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Ripley's
Believe It or Not!®
Ripley's Believe It or Not! ®
is the latest hot pinball machine to come out of STERN Pinball,
Inc. and Pat Lawlor Design, Inc. Former Williams great Pat
Lawlor has designed some of the most beloved titles in the
history of pinball, including The Addams Family, Twilight
Zone, and STERN's MONOPOLY®. And Ripley's Believe It or
Not!® is a pinball machine that lives in the tradition
of these all-time favorites.
Ripley's Believe It or Not!® is all about traveling with
the legendary Robert Ripley across seven continents to discover
the strange, the bizarre, the unusual! To accomplish this,
the playfield offers some unbelievable features: a shrunken
head that says some pretty funny stuff, a strange idol that
commands a powerful force field, a temple that can only be
unlocked through a special tic-tac-toe code, and an always
fun vari-target!
For several years now, STERN has worked hard to make pinball
machines that appeal to the casual player, as well as the
expert player. Ripley's Believe It or Not!® accomplishes
this through a special feature aptly entitled "Believe it
or Not." This multi-level rule enables the beginning player
to achieve some of the game's goals early on, while it allows
the more advanced player to extend their opportunities through
better play.
Ripley's Believe It or Not!® will have speech and dot
matrix display translated into French, German, Italian, and
Spanish languages.
Gary STERN says, "Once again we have a game by the great Pat
Lawlor. We are all excited to play this really fun game."
Ripley's Believe It or Not!® is the creation of Robert
Ripley, who was born in 1890 in Santa Rosa, California. Ripley
sold his first cartoon to LIFE magazine at the age of 18,
and at the age of 29 the first Believe It or Not! cartoon
was published. The strange things Ripley found on his journeys
around the world sparked his own Believe It or Not! radio
show, TV show, and the famous Believe It or Not! museums.
In 2000, a new Ripley's Believe It or Not! ® TV show aired,
starring Dean Cain. The show is now in syndication throughout
the world.
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