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That time I Big Bang Bar'ed twice in one game: Big Bang Bar VPW (Capcom 1996)

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000·video·42m 43s·analyzed·Mar 30, 2023
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TL;DR

MPT3K streams Big Bang Bar, hits rare double Big Bang Bar in one game

Summary

Manu Smith (Mystery Pinball Theater 3000) streams gameplay of Big Bang Bar, a rare 1996 Capcom prototype pinball machine with only ~10 units ever produced. During the stream, he achieves the notable accomplishment of reaching Big Bang Bar (a major mode award) twice in a single game, discusses the game's history, interacts with chat and visitors including Marty from Game Club Central, and announces upcoming travel to Texas Pinball Festival and Vegas.

Key Claims

  • Big Bang Bar was Capcom's last pinball game before they closed their pinball division

    high confidence · Direct statement during gameplay: 'This was the last game that Capcom was producing. And when the game before this underperformed, I forget what the game before this was. Pinball Magic? Pinball Magic underperformed. And so they cancelled this.'

  • Capcom only manufactured approximately 10 units of Big Bang Bar before canceling production

    high confidence · Stated during stream: 'They managed to make 10 of them. But they cancelled it and they closed the pinball division.'

  • Big Bang Bar never made it to arcades during its original release

    high confidence · Chat question answered: 'Wait, so this was a real table in the arcades back in the Larry Day? It didn't make it to the arcades, right? No. It didn't make it.'

  • There have been remakes of Big Bang Bar produced after the original Capcom version

    medium confidence · Mentioned: 'And there was a remake but you know what?' Context suggests post-Capcom production but no specific manufacturer/date given.

  • Pull My Focus video content is underperforming on YouTube despite 21,000 subscribers

    high confidence · Manu explains: 'We did like 12 in a row and then we're not getting any views so we're getting buried somehow on youtube we have 21 000 subscribers but only like 99 views on a video now.'

Notable Quotes

  • “They managed to make 10 of them. But they cancelled it and they closed the pinball division before this could get out.”

    Manu Smith@ 14:40 — Documents the history of Big Bang Bar as a cancelled Capcom title with extremely limited production

  • “Big Ben's Bar for the second time in one game, ladies and gentlemen! Woo! Big Ben's Bar two times, woo!”

    Manu Smith@ 34:59 — Celebrates achieving the rare double Big Bang Bar award in a single game, the stated goal of the stream

  • “VPWs are real. Let's be honest.”

    Manu Smith@ 21:35 — References the Virtual Pinball World (VPW) and acknowledges the validity of virtual pinball achievements

  • “If I was smart, I'd get right into multi-brawl so I don't lose two at a bar, but I'm going to lose two at a bar.”

    Manu Smith@ 15:07 — Self-aware commentary on game strategy and playfield layout challenges

  • “Marty is also the reason why I get to play this game at all. Period end of story.”

    Manu Smith@ 20:44 — Acknowledges Marty's role in providing access to the rare Big Bang Bar machine

Entities

Manu SmithpersonMystery Pinball Theater 3000organizationBig Bang BargameCapcomcompanyMartypersonFree Gold WatchorganizationSurrealperson

Signals

  • ?

    community_signal: Manu interacts with chat members (Jon Hey, Marty, Surreal, Mr. Hardluck) throughout stream, celebrates viewer achievements (Hardluck making Twitch affiliate), and discusses collaborative streaming plans with Surreal

    high · Multiple chat interactions: 'Congratulations, Ms. Hardluck! Made affiliate!'; planning Friday streams with Surreal; coordinating Sunday streaming with Surreal

  • ?

    community_signal: Texas Pinball Festival positioned as major community gathering with multiple prominent streamers and players planning attendance

    high · Manu states: 'I can't wait to fly out to Texas Pinball Festival and go see George and Jay-Z and Astro and all my friends and Marty and all my friends'

  • ?

    content_signal: Pull My Focus YouTube series experiencing significant viewership decline despite subscriber base, leading to content strategy reconsideration

    high · Manu explains: 'we have 21 000 subscribers but only like 99 views on a video now... we're taking a little break... we're gonna put on another pack of like six videos we might kill the channel'

  • ?

    event_signal: Texas Pinball Festival upcoming this weekend with new games to play (Foo Fighters, Pulp Fiction, Galactic Tank Force, possibly Godfather)

    high · Chat mentions: 'Texas Pinball Festival looks like it should be a great time this weekend... five new pins to try... foo fighters then some... pulp fiction... Galactic Tank Force'

  • ?

    product_concern: Galactic Tank Force mentioned in passing with neutral/skeptical tone; no detailed criticism but context suggests awareness of issues

Transcript

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0:00
Did I? Did I really interrupt you from watching Trailer Park Boys? Sorry, Pimber. My bad. Oh, shoot. My game just disappeared.
0:36
Let's go back. Hey, kids. Yeah, I'm not at Free Go Watch today. Because I'm flying out tomorrow. Also because... Let's see. Was Frank Nelson the cow? That's a good question. That's... Yeah, those are old... Those are old ads. Probably was. It's the maddest six seasons so far.
1:09
Yeah, I'm not a free gold watch. Hello PinBot. Hello everyone and welcome to Mystery Pinball Theater. I'm PinBot. They know who you are. They know who you are. I can only afford Little Bang Tavern Not Big Bang Bar Little Bang Tavern Super shot You know what I should have done I should have used the ball save To hit some of these stand ups over here Happy hour Hit em all baby Happy hour there we go Oh come on This is worth tilting Where's the tilt at Is it shaking too much No it's good Oh Go, go, go.
2:30
Keep going. That was pretty decent for that mode. I played some virtual pinball the other night. Feels so good. Definitely going to build a WV... Raya, I love your... I love your updates to that.
2:51
Texas Pinball Festival
event
Georgeperson
Pull My Focusorganization

low · Mentioned in list of games at festival alongside more enthusiastically received titles; Manu says 'Galactic Tank Force' without commentary

You should definitely let... You should do a YouTube or something like that. Like, I don't want to tell you how to run your life, but...
3:01
You know. Oh, what a lucky babe scanner shot. Come on, let's get another babe scanner shot. And... Scamper babes!
3:17
And... Ready? And... Scamper babes! Ready, ready, and Scan for babes We got scan for babes And we got underground going Scan for babes and Underground And we're stuck on the bonus, but I'll take bonus, oh no Okay, we're done with scan for babes We're still in underground Still in underground, go upstairs Oh, oh, shit the top of that fling is aimed directly at the right out lane is it me or does some of the voice lines sound like Lois right Lois from Family Guy and one is Bender now I'm not going to be able to unhear that I'm definitely not going to be able to unhear that now I'm getting sucked in have you been doing any Pull My Focus video lately I used to do it we did like 12 in a row and then we we're not getting any views so we're getting buried somehow on youtube we got 21 000 subscribers but only like 99 views on a video now so we're taking a little break we're gonna have no videos for like two weeks and then we're gonna put on another pack of like six videos we might kill the channel we might end up just not doing the channel because i don't Because what we're trying to figure out is, is there still an audience for video work? Although a couple of people bought some of our video courses today. I'm not sure we want to put a lot of time into Pull My Focus anymore because we're just not getting any, we're not getting any views, period.
5:01
You know what I mean? So that's the truth of that. It's a conspiracy. I used to, I used to Twitch Quake Live. Who knows?
5:10
Oh. Yeah, right, right. you should friday i think surreal is doing some uh more uh quake so you should go gotta do some shorts that catch people in your yeah so we're looking into shorts you are 100 right it's like all the traffic is being driven by shorts now uh just going to adjust it um yeah the right outline is brutal yeah it is Especially since you don't get a free shot. That free shot is nice.
5:45
If you want to lose to Surreal playing in God mode, join up, right? Surreal's really good, Astro. Surreal is really good. Like, I'm pretty decent.
5:59
And Surreal's pretty damn good. I got 7k hours in Quake. Wow. Quake 1, right? Original Quake? Can't it be cargo shorts? It sure can. Those pops are mean. So I got underground done. I don't have tube dancer yet. I'm not... Ok looped in space. So that means in order to stack looped in space and multi-brawl you have to... How do you do that? How do you even do that? How do you even stack those two? I wouldn't know how to stack them if I tried.
7:24
I got one more drop target for Loops in Space. One more drop Oh my god, one more freaking drop I'm not hitting that drop target Oh my god, I'm not hitting that drop target Got it
8:01
Is George meeting at TPL? Yeah, George is picking me up tomorrow. I only managed to do it once. It was by accident. Cool.
8:22
Hey, thanks for streaming. Do you like the tank force? What? He's serious? You're welcome Hey, I caught the waitress, right? No, game, you better have given me the waitress It gave me the waitress, right?
8:53
Hey, what's up, hot dog? It gave me the waitress, right? What's up, Hop Talk? I love that sound. If the two girls moaning more, it's BBB. Big Bang Bus. Aww.
9:15
What? That just blew me up. Want to play some darts? I don't really. I want to time out Cosmic Darts, actually. So what I will do is Shoot the pops I don't want to bother with cosmic darts I want to shoot Oh shit it comes all the way around Alright I'll take one Time out please 8, 7, 6 5 4 I said peace Oh, how appropriate He's in space Thank you, Derp It did give me the waitress Okay, good Whatever Nothing much TPF looks like it should be a great time this weekend So jealous Eh, it'll be okay I'm sure it'll be fine I do Where are we now Mosh a go go
10:36
Mosh a go go! Who's that? That would be a maze ball. Oh no! Can I time this one out too? this one out too like five new pins to try yeah i know i know foo fighters then some uh shoot foo fighters and then some pulp fiction and then more foo fighters and then Galactic Tank Force and then Morphoo Fighters and then maybe Godfather although, wow, absolutely not interested in that game.
11:27
Having a baby derailed all of my travel plans. Oh, congratulations! Congratulations! If anything good can derail your travel plans, let's have it be that. Splud. When's the baby due? Or did it Oh and Scooby Yes thank you Scooby-Doo Or did the baby already arrive?
11:49
That's so exciting bro That is super exciting No And Scott's new one Is uh Final Resistance Or something like that
12:09
Final Resistance, I think it's called. That was coming right back at me fast. I have to tour the bar, get lucky, get the extra ball.
12:27
357. I have to tour the bar, get lucky, get an extra ball. And I haven't done multi-brawl yet. Let's see. Well, she's won. Oh, okay, okay, so I'm a little late But that's okay Congratulations anyway Amazing age to be one Is she moving yet?
12:51
Is she Can you put, let me ask you this Can you put her down on a thing Walk away And come back and she's still there?
13:02
Okay, now you're screwed Sorry Wait, this isn't Galactic Space Force No, Saul, it's not It's Big Bang Maw So cool School got the Final Destination movie rights Yeah Is that true?
13:18
No Really? You know what I haven't really looked at I saw the Buffalo stream on Scott's game But I don't know anything about it Really Alright let's go upstairs What do I have left?
13:38
This is Tour de Bar. How about a Tour de Bar? Let's go there. Nope. Let's go there. Nope. That's one place. Multi-Brawl is lit. Okay, Multi-Brawl. So let's do... We're going to do Multi-Brawl during Tour de Bar, which is perfect. Oh, that was only one ball lock? Damn it.
14:13
Damn it. Nah, I'm messing. That would be cool, though. Okay, got it. Wait, so this was a real table in the arcades back in the day? It didn't make it to the arcades, right? No.
14:24
It didn't make it. Capcom? This was the last game that Capcom was producing. And when the game before this underperformed, I forget what the game before this was. Pinball Magic?
14:36
Pinball Magic underperformed And so they cancelled this They managed to make 10 of them But they cancelled it and they closed the pinball division Before this could get out Um Having a baby is like having a really shitty roommate Ha ha ha Uh yeah Yeah and there was a remake but
15:07
You know what? If I was smart, I'd get right into multi-brawl so I don't lose two at a bar, but I'm going to lose two at a bar.
15:18
Shit, I'm really going to lose two at a bar now. So I'm out of time. Yep, I lost two at a bar. That's okay, we'll get lucky. And we'll do multi-brawl and see how many points we can get.
15:32
Let's see if we can just send it right up the ramp. Here we go. Boom! Nope, none of them.
15:48
There's one. I just got lucky. A little bit harder. Hey, what's up, Marty? Game Club Central is in his house.
16:25
Extra ball, maybe? Game Club Central is in his house. What up, buddy? Get the extra ball! Son of a... We got a short plunge to get that extra ball.
16:54
Just packing to come meet you. I heard you're a nice guy. Alright, here we go. Ready? Marty, look what's lit.
17:07
wise guy shoot the one bank for the biggest bang of your life the one bank oh the one bank shoot the one bank why do they call it a one bank it's just one target bam big bang motherfucking bar Boom Oh no it's kind of like It's spazzing out Oh I gotta plunge myself sorry I gotta plunge myself I forgot it was one of those games I forgot you have to plunge the balls yourself And the more balls that are on the table the higher your multiplier is.
18:06
So keep the balls on the table. It's easier if you just flip like a monster. Go, go, go. Boy, this is really sticky right now.
18:20
My graphics card is struggling. I lost one. No more balls. Save. Woo! And we have just finished Big Bang Bar. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
18:47
We're done. What's up, Shell Shock? What's up? We finished Big Bang Bar. We're on ball two. one and done baby good games everyone gonna walk downtown to meet a friend rye thank you for coming i probably might have missed you but thank you bro love you bro broette thank you they mic drop golden nine up golden nine now that didn't last long no big deal uh no big bang deal now that you're done can you turn on the color dmt I know, I know, I know, Derp. I know, I know, I know. Derp, Derp, look away. Look away, Derp.
19:43
Well, Astro, I can't stop now. I can't stop now, Astro. I gotta keep going. I just Big Bang the Bar. I'm glad Marty showed up to see that. Marty was like, let me see you, Big Bang Bar. I was like, all right, fine, Big Bang Bar. By the way, that's not actually how Marty talks That wasn't an accurate description of actual speech from Marty That was me embellishing a weird voice Marty actually talks Very smooth talker Can you do it two times in one game? Nope I'm not even going to try Oh they gave me the get lucky like so soon They gave me the get lucky Marty I'll tell you what Marty I'll put your name in for this I'll put you in for this Marty gets this cause Marty's my buddy Marty is also the reason why I get to play this game At all Period end of story Okay so who waiting to find out how to do Chase the Waitress So if you want, just wait until the waitress gets on this ramp. Hang on, I'm going to close pass. Oh no!
21:13
Ah, there we go. And got her! Connor! So you can do that and you can get seven... Seven million? I don't know what that was. Seven?
21:28
Um... That was actually Amanda's real voice. How's that? I got 90 million today on this. You so sweet. VPWs are real. Let's be honest. I just made it all Mr. Rogers.
21:43
I just made it all Mr. Rogers. Yeah. for idiots like me who don't know how to do I was like so Marty what do I do now I don't have any Doff he's like just wait a minute I'm gonna give you your Doff okay I want my Doff I can't play without Doff I want my Doff I need my Doff I'm a fan. Son of a bitch.
22:19
Skillshot missed 100,000. So you get points for missing a skillshot in this game. That's not a skill. Oh, no. I get another extra ball. Why did I get another extra ball? Whoever said that in Big Bang Bar? Oh, no. I get another extra ball. Let's keep going.
22:38
I'm home. I don't have to pick the kids up. Oh, a threesome. I just had a threesome, guys. I just had a threesome! And I didn't even know it!
22:54
I think I might put this one up on YouTube. I think I definitely want to put this one up on YouTube.
23:04
Oh no, I want multi-brawl! What am I doing? Why am I not getting multi-brawl right now? Ah! Ah! No! Oh, this is multi-brawl. I mean, this is Happy Hour, which is all the points.
23:22
All the points for Happy Hour are up there. And on the spinner. Shoot the tube, Dancer. Happy Hour, guys. Hit this spinner.
23:39
It's 500,000. I think it's 500,000 points per spin. Marty, do you know? The ramp lights are very cool. So, Happy Hour is like 500,000 up. Switch, right?
23:56
Okay. I think it's 500k a switch. I usually go for the pops, but I just realized if you go for the spinner...
24:07
I get into a Beatles groove. I get into such a Beatles groove with that um with that freaking um underground
24:18
if you play beatles it's it's the looped mode i'm sorry i'm talking about a game that maybe you haven't played
24:37
a little bit harder I backhanded the shit out of that. I backhanded the shit out of that ramp, boy. Well this feels pretty good just before going to TPF to just blow this game up. Where am I?
25:16
Mr. Hardlock! Bazimbo or some shit. What's up, Mr. Hardlock? How you doing, buddy?
25:29
I got the underground going. Oh, I got the underground. Thank you. I didn't know what I was doing, Marty. I didn't know what mode I was in Alright I'm still in the underground Underground Huge points in the underground right Not really But they all eventually add up To a score 12 million I will try to go on up Go on up Get good at that backhand kids Man you gotta do so many Watch this Ready Qualify That's a cheap way of getting a qualify right Shoot for cosmic darts Light the in lane and let it roll up there Itself is a real cheap way to get that. But, who said anything about being fair to a game? A pinball game.
26:39
Okay, okay. Maybe we can tour the whole bar. Maybe. Let's see. Okay, one is Cosmic Darts! What's that?
26:52
What part of the bar was Cosmic Darts? Okay, one is the ramp! Uh-oh! I'm not going to get to tour the bar. Eight seconds to tour the rest of the bar. Six.
27:10
That's not a part of the bar I want to tour. No. Damn it. I can never tour the freaking bar, man. I made affiliate. Oh my god! Congratulations, Ms. Hardluck! Made affiliate! Woo!
27:36
Hardluck made affiliate! Hardluck, I'm proud of you. I never, I never, ever doubted you would make affiliate. Not like those other people.
27:49
Not like those other people. I never doubted that you would make affiliate. Don't listen to those other people.
27:58
Woo! That's one bullseye. Don't listen to all those other naysayers. Honestly, for this month I just need enough streams.
28:14
But one billion? Yeah. Like me, I'm never going to make an affiliate. Look, if you keep that attitude up, you won't.
28:23
If you keep that attitude up, it's not going to happen. No, I'm looking to time out Cosmic darts That's what I'm looking to do Hey, maybe we'll do it twice I don't know Guys, maybe we'll Maybe we'll big bang twice I got time I'm home I don't have to pick the kids up Maybe we'll big bang twice Wouldn't that be fun? Wouldn't that be the most boring stream ever If I big bang twice? Luna Palooza can kiss my butt too. Need to open up them outlanes, man. No, I don't. You should have seen this. You saw this stream on Tuesday.
29:13
You saw this stream Tuesday, Astro. Maybe we'll big bang twice. Crap. Is that the end of my game? Look at this bonus.
29:31
53 million? Still not... Oh! Still not a good... Still not a great bonus. Alright, we got Masha Go-Go and extra ball, but I still gotta do raised ball busters and I still gotta do looped in space.
29:43
Those are the two that's gonna ruin you. Oh, shit. Oh, the game just realized that I'm kind of owning it right now and it's... Oh.
29:53
That right out lane just woke up again. That right out lane woke up and was like Hey wait a minute uh oh Right out right out right out Okay here we go This is Masha Gogo And Multibrawl No yes no no Yes Masha Gogo and Multibrawl So so I'm going to send these balls up to the top Let me see if I can send them up Up to the top That one should go I'm not shooting with jackpots per se.
30:27
I am shooting for the mosh pit. Maybe. All right, now I'll shoot for jackpots. Nope. All right, that's okay.
30:44
I kind of wanted the mosh pit. Let's go back up to the mosh pit if we can. I can still get to the mosh pit, right?
30:52
Hey, Surreal! What's up, buddy? Are we still moshing? Hey, Surreal, we need to talk about what we're going to do on Sunday. What are we streaming?
31:14
We need to talk about what we're streaming. Just think about that, too. Yeah, okay. Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh tube dancer extra ball is lit oh yeah Yep, I saw that going. And I had the extra ball lit. Oh!
31:53
Dart save? What the frack is dart save? Who is watching right now? What is dart save? What the hell is... It said dart save.
32:17
I don't know. The game is going into modes I don't even know about now. Okay that's Mosh! Mosh! M-m-m-m-m-mosh! Mosh! M-m-m-m-m-m-mo, m-m-m-m-m-m-mo! M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-mo! Uh-oh! Shit! Shit.
32:43
Ah, crap. Get up there. Oh, man. That was sick. How much is the next jackpot? 55 million? Wow, talk about six saves. First place?
33:12
I don't know, did we get first place? Okay, looped in space. Okay, here we go. I'm almost there again, kids.
33:21
So what I'm going to do is try and get through modes. Because you can still work modes and stuff while you're in a multiball.
33:37
All right. Trap it up. Are we at Big Bang again? Are we literally at Big Bang again? Oh! Oh, we are literally at Big Bang again.
34:14
Oh my God, kids. Marty, if you're still here, I might have to take this. Nothing in the rules about dart save.
34:27
That is sick. I feel like you're cheating. I'm not cheating. I'm telling you, I play this a lot. Astro, I play this.
34:36
I need to grab this one. Yeah, you do. Oh, I missed it. Get it in there for me. Got it. It did it for me. Woo!
34:56
Woo! Big bang bar for the second time in one game, ladies and gentlemen! Woo! Big bang bar two times, woo!
35:11
I don't even care anymore. What can I hit, anything? I am the tiger, it's the king. I'm having an Escher moment.
35:38
And that's all, folks. What is even happening on the DMD? What is even happening up there? Two balls in play, all scores, 2x. Okay. Oh The lights are killing my game though
36:24
Is an MPT3K modded ROM We didn't go out last Friday So we're going to try the pinball date tomorrow Nice DMD-ish stuff I know but why am I qualifying modes again This is my second time around this game Fine I'm taking this one I'm not giving it to Marty I'm taking this one I love Marty to death But man I almost broke 2 billion on this Oh my god It's another ball Alright We're gonna be done I'm actually tapping out now I'm like Alright cool Cool game Cool Thank you I think I am tapping out I'm actually tapping out No, no, don't want to play anymore.
37:41
Three credits. No, no, I'm going to go in there with my son and make sure he's okay. I think we're good. Well Once again Thank you guys so much Thank you Shellshock I'm done on Big Bang Of course honey Hey Love you too Pinbot I gotta give you some Pinbot status report pin bot status report i love the f5 key it's just so refreshing hey so i'm gonna say bye bye for a week i'm heading out to maybe we can design a pin table oh oh surreal uh i can't here's the things i can't wait for one to fly out to tpf and go see George and Jay-Z and Astro and all my friends and Marty and all my friends, my VP friends. Can't wait to do that. I can't wait to hang out with Surreal after TPF.
38:54
Just chill bro time. Just hang in. Bro, we gonna get something to eat. We gonna just party and chill, right? We're gonna stream a little on Sunday. I can't wait. And then after that, I'm off to Vegas, believe it or not.
39:10
You bought bubbly for me? Ha, ha, ha, ha. Thank you. After that, I'm off to Vegas for a week, so I won't see you guys all next week. I'm going to miss you. I'll be back the following week. Don't forget, this coming Friday, go to Surreal's channel, right? Have some fun there. And the following Friday, Surreal, you might have two Fridays. I think you got two Fridays right now. Two Fridays in Surreal's stream. We got to entertain them. I'm going to be there. I'm going to try and be there with you on Friday, but I'll be from Vegas. So I'm just going to be in a chat. Good Lord.
39:48
Surreal 7. Make sure you follow Surreal underscore 7. Keeping it locked down. And we will return with more streams and more Rift Theater the following Friday. I'm taking a little break from streaming for a little bit. I'm going to hang out with some friends. Thank you guys so much. WTF am I going to do with all the pinball streamers at TPF? They'll probably be streaming. But you'll do fine. you'll do better, actually. Your life will be better without staring at us. All right. See you later, kids.
40:23
Yeah. I don't know. You can watch Mr. Hardluck. You can watch all these people. I mean, I got to ask you, who are these people?
40:41
Thank you. Yo, we're gonna raid Dawson. Tell him I got to Big Bang Bar twice. Thank you.