Ep 54: The Real VonTökkentäkker with Jack Haeger and David Fix
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From 1980s Williams to modern day pinball, Jack has quite the impressive resume. So come join us as we talk: Pirates, Star Wars, and red eyes.
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TL;DR
Jack Hager reflects on his career from Williams pinball art to Amiga/Warhol to modern American Pinball.
Synopsis
Jack Hager, a legendary artist and designer who worked on classic arcade and pinball titles at Williams Electronics in the 1980s-90s, joins David Fix from American Pinball to discuss his eclectic career spanning fine art, Sinistar, the Amiga computer collaboration with Andy Warhol, and his eventual return to pinball game design. The episode traces his contributions to early video game digitization, voice work, and unrealized pinball concepts that influenced later industry work.
Entities
- Alvin G. and Company· company
- American Pinball· company
- Commodore Computers· company
- Williams Electronics· company
- Carnival· game
- Hey Bartender· game
- Mortal Kombat· game
- NBA Jam· game
- Pirate Island· game
- Sinistar· game
- Insert Coin· media
- Pinball News· media
- Andy Warhol· person
- David Fix· person
- Eugene Jarvis· person
- Jack Hager· person
- John Newcomer· person
- Josh Kugler· person
- Ken Fedesna· person
- Python Anghelo· person
- Amiga· product
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