Groovy. So, if you're watching this, you've probably seen our unboxing video. If you haven't seen our unboxing video, go back. But to quickly recap, uh we got this bad boy air freighted into the most isolated city in the world, which is Perth, Australia. And one of the reasons why we did that is they're not due uh the container is not due until the end of September. I believe early October. Now, there's been a delay already. Um, for multiple reasons. A, we can because we're, you know, friends of the channel with Spooky, and we get, you know, I've got a good relationship with Mark, a local distributor. Uh, pulled some strings, asked some favors, got it organized. We organized the shipping. We organized um, obviously the cost of all that. There was no special favors done. And, um, yeah, basically the only favor was that they didn't put our game into the container, so it got picked up. Um, so yeah, here we are. I've had about a week to digest it. Um, and it's it's a lot to take in. Uh, from, you know, obviously the most obvious thing is that the game is stunning. We hopped on about that. Sorry if there's a bit of road noise. I'm in the garage. Um, the artwork is phenomenal. Franchise is just um, a very, very unique artist. Um, and not only a unique artist, but just an incredible human being uh, with a big heart, very approachable, but he has a talent that is very rare. And I think the way that he is able to ultimately take images and really get the nostalgic element, make it look kind of like a photograph, make it look as real as possible. And kind of giving that uh little element of um his, you know, his uh touch. Sorry if there's a bit of noise. You can hear that or not. Um, so the artwork and then when that artwork blends in with the color scheme of the plastics and obviously the light show and everything, it just all complements each other and it just slaps. It is just a a very very awesome combination of his uh expertise and skills along with the light show um and the the color tone and palette is probably one of my favorites in pinball in a very very long time. Uh, and that's not me being a spooky or Frenchy shill, but if it is, whatever. Um, the the layouts and shots really, really approachable. Really, you know, for people that don't play pinball, which I have a few friends that don't, but love the theme, they found it really approachable. Uh, the code really approachable. Um, but with the shots, the interesting part is this. It's a very simple layout. It's kind of really relatable. There's nothing intuitive about it. Um, not trying to be a negative, but you know, Texas Chainsaw has a far more interesting ball path. Um, the ball can do a lot of things. Uh, has four um, four flippers. There's some really cool things happening at the back. Um, and it is probably just a little bit more out there as a layout as opposed to Evil Dead, which is a far more familiar kind of fan layout. Uh, still some cool things happening with obviously uh, the back half of the game, the way the cabin lock is, the dead ice that pop up and the cabin lock and everything. So, by no means is this not a good layout. It's a very just it's a simple traditional layout, I guess. Um, but what the good thing about that is that it is very approachable. It doesn't matter if you're a novice or a young kid or, you know, have been playing this for a long time. The game actually accommodates everybody. So, whether you're you're experienced or not, you can blow it up. You can still have fun with it. It doesn't matter whe whether you're, you know, KAngelo or whether you're me. So, um, yeah, shots. I really, really dig the groovy little flipper, which is in the slings. Um, it's an interesting one because half the time you forget to use it, and there's a light that does trigger, which means there are shots that you can make off that flipper in a particular mode. Um, it it's really satisfying to hit, especially the left orbit with that flipper. So, really, really cool. Lower playfield. I I'm really big fan of lower and upper playfields. Uh, the more kind of real estate you can give me, the better. It's one of my reasons why I really loved Halloween and Ultra Man, cuz of the three the three-level playfields. Um, this playfield is fast, it's quick, if you're not paying attention, it will get you. It's not floaty by any means. Uh, really immerses you in the whole cabin experience when you're down there. Um, so really, really cool. Um, and again, you know, just the the color palette and everything down there is slaps. It is really really um look I'm kind of for me I always be careful cuz I don't want to sound like a shill but this is you know it's an extremely captivating experience. Um this game has an element of push start push start pushed start again and again and again and again. Um and you know for me I wasn't even that I'm not even that much of a horror fan. Like I I I'll watch them cuz you know the pop culture and everything. And uh I actually watched the film again the other week before the game arrived. I hadn't seen it since well probably end of high school I guess. Um and I I implore everyone to go watch it again because as a 40-year-old person you kind of uh take a different look at the movie now and you kind of appreciate a lot of things that maybe we didn't understand when I was 16 or something. So, you know, the watching and especially if you're a fan of the films and you're hearing the call outs and you're hearing Bruce Campbell and there are things there that are just, you know, pulling you into the um theme integration which is just phenomenal on this thing. Um for a fan of Evil Dead, you're just in heaven. You're absolutely in heaven. Um and that's where like even with the code, so the code, there are four modes on the left, four modes on the right. That's the first film and second film. um you know the the modes are there for people that want to blow it up can especially the really good players but for the novice players and the people that don't really play pinball it is really approachable. It talks to you. It tells you what you need to do. Um they're not overly complicated and if you've got good Linda or bad Linda, which is the scoop. If it's good Linda, it's harder and there's um it's easier and there's lower scoring. And if it's bad Linder, it's harder and there's harder scoring. Um, but one thing about the modes is they're really fun and unique, especially when you smack the captive ball and you get the insanity mode, which is mirror mirror, and where all the mechs in the game are going nuts basically, and you have to hit those mechs to silence them, you know, stuff like that. Um, you know, it is it is approachable, it is familiar, but at the same time, it is different and it's unique and it's it can kick your butt. Um the ball does survive a lot longer in this game than it would in say King Kong. Um we won't go there. I'll touch on that in another video. But um you know very rarely do you get you know the outlanes destroying you in this. It's the center post really helps. Um and you know it keeps you it keeps you in the in the experience a bit longer. Um I do like the fact that um the modes are kind of user friendly. you know, you you may drain a ball and you've still completed the mode uh cuz you you've hit enough shots. Um, so like it is just one of those things where you know for the money especially when you all know Spooky do really good value for money um games like you're talking art blades, shaker motor, upgraded light kit, uh upgraded speaker kit, light kit, um grills, uh powder coating, uh art blade, shaker motor, little toys, little details, little molds, color rubbers, uh color plastics, I think I said. Uh so, you know, there are a lot of things that you get. Uh you can honestly and genuinely tell that this game is built by people that love pinball but love the themes that they're making. Uh if you haven't seen, I did a really cool interview with Bug on the channel couple maybe a week ago by the time John Youssi this. Um, and yeah, it's, you know, really, really obvious that these guys wear their heart and their sleeves and live and breathe pinball and horror. So, uh, which is interesting. Um, yeah, look, I think one of the things for me is that being a wide body, it it doesn't feel like a wide body at all, which is great. Um, it just feels like a normal, you know, a normal game. And with the extra kind of space, I guess, and it doesn't impact the game at all. Um the double shooter lane's fantastic for when you got to do your um uh your shots in the particular mode, the boomstick as they call it. But you know, again, it's a total package of callouts, artwork, uh theme integration, um modes, you know, in relation to what possibly makes this Spooky's best game. And I think it's why um people lined up and sold out straight away with Texas. Uh in theory, because of the fact that it is a more unique ballpath layout, it technically should be the better game, right? But I think maybe that that made it more challenging and probably the theme, this is horror, but it's horror, comedy, cheesy, whereas Texas is horror, gore, real horror. So that may be as well. But I do think there's elements of maybe the dual theme and possibly the type of film, but maybe the fact that people struggled with the layout because it is a little bit more out there. Um, it doesn't I'm a very novice player and it doesn't kick my ass. It is challenging at first. You dial those in. Everything at the back kind of the scoops and everything are a little bit challenging, but once you've dialed them in, you know they're there. So, um, yeah, I I'm always always tell people play Texas because Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a in my opinion probably their best overall game. Um, this is a different game altogether and I think it sits just under Texas. Um, only because of the fact that the playfield is um, pretty standard on Evil Dead. It's just essentially a really captivating fan layout. And I know most people go, "Yeah, but most games are fan layout." And that's true, but the fact is is that there's no unique ball paths on this like Texas has or like King Kong has or like X-Men had, right? So, it's probably far more uh it's less distracting for people that are playing it that are just enjoying it and going through the modes and taking the experience in. So that probably makes it more approachable and makes people kind of go I want this because it every every box is pretty straightforward. Um and and as an overall package it's probably an A. Texas is probably an A+ because of the unique ball paths and the same thing you you know beautiful game theme integration's on point. Um, and you know with um, ironically I tell people with Texas you could have Texas and Looney Tune Looney Tunes next to each other and a lot of people don't even realize that it's the same layout. So uh, very very unique game but you know we're here to talk about Evil Dead. We're going to do some gameplay. Um, and I'm just going to make sure because I there was so many things I wanted to cover. I was make sure I didn't miss anything. So theme integration. We spoke about total immersion, right? uh built for the fans. Even if you're not an Evil Dead fan, I reckon and even Bug said there's a lot of people that have bought this that probably aren't Evil Dead fans. Um so yeah, uh the multiballs are really cool. We spoke about that. Code and rules, we spoke about that. Artwork, French killed it. Uh and that really complements the theme integration, the color palette, the light show, the the colors of the actual plastics and the rubbers. So awesome. the shots, the layout, we spoke about sound and call outs. You know, Bruce Campbell did an amazing job and there is an abundance of call outs on this game, right? Like ridiculous amount. I don't think Bug couldn't even tell me how many there were. So, so many um but yeah, I think you know some people will call this um their best game because of the fan service it's done and it's because it's ticking every box. So, let's um yeah, let's uh take the camera off and we've done a tour on the other one, but um we'll basically uh play some games and show you how bad we are at pinball. So, let's have a look. All right, let's have a game. We'll choose Evil Dead 1. There are four modes in Evil Dead one. Um we'll choose that. Let me ask you,
there is a groovy skill shot as you can see that is cycling.
The call outs are fantastic. Uh so yeah, we'll try and hit that. It's a hard one to get actually. So Ed Boon, got it.
So like most games, we need to hit a couple shots. Um and then uh that will light couple white shots, sorry, I would say. And um that will light the uh the mode ramp which is that one. So we'll nail that one hack to bits. So with this one
maybe put it back on straight out uh orange targets to hack Shelly. So some of those are the groovy ones. Try that one again. I ran out of time. Maybe put it back on the hard. [Music]
So that mode there is about the orange the groovy targets. So, you got the neck shots.
Um, Let's try again. Missed
next time. We've changed to the undying love.
This is a cool one.
So, you basically got to hit the ramps to train her up.
Uh, and then once you do that, you've got to get her underground and then basically tie her up. So, now we're going into the cabin now. We don't have all night. We have to go around in the loops around and around to basically tie her up, which is not easy to do to be honest. Keep forgetting to use that clooper. [Music] It's pretty late at night. My neighbors probably think someone's getting killed. I got a really interesting story after this. I'll I'll tell [Music] over [Music] the 21st century. Let's cover all the centuries.
All right. So, I don't think I completed that mode. So, we'll do that again. And then we'll do it again. I kind of like when it comes in, it hits that and it slows it down. So, this is another mode. It won't let us leave.
I heard you. I heard you in the cellar.
So, green shots. Explore the woods. Very cool. Pop bumpers, man. I love pop bumpers. Oh, that went out straight out. I wasn't paying attention.
Turns out you kind of suck.
I do suck. I'm not a great player, but I enjoy pinball. That's all that matters. Um, so we're going to do that again. Let's try and get this skill shot. No. Oh. You can't sneak past me, Smiley. Hey, now.
Come on. The one that's highlighted at the moment is hacked to bits. If I'm not mistaken, I'm still trying to learn this, but you hit the captive ball and that does circulate if I'm not mistaken. Um, the modes. Ruby
I'm trying. I'll try.
Hello. 10 seconds left. Oh, drain that ball.
Smash the necklace.
So, look,
I got about 80 mil. It's not the best score, but I was just trying to go through and obviously show you guys a little bit of everything. What we'll do now is we'll just quickly start the other um mode.
Player one, enter.
Awesome. Done. I got the Awesome. So, we'll start and we'll do Evil Dead 2. So, this is four different modes and the game automatically takes you there. It kind of wants you to choose Evil Dead 2 cuz it knows that you've done Evil Dead one.
So, you're supposed to hit the flashing shots. [Applause]
God, I'm playing terrible. I've just been at a uh weekend shindig about 3 hours away from Perth. It was a like a band jam and you'll see a video about that. And I played pinball for like 3 days straight and I always get this thing where I get pinball fatigue. And no, it's not me just making an excuse for my crappy pinball. But I'm a heavy guy and I've got back problems and an ankle issue and a fracture in my coxic bone. So that doesn't help either. Um, so yeah.
I know. I'm trying, man. I'm trying.
Some people are probably real human. I'm not hitting anything today.
All right, let's start this smoke. All right, this is called Hello Lover. that suffering. If
you've seen Evil Dead 2, this is where his nude lover comes out of the ground that he'd cut a head off. Um,
so time started. So with this one, you got to hit the yellow shots. Oh, come on. Sorry.
I know.
What am I doing? And I just drained. That was not a good representation of that mode. Oh, we just switched to bad Linda. So that turns around. I don't know if you guys saw that. No. Oh, that's actually It's not a bad shot. I always tend to Oh.
Oh, switch back to good. Linda.
Oh, honey.
Shoot again. I think I got to shoot again. Yes. All [Music] right. Chased by evil. This is a cool mode. I think you've got to do what? Both at the same time in a particular certain modes, which I'm pretty sure is this one. So, let's just cheat that. See how they're both? So, you got to hit them both, right? Or also reset. Not in all the modes, just some of the modes. You've got to do that, right? So, the blue shots, I dare you.
All right. So, now we got to hit the necromancer. Necro necromancer. Wrong word, [Music] Ready.
All right. So, this is boomstick multiball. So, it loads both.
Let him.
Oh, just trying three balls at once. That's what she said. The action shot is obviously the Ed Boon stick.
Oh, you saw that. How how uh satisfying Now we are under the the l the evil Linda. Bad Linda I should say. So now we're down the bottom as well as I keep missing. Oh no. I was trying to pay attention to downstairs. laughing now. [Applause]
Yeah, I know.
I wasn't. I was trying to see how much what was left on the screen and I wasn't paying attention. Right. Well, that sucked. Sorry. It is really hard to hear. That's probably the hardest shot of the game.
Hungry
is the one on the left on the right of the uh spinner.
Hey pal, nobody invited you to this party. And to be honest, even the cabin lock is a little bit hard, but you've just done that.
That little swing is so cool.
Shoot the ramps. Any of them. So, this should be evil Ash. So, this is where you got to hit shots to then slowly turn him good again. Um, really cool.
Oh, hold on. Want to actually show you guys this lock and the Whack that bucket. Start multiball.
I'm trying.
Man, I'm really let myself go. Never snapped after 6:00 p.m. Somebody know a good plastic surgeon. Ah,
come on, Enzo. Terrible today. Not coming back. bite.
No, I'm really struggling to get anything. So, he's slowly turning good as you hit those shots.
Whack that bugger to start multiball.
Oh my god.
Oh, got him. All right, so dead frenzy's on. We started that multiball. Got to hit them. Those two Scalari brothers. Wrong game. Wrong game. Oh no.
Oh well, at least we got uh multiball. Ash is nearly good. I think we've only got a couple seconds left though.
Shut it off. [Music] Trying to hit those necklace shots. I'm hitting everything but those necklace shots.
Mode complete. Awesome. That was good. Hit that. So, I'm nearly at the mirror mirror insanity mode. And for those people that don't know what that is, on the left of the screen, there's actually a bar meter with Ash's head on it. And that basically um has it loads up, right? So, we're going to keep smashing that um captive ball. a mode. Come on. I want to keep hitting that. Uh, actually, we'll see. Should we be in a mode, maybe? All right, let's load that up. All right, we'll start this other mode. We're at about 100 mil. I mean, that's a good score, even though I've been playing terribly. So,
all right. You probably don't need me to tell you this, but it's right behind you.
Shoot the blue shots. I hear you. Oh. Oh. Yeah. Oh, I saved that. I didn't have to grab it.
You got 10 seconds left.
Just really wanted to show you guys that insanity mode.
Keep moving.
Oh, that. No. All right. So, we're nearly at the mirror. Mirror. Hit that captive. All right, we're nearly there. So, [Music] I had ball save anyway. I'm doing a ribs. Come on.
All right. So, basically, solid open. What do we have here? Single-handed kitchen fight. Now, this is cool. So, you've got to choose. So, you got the left and right button, right? So, you got to use the You're not allowed to use the left flipper. So, you use that one and you use the uh left. I'll just see if I can quickly show you. There it is. And then it will come down. So, you just basically have to remember that one's the left and one's the right, but you're not allowed to use the left. So, Oh, shoot again.
You're not dead.
Oh my god. No, I'm just like, yeah, no way I was going to achieve that. Although, you probably should use a left and right hand and then, you know, with two hands. Kind of like with the reverse flip as a lot of people like, you know, switch their hands across. But yeah, it's a shame. I really should wanted to show you that um insanity mode. So, I thought that was really cool. Although, why don't we just quickly cheat the system? We'll do a We'll do a Joel from Flipping Out. We got the glass off. We'll grab the ball and we'll uh we'll just hit the
So, as as you keep hitting that, the sanity meter will keep all right and that meter will just load up. The spinner sometimes will do it as well. of them.
All right, we're hitting that
sanity mode. Here we go.
Shoot ramps to start a mode. Come on.
So, actually, no, we got one more sanity road. There we go. So, sanity mode ready. We hit Oh my god. We that in now everything sanity laughing. Here we go. So, every mech now has gone crazy. You have to hit those mechs to silence them. Um, once you've hit them, they stop. The pop bumpers are going off. So you got a evil Linda's moving around. The tape recorder is moving. The ramps are silenced. Give her a So if we get Linda in their scoop, she'll stop turning. We need to now silence the pop bumpers. Pops are silenced. What's left? Hit the mix. So we still got the cabin. Uh no. Is the cabin always silenced? What's left?
The hand is silenced.
Shoot the book,
which is [Music] going to shoot the book.
Close the book. So, that mode is complete. So, that shows you that that mode. So, yeah, I just wanted to show you guys that mode. And we've been doing 20 minutes, you know, it's good good little stream. a little bit of cheating with the saving some balls, but that's what you get when you're not a great player. So, so much fun. So much fun. Thank you very much, guys. Uh we'll try and live stream this. We've never done a live stream on the game on the uh channel before with Gonzo. So maybe we'll do a live stream. [Music]