Rock and roll and flip some flippers — the Foo Fighters are coming to pinball!
Stern Pinball, one of the oldest and most well-known manufacturers of arcade pinball machines, is bringing in the iconic band for a full release of new machines. For anyone who loves the game of pinball and music, this is the team-up you’ve been waiting for.
The new machines are available as Pro, Premium, and Limited Edition models. All three machines feature bright and popping hand-drawn art of the band dealing with aliens while traveling in their van. The Pro version features the van and band members front and center on the backglass and aliens with their oversized blasters facing off against the band on the overall cabinet area. The Premium and Limited Edition models both feature the band in their van on the cabinet and an exciting alien scene on the backglass, but the Premium model has an overall red color palette while the Limited Edition is green.
All three machines feature 15 of the band’s songs: “All My Life,” “Best of You,” “Breakout,” “Everlong,” “Holding Poison,” “I’ll Stick Around,” “Learn to Fly,” “Monkey Wrench,” “My Hero,” “Run,” “Something from Nothing,” “The Pretender,” “This is a Call,” “Times Like These,” and “Walk.” Basically, you get the full concert experience at home or at your favorite arcade!
The design and story of the game itself had input from band members Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Rami Jaffee, and Taylor Hawkins. It follows the band as they begin a quest to defeat the alien Overlord and his army of robots. The game even includes custom animations from the fictional show Foo Fighters Saturday Morning Action Time!, which follow the band’s journey to save rock. Jump in the Foo Fighter’s van and search Area 51 to rock out and save the world from aliens.
The new Foo Fighters machines will be available to see and play for the first time during The House of Internet at The Pershing in Austin, Texas during SXSW, which runs from March 10-12. Those who are interested in purchasing a machine can contact Stern through its website.
