Mitch is a pinball industry professional with dual expertise in game development and hardware restoration/modification. He works as a system programmer at Stern Pinball, where he contributed to the King Kong pinball machine by developing a 3D mech animation tool for Kong Mac export. Beyond his professional role, Mitch is an active pinball enthusiast and builder who has engaged in scratch-building projects (Quicksilver), purchased and sold pinball machines, and was credited as a team member on Stern's Pokémon Pinball project, though his specific role on that title remains unspecified.
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Sharky's Shootout was the first Stern pinball machine with ethernet connectivity
The magic eight ball ramp mechanic awards mystery prizes including free multiball and combo mode
Bumper pool mode can award up to $100 million in scoring through escalating pop values
Jeanette Lee (The Black Widow) is featured as the game host and her likeness appears on the translite
Team member credited for work on Pokémon Pinball (unspecified role)
Team member on Pokémon Pinball; role not specified in presentation.
Pinball enthusiast building a Quicksilver scratch build; purchased the Galaxy cabinet from Mike for this project
Friend of Mike who owned a Flight 2000 and sold it to Mike for $75; needed brackets for his Quicksilver scratch build
Selling Mike 7-digit LED displays for $300 CAD
System programmer at Stern; created 3D mech animation tool for Kong Mac export
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John Borg designed the layout, Dwight Sullivan handled concept/software, Yowsey did artwork—the Sega-era Stern dream team
Premium pinball games at Flat Tops caused negative word-of-mouth and customer loss when reopened in 2025
Mitch has been operating pinball machines for approximately 10 years, approaching his May 2014 anniversary
Double Bowl Tap House was initially offered as a 1-machine-plus-cornhole setup but Mitch negotiated for 11 machines
Roxy's Arcade has 10 pinball machines and approximately 30 arcade games in a tight speakeasy venue
A dominant Boston-area operator used 8-year auto-renewing contracts with penalty fees to lock venues into broken machines
Mitch's first four games were High Speed 2, 8-Ball Deluxe, Lord of the Rings, and Austin Powers
Flat Top Johnny Pinball's grew from 2 to 12 pinball machines by the time it closed during COVID
Mitch now operates 70-80 total amusement equipment pieces across three locations