The Godfather 50th Anniversary Pinball Featurette (Jersey Jack Pinball, 2023)

An In-Depth Look Into Jersey Jack Pinball's Newest Game Release: The Godfather - 50th Anniversary Pinball Machine
Exclusive access with Game Designer, Eric Meunier, and Lead Programmer, Keith Johnson, as they discuss immersing the player into the world of The Godfather, one of the most iconic and prolific films in cinematic history. They also talk about game features, player objectives, and new technologies.
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Video produced by Straight Down The Middle (SDTM) Studio. SDTM does not own the rights for The Godfather film clips or music/sound in this video and SDTM is not attempting to monetize from the copyrighted material.
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[@alltehthingz298]

Literally love at first sight. The art direction on this game is off the charts, inside and out. Incredibly brave to re-imagine the dark, drab and neutral tones of the movies as this opulent and decadent art deco gangster theme -- but its a total home run. And wow, the playfield is just packed. This game is a love letter to pinball. Me want!

[@SDTM]

Nicely stated

[@pinrex47]

I’m glad you guys made this video. It highlights a lot more features than the promo video.

[@MattInglot]

This game is a work of art, but so is this video. Every pinball release needs something like this, you actually know what you are getting.

[@spyderlogan4992]

The most spectacular integration of genius creative design and state of the art pinball mechanics and technology I've ever seen. It is the absolute benchmark. Hands down, Jersey Jack is the SpaceX of game makers. Congratulations and kudos to the entire team. Bravo~!

[@quantumfx2677]

You guys need to do more videos, There really has never been anyone out there that brings pinball to the table like you guys do it and I can promise you a lot of people feel the same way you just don't hear it. I think we all need to promote your videos and keep getting it out there and get more people on board. Awesome work!

[@pizzashit69]

You promise?

[@quantumfx2677]

@@pizzashit69 Most of my buds love their channel and infact got me into pinball, I think they do a fantastic job.

[@SDTM]

Wow that’s unbelievably kind! The time put into these type of Featurettes/Documentaries make quantity difficult. But we love doing them and are passionate about bringing the best entertainment to the gaming industries.

[@quantumfx2677]

@@SDTM keep up the fantastic work as it keeps pinball moving forward.

[@mootsym]

I've played a lot of pinball machines. Not all, not even half, but a lot of the best. THIS might be the most incredible machine I've ever seen. The details behind it and the creation of it, are astounding. I was super skeptical when I heard the rumors of Godfather.. but this is off the charts.

[@alltehthingz298]

yeah this is how i feel too. lots of pinball machines i've enjoyed and admired. but this one i WANT. something about this one is just over the top. i'm not even a Godfather fan but can't wait to get hands on this. hope it plays as well as it looks.

[@SDTM]

That’s some high praise!

[@mootsym]

@@SDTM lol I may be prisoner of the moment. We'll see how it shoots! Can't wait for your review.

[@juniorjr.]

Jersey Jack really nails it with the presentation on their games, this table looks like it's up there with Guns N Roses, from the light show, to the topper, the details and decoration all over the playfield, and rich content stuff from the game itself. Here's hoping the gameplay itself matches all of that too.

[@davidknoke692]

Thanks for video prep-I ordered mine today from my local dealer. Appreciate your contributions to the pin industry.

[@thomaskresge]

Very cool, glad to see this out! It was a lot of fun being able to provide the music for this and re-work the original score for pinball alongside Unlock Audio. Looking forward to the next one!

[@jonyboyishere]

is it the OG score or revamped?

[@SDTM]

Dang, very cool to hear from ya and thanks for the great work!

[@thomaskresge]

@@jonyboyishere New music, but often reusing themes from the original score. Mark Tremonti's cover in the game is a pretty faithful recreation for the purists!

[@Mechulus]

This is a masterpiece. I might need to change my lineup soon! I’m really impressed with the extra touches on the CE. Lately CE machines seemed barely better than LE, but this puts the CE in a class of its own. The topper with the twin knocker tommy guns is going to be nuts!

[@King_Henry]

Absolutely great production Zach. And looks like an absolutely beautiful machine. Hopefully you get a discounted CE for making a top notch video here!

[@SDTM]

Thanks! And yeah I absolutely must have one of these games!

[@rnettles6241]

You folks are MASTERS of the craft.

[@douglashart2195]

Super cool pin! Unfortunately I was playing a drinking game, doing a shot every time the word “iconic” was used. Now I’m on the liver transplant list. Thanks a lot JJP!

[@BenLaurence]

When given the proper assets and allowed to be creative, JJP NAILS IT on the theme! The game looks great!!!

[@slickdog78]

With the amount of hype that Foo Fighters has been getting lately. I have a feeling that this game is going to get slept on by a lot of people. And this game 100% deserves attention. This machine is a work of art.

[@mootsym]

This game is going to blow Foo Fighters out of the water. I was super skeptical when I heard the rumors of Godfather.. but this is off the charts.

[@slickdog78]

@@mootsym I felt the same way. I had serious reservations about how they'd turn a drama into a fun pinball playing experience. If it flips half as good as it looks it's going to be really good.

[@JustinMBailey]

Mmmmm I think Foo Fighters looks cool but this (like the movie) is gonna win all the Oscars.

[@SDTM]

@@slickdog78 oooh it’s a really good shooter

[@slickdog78]

@@SDTM Wish I had the spare cash laying around. I'd be hitting you up for a CE for sure. Still regret cancelling the Wonka CE I had on order directly with JJP years back.

[@GarethWalton2]

You guys always do such a good job showing off JJP’s newest games 🤘🏻 great editing indeed

[@SDTM]

Thank you so much! We put so much into these it’s insane! Zachs editing just crushes it every time!

[@timmeyers6037]

Looks like an awesome pin. Great theme! Look forward to seeing your "hands on" review guys.

[@Mysda_]

It's good to see more of it!

[@SDTM]

Thanks! And yeah it's a lot to see for sure.

[@mrweelr]

Wow Eric and team, I initially had zero interest in this title, but after watching this video and seeing the eye candy pictures, I’m considering letting something go to get my hands on a CE. Your games just ooze quality far and above any pinball maker…just love all of my JJP games and have never considered selling any of them. Really outstanding work on Godfather and that Slash guitar music is just amazing! JJP continues to impress game after game

[@CNKayutube]

Wow beautiful, buy 2!! Hell buy me one!! Great job eric, keith and whole jjp team ! Well done

[@pinballdan]

Wow..Great looking games and features !!

[@jkush6726]

Wow! Another in depth release video. These are the best part of new pinball release day. Well done!

[@SDTM]

Man thanks truly

[@FishingwithZnM]

Amazing light show and a simply impressive!

[@cowboib4680]

Looks beautiful. So much great games being released right now. Truly a great time to be a pinball fanatic!

[@SDTM]

SO TRUE

[@Riz2336]

That looks sick dude, man I haven't been fortunate enough to play a Jersey Jack pin yet but damn they always look high quality. Really cool theme

[@turbografx7]

Amazing video! Well done

[@MegaHowtoMan]

Wow. This looks packed!

[@SDTM]

It's a ton of fun for sure.

[@tyarnold4088]

​@Straight Down The Middle: a pinball show so you have played it?

[@SDTM]

Yes, we filmed it. That’s us shooting it in gameplay. Sorry for the poor skill hahaha.

[@tyarnold4088]

@Straight Down The Middle: a pinball show ok. I see. Nice. So just how much did you like Godfather?

[@904PinballZine]

I'm certain I'll enjoy the flow and dynamic ramp shot options. Thank god for location pinball!

[@pinballparty]

Top shelf video production you two. The best in the industry!

[@SDTM]

Thank you so much! We are always trying new things and always trying to improve!!!

[@xtradude]

An instant classic - no less!

[@lukewignall9947]

Well done jerseyjack looks awesome 👌

[@sjab5987]

Thank you Zach and Greg 🙏

[@SDTM]

Thank YOU for the support!

[@TiltingT]

Thanks for the look into the game, great job guys...just wish we could've heard the duel Tommy gun knockers!

[@SDTM]

Very alarming. In the best way ever!

[@TiltingT]

@SDTM I absolutely love these reveal videos that you guys do, it gives us all insight into how the team was thinking and what their goals were while creating the game.. SDTM reveal videos should be an industry standard for every new release from every manufacturer! Thanks again guys!

[@clevelandgamingclassic]

Holy crap that pin looks amazing - unbelievable

[@JUICY_TIME]

awesome job! The topper is pretty bad ass.

[@tomceckitti5342]

That is a sexy looking game. Very impressed. Nice job JJP!

[@SDTM]

The CE does drip beauty and ridiculousness.

[@alejandroalartiz9451]

It looks like JJP has a POTY: Pinball of the Year.

[@jlarsson1978]

The CE looks sick!

[@jacooosthuizen3593]

Looks stunning guys!

[@SDTM]

Wait a minute, we weren’t in it! Hehehe

[@ScottParisi]

Thanks for all the detail. Exactly what I needed today. Ordered a CE today. Wonder when they'll be shipping.

[@SDTM]

Congrats!

[@sagoh._]

i'm here for Slash 🎩🔥

[@clevelandgamingclassic]

Also the UI - wow. Topper - yes please. Health meter - brilliant. Leg covers on the Collector's Edition - never seen anything like that. And also this featurette sets a new standard for featurettes and pin previews - congrats

[@SDTM]

Thank you so much! Beyond appreciated!

[@pinballreviews1363]

Looks awesome!

[@BeTheBallDanny]

Looks AmazeBalls!!!!!!!

[@steve5p527]

I enjoyed working on this I’m the one in the white hat.

[@danyatchyshyn5459]

Looks great, much respect for the time and effort put into it. Still hung up a bit on the integration but not as much after watching. Price is always the concern, just sucks that the average pinballer wants to buy it but can't afford it. Obviously the intended demographic isn't the average player. Good on them of they get enough people to buy it.

[@vawinthislifetime7853]

Slash = goosebumps !! 🤘😝🤘

[@jango381]

Beautiful looking game

[@Fenshiro]

This game is over the top loaded and looks marvelous.

[@pinbruh]

Board game idea is pretty cool. Code sounds amazing.

[@SDTM]

Certainly plenty to do and gonna be very difficult to get to the end.

[@artmurphy3623]

I am a boardgame fanatic and when I heard they aligned the ruleset to more of a boardgame feel I dropped my Foo LE and put my deposit on the GF CE

[@808zhu]

That guitar is sick by the way...

[@SDTM]

Well, I mean, Slash is kind of The Greatness.

[@808zhu]

@@SDTM No wonder. I thought that sounded like him. Thanks for the upload. Hope you fellers are well. Aloha 😎🤙

[@vitkomusic6624]

Simply wow. Looks better even than top. Pinballs from JJ. HOBBIT AND PIRATES OF CARRIBEAN. WOW.

[@paulclarke7571]

Give me a horses' head feature and I'm all in!

[@BaZzZaa]

Thought it were a finger up at Stern for the knocker clip during the promo video. Dual knockers however!! 🤣🤣 Even better

[@SDTM]

It's alarming! Completely bad ass!

[@cheeseandbeans8701]

After GNR I’m hesitant about JJP, but this looks really good, hopefully it works for more than a week

[@viccamppinball]

Jersey Jack Pinball hit a grand slam with this game. Sensational looking and playing machine?

[@salmollica1846]

I can't wait to open my CE

[@corywestfahl1691]

Great video SDTM! Game is packed. Super multiball heavy again unfortunately.

[@slob5041]

beautiful pin

[@thebeardedhippoofficial]

Wow......speechless

[@RobertCadorette]

Great job guys. More Greg Bone next time.

[@SDTM]

Ha ha I’m just going to start making appearances in these! (Greg)

[@SDTM]

Next time! :)

[@davidknoke692]

Looks incredible. Is a standard body - from the video it appeared wide to me. - hope to acquire a CE

[@SDTM]

Yes standard body

[@mphenriksen]

Super cool we are getting some young designers on playfields. Love the older guys but a nice change of pace. I need $15k for this now. Sorry kids no college

[@QuadriderFMX]

Huge GF fan here, and the game looks amazing! But at $12,000 / $15,000, just can’t do it. 🙁

[@SDTM]

Find one on location and play the heck out of it.

[@wariodolby]

Someone please confirm. That sound and video from the second movie is in this pin??? Before I spend 15k!!

[@psteady6726]

Great video guys- have you shot it yet? This or that needed!

[@SDTM]

We had a small amount of time on it when we shot the video! We do have a first impressions coming soon!!!

[@tyler_rake88]

The godfather pinball machine interesting

[@hipkiss100]

Respect !!!

[@willierants5880]

Well at JJ prices few of us will ever get to play one. I have yet to find a JJ pin in the wild and that sadly says a lot.

[@DwnWrdSprl11]

Crazy cool looking game

[@SDTM]

For sure! Whew, fast and flowy. So many ways the ball can travel!

[@cbalhoff]

Is that Slash playing the Godfather theme? I know he used to play that live a lot.

[@Ledman301]

If you watched the vid then you’d know.

[@cbalhoff]

@@Ledman301 I commented before I finished the video.

[@CrimsonID4]

So I heard a lot of great names mentioned at the start but did not hear Al Pacino's name(or John Cazele's estate) mentioned. Did they pass on being involved with this game? (That's going to make doing a sequel to this pinball game VERY difficult, lol) Either way great job on a great looking game!

[@SDTM]

Pacino is all over this game. Visuals, sounds, art, etc

[@CrimsonID4]

@@SDTM Excellent! That's what I figured but thought I asked! (There was one pinball machine based on a film, I forget which one, that had to use a look-a-like for one of its characters due to not getting clearances by the actor that portrayed him. I just wanted to make sure that wasn't the case here.)

[@Bosch1300]

Come on guys you are supposed to say spoiler alert. I haven't seen the movies. Pin looks great!

[@SDTM]

Gulp

[@joshowen8493]

This game looks amazing. I'd be in for $3k less but hope to play it on location sometime.

[@BootsORiley]

Well Hell yeah, JJP

[@WesWyzykowski]

I just wish CE's were "reasonably" priced at 12K, and LE's, (the new standard) at 9K/9500.

[@cristinab2323]

My husband wants one ,I’m in Montreal Canada do you deliver here ?

[@SDTM]

Sadly Flip N Out Pinball is currently only US :(

[@joeb3008]

This game looks awesome. Bougie and would fit in at Mira Lago but I love it compared to all the other similar cartoon, science fiction stuff out there.

[@joeb3008]

I would so buy this, but at that price forget about it (:

[@cristinab2323]

What is the price 2:40

[@silentlamb7043]

🧡

[@davo-ju6er]

👌🏼👌🏼

[@fourtraxer]

So is there a knocker assigned to the mob guy with the gun on the playfield or is that just a topper feature?

[@SDTM]

Topper feature two mobsters two knockers

[@theJohnnyPinball]

This is like a mini movie

[@SDTM]

ahhhh thanks for seeing our vision of producing Pinball Documentaries of every release we are allowed to be a part of.

[@vitkomusic6624]

15k is about the right price for. for this masterpiece.

[@ronaldcoleman1140]

Gameplay stream soon?

[@-COZ]

Wow

[@SDTM]

Indeed

[@better20]

So no normal version?

[@kenpirr3246]

I am not buying another JJP until they finish codes on Potc and Gnr...I am sure will be same thing with Godfather

[@johnnycashlesscomedy8616]

Yes I just read a scathing post from a POTC owner regarding no finished code, clear coat pooling, etc. I waited a few days too long to buy a POTC and only SE’s were available. Now I’m not so upset for not getting one.

[@gumby510]

Hey you think they are going to fix the quote they got wrong on the apron and side rails? Or is somebody in trouble haha

[@SDTM]

I believe the quote is correct

[@pegasisilver6249]

Awesome. Seems a hopeless theme for pinball. A family drama. Still awesome and impressive.

[@brunogaspar3977]

The game is beautiful, topper is awesome, great art details but…almost 20k in Europe. Forget it!

[@guillaumerenou4188]

Well it looks very nice but we do not see the game in action l if it iplays so good why ?

[@johnnycashlesscomedy8616]

Can I trade a beautiful Addams Family for this - LOL

[@jaspajones7045]

Rip Foo and Bond.

[@pinfarmer]

If they get a new playfield supplier and a warranty they may sell more.

[@catsaretasty]

😅jjp infomercials

[@sadboi7537]

At least it’s not Toy Story!!! 👍

[@JoebDragon]

paramount gave you an lot more control then disney does over there IP?

[@tyarnold4088]

I'm not a big fan of JJP mostly because of the price. But this looks good very good. But will jersey jack make you an offer you can refuse? It's going to be expensive.

[@BootsORiley]

"it's going to be expensive." thank you there, Captain Obvious. Is water still wet?

[@tyarnold4088]

@@BootsORiley but just how expensive? That is the question.

[@jlarsson1978]

​@@BootsORiley Yes Mr Science, water is still wet 😉

[@jonyboyishere]

selling my godzilla premium.