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3 | Barry Oursler (January 13, 1952 -- February 21, 2022) was a former {{Pinball}} game designer for Creator/WilliamsElectronics. He worked in the industry for over twenty years, with nearly three dozen titles that collectively sold over 135,000 games during his tenure. |
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5 | Oursler grew up in the Chicago area of Illinois, where he attended Holy Trinity High School. He entered the pinball industry in TheSeventies as a young design engineer with Williams, and his first game was ''Phoenix'' in 1978. He remained with Williams for the next eighteen years, where his memorable titles included ''Pinball/{{Gorgar}}, Jungle Lord, Pinball/{{Barracora}}, Pinball/{{Joust}}, Pinball/SpaceShuttle, Pinball/{{Comet}}, [[Pinball/PinBot Pin*Bot]], [[Pinball/Fire1987 Fire!]], Bad Cats, Harley Davidson, Pinball/DoctorWho, Pinball/BramStokersDracula, Dirty Harry,'' and ''Pinball/JunkYard''. |
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7 | During the course of his career, Oursler was granted several patents for innovations related to pinball games, such as the moving target bank in ''Pinball/PinBot'' and the wrecking ball in ''Pinball/JunkYard''. He also worked on various experimental games, such as ''Rat Race'', a flipperless cocktail table game, and ''4-In-1,'' a modernized ''bagatelle'' game with interchangeable overlays. |
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9 | Barry was laid off from Williams in 1996 during the production of ''Pinball/JunkYard''; he moved on to become a purchasing manager for Betson Imperial Parts and Service. After a subsequent period where he worked as an administrative assistant at Ecosure, he re-entered the pinball industry by joining the ill-fated company Deeproot. Following their closure (which happened before the company could ship any games), [[https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2022/02/06/oursler-engler-join-american he was hired by American Pinball]] in early February 2022. Unfortunately, less than a month after this was announced, [[https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2022/02/22/barry-oursler-dies he passed away due to complications with bone cancer]]. |
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11 | In March 2024, American Pinball [[https://www.american-pinball.com/games/barry-os-bbq-challenge/ introduced]] ''Barry O's BBQ Challenge,'' a tribute to Barry with all proceeds going to his estate. |
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14 | !! Games designed by Barry Oursler include: |
15 | [[index]] |
16 | * ''Phoenix'' (Williams, 1978) |
17 | * ''Time Warp'' (Williams, 1979) |
18 | * ''Pinball/{{Gorgar}}'' (Williams, 1979) |
19 | * ''Jungle Lord'' (Williams, 1981) |
20 | * ''Pinball/{{Barracora}}'' (Williams, 1981) |
21 | * ''Cosmic Gunfight'' (Williams, 1982) |
22 | * ''Pinball/{{Defender}}'' (Williams, 1982) |
23 | * ''Pinball/TimeFantasy'' (Williams, 1983) |
24 | * ''Pinball/{{Joust}}'' (Williams, 1983) |
25 | * ''Pinball/SpaceShuttle'' (Williams, 1984) |
26 | * ''Pinball/{{Comet}}'' (Williams, 1986) |
27 | * ''Pinball/PinBot'' (Williams, 1986) |
28 | * ''Pinball/{{Fire|1987}}'' (Williams, 1987) |
29 | * ''Pinball/SpaceStation'' (Williams, 1987) |
30 | * ''Pinball/{{Cyclone}}'' (Williams, 1988) |
31 | * ''Pinball/PoliceForce'' (Williams, 1989) |
32 | * ''Bad Cats'' (Williams, 1989) |
33 | * ''Pinball/HarleyDavidson'' (Bally, 1991) |
34 | * ''Pinball/{{Hurricane}}'' (Williams, 1991) |
35 | * ''Pinball/DoctorWho'' (Bally, 1992) |
36 | * ''Pinball/BramStokersDracula'' (Williams, 1993) |
37 | * ''Pinball/PopeyeSavesTheEarth'' (Bally, 1993) |
38 | * ''Dirty Harry'' (Williams, 1995) |
39 | * ''Pinball/JackBot'' (Williams, 1995) |
40 | * ''[[Pinball/WhoDunnit1995 WHO dunnit]]'' (Bally, 1995) |
41 | * ''Pinball/JunkYard'' (Williams, 1996) |
42 | [[/index]] |
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