Star Wars (1992 pinball)

Star Wars

Manufacturer	Data East
Release date	December 1992
System	DataEast/Sega Version 3
Design	John Borg
Programming	Neil Falconer, Lonnie D. Ropp
Artwork	Markus Rothkranz
Music	Brian L. Schmidt
Sound	Brian L. Schmidt
Production run	10,400 units

Star Wars is a 1992 pinball machine released by Data East. It is based on the Star Wars original trilogy of films. ^{[1] [2]}

Design and layout

With a production run of 10,400 machines this was Data East's most successful pinball game. It features the voice of Darth Vader, a video mode, and a rotating silver globe representing the Death Star. ^[3] On the left, above the 4 pop bumpers, is R2-D2 who can rotate and move up and down.

In a brief review CVG rated the machine at 89%. ^[4]

A semi-official update, tweaking and refining the gameplay rules was released 20 years later. ^[5]

References

1. Electronic Games 1993-01. Decker Publications. January 1993. p. 16.
2. Amiga Joker (1993-02)(Joker Verlag)(DE). February 1993. p. 122.
3. Shalhoub, Michael (2012). The pinball compendium: 1982 to present (2nd revised ed.). Atglen, Pa: Schiffer Publishing. pp. 149–150. ISBN   978-0-7643-4107-6.
4. Keen, Steve (December 1992). "CVG - Arcade Action! [p.98-99]" (PDF). retrocdn.net. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
5. "STAR WARS Unofficial v.1.07". www.pinballcode.com. Archived from the original on May 12, 2023.

External links

• IPDB entry for Star Wars.