Big Game (Stern 1980)

Big Game / IPD No. 249 / March, 1980 / 4 Players

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

Model Number: 121

MPU: Stern M-200 MPU

Type: Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production: 2,713 units (confirmed)

Theme: Hunting - Safari

Specialty: Widebody

Notable Features:

Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (3), 3-bank drop targets (3), Rollunder spinners (2), Kick-out hole (1).

Design by: Harry Williams

Art by: Gerry Simkus, Doug Watson

Notes:

This was the first Widebody game from Stern, although the playfield design was much narrower than the standardWidebody 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.