Trivia / Airborne Avenger

• Creator Backlash: While Steve Ritchie is not ashamed of Airborne Avenger as such, he admits that spelling A-I-R-B-O-R-N-E-A-V-E-N-G-E-R was not a great idea in hindsight.
  Noah Fentz: "Has there ever been a time you looked back after a release and saw a feature or features and thought, 'What the hell was I thinking?'"
  Steve Ritchie: "Yeah. The Airborne Avenger spell-out."
• Promoted Fanboy: Steve Ritchie was promoted to pinball designer after creating Avenger in his off-hours for a year, then showing his design to Atari president Nolan Bushnell.