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# The man who modernized pinball machines passed away.
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/the-man-who-modernized-pinball-machines-passed-away/
- Published: 2012-02-27T18:24:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:09:51.000Z
- Description: We’re sad to report that Steve Kordek, the inventor of the two-flipper pinball machine, died last Saturday at the age of 100. He will be missed. Time reports: In an interview with the New York Times, Pinball author Roger Sharpe says the two-flipper design was only part of Kordek’s revolutionary cont
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

We’re sad to report that Steve Kordek, the inventor of the two-flipper pinball machine, died last Saturday at the age of 100\. He will be missed. Time reports:

> In an interview with the New York Times, Pinball author Roger Sharpe says the two-flipper design was only part of Kordek’s revolutionary contribution: “\[Even\] more importantly he provided direct-current power to those flippers, meaning that a ball skillfully flipped from the bottom of the playfield could actually get to the top, and anywhere in between, with some semblance of accuracy.”  
>  
> And that was just for starters: Kordek went on to design over 100 different board layouts for manufacturers like Genco, Bally and Williams, selling more then 200,000 games in all. Other Kordek inventions of note: the first drop targets (a standup target that drops into the playfield when struck) and multi-ball play (multiple balls in play at once).

Our condolences go out to Kordek’s family and friends.

\[via *[Time](http://techland.time.com/2012/02/24/pinball-machine-wizard-steve-kordek-dies-at-100/?ref=killscreen.com)*\]

*\-Drew Millard*