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Beating Stern's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pinball!

Dead Flip·video·33m 46s·analyzed·Apr 9, 2022
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TL;DR

Deadflip streams TMNT pinball gameplay with detailed mode commentary and mechanical analysis.

Summary

Gameplay stream of Stern's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pinball with extended commentary on modes, shots, and game mechanics. Player attempts various modes and multiball sequences, discussing game design elements like pizza targets, Dimension X, and wizard mode requirements. Stream includes music references, frustration moments, and celebrations of successful shots.

Key Claims

  • TMNT pinball has an Aviation Gin Easter Egg

    medium confidence · Player references 'Aviation Gin Easter Egg' during early gameplay, suggesting hidden content in the game.

  • The game has a John Borg reference or mechanic (negative experience mentioned)

    low confidence · Player says 'I'm gonna get John Borg'd' and later references 'Don't John Borg me,' indicating frustration with game behavior. Unclear if this refers to designer John Borg or a specific game mechanic.

  • Octopus mode is described as 'broken' and overpowered

    medium confidence · Player states 'Octopus is so broken' after completing the mode and accumulating high scores with switch hits providing extra balls.

  • Post-pressing (flippers held up to block ball) is not available on this game

    high confidence · Player explicitly states 'You can't post-press on this game either' early in gameplay.

  • Cowabunga is the final/wizard mode requiring triple, weapon hurry up, and max Krang

    high confidence · Player identifies Cowabunga as the ultimate mode and lists specific requirements: 'We need a triple. We need a weapon, hurry up, and max crank.'

Notable Quotes

  • “Don't John Borg me. Let's go.”

    Deadflip streamer@ 6:13 — References apparent frustration mechanic or designer callback in TMNT pinball.

  • “Octopus is so broken.”

    Deadflip streamer@ 18:38 — Assessment of game balance issue with Octopus mode providing excessive value.

  • “I've never played through the whole game like that. And we were so close to Cowabunga.”

    Deadflip streamer@ 33:23 — Indicates successful progression through full game sequence and near-completion of wizard mode.

  • “Holy shit, let's go. Just trying to keep the 2x hot.”

    Deadflip streamer@ 5:02 — Describes core gameplay strategy of maintaining 2x multiplier during multiball sequences.

  • “There's a lot of modes in this game.”

    Deadflip streamer@ 12:56 — Commentary on game's mode complexity and density.

Entities

Jack DangerpersonJohn BorgpersonStern PinballcompanyTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles PinballgameDeadflippersonLeonardogame_characterKranggame_characterRocksteadygame_characterBebopgame_characterApril O'Neilgame_character

Signals

  • ?

    competitive_signal: 2x multiplier maintenance is core gameplay strategy during multiball sequences.

    high · Streamer repeatedly references 'keeping the 2x hot' and prioritizes shots that maintain multiplier status.

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Game design includes multiple intersecting modes (pizza targets, Dimension X, Octopus, Cowabunga) requiring complex shot sequences and stacking.

    high · Extended gameplay shows dense mode structure with overlapping objectives and prerequisite conditions.

  • ?

    product_concern: Octopus mode described as 'broken,' suggesting balance issues with excessive point generation from switch hits during multiball.

    medium · Player states 'Octopus is so broken' after completing the mode with significant point accumulation.

Transcript

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0:00
Poor man's pocket. Alright, you ready? 50 million. Got a devil's haircut in my mind. Okay, skill shotting.
0:27
This should be Aviation Gin Easter Egg. Oh, in Deadpool? Fudge you, game. Shit. With the briefcase blues.
0:51
Got a devil's haircut. I want to hit the side shot. Come on, baby. No, don't watch another ball, you poop. What the fuck are you doing?
1:10
I'm gonna get borg'd. Are we done with this mode already? Oh, come off. We blasted through that mode. You can't post-press on this game either.
1:33
Okay. Do we have any octopi? No. Okay. We cannot get this pizza yet. Although, two gummy bears is nice.
1:42
I'd like to get the anchovies and the brownies off of there. So we're going to hit... Shit. Let's get mode. Modes are more important than anything else. hopefully we'll get some ancillary pizza target action we want to scoot them all over so we gotta hit either that pizza target twice or that one up there shit okay I forget can we backhand this yes
2:26
Okay, we slid it. No, we didn't. What the fuck happened? I don't give a shit. Whatever. We're going in, baby.
2:39
Mode, multi-ball, extra ball lit. And this multi-ball is going to have two extra balls added to it. Check it.
2:54
Uh-huh. Three? Then shit out two more, baby. We got the super jackpot already. I'd love to hit a shot, though.
3:26
Actually too many balls, like literally too many balls. Actually too many balls. All right, so we're going to dimension X.
3:56
Please pop over. Oh, I love you. 2x running. Drained on purpose. I'm joking, by the way. well that sucked three million April hurry up let's go you know keep those coils high you know I'm saying keep that 2x rolling
4:44
what the hell am I shooting it extra ball is what I'm shooting at all right Boom! Mode completed. 6 mil for that. We got 8 total for that? Holy shit, let's go.
5:06
Just trying to keep the 2x hot. I fucked that up. Sorry about that, Internet. That was my bad. Two mil bonus? Not terrible. That was only ball one.
5:31
Alright, here we go. Light extra ball? Hey, let's go, baby. Wait, it didn't light extra ball, though. It didn't actually light extra ball. You see that?
5:52
Hello? What the fuck? Okay. Don't Borg me. Let's go. The name of the song, not a clue. Okay, that was almost a humongous mistake.
6:32
Boom! Moving into the next mode. Internet. Yeppers. I'm trying for you, baby. I'm trying. Don't sweat it. I gotta fight this...
6:41
Look at how happy that robot is. I also want a body. Okay. Shoot that for no reason. Miss that. Shoot that and miss it again.
6:57
Horse noises. Holy shit. Okay, backhand please. Let's go, baby. Baby. Frontier psychiatrist. Did you see that last verse? It was amazing.
7:28
Oh, boy, it's that way. There's this. You're crazy in the coconut. Okay, stay alive, stay alive. Okay, we're at 42. Shit.
8:13
Doo-doo. I got... I think I tricked April O'Neil. I got an easy 2 on that sucka Poop Come on 5 million bonus He called the shit poop
8:33
Are the balls not getting damaged while flying at each other? They absolutely are. Absolutely they are.
8:42
Oh! Is that it? Oh! Let's go, baby! Sorry for yelling. You're welcome, yuppers.
9:06
Oh, come on, just go up there, dog. Frontier psychiatrist. All faith in you. Oh, I didn't drop my flipper fast enough.
9:29
Ugh. Go around. Will you dip? Did you see the train? What the shit? Always keep your balls clean. Dogging them pizzas.
9:48
All right, last ball. Let's see what we can put together here. That boy needs therapy. Always betting Jack has kept me moderately wealthy. Really?
10:11
Window shopping. So this one's tough. Needing to shoot the orbits like that? A bird? Yeah. A bird? Ooh, nailed it.
10:43
Okay, we're doing it. We're doing big things. Friday was put back in the schedule a while ago Yeah, we've streamed the last few Fridays Not the last couple couple Because I've been sick And at Texas And I got sick at Texas Is this shit done?
11:11
Go in the Oh my god, go in Okay We finished the mode, but we didn't finish the mode Because I'm an actual butthole How's your motorcycle? I haven't fired it up yet Because it is 37 degrees outside But we'll know soon Alright, so this team up is actually going to have a lot of modifiers It would have had one more, but I fucked up So it should have... Okay, here we go.
11:48
Rescue any, which is huge. Okay, let me just drain all the balls really quick first. It's a strategy, right?
12:07
Should make you breakfast. She'll make you toast She don't use cheese She don't use jelly Or any of these
12:32
Ah, Celine God damn it Well, we effed that up Royale-y. Uh-uh. Playlist on point? Hey, I appreciate it.
12:46
Okay, there's that. There's that. Don't fire the slingshot. Okay. One, two, three. Jeez, there's a lot of modes in this game.
13:02
Okay. We're in it. Any noticeable differences? I guess I don't know really what I'm trying to focus on I'm just trying to have fun with the game
13:26
Woo! Get it April! With your three million Borg Ooh, big point Okay, we got another mode finish Potentially If I can put the ball away
13:54
Just like that Excellent The color of her hair Disintegrator 16 mil. Sheesh. Mouser's complete. That was my first time completing that.
14:11
Restore getaway still a show? Yeah, that thing was beautiful, right? Alright. Well, that's what I get for being rough.
14:37
I had an extra ball for some reason. I ain't mad at it. That live catch was sick!
14:52
The ball is fast when you launch with the plunger. Yeah. Did I just start fucking multiball without a mode? God damn it.
15:01
We could have avoided that by starting 1, 2, 3, but you can't shoot that on purpose. Trying to get the 2x blinking. All right, we're good there. Now we've got to shoot under the flipper.
15:27
Because you can't give up. All right, we saved our dude Leonardo. Rockin' the shore shy I'm not a divorcee and everything I do is funky like Lido C I got the savoir faire Keep the 2x rollin' Strictly hand-held I have the sound of a golden metal mic with the pain in the hole.
16:09
Okay, we're doing something. Sure shot. Yeah, right. Got mad hits like I was rock and roll. In. Damn it.
16:20
There it is. Shit. Hoops. Because I'm shit. Alright, uh... Let's start a mode. This might start multiball, too.
16:41
If this starts multiball, we've got Octopus and two Gummy Bears. Please start multiball. With a mode running We about to shit on this game
16:57
Octopus, every switch hit is extra money. We got extra balls in tow, holy... This is gonna get nasty.
17:13
Ah, yes indeed, it's fun time. And we got an extra ball lit. It's going to keep putting the ball into the pops and shit.
17:31
I want to offer my love to stick to the end. I'm not going to use this. There's that. Mode completed.
17:50
Alright, let's start collecting supers. We got 2x running. Oh shit, it fell out. I got the ill communication.
18:05
Alright, check this out. Let's see if I can do it. Eat my butt! Internet. That's how you do it, baby. That's how you do it, baby!
18:36
Oh my gosh. Dude, octopus is so broken. Oh, you guys ready for my Weezer pin? Is that what you're talking about?
18:48
Wee-oo-wee-oo-wee-oo. That made them so violent. Oh, I look just like Buddy Holly. I don't care what they say about us anyway.
19:22
Shit, I screwed that up. What is going on right now? Oh, get up that ramp. Watching you team up with Ed for B&L pin? Oh, man, that would be nuts.
19:46
I hope Ed gets one someday. I hope he gets one someday. Being such a big pinball fan, you know? And he's made a pinball album, you know?
20:02
I look just like Buddy Holly. I don't care what they... Oh, the screen was black. It's a Windows 95 song.
20:18
All right. He got Alex and Getty into it. Isn't that wild? Don't look now, but I lost my shoe. Shit.
20:32
What's the matter? What's the matter, you? wiener wiener wiener wiener ah balls oh there it is oh it moved I don't fully understand this mode.
21:14
Did I... Krang missed. I keep missing his ass. Alright, don't move, Krang. Shit. That was my bad. Don't move! Shit.
21:39
Oh, that slap. Crang, you dookie! I mean, my shooting is the dook, but... I can't shoot the pizza parlor if you paid me.
21:57
How much time do I have? A lot. I was hoping I could backhand that. You moved, you piece of shit. Crank, stop moving.
22:16
Holy, what the, what the, what the, bro, bro. We're on two warnings. Oh, I almost passed out.
22:31
Oh my god. Holy frick. I hope someone clipped that internet. I was shaking left and right and realizing that it wasn't working, so I started nudging up and down really fast. Ooh.
22:54
Okay. Holy frick. I sucked the air out of the room with my entire butthole just then. Goddamn, I can't get a crane combo to save my life.
23:20
Holy S. right them good shakes in the dong cam in here sorry internet just make sure someone clipped that okay i want to see it hopefully the music doesn't f with it too much i i was yelling a lot over it so we might be good
23:51
What abouts? Oh, suck it. This is a good song, yeah. 20 seconds. Alright. And the timer stops. Alright, great.
24:33
Holy sh... Oh, we finished it! Internet, we finished a lot of these modes. So this is something that they did to help. They dim the episode lights so you know that you're ready for the wizard.
25:06
Shit. Now I'm not going to hit this shot. That's fine. We got an extra ball. We can do max crane combo Like what the shit Oh bonus hell the 10 mil let go i spent my entire body energy making that save you not wrong all right we just need we're okay we're okay everything's fine
25:36
oh put the flipper away Danger pumping and thumping in time. I just got $20 million for that. He's going the distance.
26:04
The arena is empty, but let's go. as fast as he can. The sun is gone and the moon is gone. And I'm feeling so good.
26:17
I think it's over whom he still burns. He's going the distance. Jack's going for speed. Jack's all alone. All alone in a time of need.
26:34
Okay, we need that Dimension X target. Hit the fucking target. Hit the target. No shot. Okay, we're good.
26:59
Ball-shaking earthquakes. This is the part that I hate. I can't do this part. I'm really heckin' bad at this one.
27:15
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up. Okay. I thought I was gonna get that. Shit. I messed up.
27:27
Jack's going the distance. Go in! Just don't... Screw me is all I ask. Did you see that, Internet? Sneaky shit.
27:46
Alright. Alright, we're good. Cheater. Oh, I was hoping I was going to get a backflip on that. Shit. Not good.
28:02
Okay, we're good. Okay, we got Rocksteady. We just need Bebop. Shit. Okay, this is the easiest one. We've got to shoot...
28:21
Okay, come on, baby. Okay. Shit. Breathe. Shit! The air in the room is being sucked out by the tightest of buttholes.
28:52
Okay, we gotta shoot up this room. Oh my fucking god, let's go, baby! If there's no clip, that means the music caught it. That's okay.
29:38
We just naturally made it all the way there and beat it. Hi, YouTube. I can't put this on YouTube. I have a fucking music playing in the background.
30:23
Well, now we just got to get Cowabunga, which is going to be difficult. What am I missing by YouTube? All right, what am I missing for Cowabunga? We got to get a triple. We need a weapon, hurry up, and max crank. That's it.
30:42
Oh, is the mic a little hot for you? Is the mic a little hot? Sorry. Yes, daddy. All right, what did that say we need? We needed Max Krang and what?
31:10
Fuck. Weapon hurry up and Max Krang. All right, weapon hurry up's ready. And Max Krang is possible. Okay, we can get... Let's go up this ramp. Nope, not that ramp.
31:41
We're going to go up that ramp, move the weapon, shoot the right orbit, up the middle ramp. Done. Oh, shit. That was close.
32:02
Oh! If we can mix it with a max crank, that would be insane, but that's not going to happen. Oh, almost!
32:27
Fuck! Wait, do we still have it? It's still there. Fudge you! Internet. Holy piss! Yes! Was that on the prediction game too?
33:00
Can you do it to yourself? Let's fucking go, baby. The nopers are mopers. Holy frick. I've never done that before. I've never played through the whole game like that. And we were so close to Cowabunga.
33:30
Oh, my God. That hurt. It, like, sucked the energy out of my body. I can't tell that the heat's off in here. Well, stream's over. Take a drink. I will take a drink, actually.