Reason for the Cactus Canyon Upgrade Kit Delay? Keith Elwin to JJP? FunHouse Update; Videos Galore
By knapparcade
Let's start today's article off with information about Chicago Gaming Company. The long-delayed expansion kit sounds as though it's close shipping. I have heard that the latest reason for the delay was that CGC decided that the kit was too complicated to install. Word is that it was a 2 to 3 hour installation process and that Chicago Gaming has simplified it down to 1 hour or so. I don't know about you, but I personally would rather do a one hour mod install that a three hour one, so maybe this delay is ultimately a good thing for buyers.
Next up we have a new rumor, courtesy of the JBS Show Pinball Roundtable. In a new episode that launched yesterday, they discuss a rumor that I personally have not heard. The rumor is that Jersey Jack Pinball is putting on the full-court press to hire Keith Elwin away from Stern Pinball. Now there's been rumors for years that JJP is interested in stealing Elwin but they seemed to have died down until recently. Supposedly, Jersey Jack is attempting to bring Elwin and his entire Stern Pinball team aboard. Again, this rumor is not coming from me other than the fact that I'm talking this podcast mentioning it. The show is great, give it a listen. I have embedded it below:
This morning Pedretti Gaming announced that it has released a new code update for its FunHouse Remake pinball machine. The new code contains "new tweaks, improvements, and even more fun with Rudy." The Company continues to crank out FunHouses at the Euro Pinball Corp. factory. With Pinball Brothers' Predator now on the line at Euro Pinball Corp., I wonder how long it will be before they change the factory over from FunHouse to Pedretti's rumored next title, a remake of Williams' 1996 pin Tales of the Arabian Nights?
I've come across a bunch of cool gameplay videos of new and upcoming games over the past several days. First up is extended gameplay of Jersey Jack Pinball's New Harry Potter Pinball machine from the amazing Pinball Palace in Brunswick, Georgia.
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Game of the Day I'm in the middle of a project to download the tens of thousands of arcade and pinball pictures that I've taken over the years, file them by manufacturer and back them up. I got a chuckle this morning when I saved the pics of this game. This Lake certainly doesn't look very Terrific to me, unless you're some sort of monster lol. 1987 Sport Matic Terrific Lake pinball machine, a product of Spain. The designer and number of units made are unknown. As seen at Past Times Arcade in Girard, Ohio. #pinball #arcade #crystallake #fridaythe13th #80s
