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Playing Truck Stop (Bally 1988)

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000·video·1h 13m·analyzed·May 29, 2025
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TL;DR

Manu plays Truck Stop (1988) on VPX, discussing game mechanics and pinball history.

Summary

Manu from Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 plays Truck Stop (Bally 1988) on VPX, a game he's never encountered before. He explores the gameplay, discusses the art direction (noting Greg Ferris's involvement), the Elvira-style flippers, and the game's history as a post-Williams/Bally merger machine using hybrid flipper mechanics. The stream includes tangential discussions about other classic games (D&D, Ghostbusters, World Poker Tour, Game Show), controller issues with PS5 hardware on VPX, and various community interactions.

Key Claims

  • Truck Stop was the first machine produced after the Williams and Bally Midway merger

    high confidence · Chat user Enclear confirmed this detail; Manu verified it as accurate information from the stream

  • Truck Stop uses a mix of Williams and Bally parts—Williams lower flipper mechs and Bally mechanisms for upper flippers

    high confidence · Enclear's chat message provided technical specifications; Manu acknowledged accuracy

  • Truck Stop was originally called Ramp Warrior 3 and only three were produced

    high confidence · Manu looked this up on IPDB during stream

  • Ramp Warrior prototype originally used 1-inch pinballs instead of standard 1 1/16-inch pinballs due to a misread dimension, causing balls to get stuck

    medium confidence · Manu found this story on IPDB; recounts design/production error

  • Greg Ferris was involved in Truck Stop's art package; same artist as King Kong

    medium confidence · Manu states this during gameplay commentary, though he notes uncertainty about Ferris's exact role

  • VPX version includes option to turn off nipples on playfield for content sensitivity

    high confidence · Manu observes this in the VPX options menu during play

  • Using PS5 controller on VPX causes button input conflicts (left flipper L1 also triggers left magnet save)

    high confidence · Manu discovers this issue during live gameplay; chat confirms PS5 controller software complexity

  • Ghostbusters VPX uses an old ROM version from Pinball Arcade after Farsight legal issues

    medium confidence · Manu recalls discussion of cease-and-desist; references Dwight Sullivan involvement in rules redesign

Notable Quotes

  • “I don't ever remember seeing this game ever... It's giving me diner vibes just because it's the same kind of era.”

    Manu @ early gameplay — Establishes that Truck Stop is an obscure title, even to experienced players

  • “This game is way too horny... I see five women with future back pain.”

    Manu/Jordan @ mid-stream — Commentary on Truck Stop's sexualized art direction and Bally's design choices

  • “If I got to shoot this in real life, I'd be like not upset.”

    Manu @ after gameplay impression — Positive assessment of Truck Stop's gameplay despite never having encountered it before

  • “D&D is the goat... D&D is the goat.”

    Manu @ digression on classic games — Manu emphasizes Dungeons and Dragons as his top-tier classic game preference

  • “Why does my flipper stick up? Maybe my leaf switch is bad... It's probably my leaf switch.”

    Manu @ mid-gameplay technical issue — Troubleshooting VPX controller issues during live play

  • “Bally is back. That's interesting. There's a reason that they put on the back glass.”

    Manu @ discussing backglass — Notes symbolic placement on backglass celebrating merger/rebranding

  • “I like World Poker Tour. I'm not asking you guys to like it. It's a brutal game and you'll never get to the end, but I like that game.”

    Manu @ WPT discussion — Defends appreciation for difficult/unpopular game despite difficulty

Entities

ManupersonTruck StopgameGreg FerrispersonBallycompanyWilliamscompanyJordanpersonEnclear/NuclearpersonDwight Sullivanperson

Signals

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Manu's first-time experience with Truck Stop is unexpectedly positive despite game's obscurity; finds gameplay interesting and enjoyable

    high · Manu: 'I don't know why it's so stupid. Why? Why is this interesting?' and 'If I got to shoot this in real life, I'd be like not upset'

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Truck Stop art direction emphasizes sexualized female characters (Big Betty theme) with questionable aesthetic choices ('five women with future back pain')

    high · Manu and Jordan commentary on playfield art; Manu notes Greg Ferris involved; options menu includes nipple toggle for content sensitivity

  • ?

    licensing_signal: Ghostbusters VPX uses old Pinball Arcade ROM after Farsight legal cease-and-desist; resulted in harder ruleset than original Stern machine

    medium · Manu recalls: 'They made a table out of it... Farsight owned them... they made a they made a table out of it'; references Dwight Sullivan rules redesign to address gap between flippers

  • ?

    personnel_signal: Greg Ferris confirmed involved in Truck Stop art direction; same artist as King Kong (reference point for style assessment)

    medium · Manu states 'Greg Ferris is part of this art package... if you don't like Kong, then you don't like this'

  • ?

    announcement: Rumor circulating about Ghostbusters code remaster/update; speculation about Barry White or Isaac Hayes for music replacement

    low · Manu: 'Did you guys hear the rumor that I heard about Ghostbusters? Rumor time... Somebody take a guess... I'm leaning towards Barry White or Isaac Hayes for the update'

Transcript

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0:35
Truck Stop by Ballet 1988. Let me try that intro again since nobody can hear me. Truck Stop by Ballet 1988. Um, completely missed me. I don't ever remember seeing this game ever. It's giving me diner vibes just because it's the same kind of era. And it has the Elvra flippers, the Party Monster flippers. It's like a simple layout. I don't know the rule set, but we will learn it. Um, I did shoot it once. I know you have to hit the city five
1:15
music. Let me boost that a little bit. That sounds pretty cool. All right, so I'm just going to start to flipping. Welcome in everybody. Let's go. Oh, I turned off some stuff. But I should turn that stuff back on. Let's turn this back on. Tomorrow I'm streaming with Ill Robinson hopefully. And we're going to do um here is this. Here it is. And we're going to do some more um Split Fiction, which that game is I'm trying to make fun of that game, but it's so good. All right, let's see. It's a very good game.
1:58
This is a truck. Yeah. And I wonder if the original What's up, lamb? I wonder if the original version had um stage flips on the top flippers, right? I don't know if I mean, mine stage flips the top flippers, but I don't know if the original one did. Let's see. That's a tough shot to hit. I think the I think the slope on this game is too set too high, but that's typical from a VPX. They already set the slope crazy high. So, I can't hit those ramps. I'm tempted to just change the slope cuz most most designers don't think the ball is moving fast enough, but in
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  • ?

    product_concern: VPX slope settings default too high, making shots difficult compared to physical machines; designer miscalibration is endemic to VPX design

    medium · Manu notes 'most designers don't think the ball is moving fast enough, but in actuality, trust me, it moves fast enough' and struggles with city ramp shots due to excessive slope

  • ?

    technology_signal: PS5 controller on VPX has button input conflict mapping (L1 flipper trigger also maps to magnet save), requiring workaround or alternative controller

    high · Manu discovers flipper sticking issue during gameplay; confirms PS5 controller software complexity requires wireless-only use on PC

    • actuality, trust me, it moves fast enough. [Music] See, I can't hit the tea. I can't hit the
    3:01
    tea. Not even not even off of a good smack of a tea. All right, let's [Applause] see the angle to hit. So, the I I mean, not the T, the I C I T. Yeah, C I T Y. That should be easier to hit. No,
    3:35
    See? Oh, my my flipper stayed up. What the [ __ ] is
    3:43
    that? The flipper stayed up as if it was like a a dirty coil sleeve or something like that.
    3:52
    Wow, what a simulation. This is This is the time where you have to go in the game and find out why it's doing that. That was weird. What's up the [Music]
    4:14
    middle? Extra ball is lit. That's up there, which is really hard to hit. I think you have to hit the right the left ramp then the right ramp so you can get extra ball. All right, just getting a feel for this game. It looks it it feels fun actually. We got Big Betty. We got a we got a a back glass that looks insane. Can we Can we look at the back glass? So, uh, the authors of this game who put this out on VPX was nice enough to allow you to turn nipples off on the playfield. There is an option in the options to turn off nipples. Um, okay, got it. I mean, who's offended by nipples? I'm not
    5:05
    sure. I mean, maybe you are. I don't know. Good luck with that. All right. Uh, let's
    5:17
    see. Hey, Jordan. Oh my. This game. I always wonder what you're going to say. Jordan, I am not familiar with this game at all. Not at all. I saw this show up on VPX and I was like I was like truck stop. Not sure. This game is way too horny. I don't know. It's got Big Betty, right? It's got particularly unattractive women women because they didn't they totally Greg Fer ferris is part of this art package. I don't remember what part of if of it is, but if you if you don't like Kong, then you don't like
    6:07
    this. And also the the slope is ridiculous cuz I cannot hit the T and the the I and the
    6:27
    hit. I see I see uh all I see is five women with future back pain. I don't know what the deal was, Jordan. I just I don't know, man. I know men play this mostly, but holy
    6:47
    smokes. I think what I like about this game is the sound package. It's that great valley, you know, 80 late 80s sound
    7:00
    package. Let's go up the middle. Let's go up the middle a little bit. See what's up the middle 1x. So I guess every time I hit that target up there, I mean, who doesn't like inline drops,
    7:16
    right? Let's see. When I hit that target up there, will it give me 2x?
    7:34
    The game's playing itself. Valley D and D is still the goat. I got to remember to I I I I'm hoping that they redo that on BPX so I could just like run it in the background. Oh, shoot. Okay. Okay. Let's find out what else we we can do with Big Betty and and Trucking. Yeah. Okay. Now, Jordan, I will put I will put up against DN D. I will put um what is the name of a stupid? It was a cocktail table. It was a premier premier godly. Um it said change lanes, night moves. I will put night moves up against DND any day. And if you're not familiar with night moves, go look it up real quick. Go listen for the sound sound package of night moves. It's a sit down. No, go listen to it, man. Sit down. It's a sit down. You know what it is? You're [Music] familiar. Night moves kicks ass. All right. But DN D is the goat though. DND is the goat. Hey, I can hit it. I can actually hit it now. So, it's super early on the flipper.
    8:58
    I found it, Jordan. I found it. It's super early on the flipper. Wow, it's a lot. The baseline D and D. I got to get I got to get D and D back. Long time ago, we did D and D. I did the virtual D and D when we watched um the D and D with the uh the weigh-ins brother in it. [ __ ] I knew that was going to happen. That was a long time ago. I wonder if I put that up. Did I put that up on Patreon? I might
    9:37
    have. Jackpot. What does that mean? Hey, Ping. How are you? I kind of like this. If I got to shoot this in real life, I'd be like not upset. Hey, Jordan, are you familiar with Diamond Lady?
    9:59
    cuz we got a nice diamond lady at Freo watch. Okay, Becca might be We have a nice diamond lady at Freo
    10:08
    watch. Yeah. No, it's not memorable at all. But the diamond thing is pretty cool. Like there's four drop target banks. There's top side maybe three. There's top side drop target banks, right? Four drops on each side, right? It's It's um diamond, spade, spades, diamond, diamond, spades, spade, diamond. So the diamonds on the corners if you can. Are they No, they're not really No, I think we got ours for 45. I think we got ours for like 4500. So it's like a premier, right? Premier got um it has the extra buttons for the for putting in your name, which is always scary. Yeah, 4500. That's allowed for a pin that age. Ah, shoot. I wish I had Pinbot because I could ask Pinbot um what the pinside cost of a diamond lady is. Maybe I'm wrong. I don't
    11:09
    know. Anyway, 80s got 2K. Okay, maybe I'm wrong. It's not better than Bad Girls. It's not better than Bad Girls, but it's in that same era. And um we have it at the shop and it's really nice. In fact, I had to um I had to 3D print a plastic for it cuz we were missing one plastic. Pin size, 1800. Okay. Boy, am I wrong.
    11:43
    Oh, next stop Denver 104. Okay, I'm getting there. I'm getting there.
    11:53
    Maybe it was 1,500 they got it for. It has a couple of cool shots. But what I was saying about the diamonds is there's diamonds on the ends of each four bank. And if you can hit all the diamonds and not the not the uh and not the spades, you double your score. So every time you can just pick off the diamonds on It's really hard though. Your score just goes double. It's super hard. Yeah. And then if you hit a spade, I think you blow it. It's really stupid hard. It's like My favorite though is still um it's like meteor and trying to leave one drop up. Yeah, we used to have a Meteor. I never got to learn Meteor. It was gone by the time I by the time I got interested in Meteor. It was gone. But I did get to learn Lady Luck. And that's still my like super favorite, Lady Luck.
    12:46
    No. A They didn't believe in ball save back in the day, did they? There's no reason to do this like little like this little skill shot here. There's no reason to. I did it anyway. All right. All targets light orange diamond. All targets light orange diamond.
    13:22
    All targets light orange diamond. Ah, shoot. Ramp Warrior. Classic table. Ramp Warrior. What's up? And uh Nar end clear black. Not familiar with ramp warrior. Who makes ramp warrior? And what era pin is that?
    13:46
    flashing. So, the way you progress through cities, I think, is you hit
    13:56
    Cit. Uh, this table was originally called Ramp Warrior 3. Oh, three were produced. This was It makes sense. I did look this game up on I um
    14:13
    IPVD. It has an interesting story about the original run using um non-standard size pinballs using 1in pinballs instead of one and six one and 116th size pinballs that we're used to. And the reason they use one and one uh one inch pinballs originally is because they apparently got it to a show. They somebody misread a dimension. Someone misread one one dimension of the of the ramp habit trails and then they got some produced and then the balls immediately got stuck. I have a movie that can go with this pin for my What's the movie? What's the movie? I'm thinking of doing the next the next one up in my office. Maybe maybe on Friday I'll do another one up in my office up here and not in the murder garage. But is it like Smokey and the Bandit or something?
    15:18
    So End Clear likes uh Look how my look at my Why did my um my flippers stick up? Maybe my leaf switch is bad. Might be my leaf switch. Black dog. Never heard of it.
    15:29
    That's something I've never said before. Never heard of it in regards to a movie.
    15:49
    Damn it. Sees and Meatloaf and Randy Travis. That sounds like the beginning of a joke.
    15:59
    98. Well, I guess it's if it's sees, it's going to be 98. Sway and meat. Does Meatloaf actually It's a low-speed chase trucking movie. Ping. Ping is on
    16:25
    This does feel like a ramp warrior type of game where all you do is shoot
    16:31
    ramps. Oh, look at how my flipper sticks up. Why does my flipper stick
    16:45
    switch. It's probably my leaf switch. I can see my leaves in there. It might be uh
    16:59
    one pancake last weekend. Oh, beat me pitching finalist, too. They talk about loads so
    17:08
    much. So, in case you guys didn't know, I saw that Jordan and Becca were actually riffing in Master Pancake. Um, which seems like it's amazing. seems like it's like super [Music] fun. That that I was definitely like wowed about.
    17:53
    why does it Why does the flipper stick? That That's not my That's not my flipper, though.
    18:03
    That next stop, Dallas. Six other people mock two. We came in second. Oh, and you get voted
    18:12
    on. Who could actually beat you guys? Come on. the combined efforts of of Jordan and Becca. I don't believe it. It was
    18:24
    [Music] fixed. Why is my flipper sticking up? We're trying to get to Dallas right now. Didn't make it. Still didn't make it. We're still trying to get to Dallas.
    18:49
    Why is my Every time I do my little flick, it sticks. Weird. Using a P uh PS5 controller on VPX causes some buttons to trigger multiple different multiple like my left flipper on L1 also triggers the left magnet save. I did not know that.
    19:13
    I'm kind of lucky in that I uh basically only shoot virtual pinball with my
    19:31
    Wow. But yeah, this this is, you know, the cabinet mode is is late to the game. Oh, damn. I made it to Dallas. I'm digging this. I don't
    19:48
    know. The winner got an XFL jersey. Wow. So, it's a good thing you guys didn't win. Hey,
    19:57
    Grammy. It's likely the PS5 controller. Uh PS5 controller. The software is complex. Controllers have their own software updates. PS5 controller. Is that like
    20:15
    this? Is this a PS5 controller? What kind What who's what controller is this? That's a PS5 controller. Okay. Um I use it I use it for my my PC, actually.
    20:32
    And there's there's my trusty uh there's my trusty Xbox controller. Got them both. I use them both on the Steam Deck, believe it or not. If I'm using my Steam Deck and I'm playing like a PS5 game, I'll use my PS5 controller cuz triangle square, you know, the whole deal. Um, that's what I use for PC gaming. Which one, Jordan? The PS5. Use the PS5. If I plug my PS5 controller in my PC, it it fries it. I have to use it wirelessly. Wow. Yeah, I only use it wirelessly. So, thank you for telling me that. I won't be plugging it in anytime soon. Xbox controller.
    21:14
    Yeah. Yeah. I I I I got them both because of the, you know, playing uh P uh PlayStation, you know, ported games to PC. But um as far as the controller of choice, I use the Xbox
    21:30
    controller. It's funny. Sony made the better console. X Xbox made a really good controller. Sony made the better console. Uh but only for something that needed a trackpad. Got it. Yeah. Don't ever plug PS5 controller in a PC unless you really know what you're doing. I did not know that. That's crazy.
    21:56
    Come on, guys. We got to get to New York because that's my York. Wow, this ball is busy. Look at that stick. Stop sticking game.
    22:34
    crazy. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to shoot. Um, are you still working on that glass of wine from the other day? Yes, Grammy. Grammy, I'm trying to finish a bottle of red wine on my own. No one here in my house drinks wine. One night I decided I want a glass of wine. My wife doesn't drink wine. My kids don't drink wine. At least not yet.
    23:03
    So, I'm trying to finish this freaking bottle on my own. Grammy, how long before wine goes bad? Red wine.
    23:24
    That has to be like a perfect shot to to land. Come on over, Gmy. Have some
    23:37
    wine. I like this game. Generally fine. Are you cooking it between servings? No. Oh, I think it's going to go bad
    23:48
    actually. What did I do? I locked the ball. Okay, that was scary. Made a lot of noise. Oh, corking it. Not cooking it. Corking it. I am corking
    24:03
    it. I thought it said cooking it. I figured out why I don't like beer when I had ale. It's the hops. I'm not a I'm not a beer drinker. I can't I can't I just can't do beer period. Um is it going to drop out of school and start slinging dope?
    24:30
    stupid. Uh ale is just beer with no hops. Uh seriously, it'll be fine unless you leave the bottle
    24:38
    unccorked. Jordan's jokes are like stupid like joke grenades. It's like they keep going off. Your brain is going, "It's not funny." And you're just laughing. Your brain is like, "Stop. It's not It's really not
    24:54
    funny." Apparently, it is your lizard. Oh, drain. What's up, Johnny de Johnny Demonic? [ __ ] Long time no see. Welcome back in. Still here.
    25:11
    That is a low score for all the work I just did. I got to Dallas already and I'm rocking
    25:19
    675,000. Ah, it's funny because it shouldn't be. Let's go. Don't drain. [ __ ]
    25:39
    Every time I do the little flick. [Applause] Oh. Oh, how's the arcade? Johnny Demonic. So, whoever did the art is really into this. It seems it's it's a few artists. I know Greg Ferrer is on this, but there's a couple other artists on this. I don't remember who actually I don't know if I don't know. Bally is back. That's interesting. There's a reason that they put on the back glass. For some reason on the back glass they put Bali is back up in the upper
    26:27
    Hello raiders. Welcome to Mystery Pinball Theater 3000. I am your host, Pinbot. Um, I'm Manu. Hey, Marty. Thank you for the raid. Welcome in, uh, you wonderful viewers from Game Club Central. I'm over here just chilling, doing my thing like normal. Welcome in. I'm playing Truck Stop. Playing truck stop. Um, Nudge, uh, Ian from Nudge crashed at my place while we got to Oh, that's cool. Dr. Doobie, thank you for the sub. Thank you for the tier one sub. You're a legend. Dr. Doobie, welcome in. Um, sounds sounds kind of desperate. Hi, Pinbot. What's up, Way Out West? What's up, Iron Fox? Speedballs, welcome in. Welcome in. You are a legend. Welcome here. Um, I'm in Dallas right now. I'm trying to get to New
    27:24
    multiball. It's the first time I ever got a multiball in this. [Music]
    27:35
    Wow. Okay, this is hella frantic. Oh my god. Damn it. Was that a crash? Thank you to the Incredible Game Club Central for the raid. Marty is amazing and really makes an effort to berate Mondu every chance he gets. Did anyone notice Mono has two white women at his
    28:11
    fingertips? I'm in Chicago. Um, tell him Big Betty sent you. What's up, RB Rings? That's right. Big old good old Big Betty. Hey, Mano. I've never seen this pin before. It looks interesting. Hey, way out west. I've never seen it before either. I'm not kidding you. I've never seen this game. Oh, come
    28:42
    on. How far did I get? How far did I get? It's not showing me. It's not showing me. I must have got to Chicago. I think I got to Chicago. really? I've never seen this game in in world in real life or and I so I show I saw it show up on VPU and I was like, "Oh, ballet 1988." And it's got the uh Is there a name for these, Jordan? Do you know the name for the flippers that have they look like carrots? I think we used to call them carrot flippers, right? the ballet ones that were on um Party Monsters and oh, heaven forbid Bugs Bunny's birthday bash. Um but it has two of them up here. Car Okay, carrot. Carrot flippers. So, there's two carrot flippers up here. Two normal Williams flippers on the bottom. I'm a big fan of the carrot flippers. I don't know why. Um wow, too did a great job. Um yeah, I'm digging this. I don't know why it's so stupid.
    29:49
    Why? Why is this interesting? I'm not even doing things that I need to do. Load. Up there. It says load. Oh my god. Game show. Yes, game show did have them, too. Yes. In fact, I looked up I looked up truck stop rules and I was linked to uh Bowen's tutorial of game show. I was like, "All right, have I ever played World Poker Tour? Marty, does the Pope [ __ ] in the woods? Yes. I actually wanted to buy a world poker tour once. Robbie gave me the WIP Sunday. That's a lot of fun today. The W What do you mean the WIP? Robbie gave me the WIP Sunday. The work in progress. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Is someone Are they remaking World Poker Tour? Stern, the one with the ugly ass Is it like V is like VPW? Is it like is it using the toolbox and
    30:54
    stuff? Oh my god. Oh my god, Marty. I love that game. I was I almost bought one from Matt
    31:06
    Henry. Oh, that game. I love that game. It's got the longest shot in pinball. There's a shot all the way to the cards thing which is so far it's just off the table. I love that game. Oh my god, I got so close to like beating all the player. I love that game. The back glass is garbage. So I always I always change the back glass. But the game is fun. WPT is one of those pain in the ass to Yeah, it is. Forget it. Yeah, I like I I forget it. But it's it's I love it though. I'm Tim I'm Tim uh I'm Tim Ston, right? Or Tom, what was his name? Tim Stexon. Here we're here. That's exactly what he says. Uh first machine produced after the Williams and Bali Midway merger. This machine is a modified version of Bali's prototype ramp warrior, which is what Enclear said earlier in the stream. Thank you, Enclear or Nuclear. I can't remember their name, but thank you for saying that. Um, if you're still here, you nailed it. It uses a mix of Williams and Ballet parts. Most games have William flipper. Oh, this is interesting. Most games have Williams lower flipper mechs and ballet mechanisms for the upper flippers. Why? There is a yellow merge road sign that says William Valley merge on the right side of the playfield next to the shooter lane. What?
    32:39
    This is amazing. I This game would drive me nuts if I had to have ballet parts to flip the to fix the upper flippers and Williams parts to fix. But you know what? They're very similar, so it doesn't matter. We always we use ballet parts in um in Williams
    32:59
    games. I was playing for hours. I have a translate. I have a translate. I think if you want it, I'll take it, Jordan. If you want, I I'll pay for shipping. If you have a translate to this, I'll take it. If you pay, I'll pay for shipping. Just let me know. It's in your Discord DM. Thank you. Um, where the flip before you split. Need a ROM? No, I got the ROM. I'm good. Thank you. I
    33:23
    mean, that's that's a tough one to get out of now. You know what? I'm not even gonna try and get out of that one. Yeah, I got the ROM. It's cool. Um, come at me, Stern. Let's see. Um, backlash was made for Rap Warrior, I believe. Translate. Oh, translate to WPT. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Jordan, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I thought you meant to translate to truck stop. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, my brother. No, my brother. You going to have to get your own.
    34:12
    [Music] Scree thought so I don't want that [ __ ] I didn't just agree on stream to take to pay shipping for the world poker tour. Trans light. No.
    34:32
    Jordan, you and I are friends, so that canceled out, right? That just canceled out. That That That's not a thing that just happened. Oh, come on.
    34:43
    Game. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. It's legally binding. This sucks. Come on, guys. I'm not going to be able to get I'm in Denver.
    35:06
    I wonder what it means when you shoot an orange. Is that a location? It is.
    35:33
    Borg's in the house. Uh, we had a world poker tour on location nearby here for a month or two earlier in the year. I I I like World Poker Tour. I'm not asking you guys to like it. It's a brutal game and you'll never get to the end, but but I I like that game. Let's see if we can crack our bonus up. Oh, man.
    36:16
    Watch this, Lee. You can actually pinpoint the second when his heart rips in half. And now, let's see if we can crack our
    36:32
    [Music] I I I I like this game. [Laughter] I've done everything on it except Kefir and I got back to and I got to You know what I did? All right. We if we're talking about like our pinball wins. Our pinball wins. So, I'm I'm at home chilling and my boy IROD calls me. Yo, Matt wants you to know that the basketball got stuck in the back box of Fast Break at at work, right? We got an issue where the basketball like broke one of the plastic, so sometimes it gets behind the basket. You guys know what I'm talking about, right? In in NBA Fast Break, it it flips the ball in the back box, right? It's got that whole setup. So, um Okay, cool. So, I 3D printed a part that fixed that, but the little brackets are breaking. Not the part, the little brackets are breaking. So, anyway, I went in. Please explain more. So, anyway, Jordan, it's a back box, right? And it's got a flipper and an actual coil. If you if you flip it over, there's a coil, an actual linkage and everything. And it's it's a full Okay, never mind. Um, but that's not part of the story. I go in to fix it just before I pick up Skylar from school. I don't remember asking you a goddamn thing.
    38:05
    You Marty. So I go in to fix it, right? I fix it. I run it in test. It flips fine. I go, "All right, I'm going to play one test game." Because you have to play a test game. You have to play a test game. If you fix a game, you have to play a test game. Sometimes I'll give it to someone else. I've been trying to make the combo shops register better on Fastre VPS. 3,000 years later. You have to play a test game. So, I played a test game. Glass on, cabinet door closed. Straight up playing. I beat the game on ball one. I got 219 points for I think the Mavericks. I beat the game on ball one. I got a I got a ring or a trophy or whatever it was. Now, beating the game
    39:08
    Technically, beating the game is getting four rings. One, two, three, four. But I did I was just say I did everything recently and I was like wow. Um like after I cleaned my espresso machine I need to take a shot. Mano, how was your night? What did you have for supper? I had like spicy chicken wings with rice and broccoli. Thank you for asking, Hollywood.
    39:43
    Hey, Grammy. Grammy, name another sexy song we could replace Let's Get It On with that's like iconic sexy. So, when Hollywood asks for another What did we have for supper? I'll run another song cuz I'm I'm kind of tired of Let's Get It On. What do you think? Grammy knows what song. I'll dig something. Okay. Dig something of it. Show me your general song. Grammy, dig something up and and and and shoot it over. We'll use that. Thank you for asking, Hollywood. Welcome in. I hope you're doing
    40:26
    well. Uh-oh. Okay, that's good. Show me the George like George likes that one. And what did you What did you and Gmy have? Okay. Um, Spirit is a really good table for 82. Spirit is a good table. Yes, Spirit is a fun
    40:50
    table. Well, it feels nice to combo those. It's like squeeze box combos on Weird
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    over. Those are cool. They feel like squeeze box combos. Crap. Crap. Crap. Okay, here we go. I had an Akai bowl cuz it was kind of warm here. Grammy, what was in it? Grammy, what was in it? And clear, what did you have? I had fried chicken at Tuf with broccoli and mashed. What the [ __ ] is Jordan? Get your weird freaking food out of my stream. Ku etu mtume. What's
    41:46
    etufu? I'm pretty sure his tilt bob camera is actually No, it's not. Look. Shake it. Shake it. Shake it. Shake it. Shake it. Ha. Gotcha. I live in the south, but [Laughter] deal chicken baked beans and fries. Nice. Really? What is it? Like, I'm not even joking. I don't even know what that is. Is it Is it a band? It sounds like a band. Sounds like a band that opens for like another
    42:18
    band. Shoot. It's like Cajun cooking thing. Okay. I know a band at Tuf. They wrote the song Juicy Fruit.
    42:40
    [Music] one. I don't know why I like this. It's so much fun. Maybe it's not fun, but
    42:50
    it's interesting. Here we go. Block. Yep. Blocked. I don't even know how I'm lighting locks. Actually, I have no idea. Yeah, that's M2. May I know it's poured over rice in the Oh, that sounds so good. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I got to go back. I had fried chicken and tuf with broccoli and mashed
    43:18
    potatoes. I know I'm saying it wrong. It's not atufet, right? It's poured over rice and the fried chicken. It's smothered. Oh, shut up. Now I'm hungry again. You know very well what you are. You're my sugar thing, my chocolate star. A few, but not that many. But you're the only love that gives me good and plenty. Feel like pinball's talking sexy to
    43:45
    me. I don't even know what the point of uh a multiball in this is. Wow, that was cool. Okay, let's go to um That was Juicy Fruit, baby. It [Music] was that was M2. Okay, let's go to I guess we're going to Dallas.
    44:12
    Dallas. [Music] Wow, that would grab a stick of juicy fruit. The taste is going to move you. Take a sniff. Pull it up. The taste is going to move you when you pop it in your mouth.
    44:33
    Okay, it's from a very southern home cooking place called Hoovers. Oh, I've gone to Hoovers. They've got the girls in the little bippy bottoms and the the tops. I know Hoovers. My favorite part is they uh have free key lime pie hard candies at the front. Real vinyl, dude. What's up? As soon as you're able to nail the ramps, it gets boring.
    45:02
    Oh, no. That's Hoover's, right? It's probably going to get vinyl is probably going to get boring really fast anyway. But I'm
    45:22
    this. Can I get that extra ball? Boom. Send it over. That's pretty sweet. Look at that. That's really cool. Okay, let me trap. Let me get one. Give me one. Let me hold on to one ball. Damn
    45:53
    What was that? I made it to Look at this. jackpot? I don't even know what to hit for
    46:26
    there. Wait, I'm trying to trap up so I can look at chat if you guys know. I got 20 seconds to hit something. Ramps. Okay, ramps. Oh, it's not letting me hit any. Oh, no. No, no, no. Oh, ramp. Ram ramp. One jackpot. two. Nope. Too late. Well, thank you for helping, chat. Next time I'll
    46:57
    know, that was fun. Damn. Okay. Uh, no, that's baseball hooters. Name Hoovers like the vacuum. I hope not because their food doesn't suck. Um, Gmy says, "Good to know. Top three drain monster tables.
    47:37
    What else hates me? And Dungeons and Dragons. Oh, no. Ghostbusters. Yeah, Ghostbusters. Let's go. I'll go with I'll go Ghostbusters like Jordan said.
    47:49
    Damn it. That was a good game. So, I made it to Jackpot. So, did you guys Did you guys hear the rumor that I heard? Did you guys hear the rumor that I heard about
    48:09
    Ghostbusters? Rumor time. Somebody take a guess of what I'm talking about. the rumor that I heard about Ghostbusters. Yeah, remake. Uh, I'm leaning towards Barry White or Isaac Hayes for the update. Nice. Um, remaster. Yeah, remaster. Remaster Ghostbusters actually never felt that bad for me. I beat the table in under 10 games, but I also didn't play a real one and clear. If you beat the table under VPX in under 10 games, you're a legend. That's a way harder rule set than the actual game. They made it really super easy on the actual game. Yeah. Bus makes me feel good. The VPS is nonfinish code. Yeah. And it is it is it's harder. It's way harder. Um there's a there's a there's there's a more sequential play on the VPX than it is in the actual um Ghostbusters. You beat on the real rules. I beat it on the real rules. Well, the the I don't understand that. So, the VPX has a old ROM, a old version of the game which has a harder rule set. The actual but that's when they stopped emulating Spike 2. Ghostbusters is an actual is actually a Spike 2 game, but it uses a DMD, right? So, um I don't remember how it went down, but there was like a seasoned desist or somebody got in trouble or somebody didn't want or the whole VPX community didn't want to get shut down and stopped. Oh, no. You know what it was? They they took the ROM from the pinball arcade. Farsesight got in trouble. No, I thought they took the ROM from the pinball
    49:56
    arcade cuz I thought the pinball I don't remember the story. I thought the pinball arcade had a version of the ROM. Somebody in VPX took it, bought it into VPIN mame, blah blah blah. Faright owned them. That's right. Far. Yes. So far so Yeah. Exactly. Yes. So me and Marty are both remembering the same thing, right? And so they made a they made a table out of it. And then I remember listening to an interview somewhere like Dwight Sullivan was like that's a Dwight Sullivan game, right? I think I think it's Dwight. They were talking about how they redid the rules because um because it was brutal and I remember the Lyman. So it's Lyman too. So I remember the coder the the the podcast the host was like, "Oh, so did you code out the the giant gap between the flippers too?" Dwight did the rules. Yes. Yes. Did you did you did you code it so that the flippers get closer together? It's like what a dick thing to add. But Dwight took it really Dwight took it really like Dwight took it in stride.
    51:12
    So, you know, I don't know. The thing I hate Dwight's a really good dude. So, all right, Marty, can I can you forgive me for just name dropping Dwight for a minute? Can you can you forgive me,
    51:30
    Jordan? Thank you. Also, hey, Manu. [ __ ] Here it comes.
    51:43
    [ __ ] Oh, George. George. George can tell the story better. George can tell the story better. In fact, George In fact, George is part of the story.
    51:56
    George is part of the story because I was going to I was going to convey
    52:04
    I was going to convey the story, George, of you and Dwight just geeking out at Stern about Dungeons and Dragons. Oh my god, I've never seen two two bigger nerds in my life.
    52:28
    Uh, we were we were George is the story. What's up, George? How are you, man? Do I did it? Becca does it with him with the uh with the expand series. Saw the co-release today. I'm so excited. I'm good. George, so we're sitting down. Uh, so Marty, I'm gonna name drop a lot right now. Forgive me. I'm sitting there having lunch with cool toy and don't panic flip and uh extra Paul and then Dwight Sullivan comes
    52:59
    over and they start George and Dwight start talking about D and D and and me and me and Doug are like
    53:10
    wow me and Doug are like holy [ __ ] these guys are nerds. And then we punched them. We punched both of them in the in the face. True story. All of
    53:29
    it. Yo. Yo. What's up, B nerds? I miss Ward Peum. He was He was underrated. Oh, Ward Petum. Every time your uncle Jerry comes up, you are the biggest nerd I ever met. I ever met. I am. Yes. I am a I am part of a family of nerds. We have the king nerd which is Jerry. Um I had no idea. H Dwight is great. Everyone chat up Dwight. Yes. Whenever you see him in a show. All right. Later Jordan. Oh man.
    54:06
    For some reason, I always end up in a very long conversation with Todd Tucky and his daughter. Marty, there is no other conversation than a long one with Todd
    54:19
    Tucky. And nice name drop right there. You're you're learning. You're learning,
    54:26
    Marty. You're learning how to name drop. So, there's new code now. Um, George, there's new D and D code cuz that game could that game could go somewhere cuz it's making me
    54:42
    angry. That game just I can't make any progress on that game cuz I suck at it so much. I got two destinations to hit. There's one. There's two. Denver and Dallas. I went straight through Denver right to Dallas. Like I didn't even stop in Denver. I was like Denver. Bye Denver. Dallas. I would have done it the other way around in real life. Trust me. Um I like DN D a lot. Yeah, some operators love D and D and can really become fast money sync. Oh, end clear. Our D our DND is still doing great. It's still doing great. It might it might have lost a little bit of earnings. Oh, that was bad. H Kong is better. I mean, I like I like Kong better, but Dn D is there's nothing wrong with it. I think Dn D's theme integration is just chef's kiss. It's amazing. DN D is like playing DN D. That's why I'm bad at it. It's like playing D and D. And there you go. Um,
    55:52
    uh, oh, Dragon Wing. Uh, a few years ago I went to my local arcade and they had DN D the D and D table. Haven't seen it since the DND t which a few years ago. Yeah. Uh, you're talking about the um the older one, right? With the super awesome sound package that we were Oh, damn. That was mean game. We were just talking about that version earlier
    56:19
    tonight. Yeah, that has the best sound package ever. Uh, my damn son went. It's not a good start when you start your sentence with my damn son. I haven't read the yet read the the rest yet, but RB Wings might you might want to pull it back a little bit. My damn son went out to play the king Kong. They just got into town today. He sent me. Wow. Oh, that is worth a damn son. Yes. 285 million his first game. Yeah. No wings. I'm with you. Forget what I said. Yeah. F that
    56:59
    kid. I'm with you. Ward P made the original D and D table. Nice. Nice. Hey, uh Enclear Black, how long have you been playing pinball? How long have you been playing pinball? You seem to know seem to know your know your stuff. Seriously. What's up, Owl? Oh my god, Owl's here. What did Owl have to say about this? There's a lot of inserts in this game. Oh, I'm waiting for um You think this is a lot? I'm waiting for a really good version of um hardbody. If somebody can VPX, can the VPW group please do hardbody? Like in the whole Blender thing, the whole this can you guys do hardbody? Please, please do
    57:48
    hardbody. Thank you. Hi, Dance Panda. Hi, Dance Panda. How are you? I heard you yesterday on Georgia stream when I was lurking on Georgia stream. Um, would play it again. Nice. Yeah, only a year and a half, but I've already beat every wizard mode before 2003 and a good number of tables. And clear, you should be streaming. We want to see your uh your amazingness so you don't have so you don't have to watch people like me who struggle. with
    58:21
    pinball. You should be streaming. You should be [Music]
    58:29
    streaming. How's Anonymous doing? I haven't seen my buddy Alonomous in a little while. Um, I do stream have tons of wizard mode clips on my channel. I just got Valinor recently. Can we shout out Enclear Black? Marty, are you here? Just give Enclear Black a shout out cuz we want to follow you. We want to watch you play um play some pinball or ping or anybody. Yeah, there we go. Thank
    58:59
    you. Hey, Mr. Hardlock. What's up, Mr. Hardlock, you're here just in time for me to be done. But Mr. Hardlock shows up when it's important when we're doing theater stuff.
    59:18
    Oh, that hopped. And people will say there no ball hops in VPX. That was a ball hop. Did you guys see that? I'll show it back in the uh replay. By the way, what's up, Hardlock? By the way, enjoying going out playing Kong. I like it. Cool. We We're going to get our Kong this week, maybe next week. So, you might see a rare Thursday stream from Manu at Freo Watch. Manu doesn't stream at Freo Watch much more any much anymore because Manu is lazy and he can't he Manu and Isaiah are going to build a rig. Manu and Irod, we're going to build a rig for Frigo Watch that is just phones. Just phones and using the transmitter at Frigo Watch. It's going to be amazing. It's going to be a computer that lives at Freo watch, just uses phones and but so I will be streaming but I'm not carrying this thing over there anymore. Like I'm done with that. So um that's a lot of Yeah, that's a lot of work. Yeah, I I'm I'm over it. I'm so over it now. Um by the way everybody, tomorrow Paul, are we set for tomorrow? I'm just I gotta play split fiction. I'm just thinking about that game. I want to play split fiction. Yes. So Paul and I, Il Robins and I check us out tomorrow maybe. Um uh after I feed the kids. Paul, I'm after like six after 6 my time. I'm free. We're going to play like a couple more hours of Split Fiction. We played a couple days ago. So much fun. So not no pinball tomorrow, but we're going to play some split fiction because I got to play that game because I'm loving that game. And thank you, Ill Robinson, for letting me play on your uh on your account. I get to play for free and I get to play with my bud and that's the
    61:20
    best. Who known? So, make sure to follow so you can watch us play that amazing game that I really love to make fun of, but it's too good to make fun of. I had issues carrying my rig up and downstairs just for pulp. Yes, I know what you mean, Marty. I stopped. I This rig stays here. I got Well, the computer will go downstairs, but I have a rig set up downstairs. I'm using an Obs Tiny. I hope it looks good. So, this is a ZV1, but downstairs I got an Obs Tiny because they do for 150 bucks, they do 1080p 60 and it's actually PTZ. No, no, no, no. This is the ZV1. So, you'll let me know, Marty, on Friday if I look like [ __ ] Okay. Um, and clear black. I got to read this cuz clear black is awesome. Uh, my last stream was getting San Diego on Lost World. That was the second time I've done it. Almost it an almost impossible table to beat. It's um, it's bad. I'm pretty sure I have the only video footage of San Diego Wizard mode on the internet. Nice and clear. Just in case I don't stop on Friday, I have my first tag team championship defense this Saturday. Mr. Hardlock, kick some butt. Mr. Harlock, do you have like video of you uh doing any of your wrestling matches? Do you have anything on YouTube that we could take a look at? I mean, I I mean, I don't want to get in your business, but I was always curious about watching a a fight. Um, I have some work tomorrow evening, but should be free after 7 p.m. your time. That that works for me. Paul, we'll get like two hours in and then we'll be good. Um, won't be here Friday music festival. Nice. Go ahead, Marty. I'm going to act like I'm 20 something for two days. Yeah. Mr. Harl, you want to throw a link up? Throw one of your favorite links. Like backyard wrestling.
    63:15
    Yes, yes, that's specifically what I was thinking of uh of Dance Panda was backyard wrestling.
    63:26
    Is there any other type? I don't think so. Oh, wait. Uh, Dallas is ready.
    63:37
    Dallas. All right. Chicago's next. Shy Town. I'm ignoring that. Queen. Queen is like, "No, Professor." Yeah. Yeah. No, no, no, no, no. You guys, Easy, easy. Dance Panda. She's just joking. She just It's just jokes. Just jokes, y'all. Just jokes. Just jokes. I got you,
    64:05
    D. Just jokes. Sometimes we got jokes sometimes. Oh [ __ ] Did you see Did you see that fight that broke out on man who's And I'm sorry I missed your phone call and that I I I know you're done. So, so when you get this, can you call me [Music] back? All right. Here we
    64:33
    go. Oh, wait. Wait. Is George still here? Dance Pandas. Is George still here? Come on. I want to go to Chicago. I want to go to
    64:44
    Chicago. Thank you, Mr. Hardluck. You guys can check out that link. I'm going to check it out. George is George left. Damn it. George is not here. All right, George. If you I know you're probably streaming or something, but I want to show you something. I love you and I'm with you.
    65:01
    Wait a minute. I'm almost in New York, though, so I got to do this. Uh-oh. Multiball. Multiball. Multiball.
    65:22
    Sorry. Sorry. I got a multiball. Sorry, George. I got a multiball. You know how it is, Mike. You know how it is, bro. When you get a multiball, you got to play it. Hey, sorry, Mr. Call. Um, I just calling you back to uh to let you know that I love you and I miss you. [Music] Oh my god. This is why I can never change my redemptions cuz they're too
    65:51
    funny. All right, I'll show you on the way. Oh, the Lazarus. Oh. Oh, another one. I got I got the post up. That's why I'll try it without the post next time. I have the middle post up. I admit I admit I'm playing with the middle post, but I don't care
    66:14
    cuz it's my game. It's my party. I cry if I want to cry if I want to cry if I want to. You would cry,
    66:28
    too. Greatest greatest song Quincy Jones ever produced. I don't even know if you guys know that Quincy Jones produced It's My Party. Yes. The late great Quincy Jones. I know Grammy knew that. Oh, wait a minute. We got to hit um Why is that up
    66:51
    there? Okay. Um he is here. He is somewhere. Yeah, baby. Don't Don't you want to go hanging? Show me the thing. Uh, the thing is back there. Ball two. Show me the thing. I'll show you the thing. Oh, okay. Hey, now the
    67:14
    thing. I don't remember asking you a goddamn the greatest the greatest award I've ever gotten for the many years of streaming pinball. And I'm not joking. This is this is this is going on my desk. This is going to be or I'm going to put it um with the pinball stuff downstairs. Thank you uh Pinball Degenerates for allowing me to accept this award of the most degenerate pinball streamer. You guys are awesome. It does say degenerate. Most degenerate pinball [Laughter] streamer. And it lights up. How cool is that? All right, I'm just about done. I'm going to finish out this ball. And uh thank you. Thank you everybody. Um, maybe the points base redemptions don't work up here. Oh, I don't know. Uh, did something break? I'm
    68:39
    sorry. Oh, look at all these towns I can go to like immediately like
    68:46
    LA. Damn it. I got it. Denver. Oh, you mean game. George, you streaming tonight? It's pretty. Thank you, Dance Panda. Let me do this again just to just to finish
    69:09
    up. Sorry, I don't know anything about wrestling. Didn't mean to offend.
    69:20
    We're all good here. Don't worry about Advanced Panda. Everybody's good. Everybody's good. Mr. Harluck has a sense of humor. I know this because he's won games in the
    69:38
    go. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Dallas. I think whoever said it gets boring after you uh figure out where the ramps are was actually correct. Let's go to Chicago again. Chicago. Oh.
    70:05
    Chicago. Chicago. Chicago. Get me in Chicago. All right. Never mind. No Chicago. What kind of bottoms do cloud wear? Clouds wear thunderpants. Why is that even funny? Like dance panda, I love you, but that that was that that what that that
    70:41
    [Laughter] I'm going to tell that to Skyler. Skyler's eight. Maybe maybe he'll be in
    70:49
    stitches. I'm gonna You know what? I'm gonna You know what? You know what? I got to go. Hang on. I'm going to dance panda. I'm going to try that on an 8-year-old. Can we try that on an
    71:03
    8-year-old? Skyler, can you come here for a second? Come here. Come on. I got a qu I got a question. I got a joke for you. Come here. Come and sit. And then we're going to leave. Thank you guys for joining us. Joining me today. Okay. Here we go. All right. You ready? If you do that, don't aim it this way. Aim it straight up. Straight up so we can see it. Go. Okay. Question. Yeah. What kind of bottoms do clouds wear? Uh uh what?
    72:03
    Sorry, it didn't exactly lay. Was that a good Were you going to use that one? What do What bottoms do do clouds wear? Thunderpants. Yeah, I got Yeah, I did the same thing. Oh, is because the thunder comes from the bottom. Yeah. [Music]
    72:24
    Good night, everybody. [Music] Who are we rating? We're rating who? I don't know. Don't pan Say don't panic flip. Don't panic flip. Don't panic flip. Don't panic flip. Don't panic flip. All right, we won't. [Music]