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The Godfather CE (JJP 2023)

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000·video·40m 44s·analyzed·Sep 14, 2023
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TL;DR

Gameplay breakdown of The Godfather CE with rules clarification and enthusiastic playfield demonstrations.

Summary

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 host Manu provides a detailed gameplay walkthrough of The Godfather Collector's Edition (JJP 2023), correcting previous misconceptions about game mechanics. The stream focuses on explaining soldiers (time currency for jobs), job selection, family perks, multiball mechanics, and playfield shot sequences, interspersed with casual banter, chat interaction, and streaming technical difficulties.

Key Claims

  • You can choose which job you want to start rather than getting jobs randomly, by positioning the flippers strategically

    high confidence · Manu demonstrating job selection mechanic during gameplay: 'if you see, I'm moving the flippers. Some people think you get a job randomly, but no. you can actually choose a job.'

  • Soldiers die during jobs and represent roughly the amount of time to complete a mode; ramps give two soldiers, slingshots give one, stand-ups give one or two depending on family

    high confidence · Manu explaining mechanics: 'Soldiers die during your jobs, so you need to have enough...ramps give you two soldiers. Slingshots give you one soldier. Stand-ups give you one or two soldiers. Depends on the family'

  • You can start jobs while already in multiballs, and can even start multiple multiballs simultaneously

    high confidence · Manu: 'You can start jobs while you're in multiballs. That's the crazy thing about this game. You can start other multiballs while you're in multiballs.'

  • Turf War Multiball starts as a two-ball multiball, and additional turf increases the number of balls in that multiball

    high confidence · Manu: 'Turf for a multiball starts as a two-ball multiball. And then the more turf you get, the more balls you get for your multiball.'

  • Each family in The Godfather has different perks and nerfs affecting gameplay

    high confidence · Manu: 'Each family has a different perk. And different nerfs.'

Notable Quotes

  • “This is the first time in my stream history where I streamed a physical pin twice. The same pin twice. I streamed this last week.”

    Manu (Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 host)@ 4:17 — Indicates The Godfather CE is a significant enough game to warrant repeat streaming and detailed rules explanation

  • “It's one's office...I play the games and let the whole world sing.”

    Manu@ 13:17 — Casual philosophy statement about game approach; reflects confident playstyle

  • “Wouldn't be Jersey Jack Pinball without the endurance multi-ball.”

    Manu@ 27:04 — Acknowledges signature JJP design characteristic of extended multiball sequences

  • “The struggle is real. No! No! I'm in the hideout.”

    Manu@ 20:59 — Commentary on shot difficulty; appears to be challenging even for experienced players

  • “Sam Stern is gobbling up the talent...They haven't hired me yet, though. They're just waiting. They're saving the best for last.”

    Manu@ 31:07 — Joking reference to Stern's talent acquisition; self-deprecating humor about potential future employment

Entities

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000organizationManupersonThe GodfathergameJersey Jack PinballcompanyGrummypersonJordanpersonJack (Deadflip)personKyleperson

Signals

  • ?

    community_signal: Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 providing detailed rules education and repeat coverage of The Godfather CE, indicating community demand for comprehensive game mechanics explanation

    high · Manu explicitly states this is second stream of same machine: 'I streamed The Godfather last week. We're going over some The Godfather rules today.'

  • ?

    community_signal: Active Twitch streaming community around The Godfather CE with subscriptions, raids, and engaged viewers providing real-time interaction

    high · Multiple subscriber donations, raid participation, and chat interaction throughout stream (Motherfutter, Candela 26-month sub, Emoto raid, etc.)

  • ?

    design_philosophy: The Godfather CE exhibits signature JJP design characteristics: multiball stacking/endurance mechanics, complex job system with hidden mechanics (job selection via flipper positioning), extensive shot sequences

    high · Manu: 'Wouldn't be Jersey Jack Pinball without the endurance multi-ball' and demonstrates ability to start multiballs within multiballs

  • ?

    product_concern: Potential mechanical difficulty with upper flipper shots due to insufficient plunger strength on this specific unit

    medium · Manu: 'Can't do it on this game because the plunger isn't strong enough' when attempting upper flipper skill shots

Transcript

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0:00
That was weird. You know I can tell why you got out of streaming Because everything could work And then it doesn't And then you go I don't know why it's not working What's up bud how you doing man What's up Grummy Streaming sucks While you're streaming it's fine right While we're streaming It's fine setting up and breaking down If you could get an intern. Jordan, if you could hire an intern. Jordan, I'm glad you're here. Well, actually, I'm glad everyone's here. Grammy's here, everyone's here. We're going to do another look at The Godfather today. And I'm going to try and fix everything I said about it last time. I didn't get a lot of things wrong, but there are some things that I need to correct. you're playing a JJB so it's bound to mess up?
1:26
That's not nice. All right. So let's talk about Godfather really quick. Godfather. And I have direct sound for you guys.
1:38
I have direct sound for you guys. Do you have a delivery? Hey, hit the slipper buttons to change family.
1:46
Yeah, the front desk is right there. Sometimes I help out. Look at me. I'm a great guy. I spend my life trying not to be careless. That might be too loud. I'm going to bring that down a little bit.
Karl DeAngelo
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Stern Pinballcompany
Bruce Jeff Johnsonperson
2:02
But you know what's nice about a JJP? Cliptronic? The front desk is in the back. You looking for the front desk? Yeah, it's in the back.
2:17
I mean you asked, I just wanted to let you know where the front desk was. It's in the rear. Um, come on, let's move. Is that too, I think, that works, that works. That's better. So you pick your family, oh shoot, let's go, let's actually look at the game. How about that? Boom. So once again I got the, uh, where is it, it's over there. I have the Gangsta Cam ready for you guys. It's nice to know that all of my back issues are behind me.
2:52
Pick your family. Each family has a different perk. And different nerfs. First thing I want to talk about is Ventures and Soldiers. Soldiers are any switch hit, really. You hit a switch on the table and you get Soldiers. Soldiers are roughly the amount of time The amount of time you have To play a mode If you're new in this game So I'm getting soldiers right now Just by hitting things If I trap up Look at the status I need to time my one You see I have 16 soldiers The screen says 16 soldiers and I have one X weapon cast. It was a playfield multiplier.
3:46
I have 16 soldiers. You need a certain amount of soldiers to get offered a job from the Dom. You don't have enough soldiers? No job. So let me go shoot around and get some soldiers.
4:00
You can get soldiers by hitting ramps. You can get soldiers by... What was that? Okay, Jordan. I'll see you later. Motherfutter! Yeah, come on back, Dorian. I'll see you later. Motherfutter, thank you for the sub.
4:17
Motherfutter, this is the first time in my stream history where I streamed a physical pin twice. The same pin twice. I streamed this last week.
4:29
I streamed Godfather last week. We're going over some Godfather rules today. Now, if you're new to Godfather, I suggest you go after the capos. It's like Attack of Mars You know Just shoot at Just hit the Hit the target down Knock the target down Boom Oh crap Right It opens up He shoots at me I shoot back at him You know It's a family thing It's a family If I could hit him Oh man, not today, gang.
5:11
Do you like it? If so, you can ignore me. I do like it. I do. There's a lot to it. I do like it. Right now, we're just talking about soldiers and the capital target. But I got enough soldiers. If I can see my status right now on the screen above me, I have 46 soldiers, which roughly equals like 46 seconds to do the job. Soldiers die during your jobs, so you need to have enough. So if I do a plunge and then... Oh, that was almost good. And then start a job. It's easier for me to backhand that. That was dangerous. Here we go. Headshot with a cannoli. Alright. Cannoli! There you go, Grimmy. Cannoli. Take the cannoli. shots. And this is lit shots. Now my soldiers are dying. You guys can see on the status, 46. My soldiers are going away. 44. I'm out of the job now because I just died. But anyway, that's the concept of the soldiers. I think ramps give you two soldiers. Slingshots give you one soldier. Stand-ups give you one or two soldiers. Depends on the family, but not And that equals the amount of time. Make sure you choose one of those 15 skill shots before plunging.
6:38
You can, you don't have to. There's like, there's two skill shots I really like. Shoot in here and you get a fountain shot, which gives you one lock towards Sicily Multiball. Shoot up there and you get a compound shot, which is one lock towards compound. Let me see if I can do either one. There's a compound. There's a compound skill shot. Now the other skill shots you're talking about, Mudder Plutter, are if you hit the launch button. How's that? There are so many that it's kind of ridiculous. But if you have the skill, you can do all of them. So I'm not going to worry about those skill shots right now. The only way to do those skill shots is to ask for it by name and then do it. If you do not ask for it by name, you don't get the skill shot.
7:32
All right. I got another job offer because why? Because I still have soldiers that are alive for my last job.
7:41
And I have 43 soldiers still, so I can start another job. Now, if you see, I'm moving the flippers. Some people think you get a job randomly, but no. you can actually choose a job. See that? I'm choosing my job. I don't know, let's do market day. I can't remember what market day is. I'm going to do a skill shot here. Oh, almost. That was almost. All right, I want to do market day, like a la, like, Lord of the Rings, where you have to go past it. I actually want to do it this way. I want to do market day, so, Oh, market day, got it. If you're careful, you can get the one you want.
8:28
It's simple. Market day, shoot roving shots. Another shoot roving shots thing. Now, a lot of the times you want to... Son of a bitch!
8:44
Go, player! I can't stay in the job for more than a second. Sorry, excuse my language, but that was... Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. If I can stay in a job.
9:01
Poor worker. What's up, Onyx? All right. So we talked about soldiers. We talked about jobs. Okay, now one interesting thing about this game also is that if you like two jobs, if you actually visit two jobs, you can do the thing in between the jobs. For example, Dinner Specials and Wedding Favor has a thing called Tribute in the middle. And that's kind of a bonus mode. Okay. Oh! I'm just going to pick whatever family. I don't care.
9:39
Wow. Nah, not today, game. Not today. Not today, baby. This game is just chewing through my dollars when I put yes.
9:50
Holy smokes. Shoot the target I Patrolo Zagat This is the one game I ever seen where Andre actually said I not having a good time
10:05
I was like, well, whether you have a good time or not, I think the memes are pretty cool though. That was sound appropriate. You still think it sounds like a slot machine? I don't know what to tell you. You still think it sounds like a slot machine? Is that a ball? No. At least it gave me the ball back.
10:24
Alright. I'm doing full plunges right now just because. But normally... Oh, shit. My replay is not working. That would have been cool to see that. I started compound multiball.
10:47
I gotta fix my instant replay because that was crazy. You can start jobs while you're in multiballs.
10:59
That's the crazy thing about this game. You can start other multiballs while you're in multiballs. So I'm going to hit my action button. I'm gonna make him an office. Action button is... is the multiplier. I'm at a 2.5 multiplier, and I think I'm gone now.
11:27
Multiplier's done. Boop! That was 5... That was 2x on the coppo. Hit the compound target. That was 2x on the coppo.
11:39
Uh... Yes, really I did, especially if you heard the guy call the slot machine. Oh, really? Alright, I still got 50 soldiers, but I don't have a job offer. I'm in a job right now, okay?
11:51
I'm still in a job. Damn. There's more where that thing's at. Alright, what else can I tell you about this game? Ventures. Actually, once we finish this game, we'll talk a little about Ventures. Each family has different, I guess Venture.
12:19
And you light Turf War Multiball by hitting those shots. As you can see, my Turf War Multiball is already lit.
12:28
You can lock a ball. You can lock a ball by going that way. That's a ball lock. I think that was a ball lock. No, it didn't actually make it to the ball lock.
12:51
Shoot the orbit. Oh my god. God. Come on. That's a ball lock. Nope. Nope. What's up, Mr. Hardlock? Back at it again.
13:05
You can lock a ball, you can dodge a ball. Hi, Walter. You know, it's just what I do. You know, I just play the games like it's meant to be played. I play the games and let the whole world sing. All right, folks.
13:24
That means you've got to go back to work. I know. If he smoked 100 cigarettes, I would have much more of a great time. You want him to smoke bigger cigarettes so you have a bigger break? That's hilarious. I agree. Let's get Lee. Let's get really really unhealthy to have smoked like ridiculous cigarettes. Oh Man, I keep doing I'll make them out again
13:57
Walter this game is freaking brutal. It's a complete falsehood. I like it though. It's one's office. Yeah, maybe for you
14:07
Yeah, it's just what I do Boom! 2x! Ah, missed it. See, people fish at the plane, you know, and it's like, wah, wah, wah, wah. Shoot the orbs. I just do it. You just do it? I just do it. Yep. Alright, I continued my job. Oh, nice move. Nice move. I continued my job because I don't want to end the job yet. I want to get another lock. man I'm just struggling with that shot right now hang on I'm gonna let it bounce I'm gonna backhand it up here now I got turf war multi oh I don't I'm not! Lock it! No proof we can get it to him. Alright, let's see it roll. Scary, I was just thinking about Bruce Johnson who wrote that song. Oh, really? Turf for a multiball starts as a two-ball multiball. And then the more turf you get, the more balls you get for your multiball. That's basically it. So, what's your answer going to be, pun? I'll show you guys how to get more turf to get more both multiballs. Basically it's the first time it's a two ball. Hey Terry Redd! What's up buddy? I'm gonna make it my own. Fist kiss! With me, Gwen! My second TV died so I can only listen to you while working on it. How's the game sound you guys? Sound okay? I want to make sure that the sound is really good. I was thinking that if Bruce Johnson wrote an autobiography, he should call it I Write the Songs and Other Climes.
16:09
Making them off and you can't refuse. Hey, what's up, Brent? I don't know. Choose your family.
16:22
Venture points plus 100. Easier capital kills. Let's go with easier capital kills. Once again, let's go with the, let's see. So it's on that super upper loop shoot upper loop from upper flipper
16:36
All right, that's right Oh I can't do it on this game Because the Can't do it on this game because the plunger isn't strong enough
17:01
Hit the bad guy. Uh-oh. Let's try it again. Super up and loose. Oh, that's a tough one. Oh, man. Oh, yeah. Tell me about it. That was a serious drain.
17:28
5X. No? 5x? That was a 5x shot you guys. I'm at 3 million already. That was a freaking 5x shot and the job is ready.
17:48
Take the cannoli. Thank you Wes. Take the cannoli. Behind the flipper! I see. Gave me influence. Lockable. Come on, lockable. I got some experience in the ring. Lockable. Nice.
18:15
Super. Let's go for that skill shot again. Super upper. Bam. Still make it. Nope, nope. Nice shoot. hit the gates there. Boom got him how much? Behind the flipper!
18:42
I'm making all my points for combos. Mamma mia that's a spicy meatball. Oh my god. Oh, the level of survival here is for reals.
19:01
Oh, my camera just died. You guys should tell me. My camera on top went nuts. The gangsters are lost. I'm going to have to fix them.
19:16
My gangsters are... Shoot the left ramp. The more the matter, the harder I fight. I want you to take it to a farther spot so I know things are safe.
19:37
That's funny how the camera is just like dead. Shoot the right ramp. Right ramp? Alright. We'll shoot the right ramp. I crazy to your face And I not saying you my in loudness After you been downed Right ramp nope
19:59
Ahhhh, right ramp, nope Shoot the left corner Left ramp, left ramp This a multi-ball This a remix Head to the hideout Hideout. We're going to get to the hideout.
20:20
Let's try. It's exceptionally difficult. Do I get the hideout? Nope. I would love to hit the hideout but it's really hard.
20:52
I'm trying. You don't understand. The struggle is real. No! I'm in the hideout. Hideout! No! So difficult. I'm running out of time. Do I get to fix my ball now? Ball, ball, ball. Oh, I'm at four ball.
21:19
All right, let me fix this. Oh, my goodness. Why did that do that? I'm going to have to be back till last week. There we go. I'll just set it right there.
21:44
Okay. Holy crap! Topper! What's up, Goran? This is the CE. Gordon, this is the collector's edition. It's ridiculous.
21:59
Last week when I showed this, I actually had a camera on the lock. That's not a skill shot at all. Gordon, if you're still here, how are you, buddy? Probably gone. Thank you. Thank you. I like my shirt, too. You're probably gone. Gorn shows up for a minute and then leaves. I know, I know Gorn. I know Gorn's M.O. Let's talk about Gorn. Let's just talk about that son of a bitch. Yeah, that Gorn. I swear to God. Yeah.
22:35
Yeah, I know all about Gorn. That's a ball lock, right? Oh, I got one more! What's up, Ping? Boom! I still hit him! One more lot to a four ball turf war multiball. One more lot. I need some soldiers. So we need to shoot some stuff. Oh no!
23:04
Oh actually it's not a big deal. You can still do jobs while you're in a multiball so I'm okay. But I didn't want to do that then. I wanted to start a job. See if I can get it in with swoop so I can start a job. It's just difficult to start a freaking job when all the balls are on the table. Oh my god. Okay, there we go. I don't know what job it's... Market Day, Market Day. I think it's the... Market Day. Shoot the roving shots. Oh good, it's roving shots, so that's good. Did I run my multi-ball though?
23:47
Oh, it's in offer mode. So here they come. Here they come. Oh, it's so hard to keep balls on the friggin' table.
24:07
Ah, it went right past me. I knew it. I'll shoot compound. Let's get compound going. Thank you for that. Somebody did, as Joe Pataclip would say, somebody did something. I'll figure out what it is. Make sure we're upping our multiplier. 2.5x. Like a pro. my weapons
25:14
right all right so many balls up in the capo all the balls were in the capo I'm gonna make him an offer again. Make him an offer your camera fears. Make me an offer your camera fears right there. Jackpot! Oh my god. Oh my lord. Oh boy.
26:00
Oh boy. Keep those points coming. I'm freaking tired. Oh, the dig. The D, the I, the G, the G, the I. The I, the D, the I, the D, it's Jiggy. Word up, the G.
26:28
Word up, the D, the I, the M, the M, the Y, the G, the M, the M, it's Jenny. Two hours later. Mystery.
26:45
Can I get it? Can I get it? Yeah! I got it. Oh, let's see. Candela, thank you for the tier one sub. 26 months. Holy smokes. Need more balls.
27:02
Where are we at? Oh, boy. Wouldn't be JJP without the endurance multi-ball. Let's go. Ready? 3, 2, 1.
27:19
Oh my god. Yes. Hype train! Let's go! Hype train! We're gonna collect. Yes. Cash out. Fuck yeah! 76 million. on the cash out, bitches.
27:54
Hells to the yes. Emoto? Oh my god! Emoto! Two years until I've never been a subwoofer. Hey! Thank you so much.
28:14
Thank you for the raid. New viewers, hello Raiders, welcome to Mr. Handball Theater 3000. Wow, that was a struggle. Hi everybody, my name is Manu, welcome to Mr. Handball Theater 3000. Hey, Emoto.
28:32
Hi. You're going to have, hey, you guys have fun? Yeah. Awesome. Woo, nine hole folks. I'm Mr. Kyle, reruns ain't cutting it. I actually want to watch that VOD because I didn't get to see that seminar, actually. So I want to see that seminar. So I'm still going to watch it VOD. Thank you for the raid. Emoto, you're going to have to stick with a movie. I'll tell you what movie we're watching tomorrow.
29:03
But since you didn't make it to the movie that you wanted, you have to stick with a movie that we're going to do.
29:11
But I think it's going to be good. It's a fliptronic special so it's gonna be good. Oh no! It's gonna be good. Alright cool. We'll chat. I'm busy blowing this game the F up. Let you be the surprise? Oh you'll be surprised. You might wanna leave. You might just be like alright Manu I'm out. Nope. No. Nope. All right what else can we do in this game that fun What else can we do Oh Emoto you you know what funny yesterday jack jack stopped by my stream which was nice you know deadflip stopped by the stream very nice i love jack to death but then he made he said something that made me very angry he said i'm so glad kyle is here we got to hang out with tinyo uh all night and blah blah and i was like you know don't come to my stream and say that you love the fact that you get to hang with Kyle and we don't. That's not cool. That really pissed me off.
30:26
I was like, no, no, don't come here and tell me that you're having fun with my friend Kyle. That was just nasty. Hit the bad guy.
30:39
I need Carl D'Angelo to tell me what to do next because I don't know. That mofo. Yeah. Definitely rubbing it in. No. Here we go.
30:52
Oh. Ooh. The level of trust I have for gravity is amazing right now. Stern is gobbling up the talent. You got that right.
31:02
But they know who to take. They don't have me yet, though. They haven't hired me yet. They're just waiting. They're saving the best for last. They'll hire me soon. Oh. Hurry up. How many did I defeat so far? Not enough. Who's that?
31:22
Was that Rene? Hey, what up, Rene? All right, I got a lot of stuff done. Let's see. I need another multi-ball, though.
31:33
19 soldiers. 3x playfield ready on this action button. Okay, I need to do more jobs, but I need more soldiers. So we need lots of things. We need the boat, we need the horse, we need the pawn, we need the bottle. Holy smokes. I need a multi-ball to gather all that stuff together.
31:55
So turf war is kind of out right now. Maybe compound if I can make that shot. Oh! Nope, nope. That's not going to do anything.
32:12
Oh my god. Oh, I got a job! My mama told me Better shop Oh, wait. Shop around, not get a job.
32:27
My mama told me You better get a job Thank you for the hype, guys. Yes, I just said thank you. Pinbox. Jeez. Get off me.
32:44
I'm the Undertaker. Prepare for your funeral. Can I 3X this... this capo? Oh, he's not dead yet. He's not even close to dying.
32:59
Oh, no! Oh, no, no, no! I tilted away my bonus? Okay, it was only a million. It was only a million. Thank you, Jersey Jack, for telling me what I lost. Where should I set the flowers?
33:41
Oh my god, stop falling. How's this helpful? That's embarrassing, man. Bad camera work. Alright, let's see if we can do this.
33:59
Is it invalid now? I need that instantly light Sicily multiball. Did it actually instantly light Cicely? I don't think so No, it didn't Why does that not work when I do that? Jersey Jack, tell me why I didn't get that Oh I got another tribute. Okay now I really need a multiball. I really need a multiball during a tribute.
34:51
Was that well played? I don't think so. How many was that? Wow, that was 2 million for that guy. I really need a multi-ball right now. But I don't think I can get it.
35:19
Oh, crap. Don't shoot for those targets over there. Son of a gun. High score number three is 175. Let's go, let's go, let's go. I need that multiball.
35:42
Plunge to fountain lane. Instantly license the multiball. Launch ball to select. I have a job. Let's go, let's go, let's go. Does that make it invalid though? Once I've shot it. Okay, let's do compound. No. Let's do Sicily.
36:07
That's not it. No, it doesn't actually do it. Maybe it's because I already got it. Alright, let's just start the job. Start the job and then maybe shoot for compound.
36:22
Hung jury! This would complete all of the jobs I think. No it won't. I want to kill Kapos. Let's go here. Not there, not there.
36:48
Oh you want me to shoot the orbits? Oh okay. That's not an orbit.
37:04
Oh, crap. This lack of control right now is ridiculous, my new... Uh-oh. Shoot! Damn it. 153 is the best I can do. That jury is sure hung.
37:22
Either your signature or your brains on the contract. Let me take a good picture here. Thank you! Thank you, Homegrown. Let me take a good picture here. Ha ha! Oh yeah. Make sure you sign up to score. Every man has one destiny. And what's up, unathmetized? All right guys, thanks a lot for watching. I'll see you guys tomorrow. Join me in the theater, 8 PM Pacific. when we play the Mr. Pinball Theater game. Where the points don't matter, just be funny.
38:44
piano plays softly Thank you. you