1978 · Stern Electronics
Nugent
Known for Upper-right three-bank and Upper-right flipper. Mottled deep blue and cyan cloudy sky and patches of lighter pale blue sky.
- Year
- 1978
- Maker
- Stern Electronics
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Drop target
Upper-right three-bank
- Flipper
Upper-right flipper
On the playfield
- purple-blue
- red
- yellow
- white
- 2 flippers
- 3 pop bumpers
- 2 ramps
- 1 spinner
Drop targets 2
- Upper-right three-bank
- Left drop bank
Target 1
- Upper left standup
Flipper 1
- Upper-right flipper
Posts and gates 2
- Rubber wall wall
- Center post post
On the backglass
Who and what
- man One adult male rock guitarist, waist-up and filling the centre-right, everything on his body painted in glowing orange and tan highlights against the blue. shoulder-length wavy dark hair hangs forward over his brow and partly obscures a grimacing, open-mouthed face. he wears a white sleeveless vest, a black studded wristband on his strumming arm, a studded leather shoulder harness, and pale blue jeans. he leans forward over a sunburst-finish electric guitar with a patterned pickguard, left hand on the neck and right hand over the strings, the neck running diagonally up to the top right corner and out of frame.
Setting
- Mottled deep blue and cyan cloudy sky
- Patches of lighter pale blue sky
Text on it
- Nugent
- BY
- STERN
- 1UP
- 2UP
- 3UP
- 4P
- 191190
- 00
- PLAYERS
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- HIGH GAME
- TO DATE
- GAME
- OVER
- 40
- 30
- MATCH
- CREDITS
- 1985
- STERN ELECTRONICS CORP
- ART DIRECTOR
How it plays
-
Awards 1
- Return-lane boost
Made by
- Design
- Mike Kubin
Reference
Linked terms
- Upper-right three-bank also called Bonus X three-bank
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- purple-blue
- red
- yellow
- white
Fingerprint: nugent: Pair of shaggy-haired rock guitarists in blue jeans leaping mid-air either side of huge brown guitar-body-shaped centre panel; three pop bumpers capped with white discs bearing black five-pointed stars fringed with red-white sunburst skirts arranged as triangle at top; whole playfield drenched in purple-blue airbrushed colour with pink-yellow comic-style explosions; red script Nugent logo on cream starburst
The most memorable element is a pair of shaggy-haired rock guitarists in blue jeans leaping mid-air on either side of a huge brown guitar-body-shaped centre panel, one on the left with a white guitar and one on the right with a yellow guitar. A second standout detail is the three pop bumpers capped with white discs bearing black five-pointed stars and fringed with red-and-white sunburst skirts, arranged as a triangle at the top. The whole playfield is drenched in purple and blue airbrushed colour with pink-and-yellow comic-style explosion lettering, and the top-left red script Nugent logo sits on a cream starburst beside a Stranglehold explosion. The lower deck is dominated by a red band carrying two curved white FLIPPER BUTTON legends either side of a circular SHOOT AGAIN hole.
Setting
- Airbrushed mottled deep blue and purple sky-like backdrop
- Stylised rock stage / concert setting implied by guitars and burst lettering
- Large brown guitar-amplifier-body shape forming the central playfield panel
- Wooden cabinet sides and chrome side rails framing the playfield
Symbols
- Five-pointed black stars on pop bumper caps
- Red-and-white radial sunburst skirts
- Pink-and-yellow starburst explosion shapes
- Yellow lightning-bolt flashes
- Red spiked mallet or club shapes in the lower lanes
- Multiplication medallions reading 2 x, 5 x, 3 x
- Grey cartoon fist and knuckle at upper left
- Printed qr code on the lower right data card
Notable shapes
- Guitar-body shaped centre panel
- Triangular pop bumper arrangement
- Star-capped bumper discs
- Oval red kick-out hole in the guitar sound hole
- Arched cutout at the very bottom of the playfield above the apron
Art motifs
- Comic-book sound-effect lettering
- Starbursts and radiating speed lines
- Halftone dot shading in the blue background
- Chrome pinball hardware overpainted with matching flame and burst colours
Themes
- Rock music
- Concert
- Guitarists
- Guitar-shaped playfield
- Comic-book explosions
- Hand-to-hand combat
Title on it
- Nugent
Text on it
- Nugent
- Stranglehold
- STERN
- 1978
- 2,671 PRODUCED
- TYPE: SOLID STATE
- GAME DESIGN: MIKE KUBIN
- FOR GAMEPLAY TIPS SCAN QR CODE BELOW
- INSTRUCTIONS
- 1. Pop Bumpers Score 100
- 2. Top & Center Rollovers Score 100 and Lit Top Right and Left Lanes For 8,000
- 3. Stationary Target Scores 5,000 & Lit Return Lanes
- 4. Ball Kick-Out Hole Scores Lit Value
- 5. Upper 3 Bank Drop Targets Down Score 8,000 and Multiply Bonus By Lit Value
- 6. Every 4th Turn On Spinner Advances Bonus
- 7. Spinner Lines When Bonus Reaches 10,000
- 8. Lit Side 3 Bank Drop Target Down Scores 10,000
- 9. 2nd Time Down Lit Extra Ball Lane
- 10. 3rd Time Down Scores Special
- 11. Lit Lane Scores One Extra Ball When Lit
- 12. Lit Scores One Extra Ball Per Ball In Play
- 13. Nudgy One Replay
- SPECIAL
- 300 ADVANCE
- 300 SPECIAL
- 4000 CENTER LANE
- 10,000
- 9000
- 8000
- 7000
- 4000
- 5000
- 6000
- 3000
- 2000
- 1000
- 2 x
- 5 x
- 3 x
- 5000 LIT BONUS VALUE
- 5000 3 ADVANCE BONUS
- 500 3 ADVANCE BONUS
- 3000 3 ADVANCE
- HANG 10
- SHOOT AGAIN
- FLIPPER BUTTON
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- STERN ELECTRONICS, INC.
- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60614
- RETURN MEN
- RECEIVED
- ALL TARGETS DOWN SCORES
- KIDFATHER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Left-side guitarist, young adult male with long shaggy brown hair, open sleeveless denim vest or shirt, light blue flared jeans, white boots, leaning back mid-air with one arm raised and playing a white electric guitar, mouth open as if shouting |
| Man | Right-side guitarist, young adult male with long brown hair and beard, blue shirt and blue jeans, legs splayed as if jumping, strumming a bright yellow electric guitar with a black pickguard, head thrown back |
| Vehicle | Large stylised brown electric guitar body shape occupying the whole centre of the playfield, used as the main target/panel area with circular lamp inserts and score values |
Solid-state playfield photographed from above, still under a slightly dusty glass with visible reflections and light scratches, the metal side rails and wooden cabinet edges framing it. Artwork is a 1970s airbrushed rock-concert scene on a deep blue-to-purple mottled background. Top left carries a red script logo, Nugent, over a cream starburst, with Stranglehold in white letters on a pink-and-yellow explosion shape below it. Three large pop bumpers with red-and-white sunburst skirts and black stars on white caps form a triangle at the top. Two long-haired male guitarists in blue jeans and open shirts leap outward, left and right of a big brown guitar-shaped centre panel, each mid-strum with a yellow electric guitar. A pale blue circular blob of target lamps sits lower right, a yellow SPECIAL plaque sits left, and teal triangular bonus panels flank a red field scattered with 5000 LIT BONUS VALUE and 3000/500 3 ADVANCE BONUS legends. A white apron with INSTRUCTIONS card on the left and a Nugent STERN 1978 data card on the right runs across the bottom.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- orange
- red
- white
Fingerprint: NUGENT in enormous red brush-script yellow outline dark blue shadow across top, wild-haired guitarist glowing orange grimacing hidden by long wavy hair, studded black wristband studded leather shoulder strap, mottled deep-blue cyan cloudy sky background, four red-framed score windows descending left side each spiked black-yellow starburst reading 1UP 2UP 3UP 4P speech-bubble tail, red amplifier cabinet lower right corner MATCH window, photographic-looking airbrushed illustration
The single dominant figure is a wild-haired guitarist rendered entirely in glowing orange, his face grimacing and mostly hidden by long wavy hair, with a studded black wristband and studded leather shoulder strap. The huge red script word Nugent slashes across the top of a mottled blue sky, with the sunburst guitar neck cutting diagonally to the top right corner. Four red-framed score windows descend the left side, each fronted by a spiked black-and-yellow starburst. A red amplifier cabinet in the lower right corner carries the MATCH window and the copyright credit block.
Setting
- Mottled deep blue and cyan cloudy sky
- Patches of lighter pale blue sky
Symbols
- Spiked starburst speech-bubble badges over each score window
- Electric guitar
- Guitar amplifier cabinet
- Red rectangular score windows
- Yellow-bordered digital counter boxes
- Circular red-and-gold numbered player lamps
- Dark blue border framing the whole backglass
Lettering
- Main title in enormous red brush-script with a yellow outline and dark blue drop shadow, slightly arched; secondary text in small italic red capitals; score-area labels in pale blue-green sans-serif capitals; player badges in yellow block numerals on black inside jagged yellow-outlined starbursts.
Themes
- Rock guitarist
- Concert
- Stage lighting
- Sky background
Title on it
- Nugent
Text on it
- Nugent
- BY
- STERN
- 1UP
- 2UP
- 3UP
- 4P
- 191190
- 00
- PLAYERS
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- HIGH GAME
- TO DATE
- GAME
- OVER
- 40
- 30
- MATCH
- CREDITS
- 1985
- STERN ELECTRONICS CORP
- ART DIRECTOR
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | One adult male rock guitarist, waist-up and filling the centre-right, everything on his body painted in glowing orange and tan highlights against the blue. shoulder-length wavy dark hair hangs forward over his brow and partly obscures a grimacing, open-mouthed face. he wears a white sleeveless vest, a black studded wristband on his strumming arm, a studded leather shoulder harness, and pale blue jeans. he leans forward over a sunburst-finish electric guitar with a patterned pickguard, left hand on the neck and right hand over the strings, the neck running diagonally up to the top right corner and out of frame. |
A photographic-looking airbrushed backglass of a single long-haired male rock guitarist, rendered in hot orange and tan tones, filling the centre and right of the frame from the waist up. He has shoulder-length wavy dark hair falling over his face, a grimacing open-mouthed expression, wears a black studded wristband, a studded leather shoulder harness, a white sleeveless vest and pale blue jeans, and is strumming a decorated sunburst electric guitar whose neck runs diagonally to the upper right where its headstock leaves the frame. Behind him is a mottled deep-blue and cyan cloudy sky with lighter blue sky patches. The word Nugent is lettered across the top in enormous red brush-script with a yellow outline and dark blue shadow, with the smaller italic red capitals BY STERN to its lower right. Down the left side four red-bordered rectangular score windows are stacked in a staggered vertical column, each preceded by a black-and-yellow spiked starburst reading 1UP, 2UP, 3UP and 4P, with a speech-bubble tail pointing to the window; the top window shows lit orange digits 191190 and the lower three read 00. At lower right a red-brown guitar amplifier cabinet carries two small yellow-bordered digital windows showing 40 and 30 above a white MATCH label. Pale blue-green capital lettering on the right reads HIGH GAME TO DATE above GAME OVER.