Stern Pinball, Inc. is the second of two gaming companies to exist under the name Stern. Formerly Sega Pinball Inc., it was purchased and renamed by Gary Stern in 1999. Until the formation of other companies, Stern Pinball was the only pinball manufacturer left.
History[]
By 1999, the pinball industry was virtually dead and Williams, once the dominant leader in a healthy industry, decided to stop manufacturing pinball tables and focus on gambling devices as WMS Gaming. During the same year, Sega decided to leave the pinball industry as well and sold its pinball division (previously purchased from Data East in 1996) to Gary Stern, the son of Sam Stern. Gary Stern founded Stern Pinball, Inc. that same year and since then, the company has been the largest manufacturer of pinball tables in the world.
Several Williams alumni, including designers Steve Ritchie and Pat Lawlor, George Gomez, and Dennis Nordman, have joined Stern over the years.
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| Current manufacturers | American Pinball • Barrels of Fun • Chicago Gaming • deeproot Pinball • Haggis Pinball • Jersey Jack Pinball • Multimorphic • Pinball Adventures • Pinball Brothers • Spooky Pinball • Stern Pinball |
| Former manufacturers | Bally • Capcom Coin-Op • Chicago Coin • Data East Pinball • Game Plan • Gottlieb • Heighway Pinball • Mr. Game • Sega Pinball • Stern Electronics • Skit-B Pinball • Williams • Zaccaria • Zidware Pinball |