2008–2010 · Stern
Batman
Known for Joker, Scarecrow scoop, Crane and Mini-playfield. Night-time city skyline of blue-grey towers with lit windows, cloudy scratched-texture sky with flying debris specks and purple and orange light-streak speed trails across the lower third.
- Years
- 2008–2010
- Maker
- Stern
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Toy
Joker
- scoop
Scarecrow scoop
- Toy
Crane
- upper playfield
Mini-playfield
- Multiball
Joker Multiball
- Multiball
Scarecrow Multiball
- Hurry-up
Batmobile
- mini wizard mode
Bat Signal
2 games under this title
On the playfield
Toys 2
- Joker
- Crane
Extra level 1
- Mini-playfield upper playfield
Hole 1
- Scarecrow scoop scoop
Targets 4
- Commissioner Gordon targets
- Alfred
- Rachel target
- Batman targets
Lights 1
- Shot Multipliers inserts
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Chalk-white face, black-rimmed eyes, red curved smile, wild swept-back green hair, purple coat; grinning over the top of the bat logo
- man Full caped figure in dark grey ribbed armoured suit, pointed-eared cowl, clenched fists, striding forward on the right half
- woman Brunette with hair pulled back, brown jacket, peering over the hero's shoulder at top right
- man Clean-shaven dark-haired man in a pale shirt and grey tie, centre-left, looking forward
- man Dark hair, rectangular glasses, moustache, dark jacket, left of centre
- man Older grey-haired man in a dark jacket, far left, facing left
Setting
- Night-time city skyline of blue-grey towers with lit windows
- Cloudy scratched-texture sky with flying debris specks
- Purple and orange light-streak speed trails across the lower third
Text on it
- BATMAN
- TM
- TM & (C) DC COMICS (s09)
- DC
- STERN PINBALL, INC.
How it plays
-
Modes 7
- Scarecrow Attack
- Bat Mission
- Locate Joker
- Rescue Rachel
- Extricate Lau
- Impostors!
Hurry-ups
- Batmobile
-
Multiballs 3
- Joker Multiball
- Scarecrow Multiball
- Batpod Multiball
-
Goals 2
- Circle of Tasks
- Gadgets
-
Awards 1
- Mystery
-
Wizard modes 2
- Bat Signal mini wizard mode
- Gotham City
Made by
- Design
- George Gomez
- Art
- Kevin O'Connor
- Art
- Margaret Hudson
- Software
- Lyman F. Sheats Jr.
- Software
- Lonnie D. Ropp
- Sound
- Ken Hale
- Display animation
- Mark Galvez
- Display animation
- Tom Kyzivat
The cast
- Commissioner Gordon
- Bruce Wayne
- Harvey Dent
- Lucius Fox
- Scarecrow
Reference
Linked terms
- Joker also called Joker toy also called Joker target
- Scarecrow scoop also called right hole
- Crane also called Scarecrow crane
- Commissioner Gordon targets also called Gordon
- Alfred also called Alfred Pennysworth
- Rachel target also called Rachel Dawes
- Shot Multipliers also called Mini Mine Multiplier
- Batmobile also called Batmobile Hurry-Up
- Bat Signal also called Bat Signal Challenge also called Bat Signal Multiball
- Lucius Fox also called Lucius
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield Batman: The Dark Knight
- blue
- black
- purple
- yellow
Fingerprint: Large circular portrait wheel center ringed with eight oval photographic head portraits each with name plaques, crouching black-caped pointed-ear figures printed lower left and right apron wings, steep yellow-black hazard-striped ramp diagonal right side, black bat silhouette emblem cloudy panel bottom center
A big circular portrait wheel in the centre of the lower playfield, ringed with eight oval photographic head-and-shoulder portraits each with its own name plaque - ALFRED, LUCIUS FOX, HARVEY DENT, THE JOKER, GORDON, SCARECROW - like a police line-up drawn as a spinner target. Two mirrored, crouching black-caped, pointed-ear cowl figures printed on the lower left and lower right apron wings, one in a lunging pouncing pose and one crouched with fists raised. A steep yellow-and-black hazard-striped ramp cutting diagonally down the right side of the upper playfield. A black bat silhouette emblem on a purple-bordered cloudy panel at the bottom centre, directly above a round SHOOT AGAIN button.
Setting
- Rain-slick dark blue city skyline silhouettes
- Stormy cloud panel behind the bottom bat emblem
- Pale blue and silver mechanical circle behind the portrait wheel
- Dark industrial metal texture across the upper playfield
Symbols
- Black bat silhouette emblem
- Playing-card suit pips on the left upper playfield
- Round gear/cog icons surrounding the target banks
- Red diamond target inserts
- Yellow-and-black hazard chevrons
- Yellow directional arrows
- Circular gear teeth
- Score reels in white discs
- Spotlight cones
Notable shapes
- Large central circular portrait wheel with gear teeth
- Black bat emblem on a purple cloud panel
- Yellow hazard-striped diagonal ramp
- Tall clear plastic ramp lane on the left
- Two mirrored lower apron wings carrying caped figures
- Long curved chrome wire guides hugging both outer edges
Art motifs
- Rain and lightning
- Pale blue radial line work
- Purple nebula clouds
- Industrial greeble plating
Themes
- Comic book superheroes
- Vigilante
- Gothic city
- Police line-up
- Villain roster
Text on it
- RENO
- THE BATMOBILE
- THE SCARECROW
- ALFRED
- LUCIUS FOX
- HARVEY DENT
- THE JOKER
- GORDON
- SCARECROW
- SHOOT AGAIN
- HOLD EITHER FLIPPER FOR INSTANT HOLD
- Stern Pinball, Incorporated
- Elk Grove Village, Illinois, USA
- Game: Batman
- Lead Designer: George Gomez
- Artwork: Kevin O'Connor, Margaret Hudson
- Manufactured Date: 2008
- Total Production: N/A
- TM
- SCORE
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Painted black cowl with tall pointed ears and long cape, low crouching lunge, left lower apron wing |
| Man | Painted black cowl with pointed ears, cape spread, crouched with both fists raised, right lower apron wing |
| Man | Dark masked cowled head and shoulders printed just above the shoot again button between the flippers |
| Other | Several small dark cowled silhouettes and figures scattered across the upper playfield artwork |
| Man | Eight oval photographic portraits on the central wheel: clean-shaven dark-haired man, bespectacled man, fair-haired man, man in a pale cap, men in uniform, plus one white-painted grinning clown face at the bottom of the wheel |
| Woman | At least two of the oval portraits on the central wheel show women with dark hair |
| Other | A printed character head with a burlap sack and stitched mask on the right side of the wheel |
A full-length modern pinball playfield shot through glass under dark ambient light, dominated by deep blue and purple with black, yellow and white graphics. The lower half is built around a large circular medallion wheel in pale blue and silver, ringed with eight oval portrait medallions of human faces (men and women in police-style dress) each paired with a name plaque reading ALFRED, LUCIUS FOX, HARVEY DENT, THE JOKER, GORDON, SCARECROW and other partially legible names. Below the wheel sit three rectangular inserts reading RENO, THE BATMOBILE and THE SCARECROW. The upper playfield is dense with chrome wireforms, a yellow-and-black hazard-striped ramp descending to the right, glowing round pop bumpers, a grid of targets and stacked white instruction panels on the left. Two full-body black-costumed caped figures are printed on the lower left and lower right, crouched on purple-bordered panels, flanking a pair of red-and-cream flippers. Yellow arrows read HOLD EITHER FLIPPER FOR INSTANT HOLD on both lower corners. A white credit label and a white rules card sit on the apron below a black bat emblem on a cloudy sky background.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Batman: The Dark Knight
- blue
- black
- purple
- white
Fingerprint: BATMAN across brushed-steel bat emblem wings spread, grinning white-faced clown with green hair looming behind logo, caped armoured figure in dark ribbed batsuit dominating right half striding forward, four grim-faced men in suits lined up at left, black motorcycle and armoured car in lower half, night city skyline background
A grinning white-faced man with wild green hair and a wide red smile looms directly behind the steel bat logo. A full-body caped armoured figure in a dark ribbed batsuit dominates the right half, striding forward with clenched fists. A fat-tyred black motorcycle with orange jet flames and a wedge-shaped armoured car with lit headlights sit in the lower half. Four grim-faced men in suits are lined up shoulder to shoulder on the left. A brunette woman in a brown jacket looks out over the hero's shoulder at the top right.
Setting
- Night-time city skyline of blue-grey towers with lit windows
- Cloudy scratched-texture sky with flying debris specks
- Purple and orange light-streak speed trails across the lower third
Symbols
- Spread-wing bat emblem on brushed steel
- Orange jet flame trails
- Gothic city skyscrapers
- Flying debris specks
Lettering
- Bold black sans-serif block capitals, all caps, centred inside a metallic bat-wing emblem; small white sans-serif copyright line and a red boxed logo bottom right
Themes
- Superhero
- Vigilante in armour
- City at night
- Vehicles
- Villain portrait
- Ensemble character montage
Title on it
- Batman
Text on it
- BATMAN
- TM
- TM & (C) DC COMICS (s09)
- DC
- STERN PINBALL, INC.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Chalk-white face, black-rimmed eyes, red curved smile, wild swept-back green hair, purple coat; grinning over the top of the bat logo |
| Man | Full caped figure in dark grey ribbed armoured suit, pointed-eared cowl, clenched fists, striding forward on the right half |
| Woman | Brunette with hair pulled back, brown jacket, peering over the hero's shoulder at top right |
| Man | Clean-shaven dark-haired man in a pale shirt and grey tie, centre-left, looking forward |
| Man | Dark hair, rectangular glasses, moustache, dark jacket, left of centre |
| Man | Older grey-haired man in a dark jacket, far left, facing left |
| Man | Older white-haired and bearded man at far left edge, mouth open shouting |
| Vehicle | Black wedge-shaped armoured car with huge treaded tyres and glowing headlights, lower left |
| Vehicle | Black motorcycle with fat balloon front tyre, angled towards viewer, firing orange jet flames, lower centre |
Photographic-composite movie artwork on a landscape backglass. Upper left: a brushed-steel bat emblem, wings spread, with 'BATMAN' in bold black block capitals across it and a small TM below. Behind and right of the logo looms a grinning man with chalk-white face, black-rimmed eyes, red curved smile and wild swept-back green hair, in a purple coat. Right side: a caped armoured figure in a dark grey ribbed batsuit, pointed-eared cowl, fists clenched, striding forward, with a brunette woman in a brown jacket peering over his shoulder. Centre-left a row of four men in suits - one white-haired and bearded shouting, one grey-haired, one with dark hair, glasses and moustache, one clean-shaven in a pale shirt and tie. Lower left: a black wedge-shaped armoured car with huge treaded tyres and lit headlights. Lower centre: a black motorcycle with a fat balloon tyre, firing orange jet flames. Background is a night city skyline of blue-grey towers and lit windows under a cloudy, scratched-texture sky, with purple and orange speed-streak light trails across the lower third. Small print bottom right: 'TM & (C) DC COMICS (s09)', a DC logo, and a red 'STERN PINBALL, INC.' box logo.
Backglass Standard Model
- navy blue
- black
- silver
- purple
Fingerprint: BATMAN title in scalloped bat-shaped emblem, enormous grinning clown head with chalk-white face paint, smeared scarlet lips and wild green hair at top center, four male portraits ranked below including older white man, older Black man, man with moustache and glasses, younger man in sage-green shirt, full-body caped figure right in ribbed black-and-grey armored suit with pointed-eared cowl
The most memorable element is the huge grinning head of chalk-white face paint, scarlet smeared lips and wild green hair looming at top centre, dwarfing the four ordinary male portraits ranked below him. A second striking feature is the right-hand full-body armoured figure with pointed-eared cowl and raised fist, cape flaring out in a purple-black sweep, with a dark-haired woman tucked just behind his shoulder. Lower centre, a tiny bat-winged aircraft on twin columns of orange flame contrasts with the bulky four-wheeled armoured car at lower left. The title sits inside a scalloped bat-shaped emblem rather than a plain wordmark.
Setting
- Moonlit night sky with drifting grey-blue clouds
- Lit skyscraper city skyline along the left edge
- Purple-magenta glow rising from the bottom centre
- Dark city street reflections at the lower left
Symbols
- Bat-shaped title emblem with scalloped wings
- Bat motif on the armoured car fin
- Bat-winged aircraft
- Circular dc swoosh logo bottom right
- Two-column red brand block bottom right
Lettering
- Bold condensed sans-serif capitals in brushed silver with a heavy black outline, centred inside a chrome bat-shaped emblem with a scalloped wing outline; a small tm mark sits below the emblem's lower right point.
Themes
- Superhero
- Masked vigilante
- Comic book adaptation
- Night city skyline
- Armoured car
- Armed aircraft
Title on it
- Batman
Text on it
- BATMAN
- TM & © DC COMICS
- (s06)
- DC
- STERN
- PINBALL INC.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Older white man, thinning grey hair, mouth open as if shouting, dark suit, far left of the portrait row |
| Man | Older black man, close-cropped grey hair, deep-set eyes, dark jacket, second in the portrait row |
| Man | Dark-haired man with a moustache and black-rimmed glasses, dark coat over white shirt, third in the portrait row |
| Man | Younger dark-haired man with slicked-back hair, pale sage-green shirt and patterned tie, sharp jaw, frontmost of the portrait row |
| Man | Enormous grinning man with wild unkempt green hair, chalk-white face paint, black-rimmed eyes and smeared scarlet lips, head tilted forward at top centre |
| Man | Full-body caped figure in a ribbed black-and-grey armoured suit with a pointed-eared cowl, white eye slits, clenched raised gloved fist, utility belt with gold buckle, sweeping dark cape, right half of the image |
| Woman | Dark-haired woman with a centre-parted bob, brown leather jacket, standing behind the caped figure's right shoulder, top right |
| Vehicle | Low wedge-shaped armoured car with a central bat fin, tinted canopy, angular silver bodywork and fat treaded rear wheels, lower left |
| Vehicle | Small bat-winged aircraft seen head-on, twin side wings, descending with two bright orange flame plumes, lower centre |
A photographic-composite movie-poster style backglass, roughly square, dominated by dark navy blue, black, silver and glowing purple-magenta. Left third: a staggered row of four male head-and-shoulder portraits - an older white man with thinning grey hair and open mouth, an older Black man with close-cropped grey hair in a dark jacket, a dark-haired man with a moustache and black-rimmed glasses in a dark coat and white shirt, and a younger dark-haired man in a pale sage-green shirt with a patterned tie - topped by an enormous grinning head with chalk-white face paint, smeared scarlet lips, black-rimmed eyes and wild green hair. Lower left sits a low, wedge-shaped armoured car with a bat motif and exposed treaded wheels; lower centre a small bat-winged aircraft with twin orange flame jets. Right half is taken by a full-body caped figure in a ribbed black-and-grey armoured suit, cowl with pointed ears and a raised gloved fist, cape sweeping right, with a dark-haired woman in a leather jacket standing behind his shoulder. A moonlit city skyline of lit skyscrapers runs along the left background under a cloudy blue night sky. A bat-shaped emblem containing the title sits top left.