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| Average Fun Rating: | ![[ 8 stars - Click for comments ]](stars/8stars.png) 8.1/10 (378 ratings/235 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ]
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| Manufacturer: | Stern Pinball, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois,
USA (1999-now) [Trade Name: Stern] |
| Project Date: | October, 2003 |
| Date Of Manufacture: | December, 2003 |
| Model Number: | I-0080 |
| Common Abbreviations: | LOTR |
| MPU: | Stern Whitestar (modified) |
| Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) ![[?]](/graphic/question.gif) |
| Production: | 5,100 units (approximate) |
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) |
| Theme: | Fantasy - Licensed Theme |
| Notable Features: | First game specifically developed to use an "interim" Whitestar MPU board system that has a new 16 bit sound system.
Balrog LED update available from manufacturer; later machines came with the update factory installed.
Cabinet advertised as 55 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 75 1/2 inches high; 260 lbs. |
| Toys: | Moving Balrog with built-in flashlamp, blocks center ramp at times.
Tower that "collapses" on certain scoring features.
Mini-playfield that encourages nudging. |
| Design by: | George Gomez, Keith P. Johnson, Chris Granner |
| Art by: | Jerry Vanderstelt, Kevin O'Connor, Margaret Hudson |
| Dots/Animation by: | Mark Galvez, Kurt Andersen |
| Mechanics by: | George Gomez, Ray Tanzer, John Rotharmel, Jim Novy, Wesley Chang |
| Music by: | Chris Granner |
| Sound by: | Chris Granner |
| Software by: | Keith P. Johnson, Dwight Sullivan |
| Notes: | Jerry Vanderstelt did the cabinet, backbox, and the backglass.
O'Connor and Hudson did the playfield and the plastics (the "hard parts" according to O'Connor).
The first run of machines produced reportedly totaled 4017 units, but multiple later runs produced the machine again in smaller batches. |
| Rule Sheets: |
by Larry Scott (External Site)
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| Easter Eggs: | Available at Cows and Easter Eggs (External site) |
| ROMs: | 2 MB | ZIP | Display ROMs 10.0 All Languages | |
| | 2 MB | ZIP | Display ROMs 9.0 All Languages | [Stern] |
| | 4 MB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (8.00) | |
| | 333 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (8.00) France | |
| | 333 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (8.00) Germany | |
| | 333 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (8.00) Italy | |
| | 4 MB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (8.00) Spain | |
| Documentation: | 30 MB | PDF | English Manual (complete) | [Stern Pinball, Inc.] |
| | 477 KB | PDF | Multi-Language Instruction Cards | [Stern] |
| Files: | 2 MB | AVI | Balrog Movement | [Cassidy Thomas] |
| | 2 MB | PDF | Flyer | [Stern] |
| | 501 KB | AVI | Tower | [Cassidy Thomas] |
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| Average Fun Rating: | 7.9/10 (37 ratings/21 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ]
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| Manufacturer: | Stern Pinball, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois,
USA (1999-now) [Trade Name: Stern] |
| Date Of Manufacture: | December, 2009 |
| Model Number: | I-00B4 |
| Common Abbreviations: | LOTR, LOTR-LE,LOTRLE |
| MPU: | Stern Whitestar (modified) |
| Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) |
| Production: | 500 units (approximate) |
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) |
| Theme: | Fantasy - Licensed Theme |
| Notable Features: | Cabinet advertised as 55 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 75 1/2 inches high; 260 lbs. |
| Design by: | George Gomez, Keith P. Johnson, Chris Granner |
| Art by: | Jerry Vanderstelt, Kevin O'Connor, Margaret Hudson |
| Dots/Animation by: | Mark Galvez, Kurt Andersen |
| Mechanics by: | George Gomez, Ray Tanzer, John Rotharmel, Jim Novy, Wesley Chang |
| Music by: | Chris Granner |
| Sound by: | Chris Granner |
| Software by: | Keith P. Johnson, Dwight Sullivan, Lonnie D. Ropp |
| Notes: | Limited Edition version of Stern's 2003 'The Lord of the Rings'.
Here are the factory changes that differentiate the LE version from the original version:
• The backglass is real glass (not a translite) with a mirrored gold effect.
• Extra clearcoats on playfield.
• 'Armies of Middle Earth' plastic figures were not used. Therefore, no mounting holes exist in the playfield plastics for them.
• Playfield is signed by Gary Stern and George Gomez.
• "Gold" trim. The lockdown bar, legs, hinges, and side rails are plated and polished. Gold trim around the backbox.
• Game has the option to add a Shaker Motor.
• Leg bolts and hinge bolts are brass plated.
• The speaker panel has a "500 Game Limited Edition" plate and gold painted grills.
• Certificate of Authenticity signed by Gary Stern.
This game has the option to add a Shaker Motor which had not been the case for the original LOTR game. Lonnie Ropp confirmed to us that he added the Shaker Code to the original Code and it had been 'secured' with a new PAL chip version.
MSRP when new: $6,499.00 |
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