Who'd ever have thought that Ogres like pinball?

Stern have just announced a new machine: "Shrek".

Pat Lawlor Design, along with software and rules designers Lonnie Ropp and Mike Kyzivat, designed the game while the artwork  was done by John Youssi. Mark Galvez and Tom Kyzivat created original dot matrix display art.

The SHREK pinball machine's main feature is Donkey's mini-playfield, a small pinball playfield that sits in the upper right hand corner. It has mini-flippers that the player controls with the regular flipper buttons when the game is in 'Donkey mini-playfield' mode. The mini-playfield has ramps and targets to shoot at while an actual Donkey figurine spins in front of the mini-playfield.

Playfield design... Looking familiar?

Additional features

Additional features on the game include: figurines of five SHREK characters, including Shrek, Donkey, Puss in Boots, Princess Fiona and Gingy. A mirror sculpture of Prince Charming sits in the center of the playfield and can be struck by the pinball. Two captive pinballs spell out P-I-N-B-A-L-L when hit; and SHREK also includes plenty of exciting multi-ball action.

"SHREK pinball has great depth and is fun and easy to understand for the casual player. This is a great game for both home owners and game operators," said Gary Stern, President of Stern Pinball.

Mean and green!

The game really stands out through the use of green-coated metal parts, where we're used to see silver: Green legs, green siderails, green lockdown bar. There's alot of green in this machine.

Looking familiar?

Ok, we'll be honest with you, Shrek isn't actually a completely fresh Stern game. It's based on the playfield of last years "The Family Guy". So the game layout is the same, but with a comepletely different set of graphics and sounds. Rules will be slighly different.