JERSEY JACK PINBALL

[StephenH]

I have played Wizard of Oz Pinball.  I was impressed at the quality for a start-up company.      it is still a prototype but a good game.   The RGB LED lights at add a lot to the gameplay, especially when you think of the Oz line "We must be somewhere over the rainbow".   The video screen adds a lot too.   The gameplay is kind of a mix between some of the old electromechanical action combined with many features you would find on a newer mechanical pinball.   They also implemented many of the famous quotes from "Wizard of Oz" and even some video scenes from the movie.     Some of the former Stern designers are now working for Jersey Jack.   According to the founder, Jack Guarnieri, it is one of the best selling pinball today.     If you are in San Diego, you can find it at Nickel City Arcade.

[ChadTower]

I spent about a half hour playing it this past sunday.  The software is coming along.  The crystal ball image is better than it was last time I commented but you really have to focus away from the ball to see the image.  Still not all that useful to the game.  I think it's going to be a winner but the real winner is probably the platform itself.  Lots of future potential.

[Drnick]

Not to mention he said the goal of the machine was to attract and introduce the young generation of kids into pinball. Last time I checked, WoZ was the antithesis of cool. You could do a generic zombie themed cabinet and already grab much more attention from teenagers.

I present to you -  A VPCabs production.

[Vigo]

Not bad! I think that would grab my attention pretty easily. I like the blood dripping from the legs.

[yotsuya]

Poor Pinball2000. I like SW and RFM.

[Nephasth]

Just look at that Predator in the background... Mmm...

[ChadTower]

I like the blood dripping from the legs.

It is a nice effect for sure. 

[mgb]

A customer of mine runs a mobile arcade trailer for birthday parties and events.
They rented the Jersey Jack Wizard of Oz machine for a big event and they were impressed with it.
I only saw the videos on it, seems pretty cool. It's nice that there a new pinball manufacturer around where only one was left.

[HaRuMaN]

I'm still waiting for that other new pinball comapany, San Antonio Jim, to start up...

[spoot]

I'm still waiting for that other new pinball comapany, San Antonio Jim, to start up...

So, "Cash in hand" jackpot I'd guess.   

[Nephasth]

Lower playfield design released for The Hobbit today!

Joe and the Team are going full out on The Hobbit Trilogy. Joe says "This design is going together better than any layout I have ever done. It will include several different elements than my other games. It is a more expansive flowing game with fast shots and multiple ramps. The main mechanism is Smaug which will be very interactive. The game includes subways and a mountain-scape. Aside from WOZ Joe has designed some of the best loved highest earning games including our own TheWizard of Oz, The Simpson's Pinball Party and South Park. Joe continued; "We are all having a lot of unexpected fun creating this game"

[nickbuol]

I will never own any of their games... Heck, I won't ever own any other pinball than the Theatre of Magic that I have unless I build a virtualpinball.  I, like many of us, just don't have that kind of cash laying around.

I wish I could find a place to play some of the more rare machines (Medeival Madness is on my "play before I die" list for example), or new machines.

I travel a lot for work, but never seem to find a place that I can get to in less than an hour's drive.  I hit up a place in Downingtown, PA, and while there were about 20 machines there, I didn't find much that was that enjoyable.  Not saying that they all were bad, but I think that I hung out for about 30 minutes tops.

I would love to try out a WOZ at some point once they are out there more, but I can't seem to find any place that has pinballs that are worth while.

Anyway, not trying to de-rail this thread, just making some side comments.  No need to reply here...

[Nephasth]

Check out the Pinside Archive. It's got an interactive map that lets you find where a particular machine can be played in public. It's got 170 locations listed where you can play Medieval Madness publicly.

[Le Chuck]

Check out the Pinside Archive. It's got an interactive map that lets you find where a particular machine can be played in public. It's got 170 locations listed where you can play Medieval Madness publicly.

Anybody ever check out the archive and then think about that movie Gone in 60 Seconds?  Would be pretty cool to do a pinball version. 

<Intentionally penned as open ended to make the reader question whether I'm talking about a movie or a heist>

[TopJimmyCooks]

<Intentionally penned as open ended to make the reader question whether I'm talking about a movie or a heist>

IC what you did there.

[nickbuol]

Thanks Nephasth!  I see a Medieval Madness located 35 minutes from one of my offices in the New York area.  I will have to look for WOZ and some others.  And to think that I only used that web site for the Top 100 list.

[ChadTower]

Sometimes you have to eat it and drive the hour.  I do it all the time.  Sucks but that's just how it is.

[nickbuol]

Sometimes you have to eat it and drive the hour.  I do it all the time.  Sucks but that's just how it is.

Oh, it isn't the hour or so drive, it is just that my travels are for work, so that comes first since they are paying for me to travel and I usually don't get out of the office until at least 6:00-6:30 pm.  Add a stop at the hotel to get changed into something more comfortible and hit the road and it can turn into a lot later evening just to get started.  A lot of the places I was seeing closed at like 7:00 - 8:00 pm making it difficult.

I will just have to be a little more strategic in my planning...

[ChadTower]

Been there.  Totally understood.  It's like a pinball tease.  60 mins away but you need 4 hours to actually go there.