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Average Fun Rating: | 7.4/10 (26 ratings/20 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer: | Stern Electronics, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1977-1984) [Trade Name: Stern] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Of Manufacture: | March, 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Model Number: | 121 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
MPU: | Stern M-200 MPU | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Production: | 2,713 units (confirmed) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Theme: | Hunting - Safari | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Specialty: | Widebody | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable Features: | Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Star rollovers (5), 3-bank drop targets (3), Spinning targets (2), Standup targets (2), Kick-out hole (1). Actual measured weight: 239 lbs (includes legs). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Design by: | Harry Williams | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Art by: | Gerry Simkus, Doug Watson | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Software by: | Alan McNeil | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: | This was the first Widebody game from Stern, although the playfield design was much narrower than the standard Widebody pinballs of the period. The typical playfield of such a game was almost 29" wide. This was only 24". It was also the first electronic game to use 7-digit score displays. To advertise this, all four score displays simultaneously animate the numbers "1234567" during Game Over mode, followed by flashing "7777777" for three seconds, repeating it again after displaying high scores. There are no added sounds during this animation. According to an article in Amusement Review (Jan/Feb 1980, page 6), Stern was "prototyping models with both the traditional and a new plastic playfield." We have not seen the plastic playfield for this game, if any still exist. Manufacturer data for Big Game: Production Start Date: 3/24/80 Production End Date: 6/18/80 Quantity produced: 2713 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Photos in: |
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F Pinball Snapshots, pages 41-44 Pinball (Ciuffo), page 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Owners List URL: | http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/249 (External site) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ROMs: | 7 KB | ZIP | Game ROMs | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Documentation: | 332 KB | Corrections to Game Manual (March 1980) | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 MB | English Manual | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15 MB | Schematics And Wiring Diagrams (Hi-resolution) | [Stern Electronics, Inc] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Files: | 180 KB | Shipping Envelope Packing List | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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