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George Gomez is an industrial designer, video game designer, and pinball designer who has worked for Bally, Williams, and Stern Pinball, among other companies. He worked on the team that created the ''
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'' video game, and headed the team that created ''
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''. In 1984 after the
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, he left Midway to invent toys at the consulting firm Marvin Glass & Associates. He is the inventor of numerous toys, including Tonka's "Splash Darts" and Galoob's "Crash-N-Bash". After Glass, he worked on numerous projects through the contract manufacturer Grand products, including the Battletech Centers and several Sega, Jaleco and Taito coin op video games of the late 80's. In '93 he became a designer at Williams Electronics and designed several notable pinball machines including '' Monster Bash'' and was one of the lead developers of the
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system. After Williams closed the pinball division, he re-joined Midway Games and was one of key designers of the
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video game series '' NBA Ballers'' . While at Midway he became a consultant designer to Stern Pinball; during this time he designed several games, including ''The Lord of the Rings'', ''Batman the Dark Knight'', ''Playboy'' and ''The Sopranos''. Since July 11, 2011 he has been the Chief Creative Officer for Stern Pinball, responsible for all of the company's product development efforts.


Arcade video games

(incomplete list) *Designed the joystick for Gorf (1981), which was used on numerous other Bally arcade games * Satan's Hollow (1982) *''
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'' (1982) *''
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'' (1983) (including design of the "environmental cabinet") *''
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'' (1983)


Console video game

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*'' NBA Ballers: Chosen One'' (2008), Midway Games, Inc. *'' NBA Ballers: Phenom'' (2006), Midway Games, Inc. *'' NBA Ballers'' (2004), Midway Games, Inc.


Pinball

* Corvette (1994) * Johnny Mnemonic (1995) *
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(1997) * Monster Bash (1998) * Revenge From Mars (1999) *
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(2002) *The Lord of the Rings (2003) *The Sopranos (2005) *Batman (pinball) (2007) *Transformers (pinball) (2011) *The Avengers (2012) *Batman 66 (2016) *Spider-Man The Pin (2017) (consumer game) *Supreme (2017) (Private Label) *The Beatles (2018) *Deadpool (2018) *Star Wars Pin (2019) (consumer game) *James Bond 007 (2022)


References


External links


George Gomez at the Internet Pinball Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gomez, George Pinball game designers American video game designers Living people Gomez, George Born June 1, 1955