History Creator / KeithJohnson

* ''Guns N' Roses'' (Jersey Jack Pinball, 2020)

->"My inspiration generally comes from having played as many games as possible from all eras. Some things are borrowed, some things have a new twist put on them, some things are entirely new..."

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

* ''[[Pinball/IndianaJonesStern Indiana Jones]]'' (Stern, 2008)
* ''Pinball/{{CSI}}'' (Stern, 2008)

* ''Pinball/TheHobbit'' (Jersey Jack Pinball, 2016)
* ''[[Pinball/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanJerseyJack Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' (Jersey Jack Pinball, 2018)

Born in 1972 in Washington D.C., Keith grew up hooked on VideoGames like many other children of TheEighties were. However, he became disillusioned with them around the turn of the decade, as arcade {{Beat Em Up}}s like ''VideoGame/TheSimpsons'' and ''[[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', increasingly emphasized NintendoHard {{Boss Battle}}s that doomed the player regardless of of their skill. While attending college at Virgina Polytechnic, he became hooked on {{Pinball}} games like ''Pinball/{{Taxi}}, Bad Cats, Vegas,'' and ''Pinball/{{Whirlwind}},'' honing his skills to play for hours on a single quarter. Even after graduating and working as a computer programmer, he remained active in the online pinball community as "Sigma", posting frequently to the USENT [-rec.games.pinball-] newsgroup and maintaining the Pinball Archive database.

Born in 1972 in Washington D.C., Keith grew up hooked on VideoGames like many other children of TheEighties were. However, he became disillusioned with them around the turn of the decade, as arcade {{Beat Em Up}}s like ''VideoGame/TheSimpsons'' and ''[[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]', increasingly emphasized NintendoHard {{Boss Battle}}s that doomed the player regardless of of their skill. While attending college at Virgina Polytechnic, he became hooked on {{Pinball}} games like ''Pinball/{{Taxi}}, Bad Cats, Vegas,'' and ''Pinball/{{Whirlwind}},'' honing his skills to play for hours on a single quarter. Even after graduating and working as a computer programmer, he remained active in the online pinball community as "Sigma", posting frequently to the USENT [-rec.games.pinball-] newsgroup and maintaining the Pinball Archive database.

Born in 1972 in Washington D.C., Keith grew up hooked on VideoGames like many other children of TheEighties were. However, he became disillusioned with them around the turn of the decade, as arcade {{Beat Em Up}}s like ''VideoGame/TheSimpsons'' and ''[[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,]]'' increasingly emphasized NintendoHard {{Boss Battle}}s that doomed the player regardless of of their skill. While attending college at Virgina Polytechnic, he became hooked on {{Pinball}} games like ''Pinball/{{Taxi}}, Bad Cats, Vegas,'' and ''Pinball/{{Whirlwind}},'' honing his skills to play for hours on a single quarter. Even after graduating and working as a computer programmer, he remained active in the online pinball community as "Sigma", posting frequently to the USENT [-rec.games.pinball-] newsgroup and maintaining the Pinball Archive database.

* ''The Hobbit'' (Jersey Jack Pinball, 2016)
* ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' (Jersey Jack Pinball, 2018)

His Twitter account is [[https://twitter.com/pinballkeefer here.]]

* ''Pinball/TheWizardOfOz'' (Jersey Jack Pinball, 2013)

'''Keith "Keefer" Johnson''' is an American {{Pinball}} programmer, designer, and player. Among pinball enthusiasts, he is reknown for the highly complex and multileveled rules in his games.

* ''Pinball/TheWizardOfOz'' (Jersey Jack Pinball, 2013)

Born in 1972 in Washington D.C., Keith grew up hooked on VideoGames like many other children of TheEighties were. However, he grew disillusioned with them around the turn of the decade, as arcade {{Beat Em Up}}s like ''VideoGame/TheSimpsons'' and ''[[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,]]'' increasingly emphasized NintendoHard {{Boss Battle}}s that doomed the player regardless of of their skill. While attending college at Virgina Polytechnic, he became hooked on {{Pinball}} games like ''Pinball/{{Taxi}}, Bad Cats, Vegas,'' and ''Pinball/{{Whirlwind}},'' honing his skills to play for hours on a single quarter. Even after graduating and working as a computer programmer, he remained active in the online pinball community as "Sigma", posting frequently to the USENT rec.games.pinball newsgroup and maintaining the Pinball Archive database.

Keith's desire for complex rules comes from his desire to play similar games, with there always being something else out there for a player to strive for. He is particularly fond of integration, of using fun and interesting rules to couple the game to the license or theme, and not "just a game with some lunchbox artwork." He recognizes that not everyone is into complex games, but is confident that fans will eventually embrace the designer's vision. He also has an encyclopedic knowledge of solid-state pinballs, having played nearly every game from 1989 and afterward, and analyzes their rules to learn from and refine them.

* ''Pinball/IndianaJones'' (Stern, 2008)