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FunHouse is a pinball machine designed by Pat Lawlor and released in November 1990 by Williams Electronics. [1] Starring a talking ventriloquist dummy named Rudy, the game is themed after the concept of an amusement park funhouse .
Patrick M. Lawlor (born November 30, 1951) is a video game and pinball machine designer.. Pat Lawlor had originally been a video game designer and had entered the coin-operated game design industry in 1980, working for Dave Nutting Associates.
A funhouse or fun house is an amusement facility found in amusement parks and funfair midways, equipped with various devices designed to surprise, challenge, or amuse visitors. Unlike thrill rides or dark rides , fun houses are participatory attractions where visitors enter and move around at their own pace. [ 1 ]
1967 Williams Pinball Game with a Beatles theme, "Beat Time". Stanford engineering graduate Harry Williams entered the coin-operated amusement industry in 1933 and helped popularize several important pinball innovations such as the tilt mechanism, electrically-powered scoring holes, and the ability to win a free play by achieving a certain score.
Brian R. Eddy is an American game designer and programmer, best known for designing Attack From Mars pinball for Midway and programming FunHouse and, with Larry DeMar, The Machine: Bride of Pin*Bot. While at Williams Electronics / Midway Games, he also designed Medieval Madness, [1] and programmed Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure. [2]
Electromagnetic Pinball Museum and Restoration has machines from the '60s, '70s and '80s, as well as more modern games.