Internet Pinball Machine Database: Stern 'Family Guy' Images

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'Family Guy'
Image Title: A Pre-Production Moment

Image #73388, Image Courtesy of Chip Curtis

Pat pounding in plastics on first whiteboard, good day. Photo taken June 2, 2016.

$Family Guy A Pre-Production Moment$

Game 264x550	Prototype - Backbox - Right 540x1279 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Cabinet - Front 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Cabinet - Right 896x553 [Vincent Giovannone]	Playfield 450x790	Stewie Mini-Playfield 389x729	Prototype - Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]
Prototype - Middle Playfield 911x765 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Lower Playfield 854x767 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield - Pop Bumpers 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield - Upper Right 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield - Right Side 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield - Upper Left Ramp 960x1280 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Stewie Mini-Playfield 960x1280 [Vincent Giovannone]
Prototype - Playfield - Right 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield - Stewie Targets 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Instruction Card 863x446 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield - Upper Left 960x1280 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield - Upper Left Ramp 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield - Chris 822x765 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield - Brian 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]
Prototype - Playfield - Stewie 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield - Lois 960x1280 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield - Meg 960x1280 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield Characters 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield Detail 960x1280 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Translite 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield - Stewie Mini-Playfield 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]
Prototype - Playfield Detail 960x1280 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield Detail 960x1280 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield Detail 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield Detail 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield Detail 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield Detail 960x1280 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield Detail 960x1280 [Vincent Giovannone]
Prototype - Playfield Detail 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield Detail 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield Detail 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield Detail 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield Detail 960x1280 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield Detail 960x1280 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield - Right Slingshot 960x1280 [Vincent Giovannone]
Prototype - Playfield - Right Slingshot 960x1280 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield - Left Drain 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield - Right Drain 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield Apron 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Prototype - Playfield Detail 1024x768 [Vincent Giovannone]	Flyer, Front 866x1100	Flyer, Back 866x1100
Backbox - Left 343x550 [Stefan Hoppe]	Illuminated Playfield 768x1024 [Alexander Moebius]	Illuminated Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Alexander Moebius]	Illuminated Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Alexander Moebius]	Illuminated Mini-playfield 768x1024 [Alexander Moebius]	Illuminated Playfield - Detail 1024x768 [Alexander Moebius]	Illuminated Playfield - Detail 1024x768 [Alexander Moebius]
Blank Playfield 510x1018 [Mark Johnson]	Stripped Playfield 802x1409	Stripped Upper Playfield 1159x836	Stripped Middle Playfield 1149x893	Stripped Middle Playfield 1200x898	Stripped Lower Playfield 1138x774	Upper Playfield 1024x1536 [Don Lee]
Playfield - Detail 1024x683 [Don Lee]	A Pre-Production Moment* 1024x768 [Chip Curtis]	A Pre-Production Moment* 1024x768 [Chip Curtis]	A Pre-Production Moment* 1024x768 [Chip Curtis]	A Pre-Production Moment* 1024x1365 [Chip Curtis]	A Pre-Production Moment* 764x768 [Chip Curtis]

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Family Guy / IPD No. 5219 / 2007 / 4 Players

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Average Fun Rating:

7.8/10 (108 ratings/83 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ]

Manufacturer:

Stern Pinball, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois,
USA (1999-now) [Trade Name: Stern]

Project Date:

2006

Date Of Manufacture:

2007

Model Number:

I-0093

Common Abbreviations:

FGY

MPU:

Stern S.A.M. Board System

Type:

Solid State Electronic (SS)

Serial Number Database:

View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site)

Theme:

Cartoon - Licensed - Juvenilia

Notable Features:

Flippers (5), Pop bumpers (3), 4-bank drop targets (1), Standup targets (9), Solitary drop target (1), Captive balls (2), Newton balls (2), Spinning target (1), Up-post between flippers, Mini-playfield, Multiball. Cabinet advertised as 55 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 75 1/2 inches high; 250 lbs.

Toys:

Character figures from the TV show: Peter, Lois, Meg, Chris, Stewie, and Brian. The Stewie character rotates to face his little pinball machine, while the Meg character bobs up and down.

Design by:

Pat Lawlor

Art by:

John Youssi, Margaret Hudson

Dots/Animation by:

Mark Galvez

Music by:

David Thiel

Sound by:

David Thiel

Software by:

Lonnie D. Ropp, Keith P. Johnson, Dwight Sullivan

Notes:

Chip Curtis, engineer for Pat Lawlor Design, told us a bit about his involvement with this game:

I did the lamp effects and all the low level code support for Stewie’s playfield. I also designed the electronics for Stewie’s doll, and the electronics for his playfield.

I worked with Pat until the end of PLD, which was just the two of us at the end. Good or bad the electronics in the mini playfield was all mine. LEDs were still hated in pinball, so my philosophy was to stay away from lamp effects used in tungsten lamps, and focus on the effects and attributes that LEDs were capable of. Fast, was what I aimed for, just make it dazzle.

Towards the end, corporate took over all software development. It was bittersweet; we weren't happy with the direction of the game so we were grateful to let go of it, but it wasn't the game we wanted to make, so we were sad to see it go.

Marketing Slogans:

"Victory shall be mine!"

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballrebel.com/pinball/family_guy_pinball/family_guy_pinball.htm (External site)

Additional Media:

Prototype Machine at Test Location (at Google Videos) [03:49] (External site)

Documentation:

1 MB

PDF

Instruction Cards (Multi Language)

[Stern Pinball, Inc.]

30 MB

PDF

Pinball Service Game Manual (OCR searchable)

[Stern Pinball, Inc.]

Source:

photos

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