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Creative Engineering, Inc. has been a leader in the Family Entertainment business for nearly 30 years During that time we designed and manufactured sophisticated animatronic stage shows for many amusement parks and entertainment centers around the world and co-founded Showbiz Pizza Place in 1979, which is now known as Chuck E. Cheese, Inc. Creative Engineering, Inc. is still owned and operated primarily by its founder, Aaron Fechter.
Aaron invented the highly successful arcade game, Wac-A-Mole in 1976, and sold the original prototype to a carnival operator from Gibsonton, Florida who sold it to Bob Cassada of Bob's Space Racers. Bob quickly copied the game practically without any changes, and even trademarked the name Aaron had coined. Aaron had bigger fish to fry, however and was not worried about the loss of the game and even became Bob's Space Racer's biggest customer, buying more of the Wac-A-Mole than any other customer when Showbiz Pizza Place was founded.
We also created a new concept for the Family Entertainment Industry called "Looney Bird's", an alternative to Chuck E. Cheese, and have started development of that concept worldwide.
Our latest invention is the Starlauncher, a kiosk-type system with which the guests of an entertainment operation may become stars of a TV show which plays right on the kiosk. The performances can also be part of an international karaoke contest which is broadcast on the Internet. The Starlauncher not only entertains audiences ,but also generates a revenue stream which will help pay for the system by selling videotapes to the performers.
We have been involved in many other projects of various sizes and technologies ranging from development of robotic soldiers for the U.S. Army to water removal systems for commercial roofs, but our forte continues to be developing high-tech equipment to entertain and amuse the public while developing the self-esteem of the participants.
While we continue to help our customers maintain and upgrade their animatronic shows, such as the Classic Rock-afire Explosion, we are now focusing on the development of what we believe will be our greatest success story yet, The Starlauncher.
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