Mike Vineor is a pinball industry professional who serves as a code developer and community liaison for pinball games. He is currently in charge of X-Men code implementation and actively incorporates community feedback into game updates. Vineor has contributed significantly to Star Wars pinball content, providing over 1,000 movie clips from the original trilogy, and participates in industry discussions about game mechanics, including comparative analysis of flipper offset designs and save mechanics across pinball titles.
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Gary Stern is the true savior of pinball who kept the company alive through multiple industry extinction-level downturns, not Roger Sharp
Lonnie Moore appeared in his first-ever public panel with MXV at Expo 2023 despite his career-long preference for avoiding public appearances
Spectre weapon perks are coming to Bond in the next update, hopefully soon, with add-a-ball perk allowing once-per-ball resurrection of multiball
Discussed Jedi Force Save mechanic similarity to GoldenEye James Bond (1990s) flipper offset design with Borg
Contributed 1,000+ movie clips from Episodes IV-VI for Star Wars game
Now in charge of X-Men code, implementing community feedback in updates
Stern Pinball talent mentioned as part of team that should have collaborated on Star Wars
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Eight-Ball Beyond is an impressive homebrew with complete art, LCD integration, full rule set, and custom RGB-lit pool ball targets that impressed a normally cynical observer
Bond Premium and LE will receive exclusive features like Jetpack and Bird One Lock that Pro models will never receive, and these will not be added virtually to Pro versions
MXV survived three major industry downturns during his almost 30-year career at Stern and predecessors
Pinball Expo will reach its 40th anniversary next year and Rob Burke proposed expanding to Wednesday-Saturday format to prevent panel scheduling conflicts
MXV invented the swipe-a-ball mechanic for Stranger Things Premium/LE and is reusing it for Bond Premium/LE with physical ball lock implementation
Homebrew pinball community is consistently improving year-over-year in quality and design sophistication
Stern's current industry position and modern pinball revival would not exist without Gary Stern's decision to keep the company alive through near-extinction periods
Mike Vinikour accepted the award on behalf of the Stern Pinball team