Quoted from koji:
no question that the classic Bally h/w was originally not properly licensed.. honestly, a stroke of genius on Stern's part. Calculated risk/reward

Its pretty well known that Sterns MPU100 boards are direct rips of the Bally boards. As mentioned, Stern had to pay a fee per game made to Bally as part of a settlement. Hey - that might have been cheaper than designing their own boards.

Then Data East (aka Stern part 2) doubled down and copied Williams Sys11 boards design for DE games. Lol!

#18 1 year ago

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Lol - look behind the interviewer.

Either bad placement for Stern or a master troll.

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#22 1 year ago

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Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
Really bizarre when you realize most of early pinball was a tight group of the good ol’ boys.

And the Mafia.

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