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Star Trek: The Next Generation / IPD No. 2357 / November, 1993 / 4 Players   [ Submit Changes ]
Average Fun Rating:	8.3/10  (520 ratings/325 comments)        [ Add Your Rating! ]
Manufacturer:	Williams Electronics Games, Incorporated, a subsidiary of WMS Ind., Incorporated (1985-1999) [Trade Name: Williams]
Model Number:	50023
Common Abbreviations:	STTNG, ST:TNG, STNG
MPU:	Williams WPC (DCS)
Type:	Solid State Electronic (SS)
Production:	11,728 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:	View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme:	Licensed Theme - Outer Space
Specialty:	Widebody
Notable Features:	Flippers (3), Pop bumpers (3), Ramps (3), 3-bank standup targets (2), Spinning target (1), Cellar holes (4, with one blocked by a drop target), Left outlane kickback. Catapult used for autoplunger (ball is launched through a spiral habitrail). 2-, 3-, 4-, or 6-ball multiball. Unlimited buy-in balls per player (operator option). There are three cellar holes in the upper half of the playfield. They lead to three VUKs below the playfield that will kick the ball up to the left habitrail or to either of the two cannons on top of the slingshots. To reduce the time it would take for a ball to fall into a cellar hole, roll down under the playfield to a VUK, and resurface back into play, a patented below-the-playfield multiple ball delivery system was developed. In this system, other balls are already positioned below the playfield, one in each of the three VUKs. As soon as the playfield ball falls into a cellar hole, the corresponding VUK kicks its ball into play. The playfield ball then rolls down to remain in the newly-vacated VUK. Game play is continuous, and time has been saved. Patent #5,350,174 [BELOW THE PLAYFIELD BALL DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR A PINBALL GAME] filed October 28, 1993. Granted September 27, 1994 to Ritchie et al. Assignee is Williams Electronic Games, Inc.
Toys:	Two ball-firing cannons are on top of the slingshot bumpers. The Borg ship fires the locked ball at the flippers at the start of multiball.
Concept by:	Steve Ritchie
Design by:	Steve Ritchie, Dwight Sullivan, Greg Freres
Art by:	Greg Freres
Dots/Animation by:	Scott Slomiany, Eugene Geer
Mechanics by:	Carl Biagi
Music by:	Dan Forden
Sound by:	Dan Forden
Software by:	Dwight Sullivan, Matt Coriale
Notes:	This game was part of Williams/Midway's "SuperPin" line of widebody games. Artist Greg Freres said at Chicago Expo 2017 that examples of this game may have plastics with the word "shields" misspelled as "sheilds". We do not know where on the game this mistake would be found and have no picture examples of it. An earlier example of a game with two spiral habitrails is Chicago Vending Company's 1934 'Three Point'.
Marketing Slogans:	"It's Pinball at Warp Factor 9" "Galaxy Class Pinball from Williams"
Photos in:	Popular Mechanics December 1994, pp. 63-5,123. The Complete Pinball Book, pages 112 and 162 The Pinball Compendium 1982 to Present, page 181 Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
Rule Sheets:	Star Trek: The Next Generation Rulesheet Version 1.D (Sep/12/1994), by Cameron S   Star Trek: The Next Generation Strategy Guide, by PAPA   Paul Fernquists's discussion of 'The Picard Maneuver' (aka The Lyman Maneuver)
Easter Eggs:	Available at Cows and Easter Eggs  (External site)
Additional Media:	Promotional Video (at YouTube)  (External site)
Easter Eggs:	Link  (External site)
ROMs:	397 KB	ZIP	Game ROM L-7	[Williams Electronic Games]
	374 KB	ZIP	Game ROM LG-7	[Williams Electronic Games]
	371 KB	ZIP	Game ROM LX-1	[Williams Electronic Games]
	372 KB	ZIP	Game ROM LX-2	[Williams Electronic Games]
	326 KB	ZIP	Game ROM LX-5	[Williams Electronic Games]
	4 MB	ZIP	PinMAME Romset (LX-7)
	510 KB	ZIP	PinMAME Romset (LX-7) SP1
	363 KB	ZIP	PinMAME Romset (P-5)
	512 KB	ROM	Rom Level P-4	[Bally-Midway]
	3 MB	ZIP	Sound ROM L-1	[Williams Electronic Games]
	4 MB	ZIP	Special Sound ROMs LX-7	[Williams Electronic Games]
Documentation:	5 MB	PDF	Operations Manual (OCR searchable)	[Williams Electronic Games]
	2 MB	PDF	Partial Manual (Solenoid/Flasher Chart, Rules and Shot Maps, OCR searchable)	[Williams Electronic Games]
	240 KB	TXT	Parts List
Files:	184 KB	PDF	U.S. Patent 5,350,174
Images: (click to zoom)	Flyer, Front 887x1153   Flyer, Page 2 900x637   Flyer, Page 3 887x1117   Flyer, Back 887x1153   Full View 640x853 [Jeff Ball] Translite 640x480 [Jeff Ball] Lower Playfield 640x480 [Jeff Ball] Gun Turret 640x480 [Jeff Ball] Flyer, Inside Front 1024x1168   Backbox Prototype (right side) 299x667 [Allen Shope] Full Machine 600x791 [Allen Shope] Cabinet - Left 500x507 [Allen Shope] Cabinet - Front 500x310 [Allen Shope] Trigger 350x467 [Allen Shope] BackBox 500x605 [Allen Shope] Cabinet - Rear 246x430 [Allen Shope] Backbox Electronics 350x462 [Allen Shope] Playfield 500x667 [Allen Shope] Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope] Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope] Playfield Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope] Playfield Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope] Playfield Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope] Playfield Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope] Playfield Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope] Playfield Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope] Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope] Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope] Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope] Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope] Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope] Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope] Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope] Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope] Playfield Underside 350x467 [Allen Shope] Secret Breakout Video mode 480x329 [Hans Balk] Backglass 1024x775 [André Brockschmidt] Display 1024x768 [André Brockschmidt] Behind Backglass 1024x689 [André Brockschmidt] Backglass - Reverse 1024x615 [André Brockschmidt] Playfield* 1024x1365 [André Brockschmidt] Illuminated Playfield 1024x1033 [André Brockschmidt] Romulan Ship 1024x768 [André Brockschmidt] Borg Ship 1024x768 [André Brockschmidt] Playfield - Detail 1024x768 [André Brockschmidt] Playfield - Detail 1024x768 [André Brockschmidt] Illuminated Playfield 1024x768 [André Brockschmidt] Ball View 1024x768 [André Brockschmidt] Full View 768x1024 [André Brockschmidt] Playfield - Ball View 571x359 [Marco Del Ry] Blank Playfield* 1200x2019 [Scott Montesi] Prototype - Full View* 1200x900 [Sean Casey] Prototype Neutral Zone* 1200x900 [Sean Casey] Prototype Borg Ship Boards* 1200x900 [Sean Casey] Prototype Lamp Board* 1200x900 [Sean Casey] Prototype Coin Door Board* 1200x900 [Sean Casey] Blank Playfield 940x1672 [Mark Clayton] Upper Blank Playfield 1200x798 [Mark Clayton] Upper Blank Playfield 1200x798 [Mark Clayton] Middle Blank Playfield 1200x798 [Mark Clayton] Middle Blank Playfield 1200x798 [Mark Clayton] Lower Blank Playfield 1200x798 [Mark Clayton] Blank Playfield - Detail 1200x798 [Mark Clayton] Blank Playfield - Detail 1200x798 [Mark Clayton] Blank Playfield - Acknowledgements 1200x798 [Mark Clayton] Blank Playfield - Reverse 1016x1784 [Mark Clayton] Factory Playfield Print* 845x1553 [James Loflin] Factory Playfield Print* 1200x942 [James Loflin] Factory Playfield Print* 1200x1044 [James Loflin] Factory Playfield Print* 1200x995 [James Loflin] Factory Playfield Print* 1200x971 [James Loflin] Factory Playfield Print* 1200x902 [James Loflin] Factory Playfield Print* 1200x1597 [James Loflin] Factory Playfield Print* 908x1600 [James Loflin]

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