Ritchie’s best-selling designs are among the most sought after in pinball history, including: Flash, High Speed, Terminator 2, AC/DC, Game of Thrones, and Star Wars. Known as the ‘King of Pinball’ and ‘Master of Flow,’ Mr. Ritchie’s illustrious career spans 47 years in the gaming industry starting in 1974 with Atari Inc. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Jersey Jack Pinball (JJP) adds legendary pinball designer, Steve Ritchie, to their growing team of talented designers. Here’s how Jersey Jack Pinball made the announcement of Steve’s appointment: CHICAGO, Aug. Steve started work at JJP today, but with a long backlog of Guns N’ Roses orders to fulfil and Pat Lawlor’s Toy Story believed to be next up, it could be up to two years before any Steve Ritchie design hits the production line. Now Steve has moved one street north from Stern Pinball on Lunt Ave. Steve’s fellow designer at Williams, Pat Lawlor, took a similar path, contract-designing games for Stern Pinball before joining Jersey Jack, while JJP’s lead programmer, Keith Johnson, also moved to Stern before joining Jersey Jack. They were unable to reach agreement at that time but, although expanding, the pinball world is still relatively small with many of the same people moving from company to company. When Jack Guarnieri was setting up Jersey Jack Pinball a little over ten years ago and was in need of a game designer, Jack was in discussion with Steve about him coming to work for the company. Lyman also left Stern Pinball, in his case at the end of last year. These latter two titles were collaborations with Lyman Sheats who crafted the games’ software and rules. Further hits came with Firepower, Black Knight, High Speed, F-14 Tomcat, Terminator 2, High Speed 2: The Getaway and Star Trek: The Next Generation.Īfter Williams downsized and ultimately exited the pinball business, Steve went to work for Stern Pinball – first as a contract designer through his California-based company Steve Ritchie Productions, and then relocating to Illinois to work full time at the Stern Pinball factory.Īfter being allocated a number of themes which held little interest for him such as Elvis, World Poker Tour and 24, Steve was able to recreate his earlier success with the enduring titles Spider-Man and AC/DC, both of which spawned several remakes and multiple different editions, and, it is understood, continue to be the company’s biggest sellers. It was at Williams where he achieved his greatest success in terms of units sold, with his initial design, Flash, revitalising the company’s fortunes and selling more than the preceding three titles combined. “ I was also a lot happier working at Williams, happiness being an important ingredient that enables a designer to create to his/her potential“, he said. Steve has spoken about his frustrations working under the management constraints at Atari. The game anticipated worldwide release is spring 2018.Steve began his pinball career at Atari in his native California where he soon moved from a support role into full game design, producing Airborne Avenger and Superman, although by the time Superman went into production Steve had already left to join Williams. If you missed the Chicago Pinball Expo, you will have a chance to see the game again at IAAPA in Orlando from November 14-17, 2017. They all differ in the number of features, trims, graphics and of course price. The game features an upper playfield placed on the moving ship deck that will give the player rocking boat experience with a smooth loop in the middle of the playfield with points gaining action.Īs always, the Pirates of the Caribbean pinball game comes in three versions: Standard, Limited and Collector’s Editions. Another innovating feature is the compass, in the original movie showing direction of Captain’s Jack’s heart’s desire, in the game continuously showing the player the best shots they can take. Unique features of the game are the spinning wheel that can be activated by the player and when lit will give you extra points or even will a llow you to loot your opponent’s points or balls. The new pinball game combines 22 characters and multiple scenes from five Disney feature films of the same name. Last week at Pinball Expo in Chicago, Jack Guarnieri from Jersey Jack Pinball JJP revealed his brand new pinball game, Pirates of the Caribbean. New Pinball Game from Jersey Jack Pinball.
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