Sad to hear about Ward Pemberton.
Gilligans is a great straight forward really fun game so Ward definately had talent & it shows in this game.
That's the great thing about pinball. The machines almost last forever.
I know most of the designers thought that their pinball designs would be a hit on route for a year or three when the games were first released till the next big popular game came out but these pinball machines still live on some 10, 20 and up to 50 plus years later in people's homes still giving people a lot of enjoyment which I am sure a lot of these designers are totally surprised about.