Pinball History: Pat Lawlor, pinball designer, on Dream Jobs from 1990

[PatrickAndrewCameron]

Hi Pat, yes mate, I'm having fun playing one of your games.. TAF, fantastic game!!

[cranie4]

And 10 years later Pat was happy to have it be over when P2K shut down.

[Just1nHale]

I'm pretty sure this is NOT Pat Lawlor....he's happy pleasant & smiling. MUST be an imposter.

[Lyubefan]

roadshow was his best!!

[sanitarium09]

Pat Lawlor made the best pinball games ever. I like his comment where he talks about pinball being a mechanical, physical device that you interact with. Video games are boring compared to something like that. I miss these great original games that Williams put out, we will never see games like this again.

[Lyubefan]

yes! Love twilight zone= never got into ADDAMS!!!

[djargus]

@sanitarium09 The thing I like about pinball being a mechanical, physical device is that it's you vs. the machine. If it was a video game, there are certainly more than enough programming in the game to make sure it eats your quarters. In pinball, it's really up to the game and how well it's maintained by the arcade owner for how long the game can last.

[Nathan1097]

Is there a video like this but where he talks about Funhouse?

[JimHawkwind03411]

At that time, was he working on FunHouse?

[w0mblemania]

Heh! Pinball is the future, not these insubstantial video game things! :-)

Thanks for the vids!

[lldjslim]

whirlwind the best pinball ever made I don't think so.

I say Firepower and Xenon are the best pinballs ever made

[hydeandseak2]

Man, how times have changed. It's cool looking back at video of when times were good in the industry, and seeing Pat actually HAPPY and excited about his work.......

[Lyubefan]

i would be bitter too if i had to work for stern!!

[Joelomite]

Duncan, I thank you for posting these videos. They make me hope for a future where pinball will return to the former glory days.

[910364]

Whirlwind one the best pinball ever. I own a Roadshow pinball though another great pinball from Pat I think he makes pinballs for stern now

[WildStaringEyes]

Brilliant! Pinball needs a hero! SAVE PINBALL!

[yaggy9]

ah,when williams was on top of their game.

[mdclayton]

Duncan:

Thanks so much for posting these!