Total Nuclear Annihilation Pinball Machine
Total Nuclear Annihilation Pinball Machine was designed by Scott Danesi and released by Spooky Pinball in September of 2017. 550 total machines were originally produced. Spooky did a re-run of 250 total collectors editions in 2022 with metallic black trim and upgrades.
The Light Show
Over-analyzing pinball machines is what we do, and it is completely fine to have differing opinions on what you like vs. what other people like. But if you don’t like the light show on this game you’re crazy! 🙂
Here is the evidence:
- Exhibit A: Attract Mode. People in the chat were actually requesting the players to slow down between games so they could see more of the attract mode.
- Exhibit B: Check out the lights in this sequence. First Scott Danesi hits the scoop for the reactor startup sequence (light show!), then he quickly destroys the first reactor (light show!), then he drains and his bonus is calculated (another light show!).
- Exhibit C: Slings changing colors. Check out this clip and this clip.
Time to move on, we could spend all day on the light show.
Ball Save Countdown
Instead of a blinking ball save light, this machine has a countdown display so you can see exactly how much time is left until the ball save ends (example here). It looks great and fits the theme really well. That display also shows when you have an extra ball by displaying Eb
The Beacon
The beacon on the top of the machine goes off when the reactor status is “crucial”
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Miscellaneous
- You can steal locked balls
- There is different music for each reactor
- Playfield scoring multiplier is determined by the number of balls in play
- Here are the audits on the game at the end of the night