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    credit
    Steve Kirk — Design
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    Alan McNeil — Software
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    Jorge Obregon — Art
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    Leslie Kaip — Art
    gameplay_feature
    Standup Targets
    gameplay_feature
    Flippers ×3
    gameplay_feature
    Pop Bumpers
    gameplay_feature
    Passive Bumpers ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Slingshots ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Star Rollovers ×3
    gameplay_feature
    3-Bank Memory Drop Targets ×3
    gameplay_feature
    6-Bank Memory Drop Targets
    gameplay_feature
    Spinning Targets
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Leisure & Allied Industries
    ipdb_id
    6207
    ipdb.image_urls
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    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    LAI
    ipdb.model_number
    113
    ipdb.notable_features
    Flippers (3), Pop bumper (1), Passive bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Star rollovers (3), 3-bank memory drop targets (3), 6-bank memory drop targets (1), Spinning target (1), Standup target (1). Mini-post screw between flippers.
    ipdb.notes
    This is the same game as Stern's 1979 'Meteor' but manufactured in Australia under license. The backglass may or may not indicate this. Stern programmer Alan McNeil told us that the mini-post screw between the flippers was known as a Kirk Post (for designer Steve Kirk). Duncan Brown told us that Steve Kirk explained to him that he placed his personal design number on the backglass of every one of his games (in the order in which they were designed). Here are the ones we know: Stars has SK-1 on the jet wing. Nine Ball has SK-3 on the wizard�s cap. Meteor has SK-5 on one of the rockets. Pinstar's Gamatron has SK-9 on a launching rocket. We don't know what games belonged to SK-2, -4, -6, -7, and SK-8. Stern's manufacturer data for Meteor: Production Start Date: 9/14/79 Production End Date: 1/28/80 Quantity produced - full games: 7939 (see Stern's 1979 'Meteor') Quantity produced - knock-down games: 423 Total Quantity Produced: 8362
    player_count
    4
    production_quantity
    423
    system
    stern-mpu-200
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    theme
    Licensed Theme
    theme
    Outer Space
    year
    1979