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FACTOID: Allied Leisure released 'Dyn O' Mite' in November, 1975. It was the first pinbal machine to have solid state components. |
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Jess M. AskeyYou can view my resume in both .doc and .pdf formats. Some HistoryI was born in Chicago, Illinois... Home of Pinball and the Blues Brothers. Both of which make up quite a bit of my twisted persona. I only lived there until I was two, when I moved to State College, PensylvaniaAnyway, I now live in Laramie, Wyoming and have been here about 10 years. I consider this my home, please come VISIT . There are under 450,000 people in the entire state and we have LOTS of SPACE. Im curently working at Trihydro Corporation as a developer and architect for win/webforms applications. Trihydro is an environmental consulting company that provides a large array of technical services to many large manufacturers around the world. I spend my spare time restoring pinball machines and taking care of the nine I have at home. They keep breeding and Im running out of space it seems. I just got married to Shannon L. Thompson (of Annapolis, MD) this past summer (1997). She is the love of my life and is wonderously smart and sharp. She graduated in Environmental Chemical Engineering this past summer (2000) and she is now working for Tri-Hydro Corp. here in town. Yes, the same place as me, but she has worked there much longer.
Pinball/Video Stuff
I spend lots of time with Williams Level 7 pinball machines and can pretty much generate compilable source code for all the games. I am currently working on an updated game ROM for Jungle Lord to fix some bugs and to make the gameplay a little more exciting. If you have any Level 7 bugs that need fixed, drop me a line. Next up is adding background sound to Defender (1982). Games Wanted to Buy!!Im looking for the following games, so if you happen to have one, let me know. Any condition is fine.
My Game CollectionI mostly collect games that I played as a kid at the arcades in State College. Growing up in a college town was excellent especially in State College because we had a few of the finest arcades around. Because the arcade scene was so large, there was not a game produced that we didn't get. Lots of games showed up early as test games and disappeared suddenly if the game was a flop, but at least I got to play them all! :-) Most of the arcades were very large... Playland was the biggest with around 40 pins and 90 video games. Campus Casino was down the alley and was more of a hangout+pool hall, carpeted walls and floors, with about 35 pins and 30 video games. Another great arcade was Play-a-way Arcade, it went out of business around 1982 and became the Space-tion. Play-a-way was the first arcade my dad started taking me to around 1979, they had all the classic vids and quite a few electromechanical pins to play. I used to watch the high school kids play Silverball Mania, Seawitch, Nineball and Flight 2000. Those guys were the masters back then. Out of all the arcades in State College, only Playland has survived (well, until 2003, then it closed). Through a close friend, I managed to get the original outdoor lettering for the 'PLAYLAND' signs from both the calder alley entrance and the front entrance. :-)
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