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Stern just posted on Facebook that they are going to post information on every game they have ever made over their 30 years, starting with Laser War. Looks like some kind of pamphlet will be designed for each game, and posted in chronological order over the next few weeks/months. Pretty cool little tid-bits of information.
Quoted from extraballingtmc:pretty cool. but really cool and actually helpful if production numbers are released
Agreed. That is something that they stopped doing once they went private and became Stern. Really doesn't make any sense to me, especially when the had no competition. If nothing else, release the numbers after a set period of time. Surely there is no competitive reason not to release numbers after say, 10 years.
Quoted from DRDAVE:The really cool stuff they made was back in the late 70's early 80's. Too bad they don't consider those titles important enough to mention.
Stern Electronics was a separate company from the current one. The 30 year anniversary covers this company only, back to Data East's founding.
Quoted from dmbjunky:I guess I don't understand the hubbub over knowing production numbers. Is it for your ego, so you can say you own a rare game? Is it to hopefully raise the asking price of a game you own? It doesn't make any sense to me. I bet some of the old production numbers were just approximations.
No, it's not for ego. It's just good history to know. Production numbers for public companies were not approximations.
Quoted from dmbjunky:I think Data East provided backing money for Gary Stern's company. Is that right? And then it was sold to Sega and enventually bought out by Gary.
Correct. Different owners, same company. Gary ran the company in all iterations.
Quoted from o-din:Production numbers for many Williams games are unknown. There may have been a reason for this beyond lack of bookkeeping.
Not when Williams was a public company.
Data East and Sega production numbers are known. They were public companies and had to release these numbers.
Quoted from BangBackula:Laser War: Designed by Joe Kaminkow on Thanksgiving day 1986.
So, designed in ONE day? And it was Thanksgiving Day?
I don't know if that's more funny or sad, but either way it doesn't sound like something I'd brag about.
Probably just the general layout. And probably a good excuse to get away from the relatives.
Quoted from Classic_Stern:Yup...No love.....STERN JUNK!!!!
Different company. Already dismissed this.
Quoted from kpg:Any time I mention Ghostbusters on their Instagram page they delete the comment, that's too funny
Go back and write "Who are you going to call?".
Quoted from Classic_Stern:No I have actually had discussion with corporate about this....
So have I. They are two separate companies. The current Stern Pinball does own the IP of Stern Electronics, but they are separate companies. I believe this is where your confusion is coming from.
Stern Electronics was created out of the ashes of Chicago Coin in the late 70's, which had gone bankrupt. Gary and his father Sam, bought up the assets of Chicago Coin and created Stern Electronics, which folded in 1984.
Gary Stern created a company called Pinstar that sold Bally conversions kits. Then, in 1986, with funding from Data East, he opened a new Pinball company. This was sold to Sega for a few years, and then Gary bough the company outright in 1999 and renamed it Stern Pinball. It is this company, Data East/Sega/Stern Pinball, that is celebrating it's 30th anniversary.
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