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Jersey Jack Sonic The Hedgehog Pinball Machine Review | First Impressions & Gameplay

Gonzo's Pinball Flipperama·video·50m 2s·analyzed·Jul 25, 2026
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TL;DR

Gonzo's glowing first-play review of Sonic praises upper playfield design, arcade feel, and accessibility.

Summary

Gonzo from Gonzo's Pinball Flipperama provides an in-depth first-impressions review of the Sonic The Hedgehog machine, playing it for the first time on-camera with the latest code update. He praises the game's exceptional upper playfield design, intuitive shot layout with illuminated rings, engaging arcade-like gameplay feel, and Steve Ritchie design mastery, while noting it's slightly less visually polished than Beetlejuice but significantly exceeds expectations. He emphasizes the game's accessibility to casual players, strong flipper feel, and fun factor, declaring it a high-quality machine he'd be happy to own.

Key Claims

  • Sonic The Hedgehog has significantly improved flipper quality compared to earlier JJP titles, now matching Stern machines

    high confidence · Gonzo directly observed flipper responsiveness and stated 'By the time the flippers got to Elton John, they were I I just thought they were hitting as well as well as a Stern' and confirmed this continues through Avatar, Harry Potter, and now Sonic.

  • The upper playfield on Sonic is legitimate and not gimmicky—players can shoot actual pinball shots there

    high confidence · Gonzo emphasized 'That upper playfield. That is no gimmick. Now that the funny thing is probably my favorite upper playfield is Harry Potter. I do find generally upper play fields a little bit gimmicky. But not this... You could play pinball up there. There's no doubt about that.'

  • Sonic The Hedgehog uses illuminated rings with mini dot-matrix displays to guide shot selection

    high confidence · Gonzo noted 'inside the rings on here, it's got mini dot matrix displays' and praised them: 'These are brilliant. The rings with the information and the lights on them. Every game should have this this stuff.'

  • The game has a linear, stage-based progression (levels → boss battles) that appeals to casual players unfamiliar with complex rulesets

    high confidence · Gonzo observed the gameplay structure and stated 'I like that there's I might be linear but I I I like linear stuff. I really do for pinball rules are too complicated for me... this is given me that.'

  • A code update for Sonic was released on the day of this review

    high confidence · Gonzo stated 'just today, a couple of hours ago, there's been an update. So, we are running the latest code update on uh on Sonic right now.'

  • Beetlejuice has superior artwork design to Sonic, particularly due to Christopher Franchi artistry

    high confidence · Gonzo compared directly: 'This is not as good a looking pinball machine as Beetlejuice... the design, the artwork on Beetlejuice is by Christopher Franchi, who is the best pinball designer uh artist in my opinion.'

  • Sonic's theme and cabinet design exceed Gonzo's initial expectations despite simpler aesthetic than Beetlejuice

Notable Quotes

  • “That upper playfield. That is no gimmick... You could play pinball up there. There's no doubt about that.”

    Gonzo @ ~17:00 — Core praise for the upper playfield's legitimacy as a gameplay space, not just visual spectacle

  • “These are brilliant. The rings with the information and the lights on them. Every game should have this this stuff.”

    Gonzo @ ~27:30 — High praise for the illuminated ring shot-guidance system as a design innovation others should adopt

  • “This is a Rolls-Royce pinball machine. Incredible.”

    Gonzo @ ~51:00 — Summary judgment positioning Sonic among the highest tier of quality pinball machines

  • “I could play this game for hours and not get bored and keep coming back and keep pressing that start button. And I say that what I've had three games.”

    Gonzo @ ~50:00 — Strong endorsement of long-term play value and replayability based on minimal exposure

  • “this is a good pinball machine... To play this game is something else.”

    Gonzo @ ~46:00 — Measured assessment emphasizing gameplay experience exceeds visual/aesthetic appeal

  • “these things shoot so well. Elton John uh Potter shot so well... But to be fair, Avatar wasn't my cup of tea. But it shot very very well.”

    Gonzo @ ~48:00 — Comparative assessment of JJP's recent catalog quality trajectory and shooting mechanics consistency

  • “It's fun. This is fun... once you dial those shots in, you're going to be enjoying it. Well, I am enjoying it.”

    Gonzo @ ~18:00 — Early gameplay reaction emphasizing fun factor despite tight, clunky shot tolerance

  • “I think once you press the start button, the way it's lighting up... this really works on here... You feel like you're playing an arcade game.”

    Gonzo @ ~35:00 — Explanation of how thematic lighting and multicolor design enhance the arcade-game feel

Entities

GonzopersonJersey Jack PinballcompanySteve RichiepersonSonic The HedgehoggameBeetlejuicegameHarry PottergameElton Johngame

Signals

  • ?

    product_launch: Jersey Jack Pinball Sonic The Hedgehog generates strong positive first-impressions from established content creator; game exceeds expectations despite lower visual polish than Beetlejuice, with particular praise for upper playfield and shot guidance systems

    high · Gonzo's detailed gameplay analysis and ownership interest after minimal playtime; declaration of 'good pinball machine' and willingness to own one

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    design_innovation: Sonic features illuminated rings with mini dot-matrix displays as shot guidance system that Gonzo praises as innovation worthy of industry adoption

    high · Gonzo emphasized 'Every game should have this this stuff' and noted their effectiveness in learning shot sequences without reading rules

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Sonic's linear stage-based progression with boss battles creates intuitive, arcade-like learning curve that appeals to casual players unfamiliar with complex pinball rulesets

    high · Gonzo noted he required no rule study and learned progression through play: 'I think you'd learn this quite quickly... you possibly need to on this'

  • ?

    design_innovation: Sonic's upper playfield functions as legitimate gameplay space with proper pinball shots rather than gimmick, contrasting with many historical upper playfield implementations

    high · Gonzo directly contrasted with Harry Potter and other machines: 'I do find generally upper play fields a little bit gimmicky. But not this... You could play pinball up there'

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    product_concern: Sonic features tight shot alignment requirements that Gonzo described as 'a little bit clunky' and requiring dialing in, though not disqualifying to overall quality assessment

Transcript

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0:09
Today, as you can see, I am lucky enough to be stood in front of behind a JJP Sonic the Hedgehog pinball machine. Massive thanks got to go out to the channel sponsor Pinball Heaven who have sent this over for me to enjoy, for me to play, for me to review, and to then share with you guys. I'm going to do this slightly differently. So, as I did Beetlejuice, the excitement got the better of me, and I started playing it before I'd actually done my review. On this video, you're going to get to see my first ever game. I've not played a game on this yet and I'm really really excited to do so. First thing, I don't know about you, but I forget how heavy these things are. Maybe big Labowski is as heavy as a JJP, but not many things are. It's so incredibly heavy to get set up. If you don't have a scissor lift and a trolley, then you're going to find and you're on your own. You got no chance at all. Fortunately, I do have those things and I've set it up. I've balanced it up and we're ready to go and ready to have a game. Before I do that, I'm going to give you my initial in impressions of it. I purposely haven't even really looked at the playfield yet because I want that to be a first impression as well. Um, we'll take the camera off of its tripod there. We'll get it down and dirty inside the pinball machine. Give you a look at some of these shots. And then afterwards we'll have a game or two, maybe three, who knows? Um, Sonic the Hedgehog as a theme. I have to be honest, as a theme, it probably appeals to me more than Beetlejuice as I remarked when I did Beetlejuice video. It was I was aware of the film. I I watched the film, but it wasn't it wasn't a dream thing for me. And make no mistake about it, Sonic the Hedgehog is not a dream thing for me. But I definitely remember playing this for hours and hours and hours. Not this version. I think the version before on the Mega Drive. So I think I'm far more aware of Sonic the Hedgehog than I was about to drift, which I actually I have gone back and watched. I actually I've never had a JJP game myself before, but I've got one on the way. I've got Harry Potter on the way. So looking forward to getting that. I've been lucky enough to have a number of them in this house. We've had uh we've had Toy Story 4, we've had Godfather, I certainly had Elton John in here as well. Um and obviously now we're lucky enough to have Sonic and and I feel on this channel probably JJP's are a little bit under represented because I just haven't had that much access to them. So again, a massive thank you. Uh well, firstly to JJP for sending this one over early. Um and obviously to channel sponsor Pinball Heaven. I'm really looking forward to shooting this actually. It's um one thing that I noticed as soon as I I unpacked it were the rad cows. Uh the depth of them, the glitter in them. Off the bat, this is a much better looking pinball machine than I thought it would be. I'm stood in front of Beetlejuice at the moment. I expected that to be outstanding. I expected it to be stunning. This is not as good a looking pinball machine as Beetlejuice. It It's just not. But in terms of expectation levels, this is designed the design, the artwork on Beetlejuice is by Chris Franchie, who is the best pinball designer uh artist in my opinion. And I think that's an opinion shared by a lot of other people as well. And because of that, I had a high expectation and it met them. It's stunning. It's gorgeous. It might be the best looking pinball machine. I had very low expectations for this sonic and it completely exceeded them. Um, it's sonic. Everything about it is sonic, but I think the way the way the reds work on it, the way that the glitter really pops out in the rad cows is really really good. I think the other thing that always grabs you about any JJP machine is the size of the screen. I don't know what the screen's going to do. Apart I much like a lot of yourselves, I only saw the promo videos. I've not watched any streams. I've not read any opinions about this. And that's a really really important thing for me to do. And I discovered that with Beetlejuice because I think before I do a video, it's important not to get anybody else's opinion and give you my honest opinion. After I uploaded my video on Beetlejuice, people were saying, "Don't you think it's clunky? Don't you think it's plays too much down the bottom half of the playfield? Don't you think that the the scoops the use of the scoops or there's too many scoops?" After I'd read those opinions, I thought, "Oh, yeah. Okay, m maybe yeah, actually, now I think about it. Perhaps too much of the action is down at the bottom half of the playfield." So, um I guess I've changed my mind on it and I've now found myself playing it looking for those things. So, for that reason, I think it's important to to not look at any anyone else's opinion before playing a game. And I certainly I don't know I don't know whether this pinball machine has been wellreceived or whether people think it's rubbish. Don't have a clue at all. So Steve Richie design I suspect it's going to shoot really really well. As I look at it at the moment there's these wonderful rings on it which have their own display inside. And if you remember on Elton John, the side of Elton John's piano had a little um it's like a dot matrix display on it. Well, inside the rings on here, it's it's got mini dot matrix displays. And I sus first of all, they look stunning. I suspect they're going to be very useful with learning the game and learning um which which shots to hit. Uh that's a big that's a big thing for me. I think I've come to the conclusion that the longer I spend in pinball, the more I uh I I switch off from from rule sets and reading rules. I like to learn them as I'm going along. Even better, I like people to explain them to me. My least favorite thing is to read them. I don't I don't like doing it because um because I I often think when you get pinball instructions for rules, there is an assumption that you know the area of the playfield that they're talking about. Um and you not you don't necessarily know that until you've studied the playfield. So, um yeah, I I I very much like a a paint by numbers guide to hitting shots. And I'm hoping this spin ball.

high confidence · Gonzo stated 'I had very low expectations for this sonic and it completely exceeded them' and praised the glitter in the rad cows and overall color saturation.

  • Harry Potter is ranked at or near the top of Pinside 100 and some consider it the best pinball machine ever made

    high confidence · Gonzo mentioned 'Some people look at where Harry Potter is on the pinside top 100. Some people think it's the best pinball machine that's ever been made.'

  • Steve Ritchie design influence on JJP games is evident in flipper improvements and shot quality progression from Godfather through current releases

    high confidence · Gonzo traced improvements: 'I think you first saw his influence come through on Godfather... By the time the flippers got to Elton John... Avatar, of course, Harry Potter... I'm guessing this will be the same.'

  • Sonic The Hedgehog plays like an arcade game more than a traditional pinball machine

    high confidence · Gonzo stated 'this feels like an arcade game... this might be the closest I've ever felt playing pinball to an arcade game.'

  • “I would not be unhappy to have one of these... I know I've only played one game, but my initial impressions...”

    Gonzo @ ~20:00 — Strong endorsement of personal ownership desirability after minimal playtime

  • “I didn't have much time to look at the screen during that... I think you'd learn this quite quickly... I think you possibly need to on this.”

    Gonzo @ ~21:30 — Assessment of game accessibility and intuitive rule communication without manual study

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    high · Gonzo stated 'the shots are a little bit tight for me... A little bit clunky... does take some dialing in'

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    gameplay_signal: Sonic's design creates closest pinball-to-arcade-game crossover experience Gonzo has encountered, enhanced by multicolor lighting and linear progression mechanics

    high · Gonzo: 'this feels like an arcade game... this might be the closest I've ever felt playing pinball to an arcade game'

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    personnel_signal: Steve Richie's influence on JJP flipper and shot quality shows clear improvement trajectory from Godfather → Elton John → Avatar → Harry Potter → Sonic

    high · Gonzo traced design progression: 'I think you first saw his influence come through on Godfather... By the time the flippers got to Elton John... guessing this will be the same'

  • ?

    code_update: Latest code update for Sonic released same day as review, indicating active ongoing development and support

    high · Gonzo: 'just today, a couple of hours ago, there's been an update. So, we are running the latest code update on uh on Sonic right now'

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    market_signal: Gonzo has Harry Potter on order and states ownership interest in Sonic despite limited playtime, signaling strong collector/home market demand for recent JJP releases

    high · Gonzo: 'I've got Harry Potter on the way... I would not be unhappy to have one of these' after three games of play

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    sentiment_shift: Sonic presents aesthetic-to-gameplay disconnect: lower visual polish than Beetlejuice but superior gameplay experience, suggesting visual design not primary value driver for this title

    high · Gonzo: 'once you press the start button, the way it's lighting up... this really works on here... You feel like you're playing an arcade game' despite acknowledging Beetlejuice superior aesthetics

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    community_signal: Gonzo deliberately avoided other reviews/streams before playing to provide unbiased perspective, emphasizing importance of independent analysis in hobby media landscape

    high · Gonzo: 'I only saw the promo videos. I've not watched any streams. I've not read any opinions about this' and contrasted with Beetlejuice review where post-hoc opinions altered perception

    • 7:17
    I'm hoping it's getting impatient. I'm hoping this is going to have that there. There's nothing else for me to say at this point because I haven't formed any sort of opinion. The It's heavy. You won't be able to see it, but we'll show you. The topper is huge, but then again, so is the Beetle Juice topper. That's also huge. We I mentioned in the previous video we do seem to be in something of a pinball arms race at the moment and we're the beneficiaries of that. Certainly that arms race is happening in terms of toppers. So I think there's a series of of oneupmanship going on here. I'm very keen very keen to shoot this pinball machine, find out about the shots. I'm even looking now and the upper playfield on this looks formidable. Absolutely. Oh, I have discussed something. They've discovered something. That upper playfield is a lot thinner than I thought it would be. I don't know. Maybe I I guess I thought it was going to be sort of I don't know 10 mil acrylic or something, but it's not. It's It's thinner than that. It is thinner than that. I wonder if that's I doubt actually I can really see here that the upper flippers they're actually mounted anchored let's use that word they're anchored to the main playfield below so I don't think there's going to be any movement in those at all but you're going to be able to play proper pinball shots with those also got to say about Steve Richie you can certainly see his in you can feel his influence on JJP games um had somebody ask me for some advice recently about getting a um it was a Hobbit, JJP Hobbit. They were asking about it and um and and I I said to them, "Look, if you haven't played it before, you you have to realize that JJP flippers don't feel like they feel now." So, I just had to explain that. Um, and I think you first saw his influence come through on Godfather. So, you could tell it they they'd slightly improved. By the time the flippers got to Elton John, they were I I just thought they were hitting as well as as well as a Stern, which is really what you want from your flippers. And then after that, I sorry I should have mentioned I have had Avatar here. After that, Avatar, of course, Harry Potter. And I'm guessing this will be the same. The the flippers are so sure. They're so they're so responsive. They're not rattly at all. Um they just feel that they're very very strong, very responsive. So, I think that in itself has given Jersey Jack Pinballs even more playability than they did before. Anyway, there you go. Let's I was going to stop waffling now. Let's take that camera off of its perch and let's show you a closer look at the first of all the cabinet. Then we'll have a look inside the playfield. Then we'll have a game. Here we go. Now, I am never sure how well the camera picks this stuff up, but I'm really hoping you can see the glitter. In fact, I can see in the screen of the camera that you can. The glitter is wonderful.
    10:44
    I mean, this is a this is a nononsense piece of artwork if you want. There's there's nothing particularly innovative about it. It is just what you expect. I'm sure it's what the license demanded as well. You can't be changing. You can't do your own version of Sonic. I'm quite sure they would have to sign off on this stuff. But it's done really really nicely. Hopefully you can see that that glitter there. There you go. You can just see it catching the light there.
    11:18
    It's nice. It's vibrant. Um, there's really nice saturation to the colors actually and it goes, as you can probably see from a sort of light blue, turquoise as it goes to the edge of the machine. There is a darker blue. You can see the powder coating on it. Let's just show you here. There's no glitter in the powder coating. It's a nice red. It works. It really does. Looks really nice.
    12:04
    So, it doesn't have It's quite actually funny looking at it. Hasn't got the the pattern that maybe you can see here. Beat juice isn't on. It hasn't got the pattern, but it's got the etching. But obviously hopefully you can see with Beetle Juice here on the back box hinges, Beetlejuice has got the etching on that, the laser cut, whereas this has it on the side armor. But it's it's uh as we say, six of one, half a dozen of the other. Here is the back box, side of the back box, which I think looks really cool.
    12:49
    And I'm going to leave a little teaser. I think we'll get to that topper in a moment. Here you have the front of the machine. And one thing I would say with Beetlejuice definitely has, as I say, has the better artwork, but also they've powder coated the coin door, which they've not done here. I do like a powder coated coin door.
    13:21
    Got your volume control and your speaker. Uh 3.5 mm jack uh speaker there for your headphones, but also clearly you can do Bluetooth on it. Let's take a look at this. Let's just take take a moment to enjoy a twanganger that is also a ring. Oh, what that's a beautiful action.
    13:52
    I do like a twanganger. I prefer a twanganger over a button. Speaking of buttons, I don't want to press that cuz it might start the game. And I'm not ready yet, quite frankly, cuz I want to discover this game. As you would come to expect from a JJP, it's beautifully well lit. And in fact, I think what I'm going to do here is actually try and turn on some of the lights inside the room. So, as we can get a bit more light, you can see that there. Maybe it's not liking that frequency. Just trying to give you the best view. possible. Actually, that's probably better for you. There you go. So, should we have a look at the apron? Here's the apron. Very nice. Got that glitter, which you can no doubt see.
    14:53
    Wonderful. We've got the There's a lot of glitter on the playfield, by the way. So just around I guess these are modes here. There's a sort of a gold stroke, a gold border if you want. That's that's glittery and you can see those there. You might be able to see it just about the lights come on. Hopefully you can see it there. Wonderful. So, nothing overly
    15:35
    innovative down this bottom section. It's It's well lit. There's Sonic. You do have a target here. Orbits advance, it says. And you have another target here. Checkpoints qualify. I guess the second furthest left shot is going to be this one here, which is a bash shot. Hopefully you can see that there.
    16:18
    This has got to be the orbit here. Then we have a ramp. Let's just let's just zoom back a little bit here so as I can show you. Got a ramp here. Um what we might call the um what are we going to call this? The junkyard area, shall we? We'll get the camera in there in a second. Um we got this I know there's three drop targets here. I'll give you a different angle in a second. We'll get the camera right underneath it. Another ramp here. And I guess this is another orbit. Then you've got right here this loop, this wonderful loop shop, which obviously having listened to the promo videos from um from Steve Richie and JJP, that was very important that they got it on there. We have the upper playfield here. I can't remember what the statistics were, but it's something like there's Should we count them? Should we count the shots? But there's as many shots on here as some basic pinball machines have. So, we have one shot here. Two. That's got to be three. Four. Five. 6. 7. 8. Nine. I counted that correctly. It's a spinner here.
    17:51
    Let's get a Let's get the camera a little bit lower. Shall we? There we go. That's what we wanted to do. Hopefully, this can show you around on a bird's eye view. It's not a bird's eye view, is it? I don't know why it's a bird's eye view. It's a worms view. Caterpillar view. Caterpillar cam.
    18:22
    There you go. Oh, I don't know what I'm Excuse me. So, what happens when you let an idiot get in charge of a camera? This where the the drop targets are. You can see that there. This is your next ramp.
    18:51
    And this, I'm guessing, is your last orbit. Cool. Eh, let's just take this down here. Have a little look at this upper playfield.
    19:11
    And what I think has to be looked at are these rings. And I have to say, you are actually getting some of it. It's going to appear when you're looking at it on the video as more washed out than it actually is. They're very bright. That's Sonic running there. I don't know if you can see that. I mean, it's a it's a festival of light, isn't it? I think that is actually a festival, actually. Um, but but it is. It's a a light bonanza. Now, let's just have a look here, cuz I do know. Hopefully we can see that there. He's tucked in there, isn't he? This is going to be It's the bit I'm looking forward to very, very much so, actually. Okay, let's take a look at the back box and the topper.
    20:33
    Okay, let's play some pinball. The glass is off. That's for your viewing pleasure. Unfortunately, you're going to hear the ball clattering around more than you ordinarily would. We've had a stroke of luck actually because just today, a couple of hours ago, there's been an update. So, we are running the latest code update on uh on Sonic right now. So, um let's let's go. Let's go for it.
    21:02
    I can see see him popping up there. There he is. That's cool. Okay. Oh, I've just realized I've soft plunged there. I'm not sure there was a um a soft plunge on this one. It's because I've been playing um been playing Jaws so much in the last two or three days. I'm in a habit of soft plunging. Right. Um
    21:26
    Harry. Uh okay, let's Oh, okay. Um right, so that's up. Oh my goodness. Uh that was a that was a surprise. That's so big. That upper playfield so big. Okay, let's try and get uh try and get a hang of this.
    21:49
    Shoot the loop ramp.
    21:51
    Shoot the loop ramp. Is that what it says?
    21:54
    Can't shoot much of anything at the moment. Whoa whoa whoa whoa. Okay, got to try and dial these shots in. We're We're doing a lot of clunking at the moment. No, not there.
    22:18
    Definitely got to find the shots here. Shoot the left. Okay, there's an orbit. That was a nice orbit up in the junkyard area. Oh my goodness. Oh, I tell you what. Did you see that? I was didn't quite trap the ball, but I sort of able to control it. That felt like a proper pinball shot up there. I was meant to kick back. Okay, kick back. Didn't quite manage it in time then. So, I think I've hit some drop targets there. Oh, wow. That's a a fast loop. There's so much to discover. Nice, nice orbit again. I guess you'd expect that from Steve Richie. That's that loop again.
    23:00
    Oh man. Okay. Oh, that's um that's a pretty fast game. Oh, I want to play more of this up the top. Okay. So, okay. So, no soft plunge.
    23:24
    There's go. There's a kick back. I think every game should have a kick back, quite frankly.
    23:31
    Okay, that's up the top again. Man, that is cool. That That is cool up there. That's locked into behind the drop targets.
    23:42
    Multiball.
    23:44
    Chaos emerald multiball. Okay. So, one is locked. You probably can't see that. One is locked on this side over here.
    23:59
    Okay. This This is proper stuff up here.
    24:07
    Okay. That That's no gimmick. That upper playfield. That is no gimmick. Now that the funny thing is probably my favorite upper playfield is Harry Potter. I do find generally upper play fields a little bit gimmicky.
    24:31
    But not this. Oh, whoops. That's a shame.
    24:35
    Not this. This is a proper I know it's a funny size and and there's a big gap between the flippers. You found a red.
    24:46
    You could play pinball up there. There's no doubt about that. I don't know what's going on here. Oh, okay. So, I've I've done the level. I've done the level.
    25:04
    So, I've done that level.
    25:07
    I'm your worst.
    25:08
    This is cool. Look at him. Look at the boss up the top. Okay, you got to bash him. I beat the boss. I beat the boss.
    25:24
    Hurry up. Shoot the right orbit.
    25:27
    Shoot the right orbit. Okay, I'll try. I did.
    25:33
    Amazing. Not bad.
    25:43
    Sonic Heroes Multiball. I had to get that in this little bit for that. Glad to hear it. That's what you want to hear. JACKPOT,
    26:00
    MAN. That's pretty cool. when it when it's going up to that other playfield building multiball. It did distract me somewhat the upper playfield, but I honestly I really don't mind. Okay, I've worked out how you get it up there now. That's a nice shot. That's a nice shot. I tell you what, these are nice pimp nice pinball shots on the upper playfield. And I don't mean just nice pinball shots for an upper playfield. They're nice shots. Look, I'm actually playing pinball up the top. This is cool. This game is fun. I tell you something, this game, the irony is it's based off, you know, a console game. I can't save that. This feels like an arcade game. This is a I think this might be the closest I've ever felt playing pinball to an arcade game. Okay. So, so you you when you release it uh let's get um let's do a try and release it on a checkpoint. See what happens.
    27:18
    Thank you. Oh, that's a good save if I say so myself. Okay, I lost that. Um, well, that's thoroughly enjoyable. I I will say this, the shots are a little bit tight for me, for my thing. A little bit clunky.
    27:55
    The world unite,
    27:57
    but this is fun. This is fun. I think once you dial those shots in, you're going to be enjoying it. Well, I am enjoying it. I've got to say this. This is early impressions. Of course, this is one of the Oh, [ __ ] man. This is one of the more fun pinball machines I've played. Um,
    28:27
    enter your name.
    28:28
    Oh, just today's high score. Okay, there we go. I'm just going to bore you here while I put that on. I probably shouldn't have done if it's only today's high score. It's not obviously on the leaderboard. This was at the pinball factory before as I might have mentioned earlier on. So some good players will have played on this which obviously I'm not a good player. But that's fun. So n it picks look at that picture. It picks some nasty pictures. That really does. That's cool. Look, I'll be honest. I didn't have much time to look at the screen during that. Um,
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    goodbye.
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    That's cool. Really cool. I don't know what I'm doing. I haven't read the rules. I never do read rules. I tell you what, though. I I don't think you possibly need to on this. I think you'd learn this quite quickly. It was quite so clearly that first section I was just going around doing what would be a normal Sonic game, collecting things, collecting rings, getting past the levels which I then completed and I then get to the boss level which obviously the boss levels here. I like that there's I might be linear but I I I like linear stuff. I really do for pinball rules are too complicated for me. Far too complicated. Um I I I it turns me off of them actually. I have to say if I have to I don't want to get a pinball machine. I have to do a lot of studying first. That's not what I want. I want to want to press start and I want to enjoy myself and this is given me that. This is it's a feast an a really really colorful feast. Um as I said this this is on in initial inspection. This has not got the the initial beauty. I say it's beauty. It's a horror theme obviously, but the initial beauty and artwork of Beetlejuice, which is next to me here, but once you press the start button, the way it's lighting up and sometimes I can understand it. Some people think all this multicolored JJP stuff can be a little too much sometimes on some themes. Maybe on a Godfather for instance, you don't need all the multicolored stuff. Um, this really works on here. It really works. You feel like you're playing an arcade game. Let's have one more game. I'm a bit blown away by this. This is incredible. This is incredible. Uh I've got Harry Potter on the way actually and I'm really looking forward to that because I think it's magnificent, but I would not I know I've only played one game, but my initial impressions is I would I would not be unhappy to have one of these. Let's play again.
    31:25
    Oh, so okay. So I I did I get to hit the boss first? You get an initial go at the boss straight away. Now there's something else I just noticed. There's actually a target right under there at past the junkyard bit. Oh man, that was cruel. That was cruel. Okay. Oh whoops. Let me see that.
    31:58
    Super skill shot. Why not? Is this the Emerald M? Yes, this is the Chaos Emerald Multiball again, which is clearly dropping those drop targets there and then locking it in. This is my second game and I've learned that already. I've got a jackpot.
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    Oops.
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    I don't know what it's counting me down for. Yeah, it does take some dialing in. There's no doubt about that.
    32:45
    Oh, come on. Boo. Boo. Man, I'm having a [ __ ] game this time. This is nice. You see the red here?
    33:00
    Let's roll. Oh man, that is such a shame. Oh, okay. I got it back. I actually knocked down all those drop targets then.
    33:23
    Come on. Damn shame. I actually I'm going to make an excuse here. I didn't play badly then. I went 1, two, three, knocked down the drop targets. I'm going locked it in there again. That would have been cool. That was a [ __ ] game. Uh, that was me. I played [ __ ] This is not a [ __ ] game, just to be clear. I love this. These are brilliant. The rings with the information and the lights on them. Every game should have this this stuff. I love it. I love it. I'm going to play again. I'm sure you don't mind it. You don't mind. You can end the video if you want. You don't have to keep watching. Um, this is really good.
    34:10
    Really, really good. Come on, let's have another game.
    34:23
    Oh man, I just want to get that boss again. I want to fight the boss. Oh, I think I'm going to fight the boss. I just there's a countdown on the top. I got him. I got him. That is cool.
    34:50
    I got to say, you know, congratulations, Steve Richie. Well done. This is fun. Funny enough, I'm not sure how much flow there is on this game. finding it quite clunky,
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    but it's really good. Really good. Thank you. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Rapid game. Okay, I just noticed something then. So, in the junkyard area at the top, there's six targets. There was one that I hadn't hit. Then I hit it. And now there's a light here. You might not be able to see it. So, I think it's it's telling me to either hit that again or go for that that that middle shot.
    35:43
    Look out.
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    Shoot the left rank. Oh, whoops. I'll do that. Thank you. That's a left. I did it. Okay, I've got a kick back.
    36:18
    Come on, give it to me back. You kick that. Yeah, that's what I was going to say. Only fair. Cool.
    36:36
    That's a good little shot in there. A little ramp up on the top. Have you I mean, look at this. Look at this. This is amazing.
    36:51
    Wow. WOW. A [ __ ]
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    WOW.
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    [ __ ] That is so good. That's so good. Oh, look. This is your progress. Whoops. I pressed something accidentally. Rooftop run. Oh, wow. Look. Look. You can choose where to do it. have a good plan.
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    And this is the this is the stuff on the bottom. Rooftop run. Let's do a rooftop run. Do you know what? I want someone else to play this.
    37:36
    I want someone else to play this so I can watch the screen. This is cool as hell. Cool as hell. Okay, let's go.
    37:52
    I don't know what Oh, that's a shame.
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    Thank you very much. Incredible. Oh, unlucky. I tell you what, this is this so much of the most fun I've had with my clothes on in quite some time. This is incredible.
    38:56
    This shot on the far left. Should we call it a creature? There you go. Are we going to call it the creature from the Black Lagoon shot? That's quite difficult, but I went for it there.
    39:19
    It's so fast. I really want to get it on that right flipper. That's it. That's what I wanted to That's it. That's exactly what I wanted to do.
    39:50
    No, no, no, no, no. Don't be a [ __ ] That's it. Come on. Come on. Oh, boo. Boo, boo, boo, boo. I was thoroughly enjoying myself there.
    40:08
    Oh, naughty. Wow.
    40:14
    Let's play some pinball.
    40:15
    Let's play some pinball. I'd love to get to another boss level. Oh [ __ ] Not playing like that. It's a flipper.
    40:36
    Oh. Oh. Oh. I saw this. I saw that on the stream. I charged it up. I did um button mashing. That's really cool. Wa. Hello.
    41:00
    Oh, that was a good one, I think.
    41:01
    Not too shabby. Not too shabby. I like it.
    41:04
    I'm going to hold the world when I finish.
    41:06
    This is great. This is so good.
    41:13
    Okay, so we need to get it back up there pretty much straight away. There we go.
    41:22
    Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Give me the ball back. No. I'm I'm panicking, you see.
    41:37
    Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I see I've got this the green hill the rooftop run.
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    Shoot. Oh man, it's panicking me. I can't quite look at the screen on that. Once I guess it was pretty obvious what it wanted me to shoot, I guess. Oh wow.
    42:12
    I am desperate not to lose my ball. Shoot the speed of love that shot there. Oh, come on. This is as good as it gets, right?
    43:02
    Emerald. What's it multiball? Chaos Emerald Multiball.
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    Come on. It's got to be a jackpot.
    43:15
    Super jackpot.
    43:16
    Super super jackpot. Triple super jackpot. I've got two of them up there. Oh, damn. I didn't see that going up the top there. No, please. Please. Thank you.
    43:42
    Shoot the what? I don't know what he wants me to shoot. Jackpot.
    43:50
    Super duper jackpot.
    43:54
    JACKPOT. WOO! Shoot the loop ramp. Okay, that's quite clear what that is cuz the lights are flashing. Didn't Didn't hit it. Hit the orbit instead. Wonder if we can bank. Yes, we can backhand it.
    44:29
    I got an A. I got an A. City escape total.
    44:33
    Come on. Give me another extra ball. Rush you with my scient.
    44:38
    You know you can't you little Oh, you cheeky bastards. Got him. Oh, come on. Oh, no. No, no, no, no. Come on. Come on.
    45:00
    I've got him. I've got him, Surely. I've got him.
    45:04
    I don't know what I'm applauding myself for.
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    That's what I'm talking about.
    45:12
    That's what I'm talking about. Oh [ __ ] you [ __ ] What a knobhead. What a knobhead.
    45:27
    And you are
    45:28
    today's high score. Hold on. Was there another one? Fast rooftop run. I'm going to take that. I think that is me legitimately on the leaderboard. I'll take that.
    45:41
    She's really good. Well, Jersey Jack pinball. Naughty. Very naughty, but very nice.
    46:00
    Go fast.
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    It's magnificent. That's magnificent. I I look, I got to go and make this video. I've got to do the editing. I I'm coming straight back to play this. Um, this is uh I don't I don't want to make too big a um announcement, too much hyperbole here, but um this is a good pinball machine. Let's just start with saying that. Then we'll come back to you with with more videos. I hope you've enjoyed this one. Um, if you've enjoyed, there's no way you enjoyed this video anywhere as near as much as I enjoyed playing this game. It's great. It's a great pinball machine. This is brilliant. My girlfriend might even want to play this one. And she has a She remembers Sonic. It's amazing. These guys make good pinball machines. I think for always the Jersey Jack pinball machine was pretty. It was a goodlooking game, a real looker. But these things shoot now. These things shoot so well. Elton John uh Potter shot so well. Some people look at where Harry Potter is on the pinside top 100. Some people think it's the best pinball machine that's ever been made. It's an incredible game. But to be fair, Avatar wasn't my cup of tea. But it it it shot very very well. Um, this is it's incredible. And actually, do you know what? It's funny what forget what I said about the start of the video. As I'm looking at it from this angle and the lights are on it, there is a little sparkle in the powder coat, just not as evident. I think everything else is so sparkly.
    47:56
    This is a This is a Rolls-Royce pinball machine. Incredible. Wow. Wow. I'm blown away by that. You know, it'll be interesting watching the video cuz I remember when I started looking at it and I Yeah. Okay. Looks pretty good. It was, you know, it was nice. It was a pinball machine. You play this game. To play this game is something else. That upper playfield is an absolute triumph. I honestly I could tell you now I've played enough pinball over my time. I've had enough pinball machines. I could play this game for hours and not get bored and keep coming back and keep pressing that start button. And I say that what I've had three games. Incredible. Froggy's new friend Loop Chab. Am I on there? Let's see. Spin dash champ. That's me. I'm going to look to find my There you go. Thank you. That's a grand champion. Bev. Who's Bev? That's a good score, isn't it? High scores. Oh, well, that's not bad, is it? Oh, it's better than I thought. Where's the uh This takes your picture. Yeah, it does take your picture. Um there I am. The roof chop roof rooftop run. I can't speak. I'm happy with that. I'm coming for you, Beth. I'm not. Who is it? Who is that? Probably know who it is. I just don't recognize the um the abbreviations. Who is it? Anyway, wonderful. I'm going to go and edit this video now. I tell you what, absolutely buzzing with that. Absolutely buzzing.