Quoted from SunKing:Steve's High Speed had a lot of 'firsts' - though to be honest I'm not sure if these were all Steve's ideas, or someone else at Williams at the time.
No doubt that Richie has a great great track record of new designs and inventions within pinball. But for that High Speed firsts list, at least half of it is mostly to Larry Demars credit. Where auto-percentage and switch compensation ment pushing for a memory upgrade from System 9. Which I bet he (they) had to fight for. Only to prove that these additions were hugh for operators. And sales. The extra memory also paved the way for custom message.