Turner Pinball Update; Where They Are At With Merlin's Arcade & Ninja Eclipse
- Jason
- Jun 13
- 1 min read
I recently has an opportunity to speak with Turner Pinball's Chris Turner to get an update on how things are going there.
The Company has wrapped up production of its first game Ninja Eclipse. Turner is currently getting deliveries of parts for their second game, Merlin's Arcade, which was designed by pinball industry veteran Jon Norris. They expect production on Merlin to begin in July or August.
Turner is also working on its first code update for Ninja Eclipse, which will implement a lot of the feedback that it received from customers as well as a few bug fixes. The new code will probably launch in July.
Below are a bunch of pictures of Turner Pinball's first two games that I have taken over the past several months. The Merlin's Arcade pictures were taken at the PinballSTAR Amusements booth at Pinfest in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Anyone who is interested in ordering one should reach out to Joe there https://pinballstar.com/ . People who are interested in ordering a Tuner game can also do so from MAD Pinball, Jeff@madpinball.com.
The second batch of pictures are of a Ninja Eclipse First Edition that was in the Tycoon Arcade room at Pintastic New England. This specific game was #8 of 100. https://www.tabletoptycoon.com/pages/arcade
After finally playing a Ninja Eclipse at Pintastic, I'm so excited for Merlin's. Love Jon Norris layouts and thought Ninja Eclipse was shockingly good for a company's first title.
I live in the PNW, we love bringing up our strong location-scene but we must not have enough $$$ in the area to motivate manufacturers to come out and try to sell here (boutiques are only ever represented by owners or distributors at shows here). Not ready to plunk down money without at least flipping this thing first but it's tempting me.