Manufacturer Stern Design Harry Williams Production run 6,300 | Release date October, 1980 Programming Bill Pfutzenreuter | |
Artwork Gerry Simkus, Doug Watson | ||
Flight 2000 is a 1980 Stern widebody pinball machine. It was the first table by this company with speech. The theme of the game revolves around futuristic space flight.
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Description
The game has 3-ball multiball where each ball is launched through three separate 'Lift-Off' stages. This is placed at the upper left of the playfield inside a maze-like ball lock mechanism.
The playfield contains a ball capture feature in the upper left and a spinner and drop targets in the middle. Space ships heading to the stars are depicted on the backbox.
Flight 2000’s has a robotic synthesised speech sound that fits well to its space travel theme. Pinball machines with speech were still seldom in 1980. Bally, released Xenon not until a couple of months later.
The pinball machine is well received for its combination of attractive art and Harry Williams' innovative design therefore Flight 2000 sold well and is still widely recognized as one of Stern's most finest and memorable games.
Digital versions
Flight 2000 was the winner of a fan poll as the classic Stern table and therefore officially released as a licensed table on the The Pinball Arcade for several platforms.