Episode 405: "Calm Down" by KanedaPinball published on 2019-10-01T22:37:16Z A fun chat about pinball. Comment by omgwtfbbqsaucepizza @dave-sanders-22873532: Yeah cutting that guide to make it one way only is critical. That little tweak makes it a fun bottom layout 2019-11-05T14:56:25Z Comment by Dave Sanders @user-425086228: Skateball is actually not a good example. According to the IPDB, it was known at the time for having a design flaw whereby you could repeatedly knock the ball up and down the right lane with a quick right flipper tap and keep advancing the bonus until you lit the Special. 2019-11-05T03:20:55Z Comment by irodriguez studio apartment know it all. lol. love the response Kaneda! 2019-10-08T18:07:19Z Comment by Dave Sanders @user-425086228: Way ahead of you mates. 2019-10-02T22:08:50Z Comment by omgwtfbbqsaucepizza @dave-sanders-22873532: If the intention was entirely about being able to cradle up, then there are still a few non-Italian bottoms like Skateball that should be brought back on occasion 2019-10-02T16:29:53Z Comment by omgwtfbbqsaucepizza Games do have a wide variety of settings, but really they're aimed at high level tournament players and operators trying to increase drop 2019-10-02T16:12:30Z Comment by omgwtfbbqsaucepizza Zen Pinball the video game came up with some novel ideas for this. Like unlimited ball play for 3 to 5 minutes, "survival" challenges to make it to a scoring threshold and reset a countdown timer, only 200 flips allowed, etc.. 2019-10-02T16:11:23Z Comment by omgwtfbbqsaucepizza So if they're out 8k and spend 12k for yours, they're still at 20k which seems to be the market rate. On the offside chance (lol) Barry every makes the games (lmao) then they can sell that super special one (roftlmfao) and come out ahead (died from laughing) 2019-10-02T15:45:33Z Comment by Dave Sanders It's not called the 'Italian bottom' for no reason. 2019-10-02T02:14:42Z