{"id":28030,"date":"2023-03-09T18:01:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T18:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=28030"},"modified":"2023-03-10T09:14:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T09:14:45","slug":"pulp-fiction-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2023\/03\/09\/pulp-fiction-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"PULP FICTION ANNOUNCED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stream of new game announcements continues today with Chicago Gaming announcing their collaboration with Play Mechanix to make a <em>Pulp Fiction<\/em> pinball.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/002-pulp-fiction.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/002-pulp-fiction-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Gaming and Play Mechanix's announcement\" class=\"wp-image-28034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/002-pulp-fiction-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/002-pulp-fiction-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/002-pulp-fiction-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/002-pulp-fiction-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/002-pulp-fiction-850x478.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/002-pulp-fiction.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chicago Gaming and Play Mechanix&#8217;s announcement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have talked about the game many times on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2022\/09\/05\/pincasts-page\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"25654\" target=\"_blank\">Pinball News and Pinball Magazine PINcast<\/a>, including how the game would be designed by Mark Ritchie and made in collaboration with either Raw Thrills or Play Mechanix.  So it has proven.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/003-pulp-fiction.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/003-pulp-fiction-1024x494.jpg\" alt=\"Pulp Fiction is a Mark Ritchie design\" class=\"wp-image-28035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/003-pulp-fiction-1024x494.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/003-pulp-fiction-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/003-pulp-fiction-768x371.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/003-pulp-fiction-1536x741.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/003-pulp-fiction-850x410.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/003-pulp-fiction.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pulp Fiction is a Mark Ritchie design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also speculated whether it would make an appearance at the upcoming <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/texaspinball.com\/tpf\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/texaspinball.com\/tpf\/\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Pinball Festival<\/a>, where Mark Ritchie is appearing and where he has previously shown a concept for a new game call <em>Kosmic Khaos<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/tpf-2018\/031-tpf-2018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/tpf-2018\/031-tpf-2018-615x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Will this concept Kosmic Khaos game ever be made?\" class=\"wp-image-11116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/tpf-2018\/031-tpf-2018-615x1024.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/tpf-2018\/031-tpf-2018-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/tpf-2018\/031-tpf-2018-768x1278.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/tpf-2018\/031-tpf-2018.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Will this concept Kosmic Khaos game ever be made?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have also spoken about how either <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rawthrills.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/rawthrills.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raw Thrills<\/a> or <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rawthrills.com\/tag\/play-mechanix\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/rawthrills.com\/tag\/play-mechanix\/\" target=\"_blank\">Play Mechanix<\/a> would be getting into the pinball business.  Chicago Gaming already makes some cabinets for Raw Thrills, and Play Mechanix is a subsidiary company of Raw Thrills.  Raw Thrills was established by Eugene Jarvis and Play Mechanix by George Petro, both with a history in pinball.  George did the software for Mark Ritchie&#8217;s Road Kings, while Eugene worked with Mark&#8217;s brother Steve Ritchie at both Atari and at Williams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They have collaborated on a pinball project in the past when Stern Pinball made <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/games\/bigbuckhunter\/index.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/games\/bigbuckhunter\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Big Buck Hunter Pro<\/a><\/em>, but it had been long rumoured Eugene Jarvis wanted to get back into pinball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Pulp Fiction<\/em> is supposed to be a single-level game in keeping with the era of the movie and according to the wishes of the licensor, Miramax, although that is yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/001-pulp-fiction.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/001-pulp-fiction-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"Pulp Fiction pinball is a Play Mechanix\/Chicago Gaming collaboration along with licensor Miramax\" class=\"wp-image-28033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/001-pulp-fiction-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/001-pulp-fiction-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/001-pulp-fiction-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/001-pulp-fiction-1536x922.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/001-pulp-fiction-850x510.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/001-pulp-fiction.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pulp Fiction pinball is a Play Mechanix\/Chicago Gaming collaboration along with licensor Miramax<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement about the game was made in a very brief teaser video.  Here it is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I&#039;ll Be Down in Two Shakes of a Lamb&#039;s Tail\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WJ5oznI5U-k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Play Mechanix logo usually features a spanner with empty jaws, but it has acquired a pinball in this promo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/005-pulp-fiction-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"A new Play Mechanix logo?\" class=\"wp-image-28048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/005-pulp-fiction-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/005-pulp-fiction-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/005-pulp-fiction-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/005-pulp-fiction-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/005-pulp-fiction-850x425.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/games\/pulp-fiction\/005-pulp-fiction.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A new Play Mechanix logo?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The game could be one of many new titles appearing at the Texas Pinball Festival which takes place in Frisco on 24th-26th March.  Pinball News will be there to report on this along with all the other exciting events, so check out our live reporting from the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATE:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Texas Pinball Festival has confirmed that you will be able to play Pulp Fiction at their show later this month.  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/texaspinball.com\/tpf\/store\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/texaspinball.com\/tpf\/store\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to buy tickets<\/a> to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, details of the <em>Pulp Fiction<\/em> game and the prices are expected to be announced this Monday, 13th March.  Check back here at Pinball News for all the latest information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stream of new game announcements continues today with Chicago Gaming announcing their collaboration with Play Mechanix to make a Pulp Fiction pinball. Chicago Gaming and Play Mechanix&#8217;s announcement We have talked about the game many times on the Pinball News and Pinball Magazine PINcast, including how the game would be designed by Mark Ritchie &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1002,1963],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games","category-games-op","category-pulp-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28030"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28057,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28030\/revisions\/28057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}