Episode 11 - Life of a Former Pinball Programmer

“All of the pinball machines that were made in the United States have been made in Chicago. That's a little different now, but for most of history, that's been true.”

“I had a lot of friends there already. I already knew Lyman. I already knew Dwight Sullivan. I already knew Louis Coziars. I knew Ted and Larry. And so it was cool because I was like right there and hanging out with a bunch of people who I knew and were into pinball.”

“Are you telling me that Stern Insider Connected is just Gomez redoing that? That's hilarious.”

“That day that we found out about shutdown, it was like one of the saddest days of my life. It was so depressing. It was really sad. And then to be on the floor, like as everybody was like moving out and it was like dead and quiet up there. That was that was a rough time.”

“Every year I would be completely convinced that it was all over and there was going to be no more pinball. And I was very wrong, thankfully.”

“I think that from a top to bottom standpoint NASCAR is the most well did... the way that the rules and the theme are integrated with the play field i think makes it as a package the best game of the four”

“Pat had wanted to do a Monopoly game for a long time. And in fact, he had designed Safecracker to be Monopoly and they couldn't get the license worked out.”

“I would say that my favorite play field of the four is probably Roller Coaster Tycoon. Yeah, I agree. I don't really think that the way that the rules came together on that game highlighted it in a way that I think was as successful.”