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| Manufacturer: | Stern Electronics, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois,
USA (1977-1984) [Trade Name: Stern] |
| Date Of Manufacture: | March, 1979 |
| Model Number: | 110 |
| MPU: | Stern M-100 MPU |
| Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) ![[?]](/graphic/question.gif) |
| Production: | 3,757 units (confirmed) |
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) |
| Theme: | Myth and Legend |
| Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2), Slingshots (4), Standup targets (5), 5-bank drop targets (1), Spinning targets (2), Kick-out hole (1), Star rollover (1). Mini-post screw between flippers. Open-elbow inlane allows ball to pass from inlane to outlane and vice-versa. No left outlane. |
| Design by: | Mike Kubin |
| Notes: | The manufacturer's flyer highlights the mini-post between the flippers as "Stern's exclusive PLAY-MORE™ post". Although this is Stern's first flyer to mention this feature, this is their fourth game to have it.
The artist's last name "MCINERNEY" appears on the left leg of the green man on the lower playfield and also appears on the backglass as seaweed on each side of this man. We know the artist is male but otherwise have no information on him, and designer Mike Kubin did not recall who it was, telling us that, at that time, George Molentin from Advertising Posters used to do the presentations. They would go over the artwork, then George would make notes and have the changes made. It was sometime later that the designers began interfacing directly with the artists themselves.
The manufacturer's flyer shows a game playfield where the man and the octopus tentacles are green in color and the area underneath the upper ball arch is painted white. In this listing we show two sets of pictures from Early Production games where the man and tentacles are a flesh-colored tan and the area under the upper arch is unpainted. The first set of pictures shows a side-by-side comparison of two stripped playfields, one is Early Production and the other is regular production. A few Early Production playfield plastics are also pictured to show the man is flesh-colored on them. The Early Production playfield has an inspection date shown as 2-10-79 which means the playfield was populated and tested prior to Stern's published production start date for Trident of 3-15-79. The production playfield carries an inspection date of 5-10-79. The second set of Early Production game pictures shows a full game stamped with serial number 759.
Manufacturer data for Trident:
Production Start Date: 3/15/79
Production End Date: 6/20/79
Quantity produced - full games: 3757
Quantity produced - knock-down games: 262 (see LAI's 1979 'Trident')
Total Quantity Produced: 4019 |
| Photos in: |
The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981 , page 161
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
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| ROMs: | 4 KB | ZIP | Game ROMs | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] |
| | 419 KB | ZIP | Game ROMs "A" Release | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] |
| | 4 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset | |
| Documentation: | 940 KB | PDF | Instruction Cards | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] |
| | 7 MB | PDF | Manual (11 X 17 format) | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] |
| | 5 MB | PDF | Manual (undated, no schematics) | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] |
| | 7 MB | PDF | MPU Control Board Schematic (dated 9-22-77) | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] |
| | 139 KB | PDF | Playfield Parts Diagram (from a different manual than above) | |
| | 11 MB | PDF | Schematic Diagram (paginated but not split into halves) | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] |
| | 419 KB | PDF | Schematic Diagrams (paginated, pages split into halves) | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] |
| Service Bulletins: | 12 MB | PDF | Service Bulletin #11 - Bookkeeping Errors Due to Power Switch Toggling (undated) | [Stern Electronics. Inc.] |
| | 11 MB | PDF | Service Bulletin #7A - ROM Sets (October 16, 1978) | [Stern Electronics. Inc.] |
| Files: | 408 KB | PDF | Cash Box Packing List | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] |
| | 12 MB | PDF | Engineering Bulletin #9 - Momentary Coil Information Q1 to 14 & Q16 (undated) | [Stern Electronics. Inc.] |
| | 1 MB | PDF | Score Card Strips | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] |
| | 486 KB | PDF | Shipping Envelope Packing List | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] |
| | 3 MB | PDF | Stern's Games General Book (not specific to Trident but shipped with it) | [Stern Electronics, Inc.] |
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