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I obviously like Mark Ritchie games.. but imho Nordman is easily the best pinball designer of all time.
Quoted from Kneissl:I obviously like Mark Ritchie games.. but imho Nordman is easily the best pinball designer of all time.
He's my favorite designer. Really wish that JJP could have kept him on to design a pin.
Allyn, WA
Quoted from txstargazer3:Heighway takes a nice jump in credibility. Should help them garner a few deposits.
Ya, maybe third company in two year will be the charm! He may have found someone to take on his Elvira 3 idea. None of the others did.
I do love me some white water!
Quoted from TomGWI:So I'm confused. Wasn't Dennis working with P3 or is he doing Both?
He designed one of the first two Multimorphic games; Lexy Lightspeed-Galaxy Girl for P3. He's not building the games, just designing them. Not much for him to do after the design is finished.
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Rob Anthony
Pinball Classics
http://LockWhenLit.com
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borygard at gmail dot com
Quoted from Borygard:He designed one of the first two Multimorphic games; Lexy Lightspeed-Galaxy Girl for P3. He's not building the games, just designing them. Not much for him to do after the design is finished.
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Rob Anthony
Pinball Classics
http://LockWhenLit.com
Quality Board Work - In Home Service
borygard at gmail dot com
Thanks Rob.
Quoted from DCfoodfreak:: ( Probably means we wont see Whoa Nellie via Stern.
I don't see what one has to do with the other. He wasn't going to work for Stern, they're just working out a contract to build the game, if the numbers are there.
Quoted from Aurich:I don't see what one has to do with the other. He wasn't going to work for Stern, they're just working out a contract to build the game, if the numbers are there.
Plus, I believe Greg Freres is already on board with Stern should this happen.
Quoted from RobertWinter:Plus, I believe Greg Freres is already on board with Stern should this happen.
Right, that too! One half of the team on WNBJM works for them, and it's not like they were trying to hire Dennis and he snubbed them. I can't see this affecting WNBJM in any fashion.
Dennis is a great designer who should not be on the sidelines. I'd be in on a Hobbit if he was still designing JJP #2 as originally promised. Hopefully this gig works out and we see a new Nordman pin.
Glad to see a legend getting back to creating fun designs for us pinball addicts! The pins I have deposits on better come out sooner than later because I'm intrigued.
Quoted from John_I:Dennis is a great designer who should not be on the sidelines. I'd be in on a Hobbit if he was still designing JJP #2 as originally promised. Hopefully this gig works out and we see a new Nordman pin.
I was all primed for a Nordman unlicensed original widebody then Hobbit was announced.
What a freakin' buzzkill.
Leicester
Melbourne
Is he finishing the Full Throttle game of Johns or another title?
Or are we going to see Animal Funhouse replaced by Full Throttle now replaced by something else.
Seems to easy to gain Credibility for pre orders Hiring part time Game Legends
Quoted from Ballypinball:Is he finishing the Full Throttle game of Johns or another title?
Or are we going to see Animal Funhouse replaced by Full Throttle now replaced by something else.
Seems to easy to gain Credibility for pre orders Hiring part time Game Legends
John didn't design full throttle, Dave and I did. John & I did Forbidden Planet
Quoted from Ballypinball:Is he finishing the Full Throttle game of Johns or another title?
Or are we going to see Animal Funhouse replaced by Full Throttle now replaced by something else.
Seems to easy to gain Credibility for pre orders Hiring part time Game Legends
I think what Heighway have done in a relatively short period of time is amazing and they are not asking for deposits or anything until it is finished ready for production. 
Game design legends shorten the time for debugging because of the experience they have, so why not especially if they are available and have the passion to get a few new designs on the go.
Utrecht
Quoted from Aurich:I don't see what one has to do with the other. He wasn't going to work for Stern, they're just working out a contract to build the game, if the numbers are there.
I asked George Gomez about doing WNBJM at Stern and according to him there's still a good chance of that happening. They just need to figure out the numbers to make it work.
Heighway Pinball also announced Doug Watson as the new graphic artist on the Full Throttle backglass.
Quoted from The_ox100:Heighway are shaping up to have a big impact in this market, they are looking to make some state of the art changes and seem to be forming a very good team, take a look at their full throttle final machine design. Looks great doesn't it??? And having nordman on board is a great addition
I love the cabinet design. It looks like the playfield glass will be fully framed and will hinge up so you don't have to slide the glass out. I also like the big window on the side of the cabinet. I'll guess that's for cabinet art so the art can be swapped out easily for Pinball2000 style game conversions.
Quoted from Pinballmike217:I love the cabinet design
Looks great!
People talk about JJP design being the future of pinball, but it is clearly Heighway. This is truly innovative.
I recently joined the Heighway Pinball team and having a legend like Dennis working with us is a great boost for all of us.
I can't give too much away but I'm very excited about the project Dennis will be working on.
Quoted from Pinballmike217:I love the cabinet design. It looks like the playfield glass will be fully framed and will hinge up so you don't have to slide the glass out. I also like the big window on the side of the cabinet. I'll guess that's for cabinet art so the art can be swapped out easily for Pinball2000 style game conversions.
Yes that's correct from what I've seen the artwork will slide in those large side panels
Quoted from benheck:I think their system is great. When you swap out playfields, the flipper and ball loader mechs STAY in the cabinet, as does the LCD.
This makes new playfields cheaper!
no it doesn't. It's all on the playfield.
I can't wait to see the side window get shattered if its glass and not plastic. U can imagine how many times I see a ball bounce off the side of my cabinet in some of my games..
Just to clarify a couple of things:
Dennis is not involved with Full Throttle, but his title is going to be something very special - saying no more than that. The plan for the next two games after Full Throttle is I'm designing one, he's designing the playfield of the other. And no; neither of those two will be Circe's Animal House - most of that game evolved into Full Throttle. CAH is still on the cards, any future version would retain the same ideas, but in a completely different playfield form as I don't believe in doing the same thing twice.
I8UB4 - he was a toy designer on WOZ. The spinning house is his, which fits in the area you mentioned.
I also just noticed the tubular Pinball2000 playfield slide through the coin door opening, nice. That's good cheap protection for everything under the playfield and makes swaps a breeze. The triangular cutouts in the cab are also interesting. Are they for artwork, or to let the lightshow out???
Best of luck Heighway!!! Let me know if you need a test site, check here:
So 2 more games on the go at Heighway Pinball!
Excellent news! Great to see someone else moving pinball forward, I heard they will be making 3 games per year so really giving an alternative to stern. As someone said earlier to do all this and not ask do any deposits yet is fantastic. Does anyone know the price of FULL THROTTLE LE? And if I can order one yet?
Quoted from EalaDubhSidhe:Just to clarify a couple of things:
Dennis is not involved with Full Throttle, but his title is going to be something very special - saying no more than that. The plan for the next two games after Full Throttle is I'm designing one, he's designing the playfield of the other. And no; neither of those two will be Circe's Animal House - most of that game evolved into Full Throttle. CAH is still on the cards, any future version would retain the same ideas, but in a completely different playfield form as I don't believe in doing the same thing twice.
Great to hear inside information! I really like the one cabinet, multiple playfields-idea (for I have limeted space). Price-indication (way back, not sure if that still stands) was higher than I'd hoped, but who knows: if there's 2 playfields/games that I like, I might buy a set someday, so I can have more games in my house with the same amount of space.
I like the look of Full Throttle and the flow it to has, so now let's see some gameplay video with rules, screen and sounds 
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