UK Machine Record
Stars
Stern Electronics · 1978 · at 1 UK venue.
Stars is an early Stern Electronics machine built around a futuristic space theme and a collection of classic pinball objectives. The game is relatively simple by modern standards, with the emphasis placed firmly on accurate shooting and controlling the ball.
The various targets and features build towards increasingly valuable scoring opportunities, while the artwork and sound give the machine its distinctive late-1970s character.
It is a good example of how much gameplay could be created without modern software. Forget the rulesheet and concentrate on the targets; they’re your route through the game.
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Guides here are compiled against the machine’s published rules, credited to what they were built from, and dated. That makes them slow: the machines standing on the most UK floors get one first — but anyone who plays this machine can write their own.
Strategy tips written by players on PinTips , not by Silverball. Best-voted first.
With ball trapped on right flipper let flipper go for a transfer via post to left flipper to setup spinner shot. Doesn't work everywhere
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Shoot 5 star targets to increase right spinner value by 200 a star. Hit spinner all day for big points.
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Completing a single drop bank will give 2x bonus, completing the next will give 3x. Completing both after 3x bonus will award an extra ball.
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shooting the 5 stars targets on one ball lights the rotating special light for big points, usually 100k.
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You can kirk pass with the center post
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