'll spin it a little bit. I got 52 spins left.
    34:27
    All right, I got 36. Just think of Dazzler. Do these spins count? Those spins count.
    34:35
    That's good that those spins count. Woo! Crack. These games are so fast right now. Oh, God. What's up, Mudderfutter? Do you like conspiracy theories about pinball? Like the one where Gary Stern actually fired Stevie after playing this game? Steve Ritchie?
    35:09
    What's up, Jillian? Mudderfutter, I don't believe that's true. Love the color scheme of the play field. It's pretty sweet. I got my new pin stadium neons, too, so I can dial the color in. I don't think I want to mess with the color though Let's see, what did I miss? Did I miss a highlighted message? No Still months before I get mine Steve left after this pin was in production Of course it's not true But it could be true Alright, let's play Let's play rock and roll Even though you guys can't hear the music Because the music is fully attenuated That's it. That's your word for the day.
    36:00
    Shoot the ball. Don't tell me how to run my freaking life game. I will shoot the ball whenever I want to. Shoot the dog.
    36:09
    That's why I didn't want to shoot the ball. Shoot the dog. Boom. Start the tour. Let's do 70 spins again. Because I can do 70 spins.
    36:24
    What up, Liptronic? Liptronic. Zephlyn, help you. Increase the voltage. Fliptronic, you can tune away right now. I know you don't want to be here. I know you don't want to watch Led Zeppelin.
    37:00
    So, thank you for coming. Fliptronic, thank you for coming to the stream. And I'll see you later. My god, he shot John As good as this game is I like it a bit better After a significant number of plays on it Yeah What's up, George? Make me fries! Make me some freaking fries, George! I want garlic fries! I want garlic fries. I want seasoned fries. I want... I want magic fries. I want banana fries.
    38:01
    I want onion fries. Ball save! That's not a ball safe? That has to be a ball safe because the thing was flashing. That's how pinball works.
    38:22
    Oh, that is freaking fun. Oh. Well, that's going to go away. Is it going to come back? All right, thank you.
    38:33
    Oh, yeah. Oh. Spin me! Oh this is like a spinners wet dream. Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! You guys shouldn't watch right now. I'm having some personal time with this spinner. Ball save!
    39:08
    Dang it, that ball came by me so quick. I'm trying to stop the ball for a minute. Come on, it's a fun game. It's just not a game that you want to own. Exactly. There's George. Steve was very pissed that this major stairway couldn't be implemented in this because Stern wouldn't pay for the rights to stairway to heaven. I mean, who would think a Led Zeppelin pinball could be made without stairway? I don't blame him for being mad.
    39:37
    There you go. garlic fries Steve had Steve held no punches in his thoughts yeah yeah Steve was Steve was running around the TPN parties screaming fuck Stern so I don't think he had a problem with people knowing no stairways
    40:00
    so what was I think it's pretty cool that Ray Day showed up for a moment and Gave me a few tips on this game. I think that's pretty clutch. Make sure you go follow Ray Day Pinball.
    40:13
    Not only is he the greatest pinball player in the world, but he's a cool dude. And had nothing to do with Steve's departure.
    40:34
    Man, that shot. Oh, that shot is really hard, though. All right, let's start another tour. I think I finished my first tour.
    40:44
    You can't backhand this tour scoop, I don't think. No. All right. Oh, yeah. All right. Sing my song. Don't forget you're not in the privacy of your own garage. Contain yourself.
    41:13
    Sorry. Sorry, I steal. You're right. If it was just me and a little bubble gum, it'd be a different story.
    41:20
    It'd be a disgusting story. I haven't started that other Multi-ball, have I? That was pretty clutch Oh no, don't leave Damn it Don't you leave, don't you leave
    41:52
    See you guys, this is great because you guys can actually hear the cool effects. I'll tell you one thing, Stern's audio guys are ridiculous.
    42:08
    Stern's audio department is just freaking sick. If you have headphones, if you have the Spike 2 headphone kit, you've got to plug in headphones into your Stern. and play.
    42:25
    Oh my god, it's just legit. It's so good. I'm going to sell some Led Zeppelins today. Okay. Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
    42:47
    Don't tell him! Don't tell him! I might be able to get 100 today. Great day. Super cool dude. Izzy Pinball, what's up?
    43:04
    Wait a minute. What did Jillian say? Jillian said something funny? Oh, no steroids tonight. Okay. Great day. Super cool dude. Flip stream. One of these days I need to surprise you on a Thursday and just show up. And that you did, flip stream. That you did.
    43:19
    Ugh. Some awesome singer, too. Oh, my. No, Mudderfutter does not work for you. It only works for VP Fiends. Sorry.
    43:33
    All Stevie New Game and GJP have hidden call-outs with Steve's name. Oh, in person? Oh, okay. All right, here we go. Are we still in a tour? No, we're not in a tour.
    43:52
    We are not currently in a tour. God, that shot is so hard. That doesn't even start a tour. How do I start another tour?
    44:06
    Somebody tell me how to start another tour. Oh. Matt Henry did say this game was fun, and I agree. Woo!
    44:20
    No, don't leave! No! He's also got the tilt really tight, so I can't do anything right now. Oh, I got another ball. Okay.
    44:36
    Chick Monk, Robert Plant. So, these that have played... So, those that have played Zep. What would you rate it? Shoot the bull. One to ten. A zero. Flip Tronic gives it a zero.
    44:51
    A zero is the kind of game that doesn't even flip. Like it's not even functional. What's up, Azarick? How are you? I'm really good. I'm here with all of my good friends in chat.
    45:08
    And then Fliptronic is here also. What's up, AstroNicey? I've only played the pro. Give it a five. Yeah, give it a three, a six, a seven.
    45:19
    Oh my god, I actually didn't... Don't mind Zepp at all. Give it a six. Alright. You guys are... You guys are amazing.
    45:36
    Huh. Well, that's why I'm playing Led Zeppelin today. Because I wanted to know for myself is Led Zeppelin fun or is it not And are people giving it a rap for no reason
    45:56
    That was all kinds of terrible. See if we can hit some raps. I'm not on a tour, which is terrible. So I'm kind of wasting this multiball.
    46:13
    Jordan's just mad I didn't stream Godzilla today. Jordan, go stream Godzilla yourself. You go stream your Godzilla.
    46:34
    Everybody follow Fliptronic and watch him stream his Godzilla. The only problem is I can't go on your stream And make fun of Godzilla Because Godzilla is great But Led Zeppelin Is kind of fun right now How do I get Hey Oh boy Every time I look away I got 58 Last time I had 43 I'm doing better All my friends are here And Chad clips here as well I think it's fun If you can get it in the flow Right Am I the only one Who heard that Nope A zero would be A misaligned flipper And a broken opposite flipper With broken rubbers All over the playfield And rusted walls Sounds like that to me I mean is there any argument Was Steve's Lat least successful This is probably Steve's most Unsuccessful one sure But it's not a hot dumpster fire Like everyone's saying it is Um...
    48:06
    Damn it. So I lost my buddy. Matt's not gonna be able to play today. I was hoping Matt Henry could come over and play a couple games with me, but he's too busy. He's too busy making that money so I can buy more pinball machines, so I'm not gonna complain. Um, stream idea. Gzilla and J Dilla.
    48:29
    That's a good idea. Next time I play Godzilla, I will set up a fake cardboard city. That's a good idea.
    48:39
    Man, could we have as many pins? Man, we could have as many pins as the product if we enjoyed flipping machines. Yes, that is true, Jillian. Ooh, Jillian's on my side. Ha, ha, ha, ha.
    48:56
    24? You guys think 24 is the worst one? No, World Poker Tour is great. Maybe I'm the only one who likes open play fields. I'm sorry. Maybe I'm the only one who likes open play fields. Godzilla is an open play field.
    49:10
    Where the balls don't rush back to you. WPT just has a bad back glass. But the game itself is... If you're into poker... It's actually a good poker game.
    49:22
    I'm into poker, so I like it. I think this game is leaning. Uh, yeah, it's leaning left. It's leaning left. Woo!
    49:37
    Shit. Couldn't catch a hold of that one. Uh, Steve's worst game... Steve's worst game until whatever hot turkey releases at Jersey Jack.
    49:55
    You don't have to tell me that. We're going to have to. Thank you for the follow. American Zen. That's pretty tight. I like that name.
    50:07
    Baron and Open are different. All right, Izzy. Yeah, you might, Rabbit. You might. WPT is a good playing game, but it's unsexed with some sales lines.
    50:17
    I put money in WPT every time I see one. Probably wouldn't own one, but fun play. Also there are some band members of Led Zeppelin that are not good people. Godzilla is destroying Japan. You're calling Godzilla a good person?
    50:38
    I know, it doesn't... It doesn't quite fit the thing. You got 15 minutes to spare. You can try the challenge mode. Alright, let's try challenge mode.
    50:50
    15 minutes? Wait, what is... Why is the challenge mode 15 minutes long? Let's do Orbits this time. Oh, God, this is going to be terrible.
    51:14
    I'm bad at Orbits. I'm bad at orbits. Oh, how about one orbit? How about just one orbit, maybe? Where is that orbit? I've got to find it.
    51:35
    Oh, that counts as an orbit, actually. That's not an orbit. That's an orbit.
    51:51
    3-0! Oh! Rudy fell asleep. I think Ray Day is confused and think we're all in a con-tempal. Hang on a second.
    52:21
    Wow. That sucked. Okay, how many more orbits do I have? Two more. Maybe I can do two more orbits. Oh, shit.
    52:47
    Ball save. Nope! Bolt! Don't kill me immediately, game! Woo! Uh-oh. I have a question for Ray, actually. And I know, I think I know the answer.
    53:16
    Does it walk? I think I know the answer. When you guys design these tables, you're very clear that an orbit can actually drop to the top of a sling, aren't you? Like sometimes orbits in games, they come off the orbit and they go past the sling. And some games will orbit you right to the top of the sling. I'm sure that's not a mistake. That is a design decision. I will say, I've watched good players put up killer games, and this is fun.
    54:07
    Yeah, the multipliers are fine, but that's okay. What is the challenge? Top of the star, let's do it! Let's do it, I don't know what I'm supposed to do, but top of the chart is supposed to go! Split shots at sales, red shots to us, lost balls, ejects, 2x, 3x trailer, shoot, left eject, keep multiple islands... What? The lost ball was reaching at a... I don't... I can't play football today! I need to check to see if the word dictionary is in the dictionary.
    54:57
    Just play pinball right now, Manny. Mmm. It's not going well. Nope. I got a tilt warning. She won't go in there, will she?
    55:53
    She won't go in there. She won't. She's saying no, guys. Did I just lose completely? No, I got one ball to get in there.
    56:04
    We're going to do this again. We're going to play this mode again. Get in. Get in my mouth. get in my mouth get in my mouth just one ball at it
    56:35
    no idea what's going on right now Alright, so this must be another part of the challenge! Oh, I gotta get it in there again! Because it's the only shot that's lit!
    57:02
    Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Please do something, game! Don't drain down please. Nope. Extra flip. There.
    57:27
    How many people hate scoop shots like I do? Oh my god. Is this game going to wait forever? Oh man. So this mode is hard. I don't know why.
    58:08
    Can't keep the ball on the table. Maybe if I close my eyes, I'll be able to... Oh, randomness is so good.
    58:32
    Shit, that's hard. Oh, I actually have a timer. Oh, this is like escaping Newborn. No. I forgot the tilt is so tight.
    58:51
    We're doing that again. I know what to do now, Ray. It's a Linux system. I know this.
    59:10
    There's nothing Good thing there's no scoop shots in this game That is a scoop over there You mutter futter That's a scoop If that's not a scoop then I'm not And I'm not Maurice White
    59:40
    So we're going to do a regular game, which will be hella fast. Now I'm focusing on that scoop now. Yeah, it's a scoop. Mudderfudder When one of the game designers When one of the game coders Tells me On stream to shoot the scoop to the left I think it's a scoop To the left I think maybe it's a scoop I'm not sure Derek I love you I love you, you know I love you.
    60:37
    You don't make me fries, but I love you. Oh. Why is Jack Danger so damn tall? This is my favorite multiball right here. The ramps, just to get a multi-ball.
    61:06
    If I can hit a ramp. Oh, I want to show you guys the high scores. Tell me if this is a high score. I'll show you the high score, but tell me if it's really a high score. Wow.
    61:25
    Does Ray consider the high score in here a high score? I want to know. Look at that, look at that, I want to rock. Okay.
    62:07
    Get those combos. Three! Three? Hey, thank you for that. Whatever that was. You're a legend. Thank you for you, for being you, and doing the thing that I wanted to see on the screen.
    62:51
    Someone wants me to talk in a weird voice and I will do it right now Because that's what they redeemed and I am the Jewish woman Well there you go. Oh my god.
    63:08
    Oh, I just can't believe three places at the same time. Forgive me. Shit. And I can't stage flip apparently.
    63:32
    Wow. I'd make you fries anytime, bud. Any timers going? No, okay. Secretly an alien. Thank you for the follow. Paul and Duke. Hello, welcome. What should I eat for dinner? You should eat crow, Fliptronic. You should eat crow.
    64:02
    Scott Denise Scott the freaking What's up buddy Oh yeah you know what that reminds me Hey Scott Last night Remember when I came into poker And then I left I couldn't hear you guys But I could hear the game sound I found out that that's a bug From my time synchronization on my Windows machine, time sync was wrong. So, therefore, voice over IP didn't work. For some weird reason.
    64:49
    I don't know. Crow? Wait, that was Tuesday. Yeah, so, by the time I got it working, you guys had already left.
    65:00
    But I gotta tell you, PokerStars looks amazing on the PC. Holy crap. It looks good on the Quest, don't get me wrong.
    65:10
    It looks friggin' next level on the friggin' PC. Don't, don't, don't, don't! Don't hold the flippers up. So anyway, it looks amazing.
    65:34
    It was like a whole new world. And then I jumped into VRChat. I jumped into VRChat after that and... Got very lonely and left quickly.
    65:50
    VRChat is no fun without friends. Trust me. Pretty much anything goes online. Yeah, it's weird. Hyrapina, that's so weird.
    65:59
    now you guys wait did you go to VR chat after that no I don't think you did I don't think you did you guys didn't go to VR chat I just loaded it up just to make sure that I could are you please can I have the ball oh shit um No The game gave me like 73 chances To get that ball back I was in VR chat until about 12.30 Oh you gotta check your socials Alright I'm still a VR chat Baby Alright let's do what Ray said Come on.
    67:01
    One more time, the challenge. The challenge is awesome. All save getting the workout. Okay, lock balls and eject. 2x, 3x scoring. Okay, lock balls and eject. Shoot the left eject when you go platinum, you get an atom ball. Keep multiple out, I'm turning at once. Draining the last ball and play losing sails. reaching the end of the song ends mode.
    67:26
    Go Platinum and all songs will win. Butterfutter! Oh, check high scores. Thank you. We gotta check the high scores. We'll check the high scores right at the end. No, we'll check the high scores after this.
    67:37
    Alright, so I wanna get balls in the... Did I get it in there? No. Oh shit. This is loose. Concentrating on one shot now and not making it. Ooh.
    68:09
    The ball will not touch the flipper. Damn it. Oh, all the sounds died. Oh I gotta hit that scoop. Motherfucker I have to hit the scoop. The scoop Derek Got it I did the back leg scoop shot
    68:48
    That was nice. That wasn't nice. I'm so glad this game wasn't in league yesterday because these guys would have been playing forever. By the way, Matt Henry won third place last night in the finals on the San Francisco Pinball League. Congratulations to Matt Henry, my buddy.
    69:16
    Don't tilt. Oh, come on. God, this thing is... When somebody says two twins... It's crazy the same tilt so immediately.
    69:29
    It's insane. This game wants to murder me. Woohoo! These saves are ridiculous. Alright, let's see if we can... Shit.
    70:01
    Try to backhand it in there And a side of fries Oh no My sails went down But it's more likely that I'm gonna tilt out I'm in the next song In single ball play Right I'm in the next song I bet like the hardest I bet like the upper ramp is what I gotta shoot to like finish the game or something like that finish the challenge I feel like I wanna hit that eject which is really hard, why is the eject so hard?
    71:01
    Well, that's pretty cool. I like that. Stop, you're making me hungry. Next time I see you, I'm going to get you a scoop of ice cream. A nice, flat...
    71:29
    That guy just walked off with screams. with t-shirt screens. A nice, flat, not below the play field, though, with actual scoop.
    71:38
    Oh, I see. We're still doing the scoop thing. So, 569 million. Is that a high score? That's the question for the chat. Is 569 million considered a pretty good score at this game?
    72:01
    Let's see Whole lot of love champ So I got my name up It's a good score Well my name wasn't my name My name was SAP I'm going to do Another regular game But I've seen Some nutty heists Yeah I guess once you get the multipliers and stuff down, you'll know what to shoot.
    72:36
    500 million better than I've done? Shoot the ball. What's funny is, you know, people say, how do you play pinball? You shoot the flashing lights. Well, that's the most base level of pinball, shooting the flashing lights. Know what to shoot or knowing which flashing light to shoot specifically,
    72:56
    that's when it gets interesting. Yes, that ball save is getting a workout. It's a good thing I get three tilt warnings per ball. Or two tilt warnings per ball. Best is around 300. Let's see, what do we do this time? Let's do six ramps.
    73:37
    What's that do? Oh, that does something good. Let's do six ramps. Ramps! And Rapola. Nope. Is that a ramp? Oh, that's considered a ramp. Sorry. I forgot there's another ramp in this table.
    74:07
    Good grief. Thank you for the support. The support flex. You do realize that support flex is basically a way for me to burn 300 of your channel points away from you? Just so you know.
    74:22
    I don't think any of us don't know that that's the case. Three ramps. Crack. If you're crazy good with stacking combos And activating the bonus You will get to billions Way above what I can do Stacking combos Support flex Buzzy cords Little support flex Shoot the bull Very high skill Yeah I never get that skill check.
    75:13
    Multiplier is ready. Oh, I didn't realize you could change the LED targets also. Two. One. Tour multiball is ready.
    75:40
    That's not tour multiball, but that is a multiball, so we'll take it. There we go. Finally. Damn it.
    76:16
    Damn it. So I got a ball lock lit over in the scoot area again. What's up, Wild Dog? Saving my points, I want a t-shirt. Something real for all the time I spend here.
    76:41
    Why not use the Mr. Scoot approach and just have absolutely no channel point redemptions that are worth even doing? Because that would be no fun.
    76:51
    What's up, Wild Dog? How are you? I thought we would play a game. That's underrated. Although I've seen Lowe's play. I think Lazer Lowe's plays this a little bit. I think that's the biggest issue with the game. It's very difficult to find out what to do and when you do, the game becomes far more fun. But it's a very difficult game to execute that strategy in IMO. It makes watching great players play this game fun, though. 100x playfield multiplier My god Man Getting those playfield multipliers Man Getting those playfield multipliers Holy smokes It's going to fire really hard.
    77:59
    I started a bad pinball habit, guys, where I kind of slap the flipper and I move my hand away from it. That is a terrible habit. Do not do that.
    78:10
    No! And there's a bad habit, too, trying to live catch everything. I usually try to live catch every ball, which is not a good strategy.
    78:24
    Sometimes you need to flip. But as long as I know what my weaknesses are, maybe I can help defeat them.
    78:38
    I know that scoop was a weakness. 22 combo hits on each multiplier. You only need to get a multiplier of 3.2 to exceed 100 million. I'm trying to figure out what's the best way to do a tour. And I'm thinking ramps.
    79:01
    I'm thinking ramps, but I'm not sure. Because I can hit that ramp pretty easy. That's a ramp.
    79:17
    That's a ramp. Don't bring me down. Two ramps left. One ramp. Ah. There it is. So that's a one tour lock. and then you have to shoot the scoop got it then you have to shoot the scoop okay got it okay so there's your true or multi ball and then get more stuff oh i didn't make it Ah, crappy crap. Let's hit that middle ramp. That's nice, thank you game. There's one, there's one. Oh boy.
    80:44
    Oh. To a jackpot. Oh no. Oh boy, 28, this is a lot of work for 28 million. Oh, there we go. That looks good.
    81:15
    Ooh, those saves. Okay, I guess that's done. When can I bring up Iron Monger again? When can I bring up the Iron Monger?
    81:34
    That's what I think it is, because it's... What's up, John? I was working his ass off over there against Donkey Kong.
    81:45
    You got that right. Man, that's a lot of work for 36. Why am I a free-gold watch? This is my home. This is my second home. My home away from home.
    82:00
    Okay, I completed a tour. I got extra ball lit. That would be nice to get. The ball would stop being a jerk right now. Get up in there. If you're going to go in there, get up in there. Oh my gosh. Well there goes that multi ball right there that I didn't want to use until I was ready. I really want that extra ball. Oh, man, he smokes.
    82:49
    Oh, get up there. Don't act like you're going to. Get up there. Shit. Oh, I hit that by mistake. This would be a lot more exciting if it had maybe Led Zeppelin music playing at the same time
    83:42
    alright that was pretty good Another ball save. Let's get another jackpot, maybe. Oh, crap. Don't tilt.
    83:56
    53. Looks like my high score today is going to be... Wait, wait, wait. I got another ball. Maybe I can get 60.
    84:08
    Where are we at? We're still in... We're not in anything. I thought I was on a tour. How do you start another tour?
    84:17
    Shoot the locks. Alright. I'll try and shoot the locks. Crack. I did that. Right ramp. Relight tour.
    84:37
    Thank you. Man. Okay. I can get behind this game a little bit. Let's do one more, then hit eject. Then hit the eject.
    84:55
    Why did that pop up in the middle of nothing? I'm going to do one more challenge and call it a day. I'm going to do one more challenge and call it a day because I have to go to my son's orchestra performance. He is in the beginning orchestra at school. He plays the violin. and I have to be there to watch the beginners play. Which is funny. I used to play violin. I was in the Brooklyn Junior Orchestra. I played violin quite well, and then I stopped because girls.
    85:36
    So that happened. Me too. I was bad. I'm sure you were probably better than me, but I actually made it into the Brooklyn Junior Orchestra, which was kind of cool. And then I stop.
    85:49
    Because girls. I put down my violin and I... I should have learned to play the guitar. I should have learned to play the drums.
    86:02
    Alright, let's do this. I wish. Hey, hey, mama, see the way you groove and make me rise and make me move.
    87:17
    Hit that shot for Christ's sake. Pinball is hard. Ah. Ah, I didn't say we have to install microwave ovens.
    88:12
    We got our aircon. If you don't know what's up, You gotta admit, Black Dog is an epic riff. What do you think? Matrix gonna be bad?
    88:28
    Doesn't matter. It's gonna make $100 million. I think it's gonna be good. I think they had a long time to think about Matrix this time.
    88:37
    A three-hour tour. Damn, I didn't realize we were getting an impromptu live performance. I didn't buy a ticket.
    88:47
    Alright kiddos I'm gonna go Led Zeppelin Find a pro or premium Give it a flip if you hate it Fine There's 56 other pinball machines Here at Free Go Watch Come on down to Free Go Watch And play Buy a t-shirt Play small changes Games We even got Buck Hunter We got Buck Hunter what are you going to do find a premium no quarter best music performance on the street thank you so much I'm going to go watch my kid in the orchestra let's go find somebody to rate thank you guys and tomorrow in the theater we're watching a rom-com
    89:46
    I'm sorry. A rom-com. Thank you. Hey guys, we're going to go over and raid Small Town Pinball. I haven't seen them in a while. Go throw some MPT3K love in their chat. Small Town's pretty cool.
    91:07
    I'll see you guys tomorrow. pinball theater stream terminating in 10 seconds