Answers to Quiz - Name four modern pinball designers who designed, engineered and coded a game AND who produced audio, visual, animations and custom toys AND who built a complete production ready pinball machine AND who have had commercial success from it. Not many names remain....
1) Ben Heck - AMH - First time designer, designed and built a home brew game and joined Spooky to contract manufacture 150 games. Ben ushered in the era of building pinball machines first and worrying about production second. Reference - pinball’s Golden Decade (2015 - 2025).
2) Scott Denesi - TNA - First time designer, designed and built a home brew game, before contracting with Spooky to manufacture 550+ games.
3) Keith Elwin - Archer - First time designer, designed and built a home brew game and joined Stern to contract manufacture it. Rethemed and refined, Iron Maiden is Stern’s highest rated game to date and has sold thousands.
Bree - Benny’s Spaceship Adventure - First time designer, designed and built a home brew game from 15k legos. In need of a patreon .
My hopes of seeing WOOLY by Riot Pinball one day remain high
Building pinballs is hard, but three modern day renaissance men have reached the highest pinnacle of pinball. Launching a success pinball machine and fueling the highest level of artistic expression to infiltrate the fabric of pinball machines. Against the odds, these designers had a clear vision, fought for what they believed, launched their design and Just Did It!