Cindy Morgan
Actress: Tron, Caddy Shack, Falcon Crest
Cindy Morgan
Actress: Tron, Caddy Shack, Falcon Crest
Actress Cindy Morgan!! Cindy played Lora/Yori in the original Tron (1982) and is featured in the poster art that has become such an icon to both the film and arcade franchise!
Cindy is also well-known for her role as Lacey Underall in the comedy classic Caddyshack (1980) and had a long recurring role on the TV show Falcon Crest!
Barrels of Fun
Houston Texas Pinball Manufacturer!
Barrels of Fun presents Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, where YOU battle Jareth the Goblin King. It’s up to you to defeat him before the 13th hour! In this game you will meet new “friends”, who may hurt you or help you in your quest. What will you choose, left or right? Up or down? Do you take a “friend’s” advice or totally ignore them? It’s all up to you as you try and avoid the Oubliette, the Cleaners as well as the Bog of Eternal Stench.
Scott Danesi
Game designer: Spooky, MultiMorphic
Scott Danesi
Game designer: Spooky, MultiMorphic
(guest/Musician/Panelist) is the designer of the Rick and Morty and Total Nuclear Annihilation pinball machines released by Spooky Pinball. When he’s not designing games, he’s composing music or working on a number of cool things over at Pinball Life as their manager of 3D design and development.
Jerry Thompson
Lead Sound Designer at Stern
Jerry Thompson
Lead Sound Designer at Stern
Jerry Thompson is not only the Lead Sound Designer at Stern Pinball since 2016. But is also from H-town and a former Houston DJ for the classic rock station Arrow 93.7 that signed on in November 1993 this is the thirty-year anniversary of the creation of Arrow!
List of games he has worked on here!
Gerry Stellenberg
Pinball Designer, Manufacture MultiMorphic
Gerry Stellenberg
Pinball Designer, Manufacture MultiMorphic
(guest/booth/Panelist)
The P3 is a modular, multi-game, pinball platform that merges the physical gameplay with interactive art, modular shots, and customizable cabinet. Come flip the latest creation of the company’s newest release, Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity!
Tim Kitzrow
Game voice Talent: Bally/Williams, EA Sports, Stern
Tim Kitzrow
Game voice Talent: Bally/Williams, EA Sports, Stern
(guest/Booth/Panelist)
TIM KITZROW is the iconic voice of your favorite sports franchises — NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, NHL Hitz and MLB Slugfest — and over a dozen classic pinball games. With NBA JAM, which grossed over $2 BILLION to date, Kitzrow introduced BOOMSHAKALAKA to the NBA lexicon and earned pop culture immortality.
Matt Andrews
Game Artist: Spooky, MultiMorphic, Houston Arcade Expo
Matt Andrews
Game Artist: Spooky, MultiMorphic, Houston Arcade Expo
Artist Matt Andrews has done some killer work for the Houston Arcade Expo flyers, Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity, and Total Nuclear Annihilation. He will have a booth at the show and will do some seminars. Keep an eye out for him he is a great talent and will be doing some awesome stuff in the pinball and arcade space!
Todd Tuckey
Game Personality: TNT Amusements, You Tube Personality
Todd Tuckey
Game Personality: TNT Amusements, You Tube Personality
Todd Tuckey (guest/Panelist) Todd is the owner and President of TNT Amusements Inc.; he also runs the company’s official YouTube channel. With over 1200 YouTube video episodes and 500 hours of programming showcasing our beautiful, reconditioned Arcade machines that we sell, TNT Amusements Inc. in Southampton, PA, continues its tradition of quality and craftsmanship in its 37th year, selling over 27,000 machines to over 13,000 customers worldwide! Plus, our free LIFETIME tech support by phone or email is available 6 days a week – even in the evenings!
Raymond Jett
Vintage Computer Festival SW and Arcadecomponents.com
Raymond Jett
Vintage Computer Festival SW and Arcadecomponents.com
Raymond started in the hobby back in 7th grade. Being the prototypical teen nerd, he spent too many hours at his local Radio Shack stores answering questions about parts while hanging out and shopping. For the past 17 years, he has run Arcadecomponents.com where he fixes arcade game and vintage computer logic boards, sells components online, and offers repair advice for folks doing their own work.
Mike Vinikour
Stern Pinball
Mike Vinikour
Stern Pinball
Mike Vinikour is an Associate Game Developer at Stern Pinball. Mike has worked on almost every Stern game released in the past several years including RUSH and James Bond 007.
Other titles Mike worked on are Batman, Iron Maiden, KISS, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Beatles, and many more. Mike also has an impressive resume with some of your favorite arcade games including Mortal Kombat.
You can usually find Mike hanging around in the Joystix booth answering questions, teaching the rules to games, and giving away Stern swag.
History of Pinball
Collectors
History of Pinball
Collectors
“History of Pinball will be displaying a variety of pre 1936 pinballs for you to play. From the first tilt mech to early electronics be prepared to get hooked. No Gambling allowed. 😉 These are games of skill!”
Paul E. Niemeyer
Game Artist
Paul E. Niemeyer
Game Artist
(guest/Booth/Panelist)
In a career spanning disciplines as diverse as arcade game cabinet illustration, board game design, marketing and advertising art and design, and haunted attraction and amusement ride design, Paul E. Niemeyer has created a niche for himself as a creative adventurer. While his illustration work for the Mortal Kombat arcade cabinet and logo is perhaps some of his most revered work in pop culture history, his work also graced the video games Tron, Spy Hunter, PacMan Plus, Super PacMan, Professor PacMan, and many, many more. He keeps busy these days designing amusement rides, and continues working in game art and design
Ryan Sizemore
Mighty Coconut VR
Ryan Sizemore
Mighty Coconut VR
Ryan Sizemore is a senior technical artist at Mighty Coconut. He has worked on 10+ courses for Walkabout while part of the Coconut team. He specializes in 3D model optimization, shader creation, animations, and visual effects. Always on the look out to surprise and delight players with stunning visuals and fun hidden secrets.
Karl Paetzel
Arcade Historian
Karl Paetzel
Arcade Historian
As a founder of The Memorial City Game Room Preservation Society, Karl Paetzel orchestrates a celebration of Houston's arcade gaming legacy. He offers a unique perspective shaped by his upbringing in Houston during the 1970s and 1980s. Recognized for his contributions to preserving and promoting Texas history and culture, Karl was honored by the Governor of Texas with the title of Admiral in the Texas Navy. Additionally, he’s a self-taught software programmer who’s been designing and coding video games since 1981. Beyond that, he revels in the energetic rhythms of New Wave music, rounding out his multifaceted passions.
Adaptive Game Products
New for Expo 2023 is the ability for the Physically Challenged to play pinball! If you or someone you know has a physical disability or challege that prevents them from playing pinball, please bring them to the Arcade Expo. A new start up company called Adaptive Game Products has developed a device that allows people with physicall disability to play pinball. This new product has some amazing potential for those who have been excluded from the joy of playing pinball. Now almost anyone can play pinball and not just in a reduced mediocre way but competitively as well! Make sure you stop by the Adaptive Game Products booth, located next to The Game Preserve's booth, and try out their Adaptive Flipper Controller. We really encourage arcade owners and collectors to stop by their booth and see how their devices can help expand your patron community.