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Hi Everyone, I hope you are all well.
I have blind-copied everyone who has already ordered a game with the $250.00 Refundable Deposit. It's getting too much for me to write everyone personally - sorry - that's a good thing though.
On 3/15/11 the next payment of $1,000.00 will be due. We will be in touch with all of you before then. You can pay using any credit card you like or via PayPal, etc. This helps you and this helps us too so Thank You!
Below is a very cool announcement that will be released to the public this Sunday. Chris Granner is an AMAZING TALENT! You all know that our Team and I want the very best for our company and for the games we will build. The very best in sound is Chris Granner. This game is going to be truly Special!
In the next week or so I have another few blockbuster announcements having to do with hardware/software and the parts we will use in our games. You will all be very pleased.....for sure.
This is a very exciting time for me and for all of us. I can tell you that our Team is working very hard with a lot of passion and dedication to create what we believe to be the very best game we can make.
I've included ordering info again at the bottom of this e mail in case you want to share with someone else. We are up over 300 games now Pre-Ordered! Imagine what will happen when we release some art and some playfield details - we expect the entire run of these 1,000 Emerald City Limited Edition games to sell out.
If you did not select a game number yet, please e mail
katie@JerseyJackPinball.com with a few choices. People have picked numbers all over the place so there are many open at the moment.
We are all going to make our way around the World at Pinball Shows to promote Jersey Jack Pinball so chances are we will get to see you sometime sooner or later this year.
Thanks again and if you have any questions, suggestions, thoughts, call or e mail me as many of you have, we appreciate the support and encouragement.
Warmest Regards,
"Jersey" Jack
Chris Granner Joins the Team!
Chris Granner Joins Jersey Jack Pinball
Jersey Jack Pinball, Inc. proudly announces that they have hired famed Sound Master Chris Granner to do their upcoming Wizard of Oz Pinball Machine. His creative genius was present in so many great games including; The Addams Family, The Simpsons Pinball Party, Indiana Jones, White Water, Twilight Zone, Cyclone, Lord of the Rings, Funhouse, and many more.
Chris said "I can't even tell you how excited I am to be a part of this team! When I heard that Joe, then Jerry and then Dennis and Greg were involved, I was pretty impressed...when I heard it was going to be The Wizard of Oz, I was really impressed...and when I heard Keith Johnson would be programming, and what kind of a game was to be made, I thought, this is what I've been waiting for! A fabulous team, a Triple A license, a can-do, "rebel base" mentality -- sign me up!"
"Chris has been out of Pinball for over five years and this was a great opportunity to grab this brilliant talent and add him to our Team, I am thrilled." said Jersey Jack Guarnieri.
"There are SO many great songs and themes, and the characters are so vibrant. It's really amazing how this story has become part of our cultural backdrop, especially in recent years, having a new way to look at wicked witches. This is going to be a VERY special game, I'm very grateful to be a part of it, and I can't wait to get started!" continued Chris.
About Chris
Exposed to Bach, Beethoven and Chopin from birth by his organist/pianist father, Chris was singing 3-part harmony with his parents at age 2 (so says his mom anyway). He studied composition and electronic/computer music with Ben Johnston, Herbert Brun, Sal Martirano & Scott Wyatt at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, completing a B.M. and an M.F.A. in music composition. Chris's interest in computer music led him to the Northwestern University computer music lab, where he heard that Williams Electronics was searching for its first full-time composer. He took the position, and over a period of 18 years developed a presence as one of the leading composers in the pinball & coin-op video game industry. Since leaving Williams/Bally/Midway to create CGmusic, Chris has become the leading composer in pinball today, and is consistently sought to compose music and design soundtracks for coin-op and console games, television advertising spots and other interactive media. Recently he designed the soundtrack and directed voiceover asset creation for the X-Box title Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus, and composed music and post-produced audio for the cut-scenes for that Studio Gigante / Microsoft title. Although fascinated by all types of music and known for his ability to bestow the "cg touch" on any musical style, Chris especially enjoys all styles of classical music from Gregorian Chant to John Cage, as well as both types of music - country/western AND bluegrass.
About Us
Veteran arcade industry figure Jack Guarnieri has been in the amusement industry since 1975 when he began by servicing electro-mechanical pinball machines. Since then he has been involved in all sides of the industry, from developing amusement centers, to residential sales, to manufacturing.
Jack is the President and CEO of Elaut USA, Inc. which operates thousands of amusement games and related attractions nationwide in major Amusement and Theme Parks, (
www.elautusa.com). Jack founded PinballSales.com in 1999 which boasts over 12,000 loyal customers.
Jersey Jack Pinball, Inc. is a separate company from Elaut USA, Inc. and it was founded because of a need that Jack saw in the industry for premium, no-compromise pinball machines. Games built with passion and games that are fun to play which will become treasured for years to come. Jersey Jack Pinball's first release will be The Wizard of Oz Emerald City Limited Edition Pinball Machine, scheduled for release within the next year.
