Dean Grover was a legendary Stern pinball programmer and former Williams employee who made significant contributions to pinball code development, including work on the Beatles pinball machine. He is remembered as an influential mentor figure in the pinball community and was known for his work on Spider-Man home edition code and The Reaper game. Grover passed away before 2025, with Stern maintaining a memorial picture of him in attract mode as a tribute to his legacy.
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Dean Grover, a Stern pinball programmer, donated his personal Iron Man machine to Project Pinball and subsequently donated it permanently through his estate after his death
Dean Grover, Stern programmer, has passed away
Pinball programmer who coded Spider-Man Home for Stern and many other games; met Daniel Spolar at PAPA in 2011; had suffered serious illness in youth with lifelong health effects; loaned personal Iron Man machine to Project Pinball for Children's Hospital Colorado placement; subsequently donated it permanently after his death; had one-of-a-kind Spider-Man Home prototype
Pinball programmer known as 'the Reaper'; added special mode to The Beatles allowing play of original Sea Witch rule set
Scorer from Colorado; Dean is scoring for the tournament
Programmer/coder on Star Wars The Pin and previous Stern platform games (Spider-Man, Supreme); design partner with George Gomez
Code programmer at Stern; based in Colorado; has been with team nearly as long as Corey; worked on Beatles and other games
High-level Colorado pinball player; mentioned as example of expert Simpsons play ($20-30 million scores)
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Programmer for Congo; also worked on Beatles and other CERN titles; described as 'elder statesman' at Williams
Designer who worked with Bill on Congo; passed away last year (relative to 2023 event)
Deceased programmer who worked for Williams and Stern. Credited on Congo, Safecracker, Star Wars Home Edition, Supreme, Beatles, and multiple Cornerstones. Was a top competitive pinball player from Colorado. Had health issues (cardiac arrest 2009, liver transplant).
Deceased code programmer at Williams (1990s) and Stern; worked on Beatles and Spider-Man Home Edition; base OS code contributor
Designer who co-purchased Beatles pinball with Jerry; collaborated late-night on Beatles sound design; worked extensively on Beatles project with Jerry.
Stern staff member collaborating with Sexton on gold record/platinum record progression system
Designer who created modes for Godzilla, recently passed away; tribute added to upcoming Godzilla code update
Former Williams employee; exhibitor at Rocky Mountain Showdown with Safe Cracker machine that won Best of Show voting
Deceased pinball programmer credited with Spider-Man home edition code and The Reaper game; Stern maintains his memorial picture in attract mode; described by Walt as 'legend' and influential mentor
Stern programmer credited as lead coder for Beatles pinball