Line #7 Creator/BarryOursler


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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:
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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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