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  1. By Flipcommons Catalog

    MB is the release notes' own abbreviation for the Caster's Club multiball.

    gameplay_feature
    Gameplay feature
    Video Modes
    Cardona Pinball Designs — https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/4bd466e8-edb0-49f6-afcc-31250ba5b0f3/downloads/6cdf589b-48c6-4fad-8f56-e481d6474fa6/FT%20release%202026%2006%2012.pdf (PDF document page 2)
    Added video mode
    Cardona Pinball Designs — https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/4bd466e8-edb0-49f6-afcc-31250ba5b0f3/downloads/6cdf589b-48c6-4fad-8f56-e481d6474fa6/FT%20release%202026%2006%2012.pdf (PDF document page 2)
    Fixed various display issues when caster's club MB was running
    gameplay_feature
    Gameplay feature
    Multiball
    Cardona Pinball Designs — https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/4bd466e8-edb0-49f6-afcc-31250ba5b0f3/downloads/6cdf589b-48c6-4fad-8f56-e481d6474fa6/FT%20release%202026%2006%2012.pdf (PDF document page 2)
    Added video mode
    Cardona Pinball Designs — https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/4bd466e8-edb0-49f6-afcc-31250ba5b0f3/downloads/6cdf589b-48c6-4fad-8f56-e481d6474fa6/FT%20release%202026%2006%2012.pdf (PDF document page 2)
    Fixed various display issues when caster's club MB was running
  2. By Flipcommons Catalog
    credit
    Person
    Jada Holmes
    Role
    Voice
    Cardona Pinball Designs — https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/4bd466e8-edb0-49f6-afcc-31250ba5b0f3/downloads/6cdf589b-48c6-4fad-8f56-e481d6474fa6/FT%20release%202026%2006%2012.pdf (PDF document page 2)
    Added announcer voices from Jada Holmes
  3. By Flipcommons Catalog
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    Person
    Brian Allen
    Role
    Art
    Kineticist — https://www.kineticist.com/news/james-cardona-interview
    Brian Allen did my artwork
    YouTube — YouTube #1p6cpLBQJwk
    you have um, brand new artwork um, done by Brian Allen
  4. By Flipcommons Catalog
    credit
    Person
    James Cardona
    Role
    Design
    Kineticist — https://www.kineticist.com/news/james-cardona-interview
    He writes the code, designs the games, and has brought in more professional artists and voice actors with each title, while FAST Pinball handles the hardware.
    credit
    Person
    James Cardona
    Role
    Software
    Kineticist — https://www.kineticist.com/news/james-cardona-interview
    He writes the code, designs the games, and has brought in more professional artists and voice actors with each title, while FAST Pinball handles the hardware.
  5. By Flipcommons Catalog

    The FAST platform is a computerized game system, so the solid-state generation follows.

    system
    FAST Pinball
    Kineticist — https://www.kineticist.com/news/james-cardona-interview
    He writes the code, designs the games, and has brought in more professional artists and voice actors with each title, while FAST Pinball handles the hardware.
    technology_generation
    Solid State
    Kineticist — https://www.kineticist.com/news/james-cardona-interview
    He writes the code, designs the games, and has brought in more professional artists and voice actors with each title, while FAST Pinball handles the hardware.
  6. By Flipcommons Catalog

    Two LCD monitors: a 15-inch main screen in the new speaker panel and a second 5-inch playfield screen in the Stretch the Truth location.

    display_type
    LCD Screen
    YouTube — YouTube #mvRdWatAink
    It's a 15 inch screen [...] there's a second five inch screen
  7. By Flipcommons Catalog

    The announcement video's auto-captions render the title 'Fishtails'. The license is from Williams/Planetary Pinball Supply.

    model_relationship
    Target machine
    Fish Tales (Williams 1992)
    Relationship type
    Conversion kit
    License status
    Licensed
    Kineticist — https://www.kineticist.com/news/james-cardona-interview
    It's a 2.0 kit, a category of officially licensed products that install into classic Bally/Williams machines and turns them into a new game experience, while keeping the original intact.
    YouTube — YouTube #1p6cpLBQJwk
    our third title, uh, officially licensed title from, uh, you know, Williams Planetary Pinball Supply is Fishtails
  8. By Flipcommons Catalog
    game_format
    Pinball
    Kineticist — https://www.kineticist.com/news/james-cardona-interview
    It's a 2.0 kit, a category of officially licensed products that install into classic Bally/Williams machines and turns them into a new game experience, while keeping the original intact.
  9. By Flipcommons Catalog

    The manufacturer's own release history labels 2026-05-05 the First Commercial Release; the April dates elsewhere read as launch-event framing.

    production_month
    5
    Cardona Pinball Designs — https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/4bd466e8-edb0-49f6-afcc-31250ba5b0f3/downloads/6cdf589b-48c6-4fad-8f56-e481d6474fa6/FT%20release%202026%2006%2012.pdf (PDF document page 2)
    FT 2026 05 05 First Commercial Release
  10. By Flipcommons Catalog

    An official, licensed, commercially sold product is produced rather than aftermarket.

    production_status
    Produced
    Kineticist — https://www.kineticist.com/news/james-cardona-interview
    Back in April, James Cardona released Fish Tales: Ultimate Fishing Challenge, the third kit from his company, Cardona Pinball, with a fourth still to come.
    Cardona Pinball Designs — https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/4bd466e8-edb0-49f6-afcc-31250ba5b0f3/downloads/6cdf589b-48c6-4fad-8f56-e481d6474fa6/FT%20release%202026%2006%2012.pdf (PDF document page 2)
    FT 2026 05 05 First Commercial Release
  11. By Flipcommons Catalog
    corporate_entity
    Cardona Pinball Designs
    name
    Fish Tales: Ultimate Fishing Challenge (Kit)
    production_year
    2026
    slug
    fish-tales-ultimate-fishing-challenge-kit
    status
    active
    theme
    Theme
    Fishing
    theme
    Theme
    Sports
    title
    Fish Tales: Ultimate Fishing Challenge