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SDTM: Pincinnati and Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle Pinball

Straight Down the Middle·video·2h 1m·analyzed·Dec 2, 2018
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TL;DR

Raw gameplay footage/audio of Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle pinball with minimal commentary.

Summary

This appears to be a raw, largely unprocessed audio capture of Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle pinball machine gameplay, consisting almost entirely of in-game callouts, modes, and music from the machine itself with minimal editorial commentary. The few intelligible fragments of human discussion reference gameplay mechanics (trap targets, ball locks, shot scoring) but are heavily fragmented and difficult to parse.

Key Claims

  • Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle has a trap target mechanic that awards 3 million points when hit

    medium confidence · Fragmented gameplay discussion: 'If you hit it, that's going to block. So, you'll get 3 million for that shot'

  • The machine has gameplay similarities to Theatre of Magic (T and A reference)

    low confidence · Unclear reference: 'Does it play like T and A somewhere like the ball stays? Yeah, it's like T and A. T and A is correct.'

Notable Quotes

  • “If you hit it, that's going to block. So, you'll get 3 million for that shot, take that shot, unless you unlock that ball.”

    Unknown gameplay commentator@ 55:13 — Describes trap target mechanic on Alice Cooper machine

  • “It's a very Brendon Small Jean-Paul de Win. I used to go to the ballpark and play ball a lot because he had to get in the middle of the block.”

    Unknown@ 54:42 — Fragmented, unclear reference to design style; possibly mentions design influences

  • “Welcome to my castle, where all your nightmares come true.”

    Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle machine (in-game callout)@ 38:44 — Iconic machine callout reflecting theme

Entities

Alice CooperpersonAlice Cooper's Nightmare CastlegameSpooky PinballcompanyStraight Down the MiddleorganizationIgorpersonEthelperson

Topics

Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle gameplay mechanicsprimarySpooky Pinball design and featuresprimaryPinball machine modes and rulessecondaryTrap target and ball lock mechanicssecondary

Sentiment

neutral(0)— Content is primarily machine audio/callouts with minimal human commentary. Fragmentary discussion suggests positive reception of gameplay mechanics, but insufficient substantive commentary to assess sentiment.

Transcript

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You're not the perfect, you're not the perfect. But I'm not the perfect, no more Mr. Night's Night. No more Mr. Freedy, no more Mr. Night's Night. Alive again. Pure poison. Don't the body enter the pit. Welcome to my castle, where all your nightmares come true. Two, four players. My monsters won't go hungry tonight. Step inside. Welcome to my tower. You're looking for cold apples. Thank you. No backing out now. Back to the crypt. Here we go. Bring him back, Igor. Ethel, my love. Welcome to my library. This should be a real page-turner. She's frigid and won't ever listen to me. Come on in. Blood's warm. Welcome to my library. This should be a real page-turner. Alice Cooper? I hear John Youssi me right. Crypt Pachydon! Ghost Pachydon! Bring him back, Igor. Thank you. Thank you. Bring him back, you guys. Could never rise On this sea I love to see it before it arrives No farewells, no goodbyes I never even knew you. I never even knew you. Thank you. I don't think it will do that. 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Again, it's a very small win. I used to go to the ballpark and play ball a lot because he had to get in the middle of the block. But it's very fun. I've done it now. Where's the fifth day? The fifth is here? That's me in the middle there. Middle here? Yeah, next to him. There's a trap target there. If you hit it, that's going to block. So, you'll get 3 million for that shot, take that shot, unless you unlock that ball. So, if you hit it again, you get a ball. Does it play like T and A somewhere like the ball stays small? Yeah, it's like T and A. T and A is correct. The flag all day is correct. Yeah, I mean, it's a good thing. It's a good thing. Let's go. Lucky for you, it's not your time. Let's go. Let's preach it up. Well, look who's coming back. Tell the vampire he's got a blood. Welcome to my nightmare castle. No backing out now. Thank you. We just let the ghosts out. Alive again. Alive again. Under the grave heat? Water. De聞. Time to die. Ah, yes. 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We lived from legend to the ancient sky. And now it's over, there's no place to hide. I want to come down to the edge of the world. I want to come down to the edge of the world. Thank you. Thank you. You're not getting away that easily. Let's go. Bring him back, Igor. Crypt Hockey Ball Who just let the ghosts out? Back to the Crypt Talk about your bloody pit of horror. Ethel, my love. This search begins. Sorry, but it's a brutal plan. Thank you. You're as cold as death on that. Ha! One born every minute. Step inside. Step inside. Get back out there. Alive again! Welcome to the parlor. We've got fun and games. My good creature will steal your fate. Welcome to our place. Hello, hooray, Olympic Games. I'll let you live. Back to the grips. Don't let them out again. Thank you. Let the experiments begin. You're a weapon of mass destruction. Goodbye, cool player. Thank you.