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* ''Alien'' (Heighway Pinball, 2017)

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* ''Alien'' ''Pinball/{{Alien|2017}}'' (Heighway Pinball, 2017)2017)[[note]]Initial playfield drawing and toy concepts only -- he left Heighway in late 2014[[/note]]
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* ''Lexy Lightspeed - Escape From Earth'' (Multimorphic, 2017)

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* ''Lexy ''[[Pinball/LexyLightspeed Lexy Lightspeed - Escape From Earth'' Earth]]'' (Multimorphic, 2017)
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Since then, he has been working semi-independently, forming [=WhizBang=] Pinball with with longtime collaborator Creator/GregFreres in 2009, as well as developing games for Creator/JerseyJackPinball and Creator/HeighwayPinball. Dennis is currently working at [[http://www.multimorphic.com Multimorphic]], creating ''Lexy Lightspeed'' for their P3 modular pinball framework.

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Since then, he has been working semi-independently, forming [=WhizBang=] Pinball with with longtime collaborator Creator/GregFreres in 2009, as well as developing games for Creator/JerseyJackPinball Creator/JerseyJackPinball, Creator/HeighwayPinball, and Creator/HeighwayPinball. Dennis is currently working at [[http://www.multimorphic.com Multimorphic]], creating ''Lexy Lightspeed'' for their P3 modular pinball framework.
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* ''Lexy Lightspeed'' (Multimorphic, 2017)

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* ''Lexy Lightspeed'' Lightspeed - Escape From Earth'' (Multimorphic, 2017)
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** A spinning disc, either to bounce the pinball around a chamber (the Molecular Mixmaster in ''Dr. Dude,'' the Turbo Boost in ''Indianapolis 500'', Port Royal/Tortuga in ''Pirates of the Caribbean'') or as part of a playfield toy (the crane in ''Demolition Man'', the titular wheel ''Wheel of Fortune'').

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** A spinning disc, either to bounce the pinball around a chamber (the Molecular Mixmaster in ''Dr. Dude,'' the Turbo Boost in ''Indianapolis 500'', Port Royal/Tortuga in ''Pirates of the Caribbean'') or as part of a playfield toy (the crane in ''Demolition Man'', the titular wheel in ''Wheel of Fortune'').



** A well-endowed woman either on the backbox or the playfield (the nurse in ''Dr. Dude'', Elvira, one of the tourists in ''White Water'', Melony, Ellen, and Hellen in ''Whoa Nellie!'').

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** A well-endowed woman either on the backbox or the playfield (the nurse in ''Dr. Dude'', Elvira, one of the tourists in ''White Water'', Melony, Ellen, and Hellen in ''Whoa Nellie!'').Nellie!''; Vanna White from ''Wheel of Fortune'' could also count to an extent).

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Since then, he has been working semi-independently, forming [=WhizBang=] Pinball with with longtime collaborator Creator/GregFreres in 2009, as well as developing games for Creator/JerseyJackPinball and Creator/HeighwayPinball. Dennis is currently working at [[http://www.multimorphic.com Multimorphic,]] creating ''Lexy Lightspeed'' for their P3 modular pinball framework.

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Since then, he has been working semi-independently, forming [=WhizBang=] Pinball with with longtime collaborator Creator/GregFreres in 2009, as well as developing games for Creator/JerseyJackPinball and Creator/HeighwayPinball. Dennis is currently working at [[http://www.multimorphic.com Multimorphic,]] Multimorphic]], creating ''Lexy Lightspeed'' for their P3 modular pinball framework.




* ''Pinball/SpecialForce'' (Bally, 1986)
* ''Pinball/PartyAnimal'' (Bally, 1987)
* ''Pinball/{{Blackwater 100}}'' (Bally, 1988)

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* ''Pinball/SpecialForce'' ''Special Force'' (Bally, 1986)
* ''Pinball/PartyAnimal'' ''Party Animal'' (Bally, 1987)
* ''Pinball/{{Blackwater 100}}'' ''Blackwater 100'' (Bally, 1988)



* ''[[Pinball/DrDude Dr. Dude]]'' (Bally, 1990)
* '' Pinball/ThePartyZone'' (Bally, 1991)
* '' Pinball/WhiteWater'' (Williams, 1993)

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* ''[[Pinball/DrDude Dr. Dude]]'' ''Pinball/DrDude'' (Bally, 1990)
* '' Pinball/ThePartyZone'' ''Pinball/ThePartyZone'' (Bally, 1991)
* '' Pinball/WhiteWater'' ''Pinball/WhiteWater'' (Williams, 1993)



* ''Pinball/WheelOfFortune'' (Stern, 2007)

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* ''Pinball/WheelOfFortune'' ''Wheel of Fortune'' (Stern, 2007)



* ''Lexy Lightspeed'' (Multipmorphic, TBA; under development)
* ''Alien'' (Heighway Pinball, TBA; under development)

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* ''Lexy Lightspeed'' (Multipmorphic, TBA; under development)
* ''Alien'' (Heighway Pinball, TBA; under development)2017)
* ''Lexy Lightspeed'' (Multimorphic, 2017)



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* CoolOldGuy



* NiceGuy: By all accounts, Dennis is extremely friendly to everyone he ever meets or works with.
* OfficeRomance: Nordman met his second wife, Barbara, while she was the secretary to the president of Bally.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: After building his full-size pinball table prototype, Nordman went to a local mall and hired an attractive girl to pose with it for promotional photos. He did not see her again until a few years later, when he attended a trade show and discovered she was the girlfriend of one of the organizers.
* [[RealMenWearPink Real Men Design Dollhouses]]

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* ''Pinball/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' (Stern, 2006)

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* ''Pinball/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' ''Pinball/{{Pirates of the Caribbean|Stern}}'' (Stern, 2006)






** The display (or the machine itself) would go on the fritz whenever they enter a special mode (Vacation Jackpot in ''White Water'', Demolition Time in ''Demolition Man'', and maxing out the Stiff-O-Meter in ''Scared Stiff'').

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** The display (or the machine itself) would go on the fritz whenever they enter a special mode (Vacation Jackpot in ''White Water'', Demolition Time in ''Demolition Man'', and maxing out the Stiff-O-Meter in ''Scared Stiff'').Stiff'').
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* ''Elvira's House of Horrors'' (Stern, 2019)

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* ''Elvira's House of Horrors'' ''Pinball/ElvirasHouseOfHorrors'' (Stern, 2019)
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* ''Elvira's House of Horrors'' (Stern, 2019)
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* ''Lexy Lightspeed'' (Multipmorphic, 2014; under development)
* ''Alien'' (Heighway Pinball, 2015; under development)

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* ''Lexy Lightspeed'' (Multipmorphic, 2014; TBA; under development)
* ''Alien'' (Heighway Pinball, 2015; TBA; under development)

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** Instead of a WizardMode, the player is instead rewarded with a huge jackpot for completing playfield tasks (the Big Bang in ''The Party Zone'', Vacation Jackpot in ''White Water'', Victory Lap in ''Indianapolis 500'').

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** Instead of a WizardMode, the player is instead rewarded with a huge jackpot for completing playfield tasks (the Big Bang in ''The Party Zone'', Vacation Jackpot in ''White Water'', Demolition Jackpot in ''Pinball/DemolitionMan'', Victory Lap in ''Indianapolis 500'').



** Flippers that look like a row of teeth (''Dr. Dude'', ''Elvira'', ''The Party Zone'' [which are recolored yellow and black]).

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** Flippers that look like a row of teeth (''Dr. Dude'', ''Elvira'', ''The Party Zone'' [which are recolored yellow and black]).black]).
** The display (or the machine itself) would go on the fritz whenever they enter a special mode (Vacation Jackpot in ''White Water'', Demolition Time in ''Demolition Man'', and maxing out the Stiff-O-Meter in ''Scared Stiff'').
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** Monster-related games like ''Elvira'' are related to his childhood fascination with UniversalHorror monsters.

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** Monster-related games like ''Elvira'' are related to his childhood fascination with UniversalHorror Franchise/UniversalHorror monsters.



** Lighthearted takes on creatures and [[UniversalHorror classic monsters]] (the ''Elvira'' games, ''Party Animal'').

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** Lighthearted takes on creatures and [[UniversalHorror [[Franchise/UniversalHorror classic monsters]] (the ''Elvira'' games, ''Party Animal'').



** Flippers that look like a row of teeth (''Dr. Dude'', ''Elvira'', ''The Party Zone'' [which are recolored yellow and black]).

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** Flippers that look like a row of teeth (''Dr. Dude'', ''Elvira'', ''The Party Zone'' [which are recolored yellow and black]).

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