Sources
OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Conflicts resolved (3 fields)
- gameplay_feature
- IPDB 4-Ball Multiball used IPDB 2-Ball Multiball used IPDB Skill Shot used IPDB Star Rollovers used IPDB Spinning Discs used IPDB 3-Bank Drop Targets used IPDB 4-Bank Drop Targets ×2 used IPDB Spinning Targets ×2 used IPDB Magnets ×2 used IPDB Standup Targets ×8 used IPDB Slingshots ×2 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×3 used IPDB Flippers ×4 used
- theme
- IPDB Singing IPDB Music IPDB Licensed Theme used Flipcommons Catalog Singing used Flipcommons Catalog Music used
- credit
- IPDB Dean Grover — Software IPDB Jerry Thompson — Sound IPDB The Beatles — Music IPDB Tom Kopera — Mechanics IPDB Eric Drucker — Dots/Animation IPDB Christopher Franchi — Art IPDB George Gomez — Design Flipcommons Catalog Jerry Thompson — Sound used Flipcommons Catalog Dean Grover — Software used Flipcommons Catalog The Beatles — Music used Flipcommons Catalog Tom Kopera — Mechanics used Flipcommons Catalog Eric Drucker — Dots/Animation used Flipcommons Catalog George Gomez — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Christopher Franchi — Art used
Sources agree (9 fields)
- month
- 11 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 2018 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- opdb_id
- G0l8P-M85d9-A1ZNY OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- name
- The Beatles (Platinum) OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- system
- stern-spike-2 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- technology_generation
- solid-state IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- production_quantity
- 250 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 4 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 6562 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (11 fields)
- opdb.images
- OPDB [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/333b752c-f928-40b3-94ff-d2dcc95ea288-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/333b752c-f928-40b3-94ff-d2dcc95ea288-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/333b752c-f928-40b3-94ff-d2dcc95ea288-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":1188,"height":911},"small":{"width":250,"height":192},"medium":{"width":640,"height":491}},"title":null,"primary":true}] used
- opdb.features
- OPDB ["Limited edition"] used
- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- IPDB Stern used
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB Stern Pinball, Incorporated used
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/6562/image-1.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6562/image-2.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6562/image-3.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6562/image-4.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6562/image-5.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6562/image-6.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6562/image-7.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6562/image-8.png"] used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB Christopher Franchi did the backglass, playfield, and cabinet art. The playfield layout was previously used on Stern's 1980 'Seawitch'. Designer George Gomez tells us about the several playfield changes he made for the new game:The notion of getting the license & building the game around classic Beatles songs was all Joe Kaminkow. He acquired the license thru his company Kapow Pinball. I started with Mike Kubin�s famous Stern Seawitch layout and made modifications to update, modernize it, and fix problems in the original. From conversations with [Stern] guys like Keith Elwin & Zach Sharpe who knew the game very well, they complained that the Seawitch top orbits were not accessible from the bottom flippers. So I fixed that, added the guarded target and hidden return on the left, added the plunger skill shots, the spinning record with magnet & the top magnet feed to the bumpers. Also updated the slings, drains, etc. When I was done, 100% of the old layout was modified, no posts or features are actually in the same place. Joe Kaminkow and I did the overall concept for the rules of the game and collaborated on conceptualizing the game features. I felt strongly that it should be built on a simple single level board from that era- we settled on Seawitch even though its from the 70�s, based on its popularity. The flyers for the three different versions of this game all show a coinless door. George Gomez told us that initially the requirements of the license stipulated that the game could not have a traditional coin door. Late in the process, after review of a working prototype, that requirement was modified and Stern was allowed to ship with the coin doors. Zach Sharpe, Stern Director of Marketing, told us that all of the games shipped with coin doors. Stern advertised this Platinum Edition as having a limited production run of 250 units and a uniquely numbered metal plaque is affixed to the lower playfield apron. This quantity, when added to the 1,614 units made of the Gold Edition and the 100 units made for the Diamond Edition, totals 1,964 units produced, representing the year (1964) that The Beatles were introduced to the United States on the Ed Sullivan TV show. Stern told us they had no Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Prices for the three editions of this game. However, we found an article in an online business journal indicating they were given an MSRP of $7,999 for the Gold Edition. used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (8), Magnets (2), Spinning targets (2), 4-bank drop targets (2), 3-bank drop targets (1), Spinning disk (1), Star rollover (1). 2-ball and 4-ball multiball. Plunger skill shot. Flash lamp at center of pop bumper area. Flash lamp used for bass drum in lower playfield. The 3-bank drop targets when down allow ball to hit a recessed target to reset these drop targets. Playfield side wall art blades. Playfield back panel illumination. A translite is used instead of a backglass. used
- variant_of
- Flipcommons Catalog the-beatles-gold-edition used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog stern-pinball-incorporated used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog the-beatles used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog the-beatles-platinum-edition used