History Creator / JonNorris

* ''PBad Girls'' (Premier, 1988)
* ''Pinball/Hot Shots'' (Premier, 1989)

Unfortunately, things got worse for Jon when Sega Pinball was reformed as Creator/SternPinball. Although Norris developed ''Creator/HighRollerCasino'' at Stern, he left the company in 2000 under [[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.pinball/nnlJcQTcij4/KvbhMnp4fj4J very bitter circumstances.]] Officially, the reason for Norris' departure was Stern's refusal to accomodate him with a smoke-free work environment for his asthma; unofficially, the consensus is that Norris was forced out due to personality clashes with company president Gary Stern and other members of Stern's engineering team. To add insult to injury, Norris' ''Golden Cue'' was later modified and released by Stern as ''[[Pinball/SharkeysShootout Sharkey's Shootout]]''.

After a stint teaching Art at Cal State Long Beach, Jon Norris now works for Aristocrat Technologies with Creator/JoeKaminkow, designing slot machines and redemption games. His portfolio is online at [[http://www.dreamlandscapes.com/ Dreamlandscapes]], and he discusses pinball philosophy at [[http://www.norrispinball.com/ norrispinball.com]]. Jon remains a collector of wood-rail and electro-mechanical pinballs.

* ''Pinball/DiamondLady'' (Premier, 1988)
* ''Pinball/BadGirls'' (Premier, 1988)
* ''Pinball/HotShots'' (Premier, 1989)
* ''[[Pinball/LightsCameraAction Lights... Camera... Action!]]'' (Premier, 1989)
* ''Pinball/{{Vegas}}'' (Premier, 1990)
* ''Pinball/CarHop'' (Premier, 1991)
* ''[[Pinball/SurfNSafari Surf N' Safari]]'' (Premier, 1991)

* ''[[Pinball/TeedOff Tee'd Off]]'' (Premier, 1993)

* ''Pinball/WorldChallengeSoccer'' (Premier, 1994)

* ''Pinball/MarioAndretti'' (Premier, 1995)
* ''Pinball/GoldenCue'' (Sega, 1998; unreleased)

* BadassMoustache

* SpiritualSuccessor: Norris admits that both ''Bad Girls'' and ''Golden Cue'' were attempts to update his favorite pinball game, Creator/{{Bally}}'s ''Pinball/EightBall Deluxe''.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Norris admits that both ''Bad Girls'' and ''Golden Cue'' were attempts to update his favorite pinball game, Creator/{{Bally}}'s ''Pinball/EightBallDeluxe''.
** ''Pinball/CueBallWizard'' contains so many {{Shout Out}}s to ''Pinball/EightBallDeluxe'' that it can also be considered one as well.

After a stint teaching Art at Cal State Long Beach, Jon Norris now works for Aristocrat Technologies with Creator/Joe Kaminkow, designing slot machines and redemption games. His portfolio is online at [[http://www.dreamlandscapes.com/ Dreamlandscapes]], and he discusses pinball philosophy at [[http://www.norrispinball.com/ norrispinball.com]]. Jon remains a collector of wood-rail and electro-mechanical pinballs.

Norris remained at Premier for ten years, working alongside Creator/JohnTrudeau, Creator/JoeKaminkow, and Ray Tanzer. His first commercial game was ''Diamond Lady,'' which was followed by several dozen tables, including ''Bad Girls, Lights... Camera... Action!, Car Hop, Vegas, Surf N' Safari, Pinball/SuperMarioBros, Pinball/CueBallWizard, Pinball/TeedOff, Shaq Attaq, Pinball/{{Stargate}},'' and ''Mario Andretti.'' In addition to creating his own games, he also helped develop the rulesets for other people's pinball tables, and also worked as a company photographer and playtester.

Today, Jon Norris works for Kay Guitar Company as a photographer and web developer, and teaches Art at Cal State Long Beach. His portfolio is online at [[http://www.dreamlandscapes.com/ Dreamlandscapes]], and he discusses pinball philosophy at [[http://www.norrispinball.com/ norrispinball.com]]. Jon remains a collector of wood-rail and electro-mechanical pinballs, and is hopeful for a future opportunity to return to game design.

Norris remained at Premier for ten years, working alongside Creator/JohnTrudeau, Joe Kaminkow, and Ray Tanzer. His first commercial game was ''Diamond Lady,'' which was followed by several dozen tables, including ''Bad Girls, Lights... Camera... Action!, Car Hop, Vegas, Surf N' Safari, Pinball/SuperMarioBros, Pinball/CueBallWizard, Pinball/TeedOff, Shaq Attaq, Pinball/{{Stargate}},'' and ''Mario Andretti.'' In addition to creating his own games, he also helped develop the rulesets for other people's pinball tables, and also worked as a company photographer and playtester.

Norris remained at Premier for ten years, working alongside Creator/JohnTrudeau, Joe Kaminkow, and Ray Tanzer. His first commercial game was ''Diamond Lady,'' which was followed by several dozen tables, including ''Bad Girls, Lights... Camera... Action!, Car Hop, Vegas, Surf N' Safari, Pinball/SuperMarioBros, Cue Ball Wizard, Tee'd Off, Shaq Attaq, Stargate,'' and ''Mario Andretti.'' In addition to creating his own games, he also helped develop the rulesets for other people's pinball tables, and also worked as a company photographer and playtester.

** ''Pinball/CueBallWizard'' contains so many {{ShoutOut}}s to ''Pinball/EightBallDeluxe'' that it can also be considered one as well.

** Strongly emphasized center shots (the cue ball in ''Cue Ball Wizard'', the gopher hole in ''Tee'd Off'', the pyramid in ''Stargate'', and the ramp in ''Pinball/HighRollerCasino''.