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Brian Eddy
Brian R. Eddy is an American game designer and programmer, best known for designing '' Attack From Mars'' pinball for Midway and programming ''FunHouse'' and, with Larry DeMar, '' The Machine: Bride of Pin*Bot''. While at Williams Electronics / Midway Games, he also designed ''Medieval Madness'', and programmed '' Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure''. After the closure of Midway's pinball division in 1999, Eddy moved to Midway's video game division, where he worked on '' Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy'', and several games in the ''Mortal Kombat'' franchise. Currently, Eddy is the President and Chief Creative Officer of Spooky Cool Labs, a game design firm founded by former Williams programmer Larry DeMar. When pinball designer Steve Ritchie was asked about the design similarities between his ''Spider-Man'' pinball machine and Eddy's '' Attack From Mars'', Ritchie admitted that he had designed ''Spider-Mans playfield as an homage to Eddy, and specifically to ''Attack From M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider-Man (pinball)
''Spider-Man'' is a pinball machine designed by Steve Ritchie and manufactured by Stern Pinball that was first released in June 2007. The table encompasses all three films in Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man'' trilogy, which in turn were based on the prior comics and television series. In 2016, the game was remanufactured as part of its "Vault" series of re-releases, this time with all the movie elements of the machine replaced with an ''Ultimate Spider-Man''-based theme. Game details The goal of the table is to defeat the villains from all three movies: Green Goblin from '' Spider-Man'', Doctor Octopus from ''Spider-Man 2'', Sandman and Venom from '' Spider-Man 3''. Once the player defeats all four villains, they'll have a chances to experience Battle Royale. Features There are detailed, vibrant toys of each of the four villains on the playfield with an associated shot: *Doctor Octopus' magnet that simulates a "Fusion Malfunction" by holding the ball. *Green Goblin hovering on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Pinball Game Designers
Pinball games are a family of games in which a ball is propelled into a specially designed table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest. Historically the board was studded with nails called 'pins' and had hollows or pockets which scored points if the ball came to rest in them. Today, pinball is most commonly an arcade game in which the ball is fired into a specially designed cabinet known as a pinball machine, hitting various lights, bumpers, ramps, and other targets depending on its design. The game's object is generally to score as many points as possible by hitting these targets and making various shots with flippers before the ball is lost. Most pinball machines use one ball per turn (except during special multi-ball phases), and the game ends when the ball(s) from the last turn are lost. The biggest pinball machine manufacturers historically include Bally Manufacturing, Gottlieb, Williams Electronics and Stern Pinball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stranglehold (video Game)
''Stranglehold'' is a third-person shooter video game developed by Midway Games#Studios, Midway Studios – Chicago and Tiger Hill Entertainment and published by Midway Games. It was released in late 2007 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is Midway's first game to use Unreal Engine technology#Unreal Engine 3.0, Unreal Engine 3. ''Stranglehold'' is a sequel to John Woo's List of Hong Kong films of 1992, 1992 Hong Kong action cinema, Hong Kong action film ''Hard Boiled'' and stars Chow Yun-fat in a reprisal of his role as hard-boiled cop Tequila Yuen, Inspector "Tequila" Yuen. ''Stranglehold'' is the first project on which Woo and Chow have collaborated since ''Hard Boiled''. A sequel to ''Stranglehold'', entitled ''Gun Runner'', was in the works prior to Midway's financial demise but was ultimately cancelled. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment re-released the Windows version of the game through GOG.com on November 26, 2019. The game sold more than 1 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arctic Thunder
''Arctic Thunder'' is a snowmobile racing game developed by Midway Games. It was released as an arcade game, as well as on the Sony PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles, and was a launch title for the latter. In the arcade version of the game, jets blow cold or hot winds, depending on the setting, in the player's face during gameplay. ''Arctic Thunder'' is part of Midway's ''Thunder'' series, which also included ''Hydro Thunder'', '' 4 Wheel Thunder'', '' Offroad Thunder'', and '' Hydro Thunder Hurricane''. The Xbox version of this game is not compatible with the Xbox 360. A Dreamcast port was also planned but was cancelled due to sagging sales of the console. A website was made available before the game's release. As of 2007, the site is no longer active. Reception The Xbox version received "mixed" reviews, while the PlayStation 2 version received "generally unfavorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Jim Preston of '' NextGen''s December 2001 issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mandalorian
''The Mandalorian'' is an American space Western television series created by Jon Favreau for the streaming service Disney+. It is the first live-action series in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, beginning five years after the events of ''Return of the Jedi'' (1983), and stars Pedro Pascal as the title character, a lone bounty hunter who goes on the run to protect " the Child". ''Star Wars'' creator George Lucas had begun developing a live-action ''Star Wars'' television series by 2009, but this project was deemed too expensive to produce. He sold Lucasfilm to Disney in October 2012. Subsequently, work on a new ''Star Wars'' series began for Disney+. Favreau signed on in March 2018, serving as writer and showrunner. He executive produces alongside Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson. The series' title was announced in October 2018, with filming starting at Manhattan Beach Studios in California. Visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic developed the Stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stranger Things
''Stranger Things'' is an American science fiction horror drama television series created by the Duffer Brothers, who also serve as showrunners and are executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. Produced by Monkey Massacre Productions and Levy's 21 Laps Entertainment, the first season was released on Netflix on July 15, 2016. Its second, third, and fourth seasons followed in October 2017, July 2019, and May and July 2022, respectively. In February 2022, the series was renewed for a fifth and final season. Set in the 1980s, primarily in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, the series centers on a number of mysteries and supernatural events occurring around the town and their impact on an ensemble of child and adult characters. It stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono, Matthew Modine, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Sean Astin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shadow (pinball)
''The Shadow'' is a 1994 pinball game designed by Brian Eddy and released by Midway (under the '' Bally'' label). It is based on the 1994 movie of the same name. Description This game featured new speech by Penelope Ann Miller (Margo Lane), John Lone (Shiwan Khan), and Tim Curry Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor and singer. He rose to prominence for his portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the film ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (1975), reprising the role he had originated in the 1973 London ... (Farley Claymore) (reprising their respective roles), as well as speech from the movie. The Shadow's speech for this game was provided by Williams/Midway voice actor, Tim Kitzrow. Retrieved on August 9 2007. The game's noted features ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Rose (pinball)
''Black Rose'' is a pinball machine designed by John Trudeau and Brian Eddy and produced by Midway (released under the ''Bally'' name). The game features a pirate theme and was advertised with the slogan ''"This game is loaded!".'' ''Bally'' abandoned the idea to use black pinballs for the machine. Gameplay The basic goal of the game is to sink ships. The game features a rotating cannon situated underneath the playfield used to aim the ball at targets to award letters in the word "SINK SHIP". During multiball you also get letters for shooting flashing ramps. Once SINK SHIP is spelled, you load the cannon to light the center shot (the "Broadside") to get big points. Legacy ''Black Rose'' was available as a licensed table for ''The Pinball Arcade'' on several platforms until June 30th, 2018, is included as a part of ''Williams Pinball: Volume 2'' for ''Pinball FX 3'', and is also included in ''Williams Pinball Classics'' (2001) by Encore An encore is an additional performance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Ritchie
Steven Scott Ritchie (born February 13, 1950) is an American pinball and video game designer. His career began in the 1970s, Ritchie holds the record for best-selling pinball designer in history. He has been called "The Master of Flow" due to the emphasis in his designs on ball speed, loops, and long smooth shots. Ritchie was also the original voice of Shao Kahn in the ''Mortal Kombat'' fighting game series, serving as the announcer of ''Mortal Kombat II'' (1993), ''Mortal Kombat 3'' (1995), and the updates to ''Mortal Kombat 3''. He is the older brother of fellow pinball designer Mark Ritchie. The Atari years After serving a stint in Vietnam and Alaska in the United States Coast Guard from 1968-1972, Ritchie joined Atari Inc. in 1974 and was employee number fifty and first worked on the assembly line as an electro-mechanical technician. Two years later, he was promoted to work at their fledgling pinball division, where he worked on his first game, ''Airborne Avenger''. Ritchie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midway Games
Midway Games Inc., known previously as Midway Manufacturing and Bally Midway, and commonly known as simply Midway, was an American video game developer and publisher. Midway's franchises included ''Mortal Kombat'', ''Rampage (series), Rampage'', ''Spy Hunter'', ''NBA Jam (series), NBA Jam'', ''Cruis'n (series), Cruis'n'', and ''NFL Blitz''. Midway also acquired the rights to video games that were originally developed by WMS Industries, Williams Electronics and Atari Games, such as ''Defender (video game), Defender'', ''Joust (video game), Joust'', ''Robotron 2084'', ''Gauntlet (series), Gauntlet'', and the ''Rush (video game series), Rush'' series. The company was founded as Midway Manufacturing in 1958, as an amusement game manufacturer. The company was then purchased by Bally Manufacturing in 1969, and used the Bally Midway name in the 1980s. In 1973, Midway moved into the interactive entertainment industry, Video game developer, developing and video game publisher, publishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
