Ghostbusters pinball gameplay: Stay Puft, Mass Hysteria, and We Came, We Saw...

Straight Down the Middle·video·16m 46s·analyzed·Jun 13, 2017

Analysis

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TL;DR

Ghostbusters pinball gameplay walkthrough covering modes and multiball strategy.

Summary

Gameplay video of Stern's Ghostbusters pinball machine focusing on mode progression and multiball sequences. The player demonstrates various game modes including Spook Central, Gozer, Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, and Mass Hysteria, while providing commentary on strategy, shot difficulty, and risk/reward decisions during play.

Key Claims

Slimer registers very regularly and is a reliable shot to hit for lock progression
high confidence · Player commentary during gameplay demonstrating Slimer shot execution
Gozer is the toughest mode on Ghostbusters, requiring both right orbit (bonus building) and right ramp (mode progression) shots
high confidence · Player assessment: 'I find Gozer to be probably the toughest damn mode on this game'
Stacking multiplier, multiball, and Stay Puft together creates a powerful scoring combination
high confidence · Player strategy discussion: 'you want to stack your multiplier, multiball, and stay puft. And then loop and supers, oh my...the machine will start on fire'
Jack Danger identified an exploit on plunge that yields approximately 20% of total score
medium confidence · Player reference: 'Jack Danger was showing this exploit that you can do on your plunge to essentially get 20% of your score'
Mass Hysteria mode can be initiated during Stay Puft Marshmallow Man multiball
high confidence · Gameplay demonstration showing transition into Mass Hysteria during multiball sequence

Notable Quotes

“I find Gozer to be probably the toughest damn mode on this game”
Zach Sharpe@ 8:17 — Direct assessment of mode difficulty hierarchy on Ghostbusters
“Everything. There's two...I always tell myself thank you only get so much time on Ghostbusters the ball only lasts so long so get it while you can.”
Zach Sharpe@ 1:13 — Philosophy on time management and aggressive play during limited ball time
“you want to stack your multiplier, multiball, and stay puft. And then loop and supers, oh my. Oh my god, the machine will start on fire.”
Zach Sharpe@ 5:30 — Explanation of high-value scoring combination strategy
“I'd rather be further along in that ladder before I started, but again, Ghostbusters, take it as you can get.”
Zach Sharpe@ 2:43 — Commentary on accepting imperfect situations during gameplay
“We Came, We Saw, We Kicked His Ass”
Ghostbusters pinball machine (voice callout)@ 13:54 — Iconic multiball mode name reference from the game

Entities

Zach Sharpeperson Jack Dangerperson GhostbustersgameStern PinballcompanyStraight Down the Middleorganization

Signals

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community_signal: Straight Down the Middle producing regular Ghostbusters gameplay content with detailed rules explanation and strategy demonstration for audience education
high · Full gameplay video with continuous commentary on mode mechanics, shot strategy, and scoring combinations
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competitive_signal: Jack Danger's identified plunge exploit represents emerging advanced technique in Ghostbusters competitive play worth 20% score value
medium · Player reference to Jack Danger exploit: 'you can do on your plunge to essentially get 20% of your score'
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design_philosophy: Ghostbusters mode design rewards aggressive, time-limited play with emphasis on stacking mechanics and multiball combination optimization
high · Player strategy: 'stack your multiplier, multiball, and stay puft' for maximum scoring; time pressure rhetoric ('ball only lasts so long so get it while you can')

Topics

Mode progression and strategyprimaryMultiball gameplay mechanicsprimaryShot difficulty and reliabilityprimaryGhostbusters game rules and modesprimaryScoring optimization and stackingsecondaryGame exploits and advanced techniquessecondary

Sentiment

mixed(0.55)— Player expresses frustration with missed shots and poor execution ('blew my skill shot', 'Amateur hour', 'completely blew it') but maintains enthusiasm for the game and demonstrates appreciation for successful sequences. Self-deprecating humor about play quality balances negative performance commentary.

Transcript

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Are you guys ready to watch some Ghostbusters? Thanks for tuning in to FDCM. Aww, blew my skill shot guys! Blew my effin' skill shot! Alright, so if you blow your skill shot, you are going to trick your ass right up the long route. Alright, but if that does happen, I usually try to light my locks. I'm going to need them later. You light the locks by, you can do so by hitting the captive ball. Oh my, this is just sloppy ass play. The reason I go for Slimer a lot is because he don't, he registers very regularly. All right, I'm trying to hit that captain's ball. Come on. Come on, captain's ball. Amateur hour. There's one. Hot damn. There's one. There's one. I always tell myself thank you only get so much time on Ghostbusters the ball only lasts so long wall so get it while you can. Everything. There's two. Alright so lock, lift, first lock. Alright so now the only thing to really go for is Slimer's Punk Ad. I do not want to start multiple right now. No no no. Do not want to start multiple. Alright, so now modes are eligible. There we go. So I tell myself, all right, back to square one here. You've got your locks lit, and you've started a mode. You're back on track. All right, I do not want that right or left ramp to be my last shot, because then it would go into that. So I had no choice really there but to start the multiple. That's okay. I'd rather be further along in that ladder before I started, but again, Ghostbusters, take it as you can get. That's the only bad thing about starting your multiball. There was that. He changed it. And the only bad thing about it is that you're on it. I need, need, need to add a bolt. Oh I missed it you guys. I missed it again. Get up there. Get up there. Got it. That's the way to do that. Just a minute. All right, so I'll go for the extra ball as well. I thought I added a ball there I guess huh Oh, just when I started losing supers, come on! Oh! I'm just trying to go around here, isn't it? What am I even saying? Get this ball under control. There we go. Hey, I got one! Just to get it under control was hard for me. Oh. Take that dead flip. What? Two looping supers to your 30 something. 40 something. Oh, that sucked. All right. Let's see what we're at here. So we only got through one mode on that ball. But modes are eligible. So I'm going to go for that K multiplier. That's what you really want to stack the multipliers. multipliers, you want to stack your multiplier, multiball, and stay put. And then loop and supers, oh my. Oh my god, the machine will start on fire. It will. Ball save, help me stupid ass. Alright, so we've started Spook Central. On Spook Central the guys fall through... Oh boy. Oh boy. The guys fall through a hole in New York City. We've got to rescue them one by one. Hey, I need the ball. I need the ball. I can't... I cannot play without it. Come on. Thank you. So you hit the left ramp. I said hit the left ramp. Hit the left rear. And then they fall through there and then all four of your shots are lit to save each one of them. What is beating them? Alright, save one of them. Let's save three more. Ready? Save two of them. Some asshole just popped up. Get back here. Get back here. That one made me mad. It's alright though. So now Jack Danger was showing this exploit that you can do on your plunge to essentially get 20% of your score. If I was chasing points, I'd do that. I mean, I guess I could try, but I don't know how in the hell he did it. So that would be what, 20% of 465? That'd be some healthy points. I'll try it, I guess. I just like multiplying. If I can get that multiplier. Nope, didn't get it. Alright, so we're still trying to complete Spook Central here, which I'm not doing a great job of. I'm not at all. I just did the exploit there to actually get a shot on that mode. So, I'm trying to start Gozer now. Did it not take That is not nice at all Alright so we start a gozer So for Gozer I find Gozer to be probably the toughest damn mode on this game What you have to do is you hit the right orbit if you want to build that bonus. You hit the right ramp if you want to go to the next shot in that mode. I did that and I'm going to hit Gozer right in the back there. Not an easy shot. I usually blow through a ball or two just trying to do it. There it is. I'm going to hit a couple shots here to complete that move. Oh God. So we got PK going. So again, my goal is to get through Gozer here. One or two more shots for Gozer to be done, then we'll go to some Marshmallow Man. Get up there. One more shot. And now we've got to hit Gozer. Oh, you son of a... Jackpot! Now we gotta hit goes. Oh you son of a biscuit. Extra ball is lit. I was feeling pretty damn good if I could have rolled on that ball. Just kept going. No bonus. Now where are we at here? We've already used an extra ball. Run ball two, half a bill. It's a start, it's a start. Okay, I desperately need to start a scene here. So I've gotta get this ball into control, gotta start that Marshmallow Man. Gotta happen. Gotta happen. There he is, all right. Marshmallow Man, here we go. All right, they're all times one, it doesn't matter. So here we go. All the shots are open. Oh no. Oh no. We got some spinnies going on here. Get the spinnies under control. It'd be nice to start mass stereo right now. That's what I'd like to do. Oh. Bad shot. We'll take the extra ball. I'm not sure we're going to get to ready to believe you, but at least we're having a damn good fun game of Ghostbusters. Let's try to do that left over. Nope. So really I've got nothing on Marshmallow Man going right now. I didn't even hit that right ring. Hey, watch it, Tex. Watch it, Tex. All right, so another blown ball. I'm going to have to go shoot again. All right, so I'd love to get that multiplier rolling. I would love it. I would love it. There we go. Now if I could get a multiple. Oh, I'm being sweet, sweet heaven. Or at least a mass of spirit. Let's try to get something going here, Zach. Show these people something. You guys how in the frank am I going to get a good score when I keep franking blowing it all right this is ball 12 on state bus completely blew it all typical fashion let's just try to get through the mode to uh we can we saw or not we can yeah at least no let's go into the right ramp please nothing sometimes you gotta get a little ready little chuck norris ready got it all right right right back all right i'm getting it now i'm killing it I have a radical idea. The door swings both ways. We could reverse the particle flow through the gate. Okay, look at him multicolor back there. That's pretty cool. Shoot right orbit to cross the streams and save New York. Oh, I missed it, you guys. Missed it. There it is. There it is. Save New York. Woo-hoo! 29 million. Now we need to start the multiball. We came, we saw, we kicked his ass. We came, we saw, we kicked his ass. All right, so this is the multiball. If I could maybe get mass hysteria going, that'd be pretty cool. Okay. All right, so I did start mass hysteria. And you can switch your arms and do this. your brain likes it a lot better. Jesus. But I think every time you hit that stupid chapter ball, it switches. So I play like a 12-year-old and I just double flip her, do the soup. I'm doing pretty shitty. All right, here we go. An extra ball, we add a ball. I wish I could get a mode going during this. It just sucks. I just freaking dream. All right, so now we're just chasing points. The good thing is that we do have the multi-wires going so that's going to help us a little bit. And it flipped again that's why I love that effing bolt. Oh I want to cut so bad on that. Oh I just want to cut so bad. So not bad. I think we have an extra bolt right? Please Ghostbusters give me an extra bolt. not going to is it? Is that it? That's it. At least you guys got to see a little bit of a little bit more Stay Puft, a little bit more We Came, We Saw, We Keep This Ass. And that's it. Boy oh boy. So I would have to go through, I'd have to go through freaking find the most. Alright, good enough. Thanks for watching guys. I'm telling you, one day we're gonna get to We Came, or not We Came, we're ready to believe you. You're gonna be here to watch. But for now, I'm going back to being a mediocre pinball player. Check out the other STTM videos and subscribe to us. We'd really appreciate that it helps us out a lot as well as liking our main page on our facebook