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The Lord of the Rings / IPD No. 4858 / December, 2003 / 4 Players
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Manufacturer: Stern Pinball, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois,
USA (1999-now) [Trade Name: Stern]
Project Date: October, 2003
Date Of Manufacture: December, 2003
Model Number: I-0080
Common Abbreviations: LOTR
MPU: Stern Whitestar (modified)
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 5,100 units   (approximate)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Fantasy - Licensed Theme
Notable Features: First game specifically developed to use an "interim" Whitestar MPU board system that has a new 16 bit sound system.

Balrog LED update available from manufacturer; later machines came with the update factory installed.

Cabinet advertised as 55 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 75 1/2 inches high; 260 lbs.

Toys: Moving Balrog with built-in flashlamp, blocks center ramp at times.
Tower that "collapses" on certain scoring features.
Mini-playfield that encourages nudging.
Design by: George Gomez, Keith P. Johnson, Chris Granner
Art by: Jerry Vanderstelt, Kevin O'Connor, Margaret Hudson
Dots/Animation by: Mark Galvez, Kurt Andersen
Mechanics by: George Gomez, Ray Tanzer, John Rotharmel, Jim Novy, Wesley Chang
Music by: Chris Granner
Sound by: Chris Granner
Software by: Keith P. Johnson, Dwight Sullivan
Notes: Jerry Vanderstelt did the cabinet, backbox, and the backglass.

O'Connor and Hudson did the playfield and the plastics (the "hard parts" according to O'Connor).

The first run of machines produced reportedly totaled 4017 units, but multiple later runs produced the machine again in smaller batches.

Rule Sheets: by Larry Scott  (External Site)
Easter Eggs:Available at Cows and Easter Eggs  (External site)
ROMs: 2 MB ZIP Display ROMs 10.0 All Languages
  2 MB ZIP Display ROMs 9.0 All Languages [Stern]
  4 MB ZIP PinMAME Romset (8.00)
  333 KB ZIP PinMAME Romset (8.00) France
  333 KB ZIP PinMAME Romset (8.00) Germany
  333 KB ZIP PinMAME Romset (8.00) Italy
  4 MB ZIP PinMAME Romset (8.00) Spain
Documentation: 30 MB PDF English Manual (complete) [Stern Pinball, Inc.]
  477 KB PDF Multi-Language Instruction Cards [Stern]
Files: 2 MB AVI Balrog Movement [Cassidy Thomas]
  2 MB PDF Flyer [Stern]
  501 KB AVI Tower [Cassidy Thomas]
Images:
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Image # 18880: The Lord of the Rings Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield
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[Gregor Zimmerer]		 Image # 18881: The Lord of the Rings Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield
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[Gregor Zimmerer]		 Image # 19555: The Lord of the Rings German Poster
German Poster
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[Schindler Gerhard]		 Image # 20613: The Lord of the Rings Pop Bumpers
Pop Bumpers
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[Cassidy Thomas]		 Image # 20614: The Lord of the Rings Path Of The Dead
Path Of The Dead
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[Cassidy Thomas]
Image # 20615: The Lord of the Rings Right Ramp
Right Ramp
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[Cassidy Thomas]		 Image # 20616: The Lord of the Rings Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield
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[Cassidy Thomas]		 Image # 20617: The Lord of the Rings Fellowship Lights
Fellowship Lights
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[Cassidy Thomas]		 Image # 20618: The Lord of the Rings Middle Playfield
Middle Playfield
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[Cassidy Thomas]		 Image # 20619: The Lord of the Rings Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield
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[Cassidy Thomas]
Image # 20620: The Lord of the Rings Falling Tower
Falling Tower
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[Cassidy Thomas]		 Image # 20621: The Lord of the Rings Back Panel
Back Panel
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[Cassidy Thomas]		 Image # 27935: The Lord of the Rings Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front
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 		 Image # 27936: The Lord of the Rings Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back
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 		 Image # 41855: The Lord of the Rings Elevated Playfield
Elevated Playfield
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[Marco Del Ry]
Image # 41856: The Lord of the Rings Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail
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[Marco Del Ry]		 Image # 41857: The Lord of the Rings Flipper Area
Flipper Area
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[Marco Del Ry]		 Image # 41858: The Lord of the Rings Under Playfield
Under Playfield
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[Marco Del Ry]		 Image # 43184: The Lord of the Rings Backglass
Backglass
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 		 Image # 66969: The Lord of the Rings Backglass
Backglass
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 66970: The Lord of the Rings Backbox - Left
Backbox - Left
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 66971: The Lord of the Rings Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 66972: The Lord of the Rings Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 66973: The Lord of the Rings Cabinet - Full View
Cabinet - Full View
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 71482: The Lord of the Rings German Flyer - Front
German Flyer - Front
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[Hansjoerg Reiter]
Image # 71483: The Lord of the Rings German Flyer - Back
German Flyer - Back
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[Hansjoerg Reiter]		 Image # 76025: The Lord of the Rings Illuminated Front View (Photographed at an arcade.)
Illuminated Front View*
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