Gomez received a degree in industrial design in the late 1970s, influenced by his interest in drawing and making things as a child. Gomez began his career in game design at Bally Midway in 1978. He worked on the team that created the
Tron video game, and headed the team that created
Spy Hunter. In 1984, after the
1983 video game crash, he left Midway to invent toys at the consulting firm Marvin Glass & Associates. Gomez is the inventor of numerous toys, including Tonka's "Splash Darts" and Galoob's "Crash-N-Bash". After Glass, Gomez worked on projects through the contract manufacturer Grand products, including the Battletech Centers and several Sega, Jaleco and Taito coin op video games of the late '80s. In 1993 he became a designer at Williams Electronics and designed several notable pinball machines including
Monster Bash and was one of the lead developers of the
Pinball 2000 system. After Williams closed their pinball division, Gomez re-joined Midway Games heading
Xbox and
PlayStation game development teams. Gomez was one of key designers of the
street basketball video game series
NBA Ballers. While at Midway he became a consultant designer to Stern Pinball; during this time he designed several games, including
The Lord of the Rings,
Batman the Dark Knight,
Playboy and
The Sopranos. In July, 2011 he joined Stern Pinball as EVP/ Chief Creative Officer, responsible for all of the company's product development efforts. He was inaugurated into the amusement industry hall of fame in 2025. ==Arcade video games==