Also known as MON
2001 · Stern
Monopoly
Known for Free Parking ramp, Roll & Collect, Electric Company and Monopoly Multiball. Deep blue and purple radial starburst backdrop, pale green property board drawn in steep one-point perspective and a comet-like spray of money and props on the right.
- Year
- 2001
- Maker
- Stern
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Ramp
Free Parking ramp
- saucer
Roll & Collect
- Hole
Electric Company
- Multiball
Monopoly Multiball
- Wizard mode
Land Grab
On the playfield
Ramp 1
- Free Parking ramp
Holes 3
- Bank door
- Roll & Collect saucer
- Electric Company
Flipper 1
- Upper flipper extra flipper
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Cartoon gentleman, round pale face, big black moustache, black top hat, black tailcoat and trousers, white shirt, small red bow tie, black-and-white shoes, smiling, striding forward, one hand gripping a black cane with a gold crook handle, other hand holding out a white title-deed card
Setting
- Deep blue and purple radial starburst backdrop
- Pale green property board drawn in steep one-point perspective
- A comet-like spray of money and props on the right
Text on it
- MONOPOLY
- Own it all.
- Property Trading Game
- TITLE DEED
- BOARDWALK
- RENT $50
- With 1 House $100
- With 2 Houses $500
- With 3 Houses $1400
- With 4 Houses $1700
- With HOTEL $2000
- Mortgage Value $1000
- Houses cost $600 each
- Hotels, $1000, plus 4 houses
- HOUSES
- RENT
- INCOME
- PAL
- STERN
- PINBALL INC
- ©2001 HASBRO, INC. All Rights Reserved
How it plays
-
Multiballs 5
- Monopoly Multiball
- Railroad Multiball
- Breakout
- Free Parking Multiball
- Ripoff Multiball
-
Goals 1
- Free Parking Jackpot
-
Wizard modes 1
- Land Grab
Made by
- Design
- Pat Lawlor
- Art
- John Youssi
- Mechanics
- John Krutsch
- Software
- Louis Koziarz
- Software
- Greg Dunlap
- Sound & Music
- Chris Granner
- Display animation
- Kurt Andersen
Reference
Linked terms
- Bank also called Bank door
- Free Parking ramp also called Upper-flipper Free Parking shot
- Roll & Collect also called Roll & Collect saucer
- Breakout also called Corner Multiballs
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- grey
- red
- blue
- yellow
Fingerprint: Monopoly: oversized grey Monopoly board diamond at center with MONOPOLY in white on red banner, Rich Uncle Pennybags top-hatted figure standing on title with arm raised, property strips printed on board edges, bilingual Spanish/English rule text on left apron, plastic JAIL door high on right, round red 1000 BONUS insert above flippers.
The playfield's centre is a single oversized grey Monopoly board diamond with MONOPOLY in white on a red banner and the Rich Uncle Pennybags top-hatted figure standing on top of the title with one arm raised. Matching aprons and a second MONOPOLY logo repeat the name on both lower corners, flanking a printed instruction card. Bilingual Spanish/English rule text on the left apron states 3 balls, 50 points to collect $500 and Collecting $500 pays 5X MULTIPLIER. A red round insert immediately above the flippers reads 1000 BONUS, and a plastic JAIL door sits high on the right of the upper deck beside a blue-lit EXTRA BALL window.
Setting
- Stylised blue-and-white swirling sea with fish and bubbles
- Boardwalk and city frontispiece art around a giant monopoly board
- Black void beyond the cabinet rails
Symbols
- Red dice
- Stack of banknotes and wallet
- Gold coins
- Playing-card-like property strips
- Hot-air balloon art at left
- Taxi and city buildings
- Monocle
- Top hat
- Jail door graphic
- Multiplier 5x and 2x insert discs
- Red round bonus insert
Notable shapes
- The huge grey monopoly board diamond with pointed apex and clipped corners, printed property strips along all four edges; a bright round 1000 bonus disc between the flippers; rectangular cutout window at the lower right of the apron area; clear plastic tunnels at mid-left and mid-right
Art motifs
- Halftone comic colouring
- Swirling wave pattern
- Printed property deed strips forming a diamond border
- Spotlight beams on the lower playfield
Themes
- Board game property trading
- Boardwalk
- Rich uncle money motif
- Bilingual spanish/english instructions
Title on it
- Monopoly
Text on it
- MONOPOLY
- Property Trading Game from Parker Brothers
- CHANCE
- EXTRA BALL
- JAIL
- 5X
- 1000 BONUS
- PRESS & HOLD FLIPPER BUTTON FOR INFO
- 3 BALLS PER GAME
- $0.75 Per Play
- COLLECT $500
- COLLECTING $500 PAYS 5X MULTIPLIER
- MR. MONOPOLY
- ADVANCE TO MR. MONOPOLY
- 50
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Rich uncle pennybags style top-hatted, moustachioed cartoon man in black coat and white gloves, one arm raised, printed inside the centre logo above the monopoly banner |
| Man | Bald cartoon face with a monocle and moustache printed in blue at the bottom of the central diamond, below the drop-target bank |
| Man | Second bald moustachioed cartoon head printed on the lower apron between the two instruction cards |
| Other | Small top-hatted figure printed on the lower-right monopoly title card above 3 balls per game |
Full playfield of a licensed board-game-property machine, shot head-on under dim light with the glass reflecting room lamps. The lower half is dominated by a large grey diamond shaped like a Monopoly board, its four edges printed as property strips with price boxes, and the words MONOPOLY in white block letters inside a red banner across its centre, topped by a top-hatted moustachioed cartoon man in a black coat with one arm raised; beneath sit the lines Property Trading Game from Parker Brothers, CHANCE, and a small boxed card panel. Blue-and-white swirling sea with fish, a red frontispiece building, dice, a wallet of banknotes and a monocle-wearing bald face surround the diamond. Two yellow ramps run down the left and right sides under clear plastic, with five yellow-and-blue posts capped by red rubber between them. The upper third is a raised, lamp-lit deck of wires, silver ramps, a red LED matrix panel, a beige box with a printed sign, a blue-lit EXTRA BALL window, and a plastic JAIL door. Two white flippers and a round red 1000 Bonus lit insert sit above the drain, flanked by two grey PRESS & HOLD FLIPPER BUTTON FOR INFO aprons and a card reading MONOPOLY 3 BALLS PER GAME $0.75 Per Play.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- blue
- black
- green
Fingerprint: MONOPOLY black-suited white-moustached cartoon top-hatted gentleman striding across tilted property board holding title-deed card and gold-knobbed walking cane; bright red and green plastic houses, red hotel block, dice, playing suits, and money comet trail floating around; gigantic red Monopoly banner with white block letters and black drop shadow
A black-suited, white-moustached cartoon top-hatted man striding forward across a tilted property board while holding up a title-deed card and a gold-knobbed walking cane. Around him float bright red and green plastic houses, a red hotel block, dice in a blue box, playing-card suits and a comet trail of money spilling to the right. A gigantic red MONOPOLY banner with white block letters and a black drop shadow fills the top fifth of the glass, with the script slogan Own it all. tucked beneath it. The board itself is rendered as a pale green perspective grid with tiny RENT and INCOME lettering, set against a deep blue radial starburst.
Setting
- Deep blue and purple radial starburst backdrop
- Pale green property board drawn in steep one-point perspective
- A comet-like spray of money and props on the right
Symbols
- Playing-card suits: spade, heart, club, diamond
- Red and green plastic houses
- Red hotel block
- Pair of white dice
- Green and red toy cars
- Gold and green banknotes
- Silver coin
- Gold-topped walking cane
- Pawn-shop sign
- Sailing ship
- Pale chain motifs in the blue background
Lettering
- Giant white sans-serif block capitals with a heavy black drop shadow on a red banner, plus a flowing white italic script slogan
Themes
- Board game
- Property trading
- Wealth and money
- Cartoon businessman
Title on it
- Monopoly
Text on it
- MONOPOLY
- Own it all.
- Property Trading Game
- TITLE DEED
- BOARDWALK
- RENT $50
- With 1 House $100
- With 2 Houses $500
- With 3 Houses $1400
- With 4 Houses $1700
- With HOTEL $2000
- Mortgage Value $1000
- Houses cost $600 each
- Hotels, $1000, plus 4 houses
- HOUSES
- RENT
- INCOME
- PAL
- STERN
- PINBALL INC
- ©2001 HASBRO, INC. All Rights Reserved
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Cartoon gentleman, round pale face, big black moustache, black top hat, black tailcoat and trousers, white shirt, small red bow tie, black-and-white shoes, smiling, striding forward, one hand gripping a black cane with a gold crook handle, other hand holding out a white title-deed card |
A wide backglass illustration dominated by a huge red banner across the top bearing the word MONOPOLY in fat white block capitals with a black drop shadow, set inside a white keyline frame. Below and left of the banner, a cursive script slogan reads Own it all. in white. The centre of the piece is a cartoon gentleman: a smiling, round-faced, black-moustached man in a black top hat, black tailcoat, white shirt and red bow tie, striding across a pale green board seen in steep perspective, gripping a gold-topped black walking cane in one hand and holding out a white property card in the other. Around him the board is crowded with bright red and green plastic houses, a red hotel, a blue open box of white dice, a green car, a red car, a silver coin, banknotes, and playing-card suits (spade, heart, club, diamond) printed on the board squares. On the right a comet-like burst trails off into the blue background, spraying money, cards, a pawn-shop sign, a ship and small buildings. The background is a deep blue and purple radial starburst with pale chain motifs. Bottom left is a small white PAL licence logo; bottom right a red and white STERN badge. A ©2001 line is printed at bottom right.