| Stargate / IPD No. 2847 / March, 1995 / 4 Players | [ Submit Changes ] |
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Unusual Multiballs: player starts with only 2 balls. They must then hit a jackpot to release an additional ball. In some modes this can be repeated and player can hit another jackpot to release one more ball, for a total of 4 balls.
This game also features two "Horus" targets. These are basically the reverse of drop targets: they are targets that rather of dropping down into the playfield when hit, instead rise up into the air! Each target is attached to a large "Horus" structure, which is itself attached to a pivot that the game can raise and lower. These Horus drop down to block the player from reaching two key shots. The game occasionally raises them, allowing the player to temporarily make the shots.
Pictured in this listing is a prototype whitewood that was never made, having a small mini-playfield recessed below the main playfield. The following information was provided to us by the owner to accompany the pictures:
• Various parts from Rescue 911 and Street Fighter II appear in this prototype, in addition to various parts that don't appear to be present in any other games, such as the right wire form ramp and the middle vacuum-formed ramp.
• The lower playfield only has a ball kicker to launch a ball held captive on the lower playfield. No flipper is present.
• The playfield inserts have hand-written labels similar to those found on the production version of Stargate.
• The game does not have ROMs. I installed standard Stargate ROMs temporarily to try to get the boards to boot.
The cabinet body is blank, and is painted blue. The head is from a Street Fighter II. The front of the cabinet has a handwritten note "Special spottings for legs" with arrows pointing to the bolt holes for the legs.
• The transformer panel does not have fuse labels. There is a sticker on the panel which reads "Bottom Panel Tester #2".
• The aux sound card is unfinished, and it is unable to be connected to the main sound card in its current state.
• There is an oddity with the shooter lane in that the cabinet hole is not correct for a launch button like on mario brothers, but the auto-shooter is in the way so the playfield can't accommodate a standard shooter rod.
• The rear edge of the playfield has some notes written on it, which reads "1st #742 whitewood never made #5 & 6 Plates 10-21-94 (RT)". I'm assuming that is supposed to be Ray Tanzer's initials at the end.
The Pinball Compendium 1982 to Present
, page 196Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
Pinball Snapshots
, page 60(click to zoom)
