{"id":39356,"date":"2026-02-17T20:22:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=39356"},"modified":"2026-02-17T21:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:15:16","slug":"melvin-joins-american-pinball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2026\/02\/17\/melvin-joins-american-pinball\/","title":{"rendered":"MELVIN JOINS AMERICAN PINBALL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two of our recent news stories have come together with the announcement that Melvin Brouwer-Williams is to join American Pinball<\/a> as their Creative Director.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Melvin Brouwer-Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Melvin recently announced his split with Dutch Pinball<\/a> and their Dutch Pinball Exclusive project to make short runs of collectable titles which began (and ended) with Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time of the split, Melvin was completing Dutch Pinball Exclusive’s planned second title, Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland<\/a><\/em>, based on the John Popadiuk design which was going to be Deeproot Pinball’s launch title.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The split with Dutch Pinball left Melvin without a manufacturing partner for his game, but he said he hoped to find a manufacturer in the US who could make it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

American Pinball’s new owner, J. Bryan Vincent, said he was looking to make a series of seven Williams\/Bally remakes in conjunction with Planetary Pinball Supply<\/a>. Now, with Melvin in charge of game designs, it makes sense for American Pinball to also build the Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland<\/em> game using American’s facilities in Palatine, even if they are not released under the American Pinball brand, thereby avoiding any US import tariffs which a Dutch Pinball Exclusive build might have attracted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s how American Pinball’s owner, J. Bryan Vincent announced Melvin’s appointment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today I am excited to announce that Melvin Brouwer-Williams will be joining American Pinball as Creative Director.

Melvin will be leading the design team and creative vision of American Pinball going forward. He has significant experience leading collaborative teams and designing games, including Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland.

Melvin brings not only a wealth of experience, but a plethora of fresh ideas and vision. He will no doubt be instrumental in helping American Pinball create some amazing games for you all to enjoy.

With that said, we like to welcome Melvin to the American pinball family!<\/td><\/tr>
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We’ll bring you more news of this new appointment just as soon as we get it, right here at Pinball News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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