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Big Game / IPD No. 249 / March, 1980 / 4 Players
 
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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 SnapshotsExternal Link, 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 PDF Corrections to Game Manual (March 1980) [Stern Electronics, Inc.]
  2 MB PDF English Manual [Stern Electronics, Inc.]
  15 MB PDF Schematics And Wiring Diagrams (Hi-resolution) [Stern Electronics, Inc]
Files: 180 KB PDF Shipping Envelope Packing List [Stern Electronics, Inc.]
Images:
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Image # 6832: Big Game Backglass
Backglass

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Image # 6841: Big Game Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front

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Image # 6842: Big Game Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back

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Image # 6843: Big Game Playfield
Playfield

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Image # 8947: Big Game Full View
Full View

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[Pascal Villedieu]
Image # 11168: Big Game Flyer, Page 3
Flyer, Page 3

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Image # 11169: Big Game Flyer, Page 2
Flyer, Page 2

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Image # 12940: Big Game Lit Backglass
Lit Backglass

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[Pascal Villedieu]
Image # 14136: Big Game Front
Front

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Image # 20030: Big Game Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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[Darryl Macon]
Image # 20031: Big Game Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield

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[Darryl Macon]
Image # 20032: Big Game Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left

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[Darryl Macon]
Image # 20033: Big Game Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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[Darryl Macon]
Image # 20034: Big Game Front
Front

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[Darryl Macon]
Image # 33513: Big Game Backglass - Reverse
Backglass - Reverse

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[John Gray]
Image # 33514: Big Game Instruction Card
Instruction Card

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[John Gray]
Image # 33515: Big Game Under Playfield
Under Playfield

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[John Gray]
Image # 33516: Big Game Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet

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[John Gray]
Image # 33517: Big Game Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[John Gray]
 

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