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Silverball Chronicles Ep 15: Barry Oursler Saves Pinball


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Silverball Chronicles with David and Ron

Episode 15: Barry Oursler Saves Pinball 

 

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Episode Summary 

Barry Oursler is a William institution. As a designer he kept the line going at Williams during the massive decline that the coin op industry experienced in the early 1980s. He designed 35 games including Space Shuttle, which ‘saved pinball.’ During the decade after Space Shuttle, Barry continued to design and collectively sold over 135,000 pinball games for Williams during his tenure. Barry WAS Williams in this era. 

 

Join Ron and Dave as they talk about Barry saving pinball… or did he? Hit pins such as Space Station, FIRE!, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Dirty Harry, Junkyard, amazing mechanical wonders, the controversies around Popeye Saves the Earth and Jack*Bot, and Barry’s legacy to the hobby we all love.



Sources: 

Pinside at Pinside.com

Internet Pinball Database

  • Barry Oursler’s Game List. Here

Wikipedia:

  • The Challenger Disaster. Here
  • Doctor Who. Here 
  • The Great Chicago Fire. Here 
  • Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow. Here
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    The Pinball Blog. Pinball Heroes – Barry Oursler. Here 

    Pinball Magazine. Interview: Pinball Designer Barry Oursler. Here 

    Donna Oursler’s passing. Go Fund Me. Here  

    Versus the Goat Podcast – Barry Oursler. Here  

    The Pinball Podcast – Barry Oursler. Here 

    Teolis, Jeff. Pinball Profile. Here 

    Anghelo, Phython. Proposed Popeye Game Theme. Here 

    Tim Kitzrow. Here

    Head 2 Hear Pinball Podcast Ep 50 – Joe Kaminkow. Here

    Super Awesome Pinball Show:

    - S1 Ep 4 – Joe Kaminkow. Here

    - S2 E24 – Zophia Ryan. Here

    TopCast with Barry Oursler. Here 

    Shalhoub, Michael (2004). The Pinball compendium: 1982 to Present. Schiffer Publishing, Lt. Here

     

    facebook: facebook.com/silverballchronicles

    website: thepinball.network

     

     

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