1977 · Stern Electronics
Stingray
Known for Upper saucer, Center saucer, Spinner lane and Stingray lane. Underwater sea, coral reef and kelp forest.
- Year
- 1977
- Maker
- Stern Electronics
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Hole
Upper saucer
- Hole
Center saucer
- Lane
Spinner lane
- Lane
Stingray lane
On the playfield
Holes 2
- Upper saucer
- Center saucer
Target 1
- Left drop targets
Lanes 4
- Spinner lane
- Stingray lane
- Upper right target lane
- Red rollover button rollover
Display 1
- Saucer value circle
On the backglass
Who and what
- animal Large orange flatfish with dark round spots and yellow fins, centred, facing right
- animal Big orange and blue striped fish with spiny fins at the bottom centre, facing right
- animal Orange and white striped angelfish with long trailing fins at the top left, facing right
- animal Yellow and blue striped fish at the upper right, facing left
- animal Small yellow fish with an orange head near the centre, facing left
- animal Small teal and yellow fish below centre, facing up
Setting
- Underwater sea
- Coral reef
- Kelp forest
Text on it
- FINGRAY
- BY
- STERN
- HIGH GAME
- TO DATE
- 1 UP
- 2 UP
- 3 UP
- 4 UP
- MATCH
- GAME OVER
- Tournament Game
- PLAYERS
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- 55,000
Made by
- Design
- Roger Sharpe
- Design
- Sam Stern
- Design
- Mike Kubin
Reference
Linked terms
- Upper saucer also called Top saucer
- Spinner lane also called Spinner
- 55,000 also called Get the 55
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- blue
- pink
- cream
- red
Fingerprint: Four pop bumpers tight diamond cluster each pink-white starburst cap printed 1000 most memorable, red-white-blue STINGRAY arrows inward top corners framed rainbow arcs, pin-up woman centre-right red garment dark hair, printed score ladder 10,000 to 100,000 climbing middle in arrowhead pale discs
The four pop bumpers in a tight diamond cluster, each wearing a pink-and-white starburst cap printed 1000, are the most memorable hardware. Second is the pair of red-white-blue STINGRAY arrow plastics aimed inward from the two top corners, framed by rainbow arcs. Third, the pin-up woman in the centre-right artwork with a red garment and dark hair, partly hidden behind hardware. Fourth, the printed score ladder 10,000 to 100,000 climbing the middle of the field in a stacked arrowhead of pale discs.
Setting
- Concentric rainbow arcs across the top
- Teal and cream carnival-poster painted backdrop
- Crimson and gold decorative flourishes
- Star and card-suit motifs between targets
Symbols
- Starburst 1000 pop bumper caps
- Playing-card suits
- Stars
- Inward-pointing arrows
- Concentric rainbow arcs
- 10 and 5000 point inserts
- Qr code
Notable shapes
- Inward-pointing stingray arrow plastics at the top corners, concentric rainbow arc fan across the top, a stacked arrowhead of pale score discs climbing the centre, two crescent white flipper guides forming a shallow v, and a pale grey ball-guide frame wrapping the upper field
Art motifs
- Rainbow arc fan
- Sunburst rays
- Pin-up illustration
- Poster-style scrollwork
- Chevron wings
Themes
- Carnival
- Circus poster
- Score attack
- Multiplier
- Solid-state electronics
Text on it
- STINGRAY
- 1000
- 10 X VALUE
- SHOOT AGAIN
- LITE
- EXTRA BALL
- SPECIAL
- ADVANCE BONUS
- WHEN LIT
- 5000 LIT
- 1000 WHEN LIT
- 5000 DOUBLE BONUS
- SAME PLAYER
- DOUBLE BONUS WHEN LIT
- SHOOTS AGAIN WHEN LIT
- 100,000
- 90,000
- 80,000
- 70,000
- 60,000
- 50,000
- 40,000
- 30,000
- 20,000
- 10,000
- 10
- 5000
- FLIPPER BUTTON
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- INSTRUCTIONS
- 1. Ball Kick-Out Hole Spots Lit Value.
- 2. Free Targets Open 1st Time Scores 10,000, 2nd Time Scores Special Lane & Scores 1 Replay.
- 3. Advance Bonus Rollover Button Advance Bonus to 10,000.
- 4. Extra Ball Lane Scores One Extra Ball When Lit.
- 5. Special Lane Scores One Replay When Lit.
- 6. Tilt DropTarget Ball in Play Only.
- 7. Matching Drop Targets When Lit Scores Numbers on Back Glass at End of Game Scores 1 Replay.
- 8. Maximum 1 Extra Ball Per Ball in Play.
- STERN ELECTRONICS, INC.
- CHICAGO ILLINOIS 60614
- Register PlayProtect(Stern) Info
- 1978 Stern Boltron
- QUARTER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Large pin-up style painted woman on the centre-right of the playfield, dark hair, red garment, bare arm raised toward the advance bonus and 10 x value insert column; partly obscured by pop bumpers and ball guides. |
| Other | Decorative carnival-poster flourishes and small figure vignettes painted between the pop bumpers in teal, gold and crimson. |
A solid-state electro-mechanical style pinball playfield, photographed whole under blue and magenta LED lighting, with the lower apron/cocktail deck filling the bottom third. The upper two-thirds is crowded with hardware: four round pop bumpers with pink-and-white sunburst caps printed 1000, two wire ball guides looping down from the top corners, and a scatter of star-shaped pop-bumper rings. At each top corner sits a red, white and blue arrow-shaped plastic with STINGRAY printed on it, aimed inward, set against concentric rainbow arcs in cream, teal, red and blue. A pale grey metal ball-guide frame traces both upper edges. Painted artwork beneath is a carnival-poster palette of teal, cream, crimson and gold, with a large pin-up style woman with dark hair and a red garment filling the centre-right, and card-suit and star motifs scattered between the targets. Score values 10,000 through 100,000 run up the centre in an arrowhead of pale discs, flanked by round 10 inserts and pale yellow 5000 inserts. Two flippers sit in white plastic guides with pink and blue chevron wings on the apron, and curved blue arrows read FLIPPER BUTTON on both sides. Condition is good; glass reflections wash the mid-field slightly.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- purple
- orange
- yellow
Fingerprint: Giant orange-yellow curved FINGRAY logotype fat blocky serif letters arching top, enormous orange spotted flatfish swimming across blue-purple kelp reef center, pin-up blonde gold swimsuit bottom-right arms flung wide pink spiked crown, diver bubble colored player circles lower left, coral-framed four-corner score windows labeled 1 UP to 4 UP, underwater reef flat painted style
The most memorable element is the giant orange-and-yellow curved FINGRAY logotype arched across the top in fat blocky serif letters with a black outline. Second is the huge orange spotted flatfish swimming across the centre of a blue-purple kelp reef. Third, the pin-up blonde in a gold swimsuit at the bottom-right, arms flung wide beneath a pink spiked crown next to a GAME OVER caption and a Tournament Game starburst. Fourth, the coral-framed four-corner score windows labelled 1 UP to 4 UP, with a diver in a bubble and four numbered player circles at the lower left.
Setting
- Underwater sea
- Coral reef
- Kelp forest
Symbols
- Spiked crown
- Red starburst
- Numbered circles 1-4
- Dark hexagon match housing
- Kelp fronds
- Bubbles
Lettering
- Large curved chunky serif logotype in orange and yellow with heavy black outline and white highlight; smaller cream slab-serif capitals for player labels; italic orange script for the maker credit; pale block caps for the high game line
Themes
- Underwater
- Tropical fish
- Scuba diving
- Coral reef
- Tournament
- Pin-up
Title on it
- Fingray
Text on it
- FINGRAY
- BY
- STERN
- HIGH GAME
- TO DATE
- 1 UP
- 2 UP
- 3 UP
- 4 UP
- MATCH
- GAME OVER
- Tournament Game
- PLAYERS
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | Large orange flatfish with dark round spots and yellow fins, centred, facing right |
| Animal | Big orange and blue striped fish with spiny fins at the bottom centre, facing right |
| Animal | Orange and white striped angelfish with long trailing fins at the top left, facing right |
| Animal | Yellow and blue striped fish at the upper right, facing left |
| Animal | Small yellow fish with an orange head near the centre, facing left |
| Animal | Small teal and yellow fish below centre, facing up |
| Animal | Orange spotted ray/skate at the mid-left, facing left |
| Animal | Yellow triangular stingray with spotted wing at the lower left, facing left |
| Animal | Silver-blue fish at the lower right, facing right |
| Other | Scuba diver in an orange suit, mask and air tank, swimming inside a pale blue bubble at the lower left, one arm extended |
| Woman | Blonde pin-up in a gold two-piece swimsuit at the bottom right, reclining with both arms outstretched, beside a pink and red spiked crown |
Underwater reef backglass. Deep blue and violet water with wave streaks and rising bubbles, framed by dark silhouetted kelp fronds and purple coral. Across the top a large curved chunky serif logotype in orange and yellow with black outline reads FINGRAY. Four rectangular score windows sit at the four corners, flanked by cream lettering 1 UP, 2 UP, 3 UP and 4 UP. Fish fill the water: a huge orange spotted flatfish at centre, an orange-and-blue striped fish at bottom centre, a striped angelfish top-left, yellow-and-blue and small yellow fish at right, a teal fish below centre, an orange ray mid-left, a yellow stingray bottom-left, a silver-blue fish lower right. Bottom-left, a diver in an orange suit swims inside a pale blue bubble beside four numbered circles (1, 2, 3, 4) under PLAYERS. Bottom-right, a blonde pin-up in a gold two-piece reclines beneath a pink spiked crown, beside a yellow GAME OVER caption and a red starburst reading Tournament Game.
Backglass
- blue
- green
- orange
- magenta
Fingerprint: STINGRAY title red-pink block-lettering dark drop-shadow, kneeling spear-fisher woman red-bikini snorkel-mask yellow-spear-wielding, brownish seahorse upright beside, seaweed forest yellow-green curling-fronds magenta-bulb clusters, orange-spotted fish center-composition, four player-windows black-yellow scrollwork plaque arrangement 1 UP through 4 UP, vertical red-numbered circles down left-edge, underwater reef tropical fantasy vibrant cartoon style
A large kneeling spear-fisher woman in a red bikini and snorkel mask dominating the lower right, beside a standing seahorse, is the most memorable feature. Second is the vivid seaweed forest: curling yellow-green fronds and clusters of round magenta bulb seaweed framing a large orange spotted fish at centre. Third, four player score windows each sit in a black-and-yellow scrollwork or magenta-bulb plaque labelled 1 UP to 4 UP, with a column of red numbered circles 1-2-3-4 down the left edge. Fourth, the title is a chunky red-and-pink cartoon wordmark with a heavy dark outline and white highlight.
Setting
- Underwater tropical reef
- Pale turquoise open water with white bubbles
- Dense seaweed forest
- Rocky reef ledge at the base
Symbols
- Curling seaweed fronds
- Round magenta seaweed bulbs
- White air bubbles
- Spiral shell motif
- Red numbered circles
- Seahorse
- Starfish
- Coral fan
- Angular machine blocks
Lettering
- Chunky hand-lettered cartoon capitals in red with a pink inner face, heavy dark blue-black outline and white drop-shadow highlight; small red italic sans-serif maker's logo; white block caps on black shield labels
Themes
- Undersea
- Tropical reef
- Seaweed
- Spearfishing
- Aquarium
- Tropical fish
- Sea life
Title on it
- Stingray
Text on it
- STINGRAY
- STEEN
- 1 UP
- 2 UP
- 3 UP
- 4 UP
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Large kneeling woman lower right, pale skin, black bobbed hair, red bikini top and orange-yellow bottoms, dark snorkel mask on forehead, one arm raised holding a long yellow spear, open-mouthed smile |
| Other | Brown-green seahorse standing upright to the woman's left |
| Woman | Small dark-haired swimmer mid-left in red briefs, arms outstretched swimming left, white bubble trail behind |
| Animal | Large orange fish with dark red spots and tall red-orange fins at the centre, facing right |
| Animal | Large bottom-centre fish with an orange spiny radiating body, purple-blue interior and a yellow-green head, facing right |
| Animal | Striped green-and-purple angelfish upper left facing right |
| Animal | Small yellow-orange fish with a red fin to its right, upper left-centre |
| Animal | Pale blue-green fish with orange fins upper right facing left |
| Other | Two angular orange and grey geometric block shapes side by side mid-right |
Brightly painted underwater backglass in a comic/cartoon style. A large red-and-pink title with a heavy dark blue-black drop shadow and white inner highlight sits at the top centre on a pale turquoise water background, flanked by a reef of curling yellow-green seaweed. Below the title a small red italic maker's logo is printed. Four rectangular illuminated number windows sit across the upper half, each set into a black plaque decorated with yellow scrollwork or clusters of round magenta seaweed bulbs, and each paired with a black shield-shaped label reading 1 UP, 2 UP, 3 UP or 4 UP in white; small orange pufferfish circles hang beside the first two. A vertical column of four red circles containing white numerals 1, 2, 3, 4 runs down the lower left edge. The scene is populated by fish: a striped angelfish, a small yellow fish, a large orange fish with dark red spots and fins, and small reef fish. Near the lower centre-left a small dark-haired swimmer in red briefs swims leftward trailing bubbles. On the lower right a large kneeling female figure with pale skin, a red bikini top and orange-yellow bottoms, black bobbed hair and a snorkel mask holds a long yellow spear upright, beside a brownish seahorse and a magenta coral fan. On the lower left a large orange fish with radiating spines and a yellow-green head faces right. Two orange-and-grey angular geometric shapes sit mid-right.