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| Manufacturer | Sega Pinball |
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| Release date | December, 1997 |
| Design | Joe Balcer, Joe Kaminkow |
| Programming | Neil Falconer, Orin Day |
| Artwork | Morgan Weistling |
| Music | Brian Schmidt |
Starship Troopers is a pinball arcade game released by Sega Pinball in 1997. And The game is based on 1997 movie of the same name. [1]
The player as a member of the mobile infantry has to free six bug-infested planets and then to capture the Brain Bug. There are different species of insects: Warriors, Plasma Bugs, Hoppers and Tankers. [2]
The game has several multiball modes [3] and very fast gameplay. [4] The playfield contains a moving Warrior Bug and a Brain Bug pop-up. [1]
Starship Troopers is available as a licensed table in The Pinball Arcade . Sega logos and a cameo by Sonic the Hedgehog in the match sequence are removed from the table because of licensing issues.
The table was also released for Stern Pinball Arcade . As in the Pinball Arcade , Sega logos and Sonic the Hedgehog cameo were removed.
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