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Flight 2000 / IPD No. 887 / August, 1980 / 4 Players

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Manufacturer:

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

Date Of Manufacture:

August, 1980

Model Number:

128

Common Abbreviations:

F2K

MPU:

Stern M-200 MPU

Type:

Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production:

6,301 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Outer Space

Specialty:

Widebody

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2), Slingshots (4), Memory drop targets (5), Standup targets (3), Kickers (2), Spinning targets (2), 3-bank drop targets (1), Captive ball walker, Dual inlanes, Mini-post between flippers. 3 or 5 ball play. Has voice.

3-ball multiball where each ball is launched through 3 separate "lift-off" stages. This takes place at the upper left of the playfield inside a unique maze-like ball lock arrangement where a captive ball walker delivers the ball to kickers to finally propel the ball to the top arch.

Design by:

Harry Williams

Art by:

Gerry Simkus, Doug Watson

Software by:

Bill Pfutzenreuter

Notes:

First talking Stern game, using the VSU-100 speech board.

There are two versions of the ball serve mechanism pictured in this listing. One game with serial number 598 shows the kicking solenoid mounted above the playfield and under the card holder. Another game with serial number 6324 shows the solenoid is mounted under the playfield. We do not yet know when in the production run this change occurred, or why.

Manufacturer data for Flight 2000:
Production Start Date: 8/15/80
Production End Date: 12/12/80
Quantity produced: 6301

Marketing Slogans:

"Stern's first talking Pinball Game is Really Taking Off!"

Photos in:

The Complete Pinball Book External Link

, pages 17 and 104
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Pinball (Ciuffo)

, pages 152, 154-155

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/887 (External site)

ROMs:

9 KB

ZIP

Game ROMs

[Stern Electronics, Inc.]

9 KB

ZIP

PinMAME Romset

Documentation:

4 MB

PDF

English Manual

[Stern Electronics]

5 MB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (paginated)

[Stern Electronics]

300 KB

PDF

VSU-100 Voice Synthesizer Module Schematic

[Stern Electronics]

Files:

3 MB

PDF

Graphic Cabinet Measurements (includes playfield and playfield glass)

[Kyle Peltier]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Flyer, Front 599x780	Flyer, Back 609x785	Backglass 700x621 [John Kirby]	Playfield 600x804 [John Kirby]	Inside Backbox 700x528 [John Kirby]
Stripped Lower Playfield 1000x670 [Kevin Wayte]	Stripped Upper Playfield 1000x670 [Kevin Wayte]	Illuminated Front View 1000x1493 [Kevin Wayte]	Backglass 1000x928 [Kevin Wayte]	Illuminated Playfield 1000x1531 [Kevin Wayte]
Playfield 1000x638 [Kevin Wayte]	Upper Right Playfield 1000x670 [Kevin Wayte]	Upper Left Playfield 1000x670 [Kevin Wayte]	Illuminated Middle Playfield 1000x764 [Kevin Wayte]	Illuminated Lower Playfield 1000x726 [Kevin Wayte]
Upper Left Playfield 1000x1318 [Kevin Wayte]	Center Right Playfield 1000x670 [Kevin Wayte]	Flipper Area 1000x670 [Kevin Wayte]	Dual Inlanes 900x1344 [Kevin Wayte]	Illuminated Pop Bumpers 1000x670 [Kevin Wayte]
Ball Lock Maze 800x1195 [Kevin Wayte]	Ball Lock Close-up 1000x670 [Kevin Wayte]	Cabinet - Right 679x750 [Vic Camp]	Backbox - Right 942x1191 [Vic Camp]	Backbox - Left 900x1218 [Vic Camp]
Cabinet - Left 755x703 [Vic Camp]	Playfield 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Vic Camp]	Cabinet - Front View 740x1356 [Vic Camp]	Backglass 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]
Cabinet - Rear View 918x1211 [Vic Camp]	Cabinet - Rear View 938x1253 [Vic Camp]	Backglass 820x745 [Vic Camp]	Ball Serve Solenoid Below Playfield* 1024x576	Ball Serve Solenoid Below Playfield* 1024x576
Ball Serve Solenoid Above Playfield* 1200x898 [Mike Long]	Under Upper Playfield* 1200x900 [Mike Long]	Under Middle Playfield* 1200x900 [Mike Long]	Under Lower Playfield* 1200x900 [Mike Long]

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