Five Minutes to Tilt #15 – Ed Boon on Rudy, Williams & "Finish Him!"
Summary
Ed Boon recounts his Williams pinball programming start, Rudy's voice in Funhouse, and pinball-to-Mortal Kombat crossover history.
Ed Boon, co-creator of Mortal Kombat, recounts his start programming pinball at Williams in 1986 and his later move to video games. He discusses voicing Rudy in Funhouse, the Mortal Kombat connection to Steve Ritchie and Dan Forden, and their shared work on Black Knight 2000. The conversation is a short, informal Five Minutes to Tilt interview with a strong nostalgic and historical focus.
Untold Pinball Stories | Five Minutes to Tilt, season 2, episode 15: Ed Boon Pinball is more than machines. It's about people. And the stories they carry. In this episode: Ed Boon, a legend in the gaming world. Five minutes on a kitchen timer. No script. No second takes. His resume said: I love pinball and video games. A recruiter spotted that line, and in 1986 Ed started at Williams as a pinball programmer. He worked alongside Barry Oursler, Steve Ritchie, Pat Lawlor, Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar. And yes, he is the voice of Rudy in FunHouse. How did that happen? Ed tells you. He went on to provide voices for dozens of pinball machines. After pinball came Mortal Kombat. And guess who Ed brought in to record one of its most famous lines? Steve Ritchie. "Finish him!" Pinball history doesn't only live in the machines. It lives in the people who made them. That's why we record these stories. Five minutes. One line on a resume. Enjoy watching. Untold Pinball Stories | Five Minutes to Tilt, seizoen 2, aflevering 15: Ed Boon Flipperen is meer dan kasten. Het gaat om mensen. En de verhalen die ze meedragen. In deze aflevering: Ed Boon, een legende in de gamewereld. Vijf minuten op de kookwekker. Geen script. Geen herkansing. Op zijn cv stond: ik hou van pinball en videogames. Een recruiter zag die regel, en in 1986 begon Ed bij Williams als flipperprogrammeur. Hij werkte samen met Barry Oursler, Steve Ritchie, Pat Lawlor, Eugene Jarvis en Larry DeMar. En ja, hij is de stem van Rudy in FunHouse. Hoe kwam dat zo? Dat vertelt Ed zelf. Daarna verzorgde hij de stemmen voor tientallen flipperkasten. Na pinball kwam Mortal Kombat. En raad eens wie Ed binnenhaalde voor een van de bekendste zinnen uit dat spel? Steve Ritchie. "Finish him!" De geschiedenis van pinball zit niet alleen in de kasten. Ze zit in de mensen die ze maakten. Daarom leggen we deze verhalen vast. Vijf minuten. Eén regel op een cv. Veel kijkplezier.
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