Line-up confirmed at
Barcade
in New York
by
chambertin
Sep 25, 2024
Line-up confirmed at
Pioneers Bar NYC
in New York
by
sausageburglar
Sep 25, 2024
"The game plays totally great, where great is defined as "an idealized version of your memory of any sopranos you've ever played before". Which is to say: still kind of fucked up, right? It's basically mandatory that you do teeny little microflips or weird proto-ski-passes every four seconds to keep the ball alive. You'll have shitty bad-luck rebounds from
the left bit of the safe or whatever. The flipper buttons might cut up your hands a little bit. This is a good thing. It's The Sopranos. It's perfect. If the operators ever actually make it play like the person who designed the game's platonic ideal personal copy, all neat and clean, I will riot.
The rest of this comment is a review of The Sopranos pinball in general. The rules are a totally flat and textureless surface. This is also a good thing. Critically, it is a flat and textureless surface *of pleasure*. Other games come with requirements. NBA Fastbreak asks you, as a pinball player, to memorize which team got the most points during the 1994-95 season (it's the Orlando Magic). AC/DC expects you to know the chronological release order of their songs (fuck that). Other games ask you to memorize complex strategies (which house on Game of Thrones, etc.) The Sopranos asks you to know nothing and be nothing. Can you stack a mode on a different mode? Yeah. Which ones? Basically all of them. Do you gotta know anything? I don't know dude just shut the fuck up and turn your brain off and do your microflips." The Sopranos (Stern, 2005)
The Sopranos (Stern, 2005)
added to
Filthy Diamond
in Brooklyn
by
upstatepinball
Sep 24, 2024
"Left flipper is too weak to send the ball to the top. Ball frequently gets stuck at the joint between the right flipper and inlane. Comes loose with a flip or two, but definitely compromises play." Future Spa (Bally, 1979)
"Right flipper is a bit sticky, and the game is too steep. Bubble is out of its range, and a lot of shots roll back down the ramp from the top." Venom (Premium) (Stern, 2023)
"plunger is extremely sticky so you gotta pull it out and then manually hit it with enough force to launch. don't plan on hitting the skill shot" JAWS (Pro) (Stern, 2024)
Line-up confirmed at
Union Pool
in Brooklyn
by
borschtpapi
Sep 17, 2024
"Ok. Harry gave it a tune up and it is working!! We changed the rake a bit so it tends slightly left which negates a couple of straight drains. Worth a play. Come on by!" Revenge from Mars (Bally, 1999)