History Creator / GeorgeGomez

George Gomez ([-Full name:-] Jorge Alfredo Gomez Y Marth) is a veteran game engineer and designer, a longtime creator of arcade VideoGames and [[PhysicalPinballTables pinball tables.]]

* ''Pinball/TheBeatles''[[note]]The layout was copied from the 1980 game ''Pinball/{{Seawitch}}'', but he is credited with designing it nonetheless.[[/note]] (Stern, 2018)

Born in 1955 in Cuba, Gomez emigrated at an early age when his family fled the Castro regime in TheSixties. Growing up in the United States, he studied architecture at the University of Illinois in Chicago, but graduated as an industrial designer. He then began working at Creator/BallyMidway in the fall of 1978; his earliest tasks involved designing game controls, most notably the then-iconic joystick for ''VideoGame/{{Gorf}}'' and the cabinet for ''VideoGame/{{Tron}}''. George was soon promoted to game design lead, and his earliest creations include ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' and ''VideoGame/SatansHollow''.

** A design aesthetic focusing on straight lines and rails.

* ''VideoGame/SatansHollow'' (Bally/Midway, 1982)

* ''VideoGame/SlickShot'' (Incredible Technologies, 1990)

* ''[[Pinball/PlayboyStern Playboy]]'' (Stern, 2002)

* ''[[Pinball/BatmanStern Batman]]'' (Stern, 2008)

* ''[[Pinball/TheAvengersStern The Avengers]]'' (Stern, 2012)

* ''Pinball/TheBeatles'' (Stern, 2018)

* ''The Beatles Beatlemania'' (Stern, 2018)

* ''Deadpool'' (Stern, 2018)

Born in 1955 in Cuba, Gomez emigrated at an early age when his family fled the Castro regime in TheSixties. Growing up in the United States, he studied architecture at the University of Illinois in Chicago, but graduated as an industrial designer. He then began working at Creator/BallyMidway in the fall of 1978; his earliest tasks involved designing game controls, most notably the then-iconic joystick for ''VideoGame/{{Gorf}}'' and the cabinet for ''VideoGame/{{Tron}}''. George was soon promoted to game design lead, and his earliest creations include ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' and ''Satan's Hollow''.

* MagnumOpus: Arguably, ''Pinball/TheLordOfTheRings''

In 1993, Gomez joined Creator/WilliamsElectronics; though he started on novelty games, he soon moved over as a pinball designer, creating notable tables such as ''Johnny Mnemonic, Monster Bash,'' and ''Pinball/RevengeFromMars''. After Williams exited the pinball industry, he worked as a consultant for Creator/SternPinball, designing tables like ''Pinball/TheLordOfTheRings, [[Pinball/BatmanStern Batman]], Pinball/{{Transformers}},'' and ''[[Pinball/TheAvengersStern The Avengers]].'' In July 2011, he joined Stern full time as Vice President of Game Development.

In 1993, Gomez joined Creator/WilliamsElectronics; though he started on novelty games, he soon moved over as a pinball designer, creating notable tables such as ''Johnny Mnemonic, Monster Bash,'' and ''Pinball/RevengeFromMars''. After Williams exited the pinball industry, he worked as a consultant for Creator/SternPinball, designing tables like ''Pinball/TheLordOfTheRings, [[Pinball/BatmanStern Batman]], Transformers,'' and ''[[Pinball/TheAvengersStern The Avengers]].'' In July 2011, he joined Stern full time as Vice President of Game Development.

George Gomez is a veteran game engineer and designer, a longtime creator of arcade VideoGames and [[PhysicalPinballTables pinball tables.]]

In 1993, Gomez joined Creator/WilliamsElectronics as a pinball designer, where he created notable tables such as ''Johnny Mnemonic, Monster Bash,'' and ''Pinball/RevengeFromMars''. After Williams exited the pinball industry, he worked as a consultant for Creator/SternPinball, designing tables like ''Pinball/TheLordOfTheRings, [[Pinball/BatmanStern Batman]], Transformers,'' and ''[[Pinball/TheAvengersStern The Avengers]].'' In July 2011, he joined Stern full time as Vice President of Game Development.

* ''Pinball/RevengeFromMars'' (Bally, 1999)

In 1993, Gomez joined Creator/WilliamsElectronics as a pinball designer, where he created notable tables such as ''Johnny Mnemonic, Monster Bash,'' and ''Pinball/RevengeFromMars''. After Williams exited the pinball industry, he worked as a consultant for Creator/SternPinball, designing tables like ''Pinball/TheLordOfTheRings, Batman, Transformers,'' and ''[[Pinball/TheAvengersStern The Avengers]].'' In July 2011, he joined Stern full time as Vice President of Game Development.

* ''Pinball/{{Batman}}'' (Stern, 2008)

Born in 1955 in Cuba, Gomez emigrated to the United States at an early age when his family fled the Castro regime in TheSixties. Growing up in the United States, he studied architecture at the University of Illinois in Chicago, but graduated as an industrial designer. He then began working at Creator/BallyMidway in the fall of 1978; his earliest tasks involved designing game controls, most notably the then-iconic joystick for ''VideoGame/{{Gorf}}'' and the cabinet for ''VideoGame/{{Tron}}''. George was soon promoted to game design lead, and his earliest creations include ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' and ''Satan's Hollow''.

** Long shots from the flippers up the board to a variety of ramps.

** A design focusing on straight lines and rails.

In 1993, Gomez joined Creator/WilliamsElectronics as a pinball designer, where he created notable tables such as ''Johnny Mnemonic, Monster Bash,'' and ''Pinball/RevengeFromMars''. After Williams exited the pinball industry, he worked as a consultant for Creator/SternPinball, designing tables like ''The Lord of the Rings, Batman, Transformers,'' and ''[[Pinball/TheAvengersStern The Avengers]].'' In July 2011, he joined Stern full time as Vice President of Game Development.

However, Gomez became dissatisfied with Bally's management issues and staff layoffs in TheEighties, and left the company for Marvin Glass and Associates, a toy design firm. After Marvin Glass was dissolved, Gomez worked as a contract designer for Grand products, where he helped develop several video games for Creator/{{Sega}} as well as the [[TabletopGame/BattleTech Battletech Game Centers]].

However, Gomez became dissatisfied with Bally's management issues and staff layoffs in TheEighties, and left the company to for Marvin Glass and Associates, a toy design firm. After Marvin Glass was dissolved, Gomez worked as a contract designer for Grand products, where he helped develop several video games for Creator/{{Sega}} as well as the [[TabletopGame/BattleTech Battletech Game Centers]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Gorf}}'' (1981, Bally/Midway)
* ''VideoGame/SatansHollow'' (1982, Bally/Midway)
* ''VideoGame/{{Tron}}'' (1982, Bally/Midway)
* ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' (1983, Bally/Midway)
* ''VideoGame/SlickShot'' (1990, Incredible Technologies)

* ''Pinball/{{Corvette}}'' (1994, Bally)
* ''Pinball/JohnnyMnemonic'' (1995, Williams)
* ''Pinball/MonsterBash'' (1998, Williams)
* ''Pinball/RevengeFromMars'' (1999, Midway)
* ''Pinball/TheLordOfTheRings'' (2003, Stern)
* ''Pinball/TheSopranos'' (2005, Stern)
* ''Pinball/{{Batman}}'' (2008, Stern)
* ''Pinball/{{Transformers}}'' (2011, Stern)
* ''[[Pinball/TheAvengersStern The Avengers]]'' (2012, Stern)

Gomez was born in 1955 in Cuba, but immigrated to the United States at an early age when his family fled the Castro regime in TheSixties. Growing up in the United States, he studied architecture at the University of Illinois in Chicago, but graduated as an industrial designer. He then began working at Creator/BallyMidway in the fall of 1978; his earliest tasks involved designing game controls, most notably the then-iconic joystick for ''VideoGame/{{Gorf}}'' and the cabinet for ''VideoGame/{{Tron}}''. George was soon promoted to game design lead, and his earliest creations include ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' and ''Satan's Hollow''.

Gomez was born in 1955 in Cuba, but immigrated to the United States at an early age when his family fled the Castro regime in TheSixties. Growing up in the United States, he studied architecture at the University of Illinois in Chicago, but graduated as an industrial designer. He then began working at Creator/{{Midway}} in the fall of 1978; his earliest tasks involved designing game controls, most notably the then-iconic joystick for ''VideoGame/{{Gorf}}'' and the cabinet for ''VideoGame/{{Tron}}''. George was soon promoted to game design lead, and his earliest creations include ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' and ''Satan's Hollow''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Gorf}}'' (1981)
* ''VideoGame/SatansHollow'' (1982)
* ''VideoGame/{{Tron}}'' (1982)
* ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' (1983)