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Yippee Ki‑Yay! The Ultimate Die Hard Pinball Machine Is Real

November 19, 2025 By ausretrogamer

Yippee Ki‑Yay, Pinball Fans!

Hold onto your flippers—because yes, there is a real-life Die Hard pinball machine… and it’s as epic as you’re imagining. The catch? It’s a one-off masterpiece crafted by Virginian pinball wizard Jason Good.

Seriously, can you believe no major pinball manufacturer ever made a Die Hard machine? With all the action, explosions, and John McClane one-liners, this franchise was practically made for pinball!

What started as a Visual Pinball X digital project has now become a fully playable, physical Die Hard Trilogy pinball machine – and the results are nothing short of jaw-dropping. Jason and his team have nailed it with incredible artwork, gameplay, and cinematic flair.

Honestly, someone alert the big pinball companies: grab Jason and his team, get the license, and make this official! Until then, we’ll just have to live vicariously through this one-off gem. Yippee Ki‑Yay indeed!

image source: Facebook (Jason Good)

 

Filed Under: Pinball Tagged With: Die Hard, Die Hard Pinball, Die Hard Pinball Machine, Die Hard Trilogy, Die Hard Trilogy Pinball, gamer, Geek, homebrew, Homebrew Pinball, Jason Good, John McClane, one-of-a-kind pinball, pinball machine, Yippee Ki-Yay

Patti Lapel: Awesome Retro Pins

April 14, 2016 By Ms. ausretrogamer

patti lapel logo1Jensen Karp‘s Patti Lapel sells awesome retro pins among other weird things (check out the Ian Ziering/Led Zepplin mashup T-shirt for example). The latest pins include a N64 GoldenEye cart and a NES Game Genie.

GoldenEye

GameGenie

And there’s plenty more – you’d better buy some more jackets because you’re going to start running out of lapel space!
Discman

Rollerblade

BB-EncinoMan

BB-Clue

DieHard

Dwayne

Ned

Darryl

Source: Patti Lapel

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Die Hard, Gallery 1988, Gallery1988, Game Genie, GoldenEye, Jensen Karp, N64, NES, Patti Lapel, Pins, The Simpsons

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