More Predator Pinball Gameplay; Happy Birthday Atari; Jurassic Park on the Line at Stern Pinball & Official Expression Light Topper Announcement; Game of the Day
- Jason
- Jun 27
- 2 min read
This morning, Pinball Brothers released a second gameplay video of its upcoming Predator pinball machine. This second video shows off a different mode and has no commentary so players can hear the game's callouts and music.
No talking in the jungle! Here's one of the Predator modes from The Predator Pinball without commentary. Because we can.
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Happy 53rd Birthday to Atari!
Speaking of Atari, did you know that it has a new Smart Watch coming next month. It actually looks pretty neat for $79.99. It sure beats that speaker hat that they came out with a while ago lol.
"Show your love of retro gaming, right on your wrist. This interactive smartwatch was custom created for Atari 2600 fans. Play classic games on a timepiece inspired by the look and feel of the 2600. Every watch includes two interchangeable bands with graphics on both sides. Pre-orders from Atari.com will also receive a third BONUS watch band, inspired by Missile Command.
Available for pre-order. Shipping begins in July."
About an hour ago, Stern Pinball officially revealed its new Expression Light Topper that I teased in an article earlier this week. Apparently, the $399 price that I mentioned was the price for the Topper Base. Buyers will need to add another $99 on top of that for specific the Topper Plate that they want...bringing the total price to $489.
"A new addition to the Expression Lighting System family (speakers and cabinet) we welcome the all new Expression Light Topper! The topper base will light up and interact with your gaming experience and with our other Expression Light kits compatible with your game. Customize your topper base with a choice of different decorative artwork plates.
Upgrade any of your LCD Stern machine with the standard Stern logo Plate. Or you can spotlight your game with an official game specific plate. Currently only available and compatible with Star Wars, stay tuned for new releases across our catalog coming soon."
Factory Friday Jurassic Park on the production line at Stern Pinball
Game of the Day
An extremely rare 1979 Vectorbeam Warrior vector arcade game.
At the time Vectorbeam was owned by Cinematronics. The game was designed by Tim Skelly with cabinet art by the Marvel artist Frank Brunner.
It features two monochromatic knights fighting over a blacklit static background. Warrior is considered to be one of the first arcade fighting games ever made.
The game had a small production run and its Vectorbeam monitor was notoriously reliable. The cost of the game to distributors was $2,000, which after inflation is equivalent to $8,850 in 2025 dollars.
As seen in a private collection.
Glad I'm finally closer to getting the watch.
I was waiting for the JP 32nd anniversary edition but glad that didn't happen.
Even with all the drops this week, Stern needs to invest in software development more than hardware. With the expression lighting toppers, they should just go back to the Tournament Play toppers.
Total Joke on the Topper. And another 100 bones for a metal plate/mount for it? GMAB.
I'd rather have an Atari Watch, lol.