UK Machine Record
Stern · 2013 · at 10 UK venues.
Stern's Star Trek is based on the 2009 film reboot and uses the various alien races and missions as the framework for its rules. Steve Ritchie designed the machine, which gives it the unmistakable fast, aggressive style associated with his games.
The major missions involve different shots and objectives, while the Enterprise provides the main physical feature. The game is fast enough to be intimidating at first but becomes much easier once you understand where the important shots are.
It remains a reasonably common sight in UK Stern collections. Don't chase everything. Pick a mission and make the shots required to complete it.
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Silverball guide · Star Trek
Every mode you play banks a medal, and none of them score until you start a wizard mode — where a complete set is worth far more than the same medals counted one by one. Here is how to protect the set, and the one shot that quietly locks you out of gold.
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Strategy tips written by players on PinTips , not by Silverball. Best-voted first.
Vengeance multiball: Hit the ship enough times and it'll open up. Hit it again to get a second ball. Hit ship again for multiball
Timing your shot for Warp 9.1 or 9.9 to coincide with any of the multiballs can pay off big with double scoring and big jackpots.
You can safely and consistently backhand the left spinner shot on the fly
Completing the same mode 3 times adds a permanent 2X multiplier to one of the main shots.
The better you do in each Level One mode, the more points each mode's second shot will be in Kobayahsi Maru - up to 7.5 Million per shot.
Any shot that is part of a combo scores 2x. Big for Kobayashi (max 15M), Klingon Super JP (6.5M->12.5M) and defeating Vengeance (5M->10M).
Completing the two light blue stand-up targets on the lower left of the game light Rescue.
Warp 9.1 starts double scoring for a limited time. Warp 9.9 starts double scoring for a limited time and adds a ball.
Finishing three modes in a row gives super pops (left), super ramps (right), or super spinner (bottom). It's possible to get two awards!
Klingon multiball: Complete green standups under side ramp to light locks. Lock ball in Enterprise of left saucer.
Light Black Hole by hitting all orange matter targets. Hit lit Black Hole target during multiball to add a ball.
Modes can be completed during MB, so starting a mode before cashing MB is a solid strategy (esp. for Klingon, which covers all main shots)
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Close-ups of the Star Trek playfield (Pro), with our note on what each one is showing you.
The custom-molded ship model above the playfield.
The six missions, with the Captain's Chair beneath.
The Beta Quadrant ramp, over the Starfleet deltas.
Photographs via Stern Pinball. The captions are ours.
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How Star Trek was sold to operators — Stern, 2013. The back is the feature list the manufacturer led with, which is a fair record of what the machine was meant to be famous for.
Flyer scan via the Internet Pinball Database. The artwork is Stern’s.
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