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JAWS Gameplay Premiere

Stern Pinball·video·16m 24s·analyzed·Jan 8, 2024
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TL;DR

Keith Elwin demos Jaws pinball rules, modes, multiballs, and gameplay mechanics.

Summary

Keith Elwin, designer of Jaws pinball, provides a comprehensive gameplay walkthrough covering the skill shot system, five available modes (Raft Attack, Fish Finder, Quint's Challenge, Bounty Hunt, Shark Tower), three distinct multiball modes (Jaws 1, Jaws 2, Rescue), and special features like Beach Panic stacking and Pippet super awards. The machine emphasizes mode stacking, strategic shot selection, and shark-themed objectives with a rich rule set.

Key Claims

  • Jaws pinball has a three-level skill shot system

    high confidence · Keith Elwin describes the skill shot system with three levels of difficulty

  • There are five modes available in Jaws pinball: Raft Attack, Fish Finder, Quint's Challenge, Bounty Hunt, and Shark Tower

    high confidence · Keith Elwin states 'I have five modes lit' and describes each one during gameplay

  • Jaws pinball features three different multiball modes: Jaws 1, Jaws 2, and Rescue Multiball

    high confidence · Keith Elwin explicitly states 'there are three different Jaws multi balls'

  • Beach Panic mode lights most playfield shots as collectible jackpots and is designed for stacking with multiball

    high confidence · Keith Elwin describes Beach Panic as having 'pretty much every shot is lit' and uses it as a stacking strategy

  • Quint's Challenge involves tying knots (combo shots) with approximately 12 different challenges

    high confidence · Keith Elwin describes 'Quint's challenge he's going to challenge you to tie a knot which is basically a combo and there's about 12 of these'

  • The Bounty Hunt mode allows players to select which of five sharks to hunt: Moo, Hammerhead, Tiger, Thresher, and Great White

    high confidence · Keith Elwin describes shark selection and names five shark types: moo, hammerhead, tiger, thresher, and mini wizard mode with the great white

  • Rescue Multiball is the designer's favorite multiball mode and requires saving beach goers before the shark reaches them

    high confidence · Keith Elwin states 'rescue multiball is my favorite multiball in the game' and explains the rescue mechanics

  • Jaws pinball includes 3D glasses and a video mode with harpoon mechanics

    high confidence · Keith Elwin mentions 'your game will come with uh 3D glasses' and describes the video mode with harpoon firing mechanics

Notable Quotes

  • “rescue multiball is my favorite multiball in the game basically now you have to rescue every one of these beach goers before the shark gets them”

    Keith Elwin@ 14:23 — Designer reveals personal preference for one of the game's marquee features, indicating design priorities around player experience

  • “Beach panic because pretty much every shot is lit and that's a great one to stack with multiball”

    Keith Elwin@ 7:56 — Highlights a core strategic element of the game design: mode stacking and shot lighting density

  • “there are three different Jaws multi balls so I can shoot any of the yellow shots to actually start the multiball”

    Keith Elwin@ 7:28 — Confirms three distinct multiball variants and their activation mechanics

  • “quint's challenge he's going to challenge you to tie a knot which is basically a combo and there's about 12 of these that you have to get through”

    Keith Elwin@ 4:37 — Explains a signature challenge mode with substantial depth (12 distinct challenges)

Entities

Keith ElwinpersonJawsgameStern PinballcompanyRaft AttackproductFish FinderproductQuint's ChallengeproductBounty HuntproductShark TowerproductBeach PanicproductRescue MultiballproductPippetproduct

Signals

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    gameplay_signal: Jaws features robust mode stacking mechanics with multiple modes that can be brought into multiballs, particularly Beach Panic which lights most shots simultaneously

    high · Keith Elan demonstrates bringing modes into multiball ('I'm going to try to bring a mode in with this so I'm going to shoot the boat first') and specifically notes Beach Panic's value for stacking

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Three distinct multiball modes with different mechanics: standard Jaws multiball with barrel stacking, and Rescue Multiball with time-pressure rescue mechanics

    high · Keith Elan explains three separate Jaws multiball modes with distinct activation and play patterns, particularly highlighting Rescue Multiball's unique mechanic

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Quint's Challenge features 12 distinct knot-tying (combo) challenges with variable difficulty, suggesting substantial single-player depth and replayability

    high · Keith Elan states 'there's about 12 of these that you have to get through' and demonstrates multiple failed attempts during gameplay

  • ?

    design_innovation: Jaws includes an integrated 3D video mode with harpoon mechanics, representing a multimedia integration approach in modern pinball design

    high · Keith Elan references '3D glasses' and describes the video mode with left/right flipper and action button harpoon controls

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Bounty Hunt mode allows five shark selection, each with unique objective sets (spinners, ramps, pop hits, chum bucket hits), creating modular mode variety

Transcript

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0:11
hello I'm Keith Elin designer of Jaws pinball and right now we're going to go over the rules as I [Music] [Applause]
0:23
play so uh the skill shot system there are three levels the first level is to hit the pop bumper without hitting the roll over to the mini flipper
0:40
skill and hooray points all right so I have a few things I can do here I can shoot the captive ball in the boat to bring up the shark and start shark encounter modes uh I can hit the Chum Bucket and start working on my multiball by advancing the chum line on the uh LED Chum line thing so I'm going to bash the boat and try to light a mode
1:07
[Music] so now I have five modes lit and whichever one I shoot is the mode I'll start uh since I'm on the left flipper I'm going to try to start raft attack over there on the right
1:25
ramp now during raft attack I want to shoot any of the blue shots it's going to bring up the fin temporarily and I want to hit the F before it goes down if I miss and you just repeat
Wave Rampproduct

high · Keith Elan describes selecting different sharks and completing four objectives per shark ('we'll start with the moo so when you select this you'll have four objectives')

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Game features multiple hurry-up mechanics (Beach Closed, Rescue) that stack with other modes and carry value across the game, creating strategic depth

    high · Keith Elan describes Beach Closed hurry-up bonus application and Rescue Multiball timing mechanics stacked with other modes

  • ?

    design_innovation: Uses a captive ball in a boat target as a multi-function activation mechanism for shark encounters and modes

    high · Keith Elan describes 'shoot the captive ball in the boat to bring up the shark and start shark encounter modes' and uses this repeatedly to bring modes into multiball

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Three-level skill shot system with escalating difficulty, confirming modern pinball emphasis on early-game skill and player progression

    high · Keith Elan describes skill shot levels and references reaching 'skill shot level two' during gameplay

  • 2:04
    now I got video mode lit on the right ramp I did that by shooting the fish finder targets more of that
    2:22
    3D now your game will come with uh 3D glasses not as cool as these ones but it'll still come with
    2:32
    them our our uh take on uh the video game in the movie so left flipper fires a harpoon Left Right flipper fires it right both fired up the middle or you can use the action button do not hit the
    2:58
    [Music] diver Tech I can double the value by hitting the center ramp before the [Music] target uh one more sequence to complete to uh beat the
    3:45
    right you all know me a little 3 I'll catch this word bad all right so I didn't beat that mode no big deal all right so the flashing lights over here are the fish finder and whenever you shoot the lit drop Target it'll stay lit you light all three it'll light the fish finder modes which are activated when the ball comes through this Lane and you shoot the lit [Music] targets is not I Val my neck more than 3,000
    4:36
    this is quint's challenge he's going to challenge you to tie a knot which is basically a combo and there's about 12 of these that you have to get through the timer doesn't start until you hit the first shot so there no big deal no rush to start
    5:02
    it three but I'll care him and kill him so Bounty hunts you can select which shark you're going after uh we'll start with the moo so when you select this you'll have four objectives that you have to obtain and this one is 30 Spinners three ramps one pop hit and two Chum Bucket hits and once you do that you need to shoot the fishing reel to reel the shark [Music] in [Music] you see I failed the challenge so I'll have the relight uh quinch challenge [Music] there all right so we completed the shark Tower targets which starts speeding frenzy basically every switch hit builds a value hit the flashing standup Target to collect that value and this value carries over the entire game so if you do really well in ball one you're going to get that bonus after every
    6:14
    [Music] ball $10,000 for me by myself that you get the TA whole damn
    6:57
    all right so now we have the Harpoon lit which means I can shoot either the left orbit or the center ramp which will first time only it'll bring up the upost on left lane bring up the shark fin start moving uh if I can attach a barrel then I'll light
    7:20
    multiball so here we go now now kill it now all right so I got one barrel on him which means I've qualified Jaws multi ball one there are three different Jaws multi balls so I can shoot any of the yellow shots to actually start the multiball but I'm going to try to bring a mode in with this so I'm going to shoot the boat
    7:51
    first all right so now I can bring in uh any one of the flashing modes uh you really want Beach panic because pretty much every shot is lit and that's a great one to stack with multiball so that is the waiver ramp that is the ramp just to the right of the right or the left
    8:11
    orbit all right so this is the perfect stat all right let's see how long that to bring him
    8:26
    again part one of Jaws multile you are hitting the shots to try to bring up the yellow Barrel once you do it'll pop up in that a random location and you shoot that shot for a
    8:49
    jackpot hitting the Chum Bucket enough times to fill up the chum line will add a
    8:59
    ball [Music] we go the out of ball still got Beach Panic running so every shot every uh blue shot I
    9:38
    [Music] 5 4 3 2 1 time [Music] all right so now I'm uh one target away from letting fish finder uh what else I got pippet lit which is kind of a super award if you uh collect pippet they throw the stick at a random location you have 10 seconds to fetch it and if you do you receive a reward uh what else I got going so every time I hit one of these standup targets the shark Tower targets it lights a beachgoer at one of the five shots if you complete three on the same shot it starts at Beach closed hurry up when you collect that uh whatever value you collect that at then every shot you collect uh at that same shot so REM mode multiball whatever is lit that shot gets added bonus of whatever the uh Beach clo value is it's like 10% of whatever hurry up you collected maybe it's 20 I forget uh but I need so I have one flashing so I have a beach go ready to go on the uh wave ramp and then once I get through that I can start adding more beach goers and try to get rescue multiball which is what happens when you collect all the beach
    11:29
    terrible [Music] Fisher so that's a fishfinder mode it is super buoys which I'll explain a bit more and more so I just hooked my Shark by completing the four objectives so now I got to shoot the real The Reel them [Music]
    12:29
    fire so I started to Beach her hurry up on the right [Music]
    12:55
    [Music] ramp all right as you can see there I know was stacked with the hurry up but I just completed quint's challenge in level one drives
    13:37
    all right I've hook the shark now I need to dash the shark to collect the
    13:46
    [Music] Bounty so now I've captured the moo and there's a total there's the moo there's a hammerhead the tiger the thresher and the mini wizard mode is you battle the great white skill shot all right skill shot level two and I still need to get this left lane to start my rescue hurry [Music]
    14:17
    up and there we go rescue multiball is my favorite multiball in the [Music] game basically now you have to rescue every one of these beach goers before the shark gets them the shark's going to move around you have a few seconds before before it gets the beachgoer uh the jackpot value in each shot is based on how many you've rescued on that shot so if you get all three on the same shot that's a 3X
    15:11
    the drop targets are out of ball which is why I keep aiming over here and
    15:38
    it's not a good rescue multiball usually you want 150 to 200 on that more you play in the same game obviously the lot bigger the Bounty collect
    15:59
    gets fail quin's challenge again but we got through a lot of the game you got to see jaws one and two multiball most of the modes most of the fish finders we have to close the beaches thank you very