Jaws Pinball From Stern: You’re Gonna Need A Bigger Arcade

Stern Electronics Pinball's newest release "Jaws Pinball." announces its latest release featuring one of the most iconic motion pictures in movie history. The pinball game focuses on four Jaws movies. They are combined with all new state-of-the-art technology.

Like the movie, the pinball game transports you to Amity Island a fictional town off the coast of Long Island, New York. The small fishing and beach community location for the Summer. You will feel like it's the Fourth of July Weekend.

Pinball players will have on hand: Harpoons as you are the famous Shark hunters from the movie, "Quint." "Hooper" and "Brody" to save everyone on vacation from dying. You will experience blood in the water with special effect lighting. Challenging shots at a pinball target shaped like a shark fin.

Like the movie, the pinball will include the famous, "Orca boat," the lookout tower, and the star of the show a Great White Shark! The object is just to survive. Even the pinball shooter plunger is shaped like one of the yellow fishing barrels.

Sounds from the actual movie soundtrack speak to you during play. Actor Richard Dreyfuss as well as all the hunting movie scores from the movie provided by John Williams. As well as a headboard screen with clips from the movie.

The game comes in 3 different versions Pro, Premium, and Limited Edition versions.

"Limited to 1,000 games globally, the highly collectible Limited Edition model includes a full-color mirrored backglass based on the iconic JAWS movie poster", per SternPinball.com.

According to SternPinball.com, Stern games and accessories are available now through authorized Stern Pinball distributors and dealers around the world.

Look forward to Jaws Pinball at an area arcade near you.

Some of Your Favorite Classic Rock Bands Have a Pinball Game

Pinball came out in the 1930s and right from the beginning it was labeled as trouble. Pinball was at one time, from the 1940s till 1976,s banned as illegal gambling. Arcades were all the rage in the 70s. Around here they were in every roller rink like Motor City Roller rink, to arcades like Walkers Pinball Palace and the Van Dyke Butterfly Sports center. 

My love for pinball started very young as my neighbor across the street had a game in his garage. The bells and lights drew me to the game and I was hooked. In 1976 Pinball got a big boost from the band, "The Who." Not only that but a hit song to go with it. Pinball Wizard, gave way to a pinball game based on the movie with Roger Daltrey and Elton John. The pinball game was Captain Fantastic by an American pinball company, Bally Manufacturing.

In later years, Pinball games have had their ups and downs, but like rock and roll, have never died! Many bands and artists have been immortalized forever with their own pinball game machines. Rock guitar god, "Slash," even helped to design a new Guns and Roses pinball game. The list is getting long on rock and roll-themed pins.

More Rock and roll-themed pinballs are being planned. Cheap Trick would be one of the pinball games I would like to see in the future.

Some of Your Favorite Classic Rock Bands Have a Pinball Game. Here is a list of my personal favorites.

Great fun game with an awesome playlist of AC/DC songs to keep you rocking for hours

17,000 KISS pinball games were made of the original game. Later in 2015, Stern made an updated version. If you have one of the original games hold on to it as it's going up in price now that the band is allegedly on their final tour.

With an MSRP when new: $8,999.00  Aerosmith keeps fans entertained with drum sounds, toys in the attic multi-ball, and a soundtrack of classic Aerosmith.  

Remember first playing this at the Van Dyke Sports Center in Warren, MI. Loved the old-style bells and it is a bit slow by today's standards. The artwork is so interesting with secret drawings hidden throughout the game.

This Nugent pinball I own myself. Location now is in my office at WCSX. I couldn't afford the KISS pinball and came across this game which only 2,437 were made. Thought it might be a good investment. Plus you can't beat the Motorcity Madman.