The second part of that rumor was that an “unexpected company” was going to remake Big Bang Bar. At the time, Pedretti Gaming had not yet produced its first full pinball machine, its 2024 remake of Williams’ FunHouse. So they certainly would quality as being unexpected.
Flash forward to August 2024, the original artist for Big Bang Bar, Stanley Fukuoka, sadly passed away at the age of 69. At the time of his passing, Stanley was actively working with Pedretti Gaming on creating new art for a Big Bang Bar remake. Unfortunately, his passing threw a wrench into that plan.
There’s been lots of evidence that Big Bang Bar is going to be produced of the EPC factory at some point.
Yesterday, Kaneda’s Pinball Podcast stated:
“Pedretti making Big Bang Bar Remake. Game was engineered by Melvin Williams and built off original Williams specs. Coming soon.”
That’s yet another piece of evidence that Big Bang Bar is coming.
I recently heard that we were going to see a “shocking” reveal from Planetary Pinball at the Chicago Pinball Expo in October. Could this be the Big Bang Bar remake? We shall see…
