Does anyone remember the Video Toaster from NewTek?!?! A remarkable piece of software and hardware engineering!!
Back in the day I remember watching a promotional video narrated by Ken Nordine. It just blew me away. For a few thousand dollars it allowed video, imagines and effects to be produced which rivaled systems costing tens of thousands of dollars. Influences from Toaster and its contemporary descendant technologies like Lightwave 3D, Flyer and, Screamer are still felt today. Up until a few years back an iteration of the Video Toaster was still being produced. Of course, everything has shifted to digital from the old NTSC standard. But, NewTek is still around in the video production/management arena. I haven't followed them but it seems like they have some robust products including something call Tricaster. Anyway, It's really remarkable how far ahead of its time the Amiga and the Video toaster were.

I often hope that, that level of passionate, creative, ground breaking and dedicated engineering can be directed to pinball!