Fox's "24" Goes Pinball, Jack Yells Incoherently

Jared Rea

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Fox's "24" Goes Pinball, Jack Yells Incoherently

Damn it! There's no there's no time! I must play "24" pinball, now!

Damn it! Fox's terrorist busting drama, ""24" pinball machine [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_(TV_series)] by the wizards at Stern Pinball.

Damn it! That means you'll have to wait possibly March to start seeing these pop up in mini-golf courses and bowling alleys around the country, so for now you'll have to make due with these details. The board is designed by the famed pinball expert, Steve Ritchie, who worked on such classics as Terminator 2: Judgement Day and Star Trek: The Next Generation, with art by Pinball Hall of Fame inductee Kevin O'Connor and sound work by Ken Hale, who recently worked on Stern's own The Dark Knight. True to the "24" name, the game features original voice work by Mary Lynn Rajskub, better known as Chloe "I Work With Computers" O'Brian. Damn it! No Keifer? Couldn't they at least get Dennis Haysbert [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Palmer_(24_character)], so we could rest easy knowing that we were in good hands?

From suitcases that hold multiballs, sniper houses that reveal terrorist hideouts and more, "24" pinball sounds like the infamous Jack Bauer Power Hour crammed into a tiny glass case. Damn it! The only way it could be more like "24" would be if halfway through your game, it was revealed that the left flipper was a terrorist mole, working in conjunction with the top bumpers to assassinate the president by means of a faulty kick-back unit. Damn it! I should design a pinball.

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edgeofblade

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"it was revealed that the left flipper was a terrorist mole, working in conjunction with the top bumpers to assassinate the president by means of a faulty kick-back unit. Damn it! I should design a pinball."

You say that now, but it would be amazing for a mission mode.
 

pinsanon

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Hah, that would be genius, a malfunctioning pinball while the issues are sorted out by Jack. There's voices from the show with Jack, but only 'Chloe' added extra samples specifically for the game, and a bit odd that they are the only 2 characters featured on the cabinet/playfield. Hope it works for Stern as it must be tough! I interviewed designer Steve Ritchie as one of my Pinball Heroes on my own little blog. http://www.thepinballblog.com
 

Brett Alex

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Can you only play in hour segments? And at the end of the hour it withholds revealing your score until next week, then you have to play another hour, and so on.

I kid, pinball is pretty awesome, and I imagine a 24 one would be fun. I have a venerable original trilogy Star Wars pinball, and it is quite the incredibly awesome-ness.