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Average Fun Rating: | 7.4/10 (19 ratings/14 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer: | Stern Electronics, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1977-1984) [Trade Name: Stern] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Of Manufacture: | August, 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Model Number: | 127 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPU: | Stern M-200 MPU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Production: | 869 units (confirmed) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Theme: | Horoscope - Astrology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), 3-bank drop targets (3), Spinning targets (3), Stand-up targets (12, one for each Zodiac sign). There are no side lane flipper feeds. Instead, there are semi-circle concave scoops feeding each flipper. Hitting one of the drops on the top left bank will stop the vari-value lights, locking in a value for each spin of the adjacent spinner and an inverse (converse) value of knocking the rest of that bank of drops down. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Design by: | Brian Poklacki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Art by: | Gerry Simkus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: | The backglass shows a tassell made of cords hanging above the girl's left knee, tied to what looks like a loose-fitting belt. The lower playfield shows this same girl without her belt and tassell, yet on some playfields the bottom end of the tassell is inexplicably suspended over her left knee without showing the cords above it. Other games show this area seemingly painted over. It appears to be a goof that was caught during production and corrected. It is unknown to us how many playfields were made of each type. The backglass carries the artist signature "JERI" which we believe was Geraldine Simkus, who worked at Advertising Posters. Manufacturer data for Star Gazer: Production Start Date: 8/26/80 Production End Date: 11/6/80 Quantity produced: 869 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marketing Slogans: |
"Thou art gazing at the brightest star of all." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Photos in: |
Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas), page 77 The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981, page 190 (shows tassel) Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owners List URL: | http://members.iquest.net/~abc123/sg.html (External site) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ROMs: | 7 KB | ZIP | Game ROMs | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 KB | ZIP | Home Rom V9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Documentation: | 2 MB | English Manual | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 MB | Schematic Diagrams (paginated) | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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