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Evil Dead Pinball Gameplay Reveal (With Narration)

Bug's Scream and Stream·video·18m 43s·analyzed·Nov 27, 2024
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TL;DR

Bug narrates Evil Dead pinball gameplay, showcasing modes, stacking mechanics, and code depth.

Summary

Bug provides a detailed narrated walkthrough of Evil Dead pinball gameplay, explaining core mechanics including movie selection, mode progression, multiball stacking, the hand ramp progression system, and showcase modes like Hello Lover, Hack to Bits, and Boomstick multiball. The video demonstrates the game's rule depth, innovative features (sling flipper, action button mode selection, randomized Ready Ready...Aim...Fire! timing), and highlights strong code implementation and Bruce Campbell voice work, with new modes still being added during development.

Key Claims

  • Evil Dead allows players to choose between Movie 1 and Movie 2, with separate mode progressions that must be completed sequentially before accessing the other movie's modes

    high confidence · Bug explaining game structure at start of narration

  • All multiballs in Evil Dead stack with modes except Cabin multiball, which blocks other multiballs and modes from being started

    high confidence · Bug explaining multiball stacking rules during Cabin multiball section

  • The hand ramp awards progression similar to The The Addams Family, with super spinner and extra ball as progressive awards

    high confidence · Bug explaining hand ramp mechanics and award progression

  • Linda's head mechanic is being implemented in code during the recording session and will have positive/negative gameplay effects based on her position

    high confidence · Bug discussing Linda's head feature: 'this is something that is being implemented into the code uh as I'm recording this right now'

  • The Ready Ready...Aim...Fire! timing sequence in Boomstick multiball is randomized for each activation with variable timing to prevent pattern memorization

    high confidence · Bug explaining Boomstick timing: 'the timing on this is different every single time it's set to be randomized'

  • Ben Heck is the primary code developer and animator for Evil Dead, with new modes still being added post-launch

    high confidence · Bug crediting Ben Heck multiple times and stating 'Ben has already sent me code for another new mode that's being added in'

  • The sling flipper on the secondary button is significantly easier and more effective for hitting the hand than the lower flipper

    high confidence · Bug demonstrating hand mode gameplay: 'sling flipper is definitely much much easier'

  • Only the first movie's modes were shown in this video; significantly more modes exist but were not demonstrated

    high confidence · Bug at end: 'I didn't even show half of them I don't think'

Notable Quotes

  • “the multiballs in this game kind of cross over between both movies and they stack on top of everything but when you select a movie you are choosing to play just that movie's modes until you beat them all”

    Bug @ early — Explains core game structure and movie/mode progression system

  • “this hand is roaming around... you want to keep hitting that ramp so you can get the different awards that are at the end of it all right”

    Bug @ mid-early — Explains hand ramp progression mechanic and player incentive structure

  • “it's a widebody game and the features are so tucked out to the sides I couldn't get an angle where you could see everything”

    Bug @ mid — Comments on Evil Dead's wide layout and complexity; cinematography challenge

  • “the timing on this is different every single time it's set to be randomized every single time so sometimes it's fast Ready Ready...Aim...Fire! others it's ready aim and it's nice and slow”

    Bug @ mid-late — Explains Boomstick multiball's randomized timing mechanic to prevent rote memorization

  • “I'm very very happy with the rules in this game uh the stacking is phenomenal the modes are super fun the call outs are amazing the music is phenomenal”

    Bug @ end — Explicit endorsement of game quality across multiple dimensions

  • “you absolutely can [hit the hand off the lower flipper] but a sling flipper is definitely much much easier”

    Bug @ mid — Demonstrates game design flexibility while highlighting preferred technique

  • “Hello Lover uh it's my favorite mode in the game... it's got a ton it's got a lot of phases and they're all different”

    Bug @ late — Highlights Hello Lover as exemplary mode design with multi-phase structure

  • “Ready Ready...Aim...Fire! you have you want to hit the launch button when he says fire you get additional points for timing it with Ash”

Entities

Evil DeadgameBugpersonBen HeckpersonBruce CampbellpersonSpooky PinballcompanyChristopher FranchipersonThe Addams Familygame

Signals

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Evil Dead demonstrates sophisticated mode stacking architecture with all multiballs stacking except Cabin multiball, which blocks other modes; multiple multi-phase modes with distinct objectives and rule changes

    high · Cabin multiball restricts mode starts; Double Deadite stacks with modes; Hello Lover has 5+ distinct phases with different shot sequences

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Game rewards player technique and timing through randomized Ready Aim Fire sequences, sling flipper usage, and mode-specific shot patterns

    high · Ready Aim Fire timing randomized per activation; sling flipper provides alternative shot paths; multiple modes reward specific shot sequences

  • ?

    design_innovation: Sling flipper on secondary button provides novel ball control option; action button allows dynamic mode selection without shooting main ramp; randomized timing prevents memorization

    high · Sling flipper described as key ball control tool; action button closes ramp to qualify different modes; Ready Aim Fire timing varies unpredictably

  • ?

    code_update: New modes being actively added to Evil Dead post-launch; Linda's head mechanic implementation in progress during narration recording

    high · Bug states 'Ben has already sent me code for another new mode' and 'Linda's head over on the right side... is being implemented into the code uh as I'm recording this right now'

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Game structured around movie selection with sequential mode progression; multiballs and modes interact through stacking system with clear hierarchy

Transcript

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0:01
how's it going everybody it is the disembodied voice of bug here and I'm going to be giving you a little bit of a narrated Guide to the Evil Dead gameplay reveal that we just put out so obviously in the full review uh you know a lot of people don't really want to hear me talk over the whole darn thing they just want to hear the game but uh some people out there do for some reason want to hear me talk over stuff so I figured I would sit down and do a little bit of a narration over top of the gameplay and kind of explain what I'm doing and why I'm doing it and help give you guys an overall look at some of the rules and uh features of this game so some base things about the rules here before we start cuz I do just start right away uh when you start this game you will be given a choice of playing Movie 1 or Movie 2 now the multiballs in this game kind of cross over between both movies and they stack on top of everything but when you select a movie you are choosing to play just that movie's modes until you beat them all in which case then you go to the other movie these modes so if I pick Movie 2 I've got to play the movie 2 modes before I'm allowed to go play movie one of course every game you are given the choice of which movie you want to play so at the start of it you're just choosing which one you prefer all right so here we go and this first game here I'll be choosing the first movie you have your double barrel shooter Lane when the game starts kicks it out to the right you have the roaming red skill shot to hit typically hits between that R and the O So I go ahead and I go and I hit that and then essentially to start your modes your movie modes you have to shoot white ramp shots and then the right ramp lifts up that is a lift ramp when it lifts up that means you're ready to start a mode so when I shoot into there I'll be able to start the mode that I have lit which is evil awakens it is the first mode of the first movie and the mode start in this game is really fun because you shoot white shots to light a mode at the right ramp but if you want to close that ramp back up you can actually hit the action button and the ramp will close and you can qualify other modes too and on top of this uh the modes are listed on the backboard as you can see it blinking up at the top there it's evil awakens blinking uh so when I hit the action button and it closes that ramp if I hit the captive ball the Necronomicon captive ball uh I'll actually be changing which mode I would be qualifying next uh the captive ball is it does multiple things it also is increasing your Incan lowering your ins increasing your Insanity uh which we'll get into more of that later but here I go ahead I shot that right ramp and I started the evil awakens mode so you can see the Cheryl targets have popped up in the center there is a roaming light on those targets that I am trying to hit here and you have to hit it four or five times yeah five times and you can also see that topper going crazy during this mode you know it's it's her mode she's kind of the star of this mode so I got a nice dirty pool off the side of that shotgun shell there it kind of snuck in through the side we need to get a good uh good light show and some text for that when you ever you dirty pool but yeah you're given a set amount of time to hit the Cheryl Target here and yeah it looks like I don't quite beat the mode but that is a quick look at the evil awakens mode these videos are always tough cuz I want to not play like too long of a game and I'm trying to show you guys like all the big ticket items in it uh so I I just locked my first ball up in the cabin as you can see up there I hit the two drop targets that are in front of it and I just locked my second ball it kicks out that second ball sitting in front of the porch swing now cabin has that nice little glowing effect I also grabbed a hand shot there so real quick with the hand uh you can see that as you're hitting The Groovy Targets in front of it that hand is roaming around oh we got a big we got a big mode buildup coming here let's enjoy this real quick

Bug @ late — Explains Boomstick multiball skill shot mechanic with Bruce Campbell integration

high · Movie 1 and Movie 2 modes must be completed sequentially; multiball stacking rules explained in detail; Cabin multiball exception creates strategic choices

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Hand ramp uses progressive award system (super spinner, extra ball) to encourage sustained target play similar to Adams Family; multiple game features reward continued engagement

    high · Hand progression explained as Adams Family-like system; mystery awards skill-based; multiball start requirements structure play progression

  • ?

    product_concern: Wide layout and tucked-out side features made camera placement difficult; required shooting from non-ideal angle to capture gameplay

    medium · Bug notes: 'it's a widebody game and the features are so tucked out to the sides I couldn't get an angle where you could see everything'

  • ?

    content_signal: Bug creating parallel narrated and non-narrated gameplay content to serve different audience preferences

    high · Opening: 'you know a lot of people don't really want to hear me talk over the whole darn thing they just want to hear the game but uh some people out there do for some reason want to hear me talk over stuff'

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Bug expresses strong satisfaction with Evil Dead's overall design across rules, stacking, modes, callouts, and music

    high · Closing statement: 'I'm very very happy with the rules in this game uh the stacking is phenomenal the modes are super fun the call outs are amazing the music is phenomenal... really proud overall of this game this team'

    • 4:01
    [Music] and the whole game goes crazy wait till you get your hands on it the game really shakes during that whole buildup there so uh this is the cabin multi ball so yes I I uh took down the drop targets and I locked the balls up on the cabin uh three of them gets you the multi ball start once you are in Cabin multiball you are blocked off from starting any other multi balls or modes uh all of the multiballs and modes in this game stack unless you start cabin in which case it kind of cuts all those off uh pretty stand standard pinball multiball rule there uh in this mode you're shooting the white jackpot shots you shoot enough of them and it lights a Super Jackpot underneath the right ramp which you can go and collect but anyway so we're back down to single ball gamep play here so the hand I was talking about that you can see it shifting around and moving around over there you may be wondering why do I want to hit the hand you know it's it's far out on the left there it's really cool of course I want to hit it but why do I want to hit it well the hand kind of functions similar to The Adams Family ramp where every time you hit it after you hit uh a certain amount of hits on that hand there is various awards that you are given starting with super spinner if you hit it a few times you get a super spinner lit and then extra ball following that so you want to keep progressing the hand and hitting it to get the next achievement that is uh available for it extra ball being a big one like I said very similar to The Adams Family ramp where you want to keep hitting that ramp so you can get the different awards that are at the end of it all right so you can see here our left deadite has popped up I'm also in the mode uh the trees let us it won't let us leave uh so the deadite there you notice he was popping up and I might talk about him some more later there's two dead that pop up in the Playfield uh there is when you start the game an orange shot that is lit on the Playfield at one of the arrows here we go so you collect all the orange shots on the Playfield you roll over the in Lane which pops up a deadite if you hit each of them that starts double deadite multiball which as you can see of course Stacks with the modes in the game so it's stacked with it won't let us leave right right now which uh you know I wish I was able to pause but uh it won't let us leave as a bunch of green Combos and then red shots as evil is coming to find you and you want to stop it but double deadite multiball uh it's a two ball multiball the deadites pop up and there is there is jackpots behind the deadites the jackpots are at the left ramp and the right ramp you got to knock down the deadites to go get those jackpots so it looks like we're back down to mode zero here we got our super spinner going yep another white shot to qualify a mode [Music]
    6:37
    so you can actually see the orange shot oh yeah the mystery award here uh is at the right orbit you shoot that magnet grabs it drops it into the vuk and then yeah you're shooting at your award which you know arly isn't really a mystery it's a actually a skill-based mystery so you're shooting at the award you want for your mystery and then yeah so there was me collecting one of those orange arrows to get that double deadite multiball going grabbing the sling flipper there so you guys will be very surprised that sling flipper is incredible for ball control uh saves uh various shots on the left side that sling flipper you got to get used to using it it doesn't take much but once you get it figured out you'll be shocked how much you find yourself using that thing in ways you never thought you would be and uh it being staged on that second flipper button is why it isn't always coming out every flip so it's on a SE secondary flipper button that you have to press to get it to go so a very simple answer for hey what's this extra button do it's your sling flipper may as well be now awesome call outs from Bruce Campbell in this game had a terrific time writing those with uh Ben heck uh really proud of the work that we did there so there we go grab the skill shot there is a secondary skill shot uh where if you hold one of the flippers it does like a soft shot then you can shoot other items I don't think I do it in this video though of [Music] lock is lit in there we go so uh it takes more ramp shots to qualify a mode for each time you start a mode here's me catching it with that sling flipper dropping it down nice and safe to my flipper so I can backhand it for the Hacked to bits mode which is uh basically shooting chop shots back and forth between The Groovy targets and the necklace targets and a drop Target on the right there that's a little tough to see from this camera angle it was very hard to find a camera angle that could almost fit everything in this game I was doing my normal setup up above and uh the the features it's a widebody game and the features are so tucked out to the sides I couldn't get an angle where you could see everything uh from up above so I had to go with this uh further back to the right angle Ben heck is actually calling me right now [Music]
    9:01
    so uh in the hack to bits mode you do various amount of chop shots and then you get to the super hacks phase which is more back and forth between the chop shots getting extra points for it uh really nasty on screen stuff there with the poor body all chopped [Music]
    9:22
    up shoot ramps to start a mode come on so the boomstick we haven't gotten to that one I think I do the boomstick in the the second round of game here I'll talk about yeah I'll talk about that in the next game coming up here in just a second B not everyone can be ased as me uh yeah that's a handful of the features so we haven't even gotten to yeah lower Playfield double barrel shooter Lane Linda head uh yeah the boomstick there's there's still a lot more to talk about here and uh yeah we'll get right to that as I start this next game
    10:04
    [Music] you know I was never Good at Goodbye so I guess you might as well just [ __ ] right
    10:17
    off on to the second movie here like I said lots more to talk about going back and forth like I don't already know I'm going to choose movie to Okay so we've gone over the skill shot here and yeah
    10:33
    you got Linda's head over on the right side there I think I hit that kind of early on this time around so she rotates back and forth between good and evil and this is something that is being implemented into the code uh as I'm recording this right now actually and it is essentially she will negatively or positively affect the game based on which position her head in that Vice is in uh I will do more explanation on that later once it's implemented into the game but all right give me back my hand so you can guess what we're going to be shooting at in this mode it has to do with the thing on the left side of the play field so the best way to do this is of course hit the right ramp because it sets up your sling flipper and your sling flipper is by far the easiest way to go and hit that hand you can catch that hand off the lower right flipper but a sling flipper is definitely much much easier so you cradle it up drop it set it down now I had a drop Target in my way but now we got it yeah it's flipping me off uh that little countdown sound you hear is uh if you hit the right ramp first before hitting the hand you are given additional points for doing so oh I almost caught it there I was just a little bit low I I really recommend using the sling flipper and not the lower in this mode but you absolutely can right there I just caught it off of the lower actually so yeah one more hit and then that actually gets us a hand frenzy multiball inside this mode and we got lucky and it got caught off the sling there that's good that's perfect I did a little nudge save there it's kind of off camera so yeah you hit the hand enough times here's your new home some great movie call outs there and yeah you get a little frenzy mode here with some jackpots going after the hand for some more points uh absolutely love the animation for this mode of that head crawling Behind the Walls super great work by Ben heck who did all the animations in this game code and animations I keep joking with people that Ben heck is a great animator who also knows how to code so I almost have my boom stick multiball lit here uh the way that works is you see those two shotgun shells that you bash in you have to bash in number one and then number two individually you can't hit them both in together won't count you have to hit one individually and then two individually and then when they are both lit you have to hit them both in together at the same time it's just kind of a fun way to take two Targets that you would hit and make it more uh Dynamic more spe specific to a sequence makes you play it a different way so we have those lit uh once I bash those in that opens up the lower play field for uh Boomstick multiball to get
    13:20
    rolling word skill shot what do I decide to go for here to the ash my favorite mode in the game hello lover uh it's my favorite mode it has a ton it's got a lot of phases and they're all different so it starts off with Linda Dancing in the Moonlight Dancing in the Moonlight and uh you hit the spinner shot to you know cuz spinner dancing spinning award yeah spin around so you hit the spinner shot three times and then it advances you to the next phase of the hello lover mode oh I didn't quite grab it there I was close spinner shot up the center pretty easy shot in this game overall most of the shots in this game are fairly easy hurry we got 30 seconds still time there we go so that's our third Linda spinner so we're now in the the hand bite phase so you need to Blue shots are lit all over the Playfield you need to hit the blue shots to to bash Linda's head off of your hand or to try to so whenever you hit a shot you're treated with some great movie clips of him just taking the head and bashing it around the cast
    14:33
    [Music] looks like I just need two more blue shots here this is my favorite mode it's got a ton of like I said the phases all of them are completely different fun shots in each of them great light shows really funny call outs too as well all right so we hit the fifth shot now we got to get to the work
    15:03
    here we go so now we're in the chainsaw phase you're battling Linda's body and uh this is where the deadites actually pop up out of the Playfield as you're battling them but unfortunately I B it but that would be phase three is uh for x amount of seconds you have to battle the deadites that are popping out of the Playfield and uh score Wicked points doing soot complete hey get your ass back here buddy all right go get that Boomstick multiball now there it is so I hit them both in together at the same time Cellar Door pops open it is time for Boomstick so Boomstick kicks you into the lower play field at first you have to hit the Lock and Load and or Escape Target that is lit down I'm sorry shot that is lit down there you either have to you have to get uh two hits on it and you get either three drains or a certain amount of time before you fail out so then you get Boomstick start so it kicks two balls into the boomstick shooter Lane you hear him say Ready Aim now this is what's awesome so he says Ready Aim Fire you have you want to hit the launch button when he says fire you get additional points for timing it with Ash now what's really cool is the timing on this is different every single time it's set to be randomized every single time so sometimes it's fast Ready Aim Fire others it's ready aim and it's nice and slow uh in this multiball you started off with some jackpots lit as you hit the shotgun shells on the shotgun Mech up there uh that makes it so if you hit the action button it lights more jackpots on the Playfield so it said jackpot spawn there cuz I went I hit the action button and then you also have the opportunity to add more balls so you can see the lower play field going at the same time here as the upper play field so I'm trying to hit that Target down there while keeping the balls alive up top so I can get an adab ball so double launch added so I hit the target enough times and it gives me another sequence of addab balls here for the boomstick multiball and Boomstick multiball keep in mind it Stacks with everything in the game it Stacks with all of the the base modes cabin multiball double deadite everything as well as uh double deadite Stacks with everything [Music]
    17:27
    too so yeah I actually have that double deadite mode lit again but we'll quick grab a little mystery award over there pal so I got my extra ball lit at the right
    17:42
    [Music] orbit and that does it for there so that kind of helps cover uh most all of the features and items in Evil Dead pinball there's still a ton more that is coming to this game uh that wasn't even close to all the modes that are in the game right now I I didn't even show half of them I don't think so and as I'm recording this right now Ben has already sent me code for another new mode that's being added in and uh yeah it's super great I'm very very happy with the rules in this game uh the stacking is phenomenal the modes are super fun the call outs are amazing the music is phenomenal and yeah just really proud overall of this game this team and I love that match sequence mama for me thank your mama for me speechless Campbell always delivering on the speech but yeah that is my narration for the Evil Dead pinball gameplay and I look forward to live streaming this with you guys in the future here so thank you and do something spooky for me