Very interesting. Would the CEO still be alive? If so, I doubt he is hiding anymore and might be easy to track down.

So now that you know the owners, you would need to look in federal bankruptcy court filings for a disposition. If you have an account set up with PACER, you can research the federal court cases, but it would depend on how far back the online cases go in Illinois. I know the courts have been trying to get all of the old cases into the electronic system, but sadly the emphasis is different in each district, so it is a crap shoot as to whether it will be there. I can try and look tomorrow if you so desire.

All it takes is a credit card...lol... I will take a look today

I could swear AES existed in the slot machine market past the time of Game Plan closing, so maybe it was purchased by someone else.

No bankruptcy in the electronic database for Goldboss or Game Plan for that matter, so maybe AES paid off the creditors? I can't imagine someone not going after the assets that were supposedly pilfered, but I guess it was a different time. That whole story sounds pretty much like an urban legend, and I doubt it is true. Most likely, management was taking assets out of the building before operations were shut down.

I did see where AES filed Bankruptcy in 1988 and the case was settled in 1991, but the records are not electronic. So assuming AES still owned the IP to GamePlan, that disposition might be the key. But as I said, the records are not electronic and would have to be researched by hand at the Federal Building in Chicago.

There was also a federal civil suit filed against Goldboss and several other defendants in 1991 under the Securities and Exchange Act, but that shows a disposition of "Dismissed/Settled", and the records are too old to be pulled up as well.

I assume you already saw this thread from 3 years ago?

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/why-am-i-obsessed-with-gameplan

You will notice PinDoctor sold Goldboss a bunch of boards for machines he was restoring, so maybe he still has some stuff?

Yea, I revised my statement after I went back and read what you said about AES being a parent. I also sent you a PM. I can send you contact info for the law firm that handled the case if you want to call them.

We are saving that for a last resort. We do not want to abuse the power! lol