2024 · Stern
Metallica Remastered
Known for Sparky, Grave Marker, Snake and Coffin. Blood-red flame and cloud texture filling the sky, jagged yellow lightning bolt crossing the right side, grey industrial girder / scaffolding behind the central figures and dark stone or rubble texture in the lower third.
- Year
- 2024
- Maker
- Stern
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- LCD screen
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Toy
Sparky
- Target
Grave Marker
- Toy
Snake
- Captive ball
Coffin
- Target
FUEL target bar
- insert
blue spider arrow
- Multiball
Electric Chair Multiball
- Multiball
Blackened Multiball
3 games under this title
On the playfield
Toys 2
- Sparky
- Snake
Captive ball 1
- Coffin
Magnet 1
- Grave Marker magnet
Targets 3
- Grave Marker
- FUEL target bar
- pick targets
Lane 1
- Dead End
Control 1
- Self-Destruct button
Lights 1
- blue spider arrow insert
Display 1
- Jacob's Ladder
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Far left, short dark hair with headband, stubble, black sleeveless vest, grimacing, holding a long angular electric guitar with a pointed headstock
- man Centre-left, black baseball cap, black t-shirt, mouth wide open shouting, right arm raised with clenched fist, other hand gripping a guitar neck
- skeleton Centre, corpse-like skull face with hollow black eye sockets and bared yellow teeth, tattered black leather jacket with long fringes, holding a broad sword upright in right hand, mouth open in a howl
- alien Just right of centre, figure with a bird or vulture skull mask over the face, long beak, dark cloak, skeletal hands
- man Far right, long wavy blond-brown hair, black studded leather jacket, screaming open-mouthed, playing a dark electric guitar
Setting
- Blood-red flame and cloud texture filling the sky
- Jagged yellow lightning bolt crossing the right side
- Grey industrial girder / scaffolding behind the central figures
- Dark stone or rubble texture in the lower third
Text on it
- METALLICA
- 2024 METALLICA
- Stern
- pinball
How it plays
-
Modes 8
- Crank It Up
- Fade to Black
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- 72 Seasons
- Hardwired Hurry-Up
- FUEL 2x
- Lady Justice
- Seek & Destroy
-
Multiballs 7
- Electric Chair Multiball
- Grave Marker Multiball
- Snake Multiball
- Coffin Multiball
- Frantic Multiball
- Blackened Multiball
- And Justice for All Multiball
-
Wizard modes 2
- End of the Line
- The Unforgiven
Reference
Linked terms
- Sparky also called Electric Chair
- Snake also called Snake shot
- Coffin also called Coffin captive ball
- FUEL target bar also called FUEL target also called FUEL targets
- Dead End also called Dead End Lane
- Self-Destruct also called Self-Destruct Buttons
- Electric Chair Multiball also called James
- Grave Marker Multiball also called Robert
- Snake Multiball also called Kirk
- Coffin Multiball also called Lars
- Frantic Multiball also called Frantic
- Blackened Multiball also called Blackened
- 72 Seasons also called Seasons
- Hardwired Hurry-Up also called Hardwired
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield LE
- crimson red
- purple
- gold
- black
Fingerprint: Row four grim male heads sepia band mid-playfield above arched gold-lettered name-band, pair giant pale skulls glowing green-eyes flanking lower-card windows, tall masked scarecrow looming upper-playfield over mounted human skull, four black card-windows with horror-vignette paintings (lightning-bolt window distinct), densely painted electro-mechanical style, magenta-cyan-green-blue LED wash, red-lit skull-flames bottom edges, crimson-purple-gold-black dominated palette, horror-graveyard motif
The single most memorable element is the row of four grim male heads in a sepia band across the middle of the playfield, above an arched gold-lettered name band. Second is the pair of giant pale skulls with glowing green eyes flanking the lower card windows. Third, the upper playfield's tall masked scarecrow figure looming over a mounted human skull. Fourth, the four black card windows each painted with a different horror-motif vignette, with the lightning bolt window clearly readable.
Setting
- Horror-film graveyard and laboratory motif
- Painted stone and timber textures
- Flame and wing motifs on the lower apron
- Upper playdeck with ramps, rails and a wire-frame cage
Symbols
- Playing-card suit pips (hearts, spades, clubs) scattered across the field
- Human skulls
- Feathered wings
- Lightning bolt
- Feather/quill
- Red flames
- Number and letter markers for scoring lanes
- Qr code panel on the right cabinet wall
Notable shapes
- Two giant glowing-eyed skulls symmetrically flanking the card windows
- Four tall black card windows in a row
- Arched gold name band across mid-playfield
- Wire-frame cage over the upper deck
- Circular skull medallion near the top centre
Art motifs
- Sepia horror-film portrait montage
- Aged paper and distressed print texture
- Vignette card windows
- Winged lower apron illustration
Themes
- Horror
- Graveyard
- Ghosts and skulls
- Electrical storm
- Monster laboratory
Text on it
- STEEL
- BOBBY
- JAMES
- LARS
- MINA
- 2x
- USE YOUR QR CODE
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Tall scarecrow/crow figure at top centre: stitched pale mask face with dark hollow eye sockets, wide-brimmed hat, dark coat, standing upright behind the upper assembly |
| Skeleton | Large yellowed human skull on a post at upper centre-right, full teeth visible, mounted above the upper playfield |
| Man | Four large male heads in a horizontal band across mid-playfield: leftmost in a peaked uniform cap, second scarred and grimacing, third in a flat cap, fourth in right-facing profile - all in brown/sepia flesh tones |
| Skeleton | Two oversized pale skulls with glowing green eye sockets, one at lower left and one at lower right of the card window row |
| Skeleton | Two further red-lit skull heads at the very bottom left and right, wreathed in painted flame |
| Other | Four small round portrait medallions (dark hair, monochrome) directly below the card windows, each with a name beneath |
| Creature | Painted scarecrow figure with outstretched arms inside the leftmost black card window |
A densely painted electro-mechanical-style pinball playfield shot under glass with the machine powered, so magenta, cyan, green and blue LED wash over the artwork. The layout runs from a raised upper-deck assembly at the top down to two cream/white flippers at the bottom. At the top centre a tall scarecrow-like figure with a stitched pale mask face, dark eye sockets and a broad hat stands behind a big yellowed human skull mounted on a post, flanked by glass ramps and metal rails glowing green and cyan. The middle of the field is dominated by a horizontal band of four large male heads in brown and sepia tones - a uniformed man in a peaked cap, a scarred man, a man in a flat cap and a fourth profile head - above an arched band of block lettering. Below that sit two enormous pale skulls with glowing green eyes, one on each side of the lower playfield. Between them is a row of four tall black card windows showing, left to right, a scarecrow figure with outstretched arms, a dark tower or building, a white lightning bolt, and a feather or quill. Four round portrait medallions with names sit below the cards, with two more skulls in red flame either side. The lower apron is painted with a huge grey feathered wing motif. Dominant colours are crimson red, deep purple, gold/orange and black, with green and blue LED spill.
Playfield Premium
- orange
- yellow
- black
- blue
Fingerprint: Enormous flaming skull and crossbones covering lower playfield, two separate 3D pale skulls mounted at left and right, row of five gaunt zombie heads with one in peaked cap, curved riveted metal logo plaque with bone-white lettering, four skull-labeled windows with 2022
The enormous flaming skull and crossbones covering the entire lower playfield, with two separate 3D pale skulls mounted at left and right of the central card row. Second, the row of five distinct gaunt zombie heads in a band across the middle, one wearing a dark peaked cap. Third, the curved riveted metal logo plaque with bone-white block letters over red script lettering. Fourth, the four white illustrated cards (cross, lantern, blank slab, crouching figure) in a neat horizontal row. Fifth, the four circular skull windows along the bottom edge each with a red name plate beneath reading BONES, BONES, LASS and CREW, with 2022 printed at the left.
Setting
- Dark cavernous graveyard of tombstones and skulls
- Flames across the lower playfield
- Industrial riveted metal framing
- Upper playfield of ramps, rails and wire guides
Symbols
- Skull and crossbones
- Skull and crossball
- Playing-card suits
- Stars
- Cross
- Wings
- Tombstones
- Rivets and bolts
Notable shapes
- Giant skull with crossbones spanning the full lower playfield width
- Curved riveted metal logo plaque in the centre
- Arched cage of metal rails enclosing the upper playfield
- Four white cards in a horizontal row
- Arched castle-like metal frames flanking the centre
Art motifs
- Flames
- Grinning skulls
- Gaunt zombie faces
- Bone-white lettering
- Scratched metal plates
- Smoke and haze
Themes
- Zombies
- Skulls
- Graveyard
- Horror
- Creature feature
- Flames
Title on it
- Walker
Text on it
- WALKER
- BAD
- BONES
- LASS
- CREW
- 2022
- STAY BACK
- HELL
- STINGER
- CAPITAL
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Skeleton | Huge grinning skull with crossbones rendered in orange, yellow and blue flames covering the whole lower playfield |
| Skeleton | Two large 3d pale cream sculpted skulls with black eye sockets flanking the centre card row, left and right |
| Man | Row of five large gaunt zombie male heads, grey-green rotting skin, dark hollow eyes, one wearing a dark peaked cap, above the centre logo |
| Creature | Wide red bat with spread membranous wings across the mid-upper playfield |
| Skeleton | Skull with wings emblem mounted high at the top centre of the playfield above the upper plastics |
| Other | Four white illustrated cards: a cross, a candle/lantern, a blank tombstone slab and a crouched crawling figure |
| Skeleton | Four small skull emblems, one inside each round window along the bottom band |
Full-length portrait photo of an illuminated pinball playfield shot from above through glass, with strong blue and magenta LED reflections across the left and right side rails. The lower half is dominated by a huge grinning skull-and-crossbones motif in orange, yellow and blue flames. Centre-low sits a curved, riveted metal logo plaque in three lines: a bone-white studded top line, a second line of block letters, and a red brush-script line beneath. Directly above the plaque is a row of five large male zombie heads in profile/three-quarter view, gaunt and grey-green, one in a dark peaked cap. Below the logo are four white rectangular cards printed with black illustrations (a cross, a candle or lantern, a blank tombstone slab, a crouched figure). Two big 3D pale skulls with black eye sockets sit left and right of these cards. The lowest band carries four round skull-emblazoned windows labelled with names and the year 2022. Upper playfield shows red wings, a large bat, star shapes, skull-and-crossball icons in round yellow bezels, metal ramps and wires, and a skull-and-wings emblem near the top.
Playfield Premium
- purple
- black
- red
- silver
Fingerprint: Grinning skull in dark sunglasses and hooded robe standing at top, arched red-and-white METALLICA logo across very top, MASTER OF PUPPETS text spanning upper-middle beneath top lanes, four rectangular drop-target cards with playing-card suit faces in lower center
The most memorable feature is the grinning skull in sunglasses and a dark robe standing at the top of the playfield, dwarfed by the arched METALLICA logo above it. Second, a second arched text band reading MASTER OF PUPPETS spanning the upper playfield just under the top lanes. Third, the lower centre has a row of four playing-card-faced drop targets between two oversized pale skulls, with a small letter Z emblem below them. Fourth, a pair of glossy red lips mounted at the bottom centre of the playfield between the flippers, with a yellow warning triangle decal on the opposite lower-left corner.
Setting
- Black graveyard and tattered drapery backdrop
- Burning orange-yellow glow behind the top lanes
- Stone and masonry textures across the lower playfield
- Red and purple lighting wash from the led strips
Symbols
- Skull and crossbones
- Playing-card suits on drop targets
- Letter z emblem
- Red lips
- Yellow triangular hazard warning decal
- Arrow markings on the plastics
- Round mushroom-style inserts
Notable shapes
- A pointed-arch gothic arch framing the skull figure at the top, twin curved clear-plastic ball guides sweeping down the right side, a deep oval/tombstone-shaped cutout in the centre of the playfield, and a long narrow arched tunnel on the left flank.
Art motifs
- Arched red-and-white banded logo banner
- Tattered hanging cloth
- Embers and flame
- Grimy stone texture
- Iron gate and spike motifs
Themes
- Horror
- Skulls
- Graveyard
- Occult
- Rock music
Title on it
- Metallica
Text on it
- METALLICA
- MASTER OF PUPPETS
- RULES
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Skeleton | A large grinning human skull with dark round sunglasses and a hooded robe, standing upright at the top left of the upper playfield, facing the viewer, mouth open in a wide toothy grin. |
| Skeleton | A second large pale skull on the lower right of the playfield, facing left in profile, positioned beside the right slingshot. |
| Skeleton | A third pale skull on the lower left of the playfield, facing right, positioned beside the left slingshot. |
| Other | Numerous smaller grinning skull and crossbone emblems scattered across the dark background between the ramps and inserts. |
| Other | A pair of large glossy red lips mounted at the bottom centre of the playfield between the two flippers. |
| Other | Four rectangular drop-target cards in the lower centre, each printed with a drawn playing-card suit and figure artwork on a pale face. |
A dark, densely packed solid-state playfield shot under coloured LED lighting that washes the whole surface in purple, magenta, red and blue. The art is horror-motif heavy: a grinning skull in a hooded robe and dark sunglasses stands upper-left of centre against a black backdrop, surrounded by grinning skull-and-crossbone imagery, a tombstone-like slab, tattered drapery and a burning orange-yellow glow behind the upper lane cluster. An arched red-and-white banded logo lettered METALLICA curves across the very top, and a second arched text band reading MASTER OF PUPPETS runs across the upper-middle beneath the top lanes. The upper playfield carries several vertical metal wireform ramps, a pair of red-tinted circular pop-bumper caps on the right, and a cluster of translucent blue-and-white striped ramp lanes. Four rectangular drop-target cards with drawn playing-card faces stand in a row in the lower centre, flanked by two large pale skulls. Two cream/white bat flippers sit at the bottom with red and blue plastic slingshots either side, and a small yellow-bordered triangular warning decal and a block of tiny rules text print on the lower-left apron. A pair of glossy red lips and a large letter Z badge sit at the very bottom centre. A small square blue-lit display panel occupies the lower right.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass LE
- red
- black
- gold
- green
Fingerprint: metallica: skeletal corpse of frontman with hollow eye sockets and bared yellow teeth clutching sword, flanked by four screaming band members, five separate skulls in bronze orange sea-green overlapping bank along entire bottom edge, enormous angular gold lightning-bolt lettering across blood-red flame-textured sky, drum kit with iron-cross emblem center
A skeletal corpse of a frontman with hollow black eye sockets and bared yellow teeth, clutching a sword, flanked by four other screaming band members. Five separate skulls in shades of bronze, orange and sea-green overlap in a continuous bank along the entire bottom edge. The title is spelt out in enormous angular lightning-bolt gold lettering across a blood-red, flame-textured sky. A human skull head-drum with a black iron-cross emblem on its bass drum head sits dead centre behind the golden candelabras.
Setting
- Blood-red flame and cloud texture filling the sky
- Jagged yellow lightning bolt crossing the right side
- Grey industrial girder / scaffolding behind the central figures
- Dark stone or rubble texture in the lower third
Symbols
- Rows of overlapping human skulls along the bottom
- Iron-cross / m-shaped emblem on the bass drum head
- Jagged lightning bolt
- Golden candelabra with lit candles
- Drum kit
- Electric guitars
- Sword
- Sculpted doll / ventriloquist dummy figure
- Bone piles and ribcages
- Circular pinball-machine logo bottom right
Lettering
- Very large angular spiky metal-style block capitals, gold-to-orange gradient with heavy black 3d drop shadow and a lightning flourish, arcing slightly across the top of the glass
Themes
- Heavy metal band
- Horror
- Skulls
- Guitars
- Thrash metal
- Stage performance
Title on it
- Metallica
Text on it
- METALLICA
- 2024 METALLICA
- Stern
- pinball
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Far left, short dark hair with headband, stubble, black sleeveless vest, grimacing, holding a long angular electric guitar with a pointed headstock |
| Man | Centre-left, black baseball cap, black t-shirt, mouth wide open shouting, right arm raised with clenched fist, other hand gripping a guitar neck |
| Skeleton | Centre, corpse-like skull face with hollow black eye sockets and bared yellow teeth, tattered black leather jacket with long fringes, holding a broad sword upright in right hand, mouth open in a howl |
| Alien | Just right of centre, figure with a bird or vulture skull mask over the face, long beak, dark cloak, skeletal hands |
| Man | Far right, long wavy blond-brown hair, black studded leather jacket, screaming open-mouthed, playing a dark electric guitar |
Full-coil painted backglass in a heavy black cabinet frame, dominated by a screaming red-and-yellow lightning backdrop. Across the top, huge angular block letters in gold/orange with black shading spell a nine-letter band's name, flanked by a jagged yellow bolt sweeping down the right side. Five male figures fill the middle: at left a guitarist in a black sleeveless vest and headband grimacing with a long angular electric guitar; centre-left a man in a black cap and dark t-shirt with mouth wide open, one fist punched skyward; centre a skeletal, corpse-like singer in a tattered black leather jacket, hollow eye sockets and bared yellow teeth, gripping a sword; to his right a bird-skull-masked figure; far right a long-haired guitarist in a studded black leather jacket screaming into a guitar. A drum kit with an iron-cross / M-style emblem sits centre, framed by golden candelabras, a small doll and bone piles. The whole lower edge is a bank of overlapping dark bronze, orange and sea-green skulls. Colours: red, gold/orange, black, and a sickly sea-green.
Backglass Premium
- black
- acid green
- gold
- red
Fingerprint: METALLICA in cracked stone-coloured block letters with acid-green glowing lower halves, four rotting male zombie busts with flayed green cheeks and pinprick eyes, long white-haired figure with shearling collar gripping sword pommel, gold five-pointed stars with SF monogram in top corners, small green skulls against loudspeaker cones, heavy-metal Gothic filigree frame
Four rotting, acid-green zombie portraits of the same band shoulder-to-shoulder, with flayed red cheeks, white pinprick pupils and yellow lightning-like veins under the skin. The cracked stone METALLICA logo whose lower halves glow radioactive green, backed by blood-red splatter and white lightning. Gold five-pointed stars with an SF monogram in both top corners, surrounded by small green skulls jammed against loudspeaker cones. A grinning long-white-haired figure in a shearling collar holding a sword hilt at bottom right. Gold baroque filigree scrollwork framing the whole piece along the bottom and sides.
Setting
- Flat black background
- Dark red blood-splatter cloud behind the logo
- White jagged lightning bolts
- Acid-green glow halo behind the four faces
- Gold filigree scroll border along bottom and both sides
Symbols
- Five-pointed gold star with sf monogram in each top corner
- Skulls and loudspeaker cones in the corners
- White lightning bolts
- Winged skull medallion
- Sword hilt and blade shapes
- Ornate gold scrollwork border
- Studded leather jacket studs
Lettering
- Jagged cracked stone-textured block capitals, gold outline, lower halves filled with glowing acid green, spanning the full width with a lightning-flare underline
Themes
- Heavy metal band
- Zombie horror
- Undead
- Occult
- Gothic filigree
- Lightning
Title on it
- Metallica
Text on it
- METALLICA
- © 2024 METALLICA
- Stern pinball
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Far left: adult male with shaggy black hair, rotting green skin, torn flayed left cheek showing red flesh, yellow pinprick eyes, snarling with teeth bared, wearing a black jacket, turned three-quarter right |
| Man | Second from left: adult male wearing a backwards red-and-orange baseball cap, short dark stubble beard, head tilted upward, rotting green face with flayed red cheek, one visible yellow pinprick eye, in a dark jacket |
| Man | Centre right, tallest: adult male with short spiky grey-blond hair, stubble beard, heavily decomposed green face, glowing yellow eyes, wearing a black studded leather jacket over a mesh shirt with a small skull emblem on the lapel |
| Man | Far right: adult male with long flowing white hair, wide toothy grin, rotting green skin with flayed red left cheek, wearing a cream shearling collar over a black jacket, one green-gloved hand gripping a sword pommel with a round pommel guard |
| Skeleton | Small winged human skull medallion at bottom centre, frontal, with outstretched feathered wings either side, flanked by two dark blade shapes |
| Skeleton | Cluster of small green-yellow decaying skulls in the upper left corner and mirrored cluster in the upper right corner, each group set against grey loudspeaker cones |
A wide, roughly symmetrical heavy-metal backglass on a black background, framed left, right and along the bottom by elaborate gold art-nouveau filigree scrollwork. The top half is dominated by a huge METALLICA logo in jagged, cracked stone-coloured block letters with a gold outline; the lower halves of the letters glow acid green, and behind it a dark red blood-splatter field is cut by white lightning bolts. Both upper corners carry a mirrored gold five-pointed star containing an intertwined SF monogram, flanked by small clusters of greenish decaying skulls each pressed against a grey loudspeaker cone. Across the lower two-thirds are four overlapping male bust portraits, all with rotting, acid-green glowing skin, sunken eye sockets with bright yellow pinprick pupils and torn, flayed cheeks showing red flesh beneath. Left to right: a black-haired man in a black jacket snarling with his lip pulled back; a man in a backwards red-and-orange baseball cap looking upward; a taller man with short spiky grey hair, stubble beard and a studded leather jacket; and a long white-haired man with a wide toothy grin and a cream shearling collar, one gloved hand gripping a sword pommel at the bottom right. A small winged skull medallion sits at bottom centre between two blade shapes.