Stern Electronics, Inc.
Moby ID: 4041
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Stern Electronics was formed in 1977 when Sam Stern purchased a pinball and arcade game company called Chicago Coin.
Stern entered the video arcade game business in 1980 with the release of Astro Invader, which they licensed from Leijac (Konami). Berzerk, their second release and first original, became a major success. Stern produced few original arcade games, but licensed several games from foreign companies such as Konami (Scramble, Super Cobra and Pooyan) and Valadon Automation (Bagman and Super Bagman), which they manufactured and distributed in the United States.
Stern was hit hard by the great video game crash of 1983-84, and in 1985 they left the arcade game business and sold their pinball division to Data East.
In 1996, Data East sold their pinball division to Sega. In 1999, Sega decided to exit the pinball industry as well and sold their pinball division to Gary Stern, son of Sam Stern. Gary Stern reestablished Stern as a pinball company, and since that time, the company has been the sole remaining manufacturer of pinball machines in the world.
Credited on 14 Games from 1980 to 1984
| Super Bagman (1984 on Arcade) |
| Cliff Hanger (1983 on Arcade) |
| Pop Flamer (1982 on SG-1000, PlayStation 4, Arcade...) |
| Lost Tomb (1982 on PC Booter, Commodore 64, Apple II...) |
| Bagman (1982 on Arcade) |
| Frenzy (1982 on ColecoVision, Arcade, Antstream) |
| Rescue (1982 on Arcade) |
| Tazz-Mania (1982 on Arcade) |
| Tutankham (1982 on Windows, Atari 2600, ColecoVision...) |
| Armored Car (1981 on Arcade) |
| Jungler (1981 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4...) |
| The End (1980 on Arcade, Arcadia 2001) |
| Astro Invader (1980 on Arcade, Arcadia 2001) |
| Berzerk (1980 on Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Vectrex...) |
History +
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Company founded by Sam Stern.
Related Web Sites +
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Stern Electronics at Arcade Museum
Gives a list of games manufactures by Stern -
Stern's Official Site
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 4 games with Konami Corporation
- 2 games with Atari, Inc.
- 2 games with Valadon Automation
- 1 game with Taito Corporation
- 1 game with Atari Corporation
- 1 game with Coleco Industries, Inc.
- 1 game with CBS Electronics
- 1 game with GCE
- 1 game with Sears, Roebuck and Co.
- 1 game with Jaleco Ltd.
- 3 games with Chris Oberth
- 2 games with Alan McNeil
- 2 games with Gunars Licitis
- 1 game with Paul Levitz
- 1 game with Dan Hitchens
- 1 game with Karen Berger
- 1 game with Whitney Caughlan
- 1 game with Gerry Conway
- 1 game with Ross Andru
- 1 game with Roy Thomas
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