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Lightning / IPD No. 1441 / March, 1981 / 4 Players

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Manufacturer:

Stern Electronics, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois,
USA (1977-1984) [Trade Name: Stern]

Date Of Manufacture:

March, 1981

Model Number:

126

MPU:

Stern M-200 MPU

Type:

Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production:

2,350 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site)

Theme:

Fantasy - Norse God of Lightning

Notable Features:

Flippers (4), Slingshots (4), Standup targets (9), 3-bank drop targets (3), Kick-out holes (2), Spinning target (1), Rollunder (1), Horseshoe lane. Has speech. Split-level playfield with 2 ramps. 2 and 3 ball multi-ball. Up to 4x all playfield values after achieving multi-ball. Has a timed ball when a certain score is reached. No pop bumpers. A one-way gate at the top of each ramp prevents balls in upper playfield from draining back down the ramps. Digital display on playfield counts down bonus time and alternately displays bonus earned (up to 99,000 points).

Design by:

Joe Joos Jr.

Art by:

W. Schmidt

Mechanics by:

Joe Joos Jr.

Notes:

The artist's signature can be seen in the light blue area above the right flipper on the upper playfield. Reportedly, it appears on the backglass in the black area to the left of the 4th player display.

The English manual for this game was erroneously published with the playfield wiring schematic for Stern's 1981 'Freefall' instead of the one for this game. The correct one was stapled to the cabinet in one game, and we have modified our Schematics File to show it.

Manufacturer data for Lightning:
Production Start Date: 3/31/81
Production End Date: 7/17/81
Quantity produced: 2350

Photos in:

Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R
Pinball The Lure of the Silverball, page 87
Pinball (Ciuffo)

, page 124

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/1441 (External site)

Additional Media:

Example of Play (at YouTube) [06:54] (External site)

ROMs:

11 KB

ZIP

Game ROMs

[Stern Electronics, Inc.]

11 KB

ZIP

PinMAME Romset

Documentation:

6 MB

PDF

English Manual (no schematics except flipper wiring)

[Stern Electronics, Inc.]

8 MB

PDF

German Manual

[Stern Electronics, Inc.]

171 KB

PDF

Playfield Parts Diagram

8 MB

PDF

Schematics (With Correct Playfield Wiring)

[Stern Electronics, Inc.]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Front View 841x1247 [David O'Neil]	Left side 880x1224 [David O'Neil]	Playfield 960x1280 [David O'Neil]	Flyer, Front 606x784	Flyer, Back 605x782
Promotional Photo 570x707	Press Release, Page 1 608x792	Press Release, Page 2 608x792	Coin Door 337x360 [Bob Graham]	Behind Backglass 360x256 [Bob Graham]
Inside Cabinet 360x270 [Bob Graham]	Blank Upper Playfield 1024x553 [Holger Exner]	Blank Lower Playfield 1024x1417 [Holger Exner]	Inside Backbox 1024x685 [Holger Exner]	Illuminated Playfield 1024x685 [Holger Exner]
Illuminated Upper Playfield 1024x685 [Holger Exner]	Illuminated Lower Playfield 1024x685 [Holger Exner]	Card Holder 1024x685 [Holger Exner]	Playfield - Detail 1024x685 [Holger Exner]	Illuminated Oblique View 1024x685 [Holger Exner]
Front* 939x685 [Holger Exner]	Backglass 1024x918 [Jim Palson]	Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Jim Palson]	Cabinet - Left 1024x768 [Jim Palson]	Cabinet - Right 1024x768 [Jim Palson]
Backbox - Left 804x1364 [Jim Palson]	Backbox - Right 1024x1365 [Jim Palson]	Behind Backglass 948x768 [Jim Palson]	Upper Playfield* 1200x900	Illuminated Backglass 1200x1063 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Backbox - Right 748x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Right 1200x503 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front 1200x853 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front View 729x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Inside Backbox* 1200x674 [Jasper van Eeden]
SB-300 Sound Card* 674x1200 [Jasper van Eeden]	VSU-100 Speech Card* 674x1200 [Jasper van Eeden]

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