STERN PINBALL, INC.- SOPRANOS PINBALL PRESS RELEASE
STERN PINBALL, INC. ANNOUNCES NEW THE SOPRANOS▪ LICENSED PINBALL GAME
EXCITING GAME FEATURES REAL VOICES OF TONY SOPRANO AND OTHER CHARACTERS
January 13, 2005 (Chicago) - Stern Pinball's newest machine, THE SOPRANOS ▪ offers would be
wise guys (and everyone else) a challenging and dynamic interactive game experience into the world
of the critically acclaimed and award winning HBO ▪ hit television series THE SOPRANOS,
For all those who have been spellbound by mobster themed books,
movies and TV shows throughout the years, THE SOPRANOS
Pinball Machine is a must for all pinball machine collectors, home players, offices, bars/clubs, restaurants, amusement parks, bowling alleys and arcade gamerooms, or for the real wise guy who want to
get in on the excitement of owning, playing and sharing this utterly
unique, extremely popular and very collectable one-of-a-kind
machine by godfather of all modern pinballs, Stern !
Featuring Mr. Tony Soprano, his immediate family and his business "family", THE SOPRANOS Pinball Machine challenges players
to rise through the family ranks to the "Boss" of the family.
THE SOPRANOS Pinball Machine also has elements from the show, including the hot dancing girls of the " Bada Bing ! "; Tony Soprano's boat, " The Stugots " , and a very cool multi-ball feature - a safe that cracks open after being whacked by the ball - and also comes with
that wacky " talking fish " from Season Two that always jokes around with the players!
THE SOPRANOS Pinball Machine is the first Stern pinball machine to have three separate speech levels : "Adult" (which during gameplay, many of the "four-letter" and swear words used on the series are heard!) "Standard" (uses strong language, no swearing) and "Family" (no crude or objectionable language)
THE SOPRANOS Pinball Machine features the actual voices of many of the characters on the show, including James Gandolfini (Tony Soprano), Edie Falco (Carmela Soprano) and Steven Van Zandt (Silvio),
and the machine plays THE SOPRANOS classic theme song, " Woke Up This Morning " during game play. Pinball Hall of Fame artist Kevin O'Connor created THE SOPRANOS playfield artwork, while the cabinet and back glass artwork are taken directly from the original HBO show promotional artwork.
Gary Stern says, " THE SOPRANOS is a great title for a pinball; with the show elements this game is really fun for all level players. The artwork can only be described as really stunning". THE SOPRANOS Pinball Machine is definitely one of the most exciting pinball machines to come along in years!
THE SOPRANOS received a total of four Emmys ▪ awards , including Best Drama Series; Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Michael Imperioli); Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
(Drea de Matteo); and Best Writing for a Drama Series (Terence Winter).
THE SOPRANOS is a production of HBO Original Programming, Brad Grey Television and Chase
Films; executive producers, David Chase, Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess, Brad Grey, Ilene S. Landress, Terence Winter; co-executive producer, Henry J. Bronchtein; supervising producer, Matthew Weiner; producer, Martin Bruestle. HBO ▪ and THE SOPRANOS ▪ are service marks of Home Box Office.
