# Mark Ritchie

Mark Ritchie, younger brother of pinball legend Steve Ritchie, is himself a renowned pinball designer who made a major impact on the industry from the early 1980s through today. He got his start at Atari’s pinball division as a production assembler and quickly graduated to prototype specialist before moving on to Williams Electronics, where he designed classics like *Firepower II*, *Sorcerer*, *Taxi*, *Diner*, *Fish Tales*, and *Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure*. His hallmark style blends smooth “flow” shots, entertaining themes, and memorable mechanical features, such as *Indiana Jones*’s Path of Adventure tilting mini-playfield.

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In the mid-90s, Ritchie became Director of Engineering at Capcom’s short-lived pinball division, overseeing titles like *Pinball Magic*, *Breakshot*, and cult favorites *Big Bang Bar* and *Kingpin*. After Capcom exited pinball, he pivoted to designing and producing arcade video games at companies like Incredible Technologies and Raw Thrills/Play Mechanix, notably contributing to the *Big Buck Hunter* series. Today, he remains influential in coin-op amusements and recently returned to pinball design with a new *Pulp Fiction* machine, illustrating a career that has spanned the golden age of pinball to the modern era, marked throughout by technical innovation, playful theming, and a passion for making games that stand the test of time.

## Snapshot
- Roles: design, callouts, concept, music
- Years active: 1982-Present

## Games credited
- Design: [Pulp Fiction](/games/pinball/pulp-fiction-2023) (2023)
- Design: [Kingpin](/games/pinball/kingpin) (1996)
- Callouts: [Airborne](/games/pinball/airborne) (1996)
- Design: [Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure](/games/pinball/indiana-jones-the-pinball-adventure) (1993)
- Design: [Fish Tales](/games/pinball/fish-tales) (1992)
- Callouts: [Bride of Pinbot](/games/pinball/bride-of-pinbot) (1991)
- Callouts: [Riverboat Gambler](/games/pinball/riverboat-gambler) (1990)
- Design: [Diner](/games/pinball/diner) (1990)
- Callouts: [Earthshaker](/games/pinball/earthshaker) (1989)
- Design: [Police Force](/games/pinball/police-force) (1989)

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