Lexy Lightspeed - Escape From Earth is a Physical Pinball Table designed by Dennis Nordman and TJ Weaver. The game was released in 2017 as the debut title for the Multimorphic P3 modular pinball platform.
Intergalactic adventurer Lexy Lightspeed was just cruising around a backwater arm of the Milky Way galaxy when her flying saucer gets shot down over an insignificant blue-green planet. Now she's stranded in a top secret government facility with a busted flying saucer, no weapons, and surrounded by nasty Secret Agents on one side and hostile aliens on the other. Fortunately, she's being aided by her smelly pal Lookie and a few friendly local boys. Can they (and you) help Lexy repair her ship and get away before The Men in Black close in?
A separate Downloadable Content game, Lexy Lightspeed - Secret Agent Showdown is also available. Help Lexy blow off some steam by loading up her flying saucer with pinballs to start the 8-ball multiball, then gun down some Agents and go for the Super Duper Jackpot.
Lexy Lightspeed contains examples of:
- Area 51: The game begins Lexy and Lookie crash-landing in Area 53.1, a secret government facility on the edge of a Florida swamp that hosts a number of aliens.
- Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: Lexy's pal Lookie is a brown-grey sasquatch.
- Blob Monster: The attacking alien is a grey blob with hands.
- Bug Catching: Shooting the left orbit allows Lexy to collect assorted Earth insects.
- Captain Ersatz: Lookie is an obvious knockoff of Chewbacca — he's a tall, brown-furred, and unintelligible sidekick to a human protagonist. (That his name heavily resembles "Wookiee" only cements the connection further.)
- Crate Expectations: One mode requires you to navigate various rooms in a warehouse, then smash the crates inside to find parts needed to repair Lexy's saucer.
- Deep South: Lexy and Lookie are aided in their escape from Area 53.1 by Little Larry and Ronnie Earl, two redneck brothers living in the nearby Floridian swamp.
- Drinking Contest: One mode has Lexy compete with Little Larry to see who can drink the most mugs of beer. Successfully downing enough drinks enables "Seeing Double", which doubles all Secret Agent bonuses.
- Flying Saucer: Lexy's spaceship is a round red saucer with fins, retro rockets, and seats for two. It also doubles as a ball lock for the various multiball modes.
- Gasshole: Lookie's profile suggests that "silent but deadly" farting is a talent of his. It proves useful when he searches the swamp, as he creates bubbles of swamp gas which can fuel Lexy's flying saucer.
- Laser Hallway: The "Lab" mode requires Lexy to disable a room full of laser sensors in order to retrieve her weapons.
- Local Hangout: Larry and Ronnie frequent the Fire Belly Bog bar.
- The Men in Black: The Secret Agents of Area 53.1 (which secretly houses aliens) wear black suits and Sinister Shades. They start going after Lexy when she crash-lands on their turf.
- Mr. Fixit: Ronnie Earl can fix anything with nothing more than duct tape, bubble gum, and a few parts from Area 53.1.
- Shooting Gallery:
- An outdoor shooting gallery with four targets sits in the upper-right corner of the playfield.
- The "Shooting Range" mode is a four-ball multiball where the objective is to shoot the center targets to destroy aliens.
- Shout-Out: Lookie is specifically identified as a sasquatch, echoing Bigfoot's prominent role in Dennis Nordman's earlier game White Water.
- Spelling Bonus:
- L-I-T-E-L-O-C-K enables the ball lock.
- L-E-X-Y increases the bonus multiplier.
- Tractor Beam: Shooting the orbits will sometimes result in a tractor beam temporarily capturing the pinball.
- The Unintelligible: Lookie speaks entirely in grunts and grumbles.
- Variant Cover: In addition to the standard game art, cabinet panels with an alternative design are available from Multimorphic.
