Star Tech Journal

STAR*TECH Journsl
Jsnusry 1993
Prince's Corner
Donald B. Prince
D&RMusic
Bozeman, Montana
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Data East's has a new pinball
out. It was shown at this year's
AMOA show in Nashville.
though the money returns are
still out.
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Ooor,Sfrow
By the response given this new
Data East pinball at the AMOA
show, you could be sure Data
East had another big hit on
their hands. The line to play this
Star Wars theme pinball at
Nashville was backed up ten to
fifteen deep to get a chance to
play.
The playf ield consists of R2-D2
that shimmies, the Death Star
with it's drop target door, and
A new pinball should
last at least six t11otrths
without breaking sot11e-
thing tMajor. ..
drop target door and then send
your ball into the Death Star to
blow it up and save the universe.
The dot matrix display adds
that big screen special affects.~
This pinball is pretty much a
straight shooter on the shoot-
ing angles. The Death Star is a
hard shot because you have to
hit it straight on -with no bump-
ing of the bumpers on either
side.
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Of course there was only two of
these Star Wars Pinballs at
the AMOA show, but from the
time the floor opened to clos-
ing, the pinball was being played
steadily with a line waiting to
play.
push-button ball plunger. The
push-button ball plunger in con-
junction with the dot matrix
display becomes a gun turret as
you move the gun turret up and
down to shoot down your foe,
the Dark Side. This is pretty
challenging.
JUPOE
The jury is in with a favorable
verdict on this new pinball,
Then your goal changes to the
Death Star, knock down the
We just bought one of these
new Sci-Fi pinballs a couple,
three weeks ago and it started
strong but, went down for main-
tenance a week ago. This down-
time is a big money thief of new
videos and new pinballs. A new
pinball should last at least sixr--,
months without breaking some-
thing major and holding down
your revenues.