1991 · Data East
Star Trek
Known for Primary Crystal, Transporter, Dilithium Crystals and Scanner. Black starfield with scattered white stars, blue star-burst rays radiating from behind the title, red-floored interior room inside the central screen and pale beige and grey industrial walls and consoles.
- Year
- 1991
- Maker
- Data East
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Target
Primary Crystal
- Hole
Transporter
- insert set
Dilithium Crystals
- scoop
Scanner
- Multiball
Dilithium Multiball
- Mode
Ramp Millions
- Mode
Unlimited Millions
On the playfield
Holes 3
- Transporter
- Scanner scoop
- Left scoop scoop
Targets 3
- Primary Crystal
- Drop target banks
- Center standup targets
Post or gate 1
- Center diverter diverter
Lights 2
- Dilithium Crystals insert set
- Phazer inserts inserts
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Giant left head, fair skin, short dark hair swept back, blue collar, three-quarter view facing right
- man Giant right head, fair skin, dark bowl haircut, heavy straight brows, yellow-green eyes, red collar with yellow shoulder flashes, facing left
- man Inside central screen, standing in yellow-gold command uniform at centre
- man Inside central screen, tall figure in pale blue uniform at right
- woman Inside central screen, red top, black trousers, dark hair, at left of the group
- woman Inside central screen, mustard-yellow top with black trousers, beside the red-topped figure
Setting
- Black starfield with scattered white stars
- Blue star-burst rays radiating from behind the title
- Red-floored interior room inside the central screen
- Pale beige and grey industrial walls and consoles
Text on it
- STAR TREK
- ENERGIZE
- TRANSPORTER
- DATA EAST
How it plays
-
Modes 4
- Ramp Millions
- Unlimited Millions
- Ice Planets
- Tribble Trouble
-
Multiballs 1
- Dilithium Multiball
-
Goals 1
Other
- Transporter Jackpot
-
Awards 4
- Advance Multiplier
- Maximum Bonus
- Super Bumpers
- Big Value
Made by
- Design
- Joe Kaminkow
- Design
- Ed Cebula
- Art
- Margaret Hudson
- Art
- Kevin O'Connor
- Software
- Kristina Donofrio
- Sound & Music
- Brian Schmidt
Reference
Linked terms
- Primary Crystal also called Center Primary Crystal
- Transporter also called Transporter under the ramp
- Scanner also called Right mystery scoop
- Left scoop also called Light Crystal
- Phazer inserts also called Phasers
- Dilithium Multiball also called Transporter Multiball
- Unlimited Millions also called Million Plus
- Ice Planets also called Right Ice Planet
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- black
- white
- red
- green
- pink
Fingerprint: Giant red four-pointed star green corners ringed eight green starburst bumpers A to F, raised hexagonal tower hot pink lamps glowing green inserts top centre, six uniformed crew portrait collage around grey saucer disc, yellow-orange propeller QUADRANTS OF FOREVER upper right
The centrepiece is a giant red four-pointed star with green corners, ringed by eight green star-burst bumpers carrying the letters A, B, C, D, E and F, flanked by two blue teardrop emblems reading GAME OVER and SPECIAL. A raised hexagonal-tiled tower with four hot pink lamps and a bank of glowing lime-green inserts sits at the top centre between two tall wire ramps. The lower playfield is a painted portrait collage of six uniformed crew members in gold, blue, red and yellow, arranged around a grey saucer-section disc with a shuttle on top. A yellow-orange propeller/thruster graphic labelled QUADRANTS OF FOREVER fills the upper right, and a WELCOME ABORD CAPTAIN card sits on the right wall beside a KILL SHOT lane. Instruction legends printed in green on the red lower apron read HOLD RIGHT FLIPPER FOR INSERT INFO and START BUTTON ENTERS INITALS.
Setting
- Outer-space interior of a starbase/bridge set: black starfield scattered with white stars and green nebula bursts, backed by tan-and-gold wall panels with glowing green rectangular light banks, and ringed by yellow-outlined conduit pipes.
Symbols
- Red four-pointed star roundel with green corner accents; eight green star-burst bumpers lettered a to f; grey saucer-section disc with radial ribs; yellow-orange thruster/propeller disc; triangular delta emblems; yellow-bordered conduit pipes; white sparkle stars.
Notable shapes
- Large central red four-pointed star; octagonal/hexagonal tiled tower deck; two mirrored blue teardrop game over and special emblems; eight-pointed green star bursts; grey circular saucer-section with radial ribs; trapezoidal red apron with a printed inset card on each side.
Art motifs
- Starburst and sparkle fields, glowing green light banks, airbrushed red-to-yellow sunburst rays fanning up from the apron, metallic hull plating, tunnel and transporter framing, and radiating beam lines.
Themes
- Space
- Science fiction
- Starship interior
- Space station
- Crew
- Teleportation
- Impulse/engines
- Bridge
Text on it
- LEFT RAMP
- BILLION
- RIGHT RAMP
- TRANSPORTER
- QUADRANTS OF FOREVER
- COLLECT 1ST TO START MULTIBALL
- GENERATOR TROUGH BOWL
- 6 HITS
- PRIMARY
- CRYSTAL
- LOCKS AND ADVANCE
- GAME OVER
- SPECIAL
- SENSOR AND DAMAGE
- SAUCER CAPTURE JACKPOT
- WELCOME ABORD CAPTAIN!
- HOLD RIGHT FLIPPER FOR INSERT INFO
- START BUTTON ENTERS INITALS
- FLIPPERS CHANGE TOP LANES
- FLIPPER CHANGES INITALS FOR HIGH SCORE
- DATA EAST
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- 50¢ - 1 PLAY
- 75¢ - 2 PLAY
- $1.00 - 3 PLAY
- 3 BALLS PER GAME
- HOLD FLIPPERS FOR INSTRUCTIONS
- SEE DISPLAY FOR HIGH SCORE
- SKILL SHOT
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | No physical figures. painted artwork shows six large bust portraits of uniformed crew (a fair-haired man in gold at left, a dark-haired man in blue at right, a man in gold/yellow, a woman in red holding a small figure, a man in red, and a smaller head at right) plus several small full-body painted crew standing around the saucer disc and near the flippers. |
Full playfield view shot from directly above through the glass, with no backbox visible, showing a space-exploration themed layout on a black cabinet with chrome trim. The upper third holds two tall wire-form ramps flanking a raised, hex-tiled central tower carrying four bright pink/red lamps and a translucent bank of glowing green inserts; a printed starfield and tan/gold machinery graphics fill the back wall. The mid-playfield is dominated by a large red four-pointed star roundel edged in green, ringed by eight green star-burst targets labelled with letters A through F, with a green circular emblem at its centre. Painted artwork covers the lower half: large portrait busts of six uniformed crew figures in gold, blue, red and yellow around a grey saucer-section disc, plus small full-body figures near the flippers. Blue teardrop emblems read GAME OVER and SPECIAL, and the red triangular apron area carries the instruction legends, a manufacturer wordmark plaque and the pricing card.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- black
- blue
- yellow
- red
Fingerprint: star trek (second version) with two giant photographic-style male heads flanking filmstrip-bordered screen showing full crew group portrait; left face featuring short dark hair and blue collar; right face with severe dark bowl haircut, heavy brows and red collar with yellow shoulder tabs; yellow tilted control panel at lower right labelled energize and transporter around grid of coloured buttons; blue saucer and green swept-wing ships
Two giant photographic-style male heads flanking a filmstrip-bordered screen that shows a full crew group portrait. The left face has short dark hair and a blue collar; the right face has a severe dark bowl haircut, heavy brows and a red collar with yellow shoulder tabs. A yellow tilted panel at lower right is lettered 'ENERGIZE' and 'TRANSPORTER' around a grid of coloured buttons. A blue saucer ship dives in from the top left, opposed by a green swept-wing ship at the top right, under the angular yellow-and-red 'STAR TREK' logo.
Setting
- Black starfield with scattered white stars
- Blue star-burst rays radiating from behind the title
- Red-floored interior room inside the central screen
- Pale beige and grey industrial walls and consoles
Symbols
- Blue saucer-shaped spacecraft with domed disc
- Green swept-back winged spacecraft
- Small grey shuttle crossing mid-left
- Filmstrip sprocket border around the central screen
- Grid of coloured push-buttons on the tilted panel
- White-blue glowing console light
- Diamond-shaped platform railing at lower left
- Starburst rays behind the logo
Lettering
- Angular geometric sans-serif capitals, yellow-to-red gradient faces with blue drop shadow and white outline; smaller block capitals on the tilted panel
Themes
- Television science-fiction series
- Starship crew
- Spacecraft in flight
- Bridge monitor showing crew
- Transporter pad
Title on it
- Star trek
Text on it
- STAR TREK
- ENERGIZE
- TRANSPORTER
- DATA EAST
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Giant left head, fair skin, short dark hair swept back, blue collar, three-quarter view facing right |
| Man | Giant right head, fair skin, dark bowl haircut, heavy straight brows, yellow-green eyes, red collar with yellow shoulder flashes, facing left |
| Man | Inside central screen, standing in yellow-gold command uniform at centre |
| Man | Inside central screen, tall figure in pale blue uniform at right |
| Woman | Inside central screen, red top, black trousers, dark hair, at left of the group |
| Woman | Inside central screen, mustard-yellow top with black trousers, beside the red-topped figure |
| Man | Inside central screen, blue top, dark hair, behind the others |
| Man | Inside central screen, dark blue top, on the right edge of the group |
| Man | Lower left, orange-gold uniform top, seated at a console |
| Man | Lower left, dark uniform, standing at the far left console |
| Man | Lower centre, blue top, seated behind the glowing console |
| Man | Lower centre, gold top, standing centre of the console row |
| Man | Lower centre, pale blue top, seated to the right of the console row |
| Man | Lower right, red top, in profile reaching toward the yellow panel |
| Other | Pale grey hand/figure at mid-left holding a small device |
Painted airbrushed backglass on a black starfield speckled with white stars. At the top centre sits the title 'STAR TREK' in chunky angular sans-serif capitals, each letter shaded yellow-to-red with a bright blue drop shadow and white outline, over a blue star-burst with long radiating spikes. Upper left a large blue saucer-shaped spacecraft with a domed disc and rear fins flies in from the left edge; upper right a green swept-back bird-like ship faces left. The middle third is dominated by two enormous photographic male heads in three-quarter profile: on the left a fair-skinned man with short dark hair and a blue collar; on the right a man with a dark bowl haircut, pronounced straight eyebrows, yellow-green eyes and a red collar with yellow shoulder flashes. Between them a rounded-rectangle framed 'monitor' window with a filmstrip-style black-and-white sprocket border contains a group portrait of nine uniformed crew figures standing on a red floor inside a lit oval room. Below, a crew of five figures in blue and gold tops sits behind a glowing white-blue console, with three more figures at a console on the lower left. A tilted yellow-and-orange control panel on the lower right reads 'ENERGIZE' above a grid of buttons and 'TRANSPORTER' below.