The Sopranos (pinball)

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The Sopranos
Manufacturer Stern
System Stern WhiteStar II
Designer Designer: George Gomez
Programmer: Dwight Sullivan
Artwork: Kevin O'Connor
Music / Sounds: Chris Granner
Release Date February 2005
Production Run ~3500

The Sopranos is a Stern pinball machine released in February 2005. It is based on the television series of the same name.

The game features the talking fish from the show, a safe that can be opened, Bada Bing! dancers and the boat (called Stugots) from the show that locks balls for a mini-multiball. The main characters that died in the series (up to the release date) can be collected as bonus multipliers.

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The main goal is to work your way up from Associate to Underboss, which is honorated by a mini-Wizard Mode and finally Boss which requires the fulfillment of 8 other tasks and results in the final Wizard Mode:

One task to become Boss is to play five episodes:

  • Arson - Burn down Artie Bucco's restaurant.
  • Exterminate - Find the hidden bugs in Tony's office.
  • Horse Race - Make Pie-O-My win the race.
  • Executive Game - Video poker.
  • Satisfaction - Hunt down a rat.

The other seven tasks:

  • Bada Bing! - Start "Party at the Bing", complete for Bing-Multiball.
  • Truck Heist - Start a Heist by shooting the loops. Complete by making 3 heists.
  • Food - Collect all food for "Food Fight".
  • Safe - Crack the Safe open and collect the award.
  • R.I.P. - Collect the eight characters on the R.I.P. board.
  • Super Jackpot - Start Stugots Multiball and achieve a Super Jackpot.
  • Meadowlands - Dispose various items in the Meadowlands.

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