{"id":20124,"date":"2020-09-02T17:29:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T16:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=20124"},"modified":"2023-07-18T08:57:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T07:57:24","slug":"avengers-infinity-quest-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2020\/09\/02\/avengers-infinity-quest-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"AVENGERS: INFINITY QUEST ANNOUNCED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stern Pinball today announced their new ‘cornerstone’ game title, Avengers: Infinity Quest<\/em>, designed by Keith Elwin with artwork by Jeremy Packer a.k.a. Zombie Yeti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A ‘cornerstone’ game is an in-house design which comes in the familiar three variants; Pro, Premium and Limited Edition. In this case the Limited Edition is limited to 500 machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn’t the first Avengers game from Stern. The George Gomez design was produced at the end of 2012 with the usual Pro\/Premium\/LE full-size variants – with the LEs available in two versions – followed by a The Pin home model in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with Batman<\/em>, Jurassic Park<\/em> and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/em>, Stern Pinball have returned to a previous theme for their new game title’s inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This new Avengers: Infinity Quest<\/em> game is an all-new design, based on the Marvel comic book series rather than any of the popular movies. It is a six-ball, three-flipper game with the third flipper half-way up on the left side of the playfield.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The translite image for the Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The playfield from the Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

There are quite a few design differences between the Pro and the Premium\/LE playfields. The major ones are the addition of an extra ramp on the more expensive variants, along with the ability for the spinning disc to rise up to expose an under-playfield ball lock, and an upkicker on the right which replaces the standup target found in the Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The translite in the Premium model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The premium comes with the same black-wrinkle powdercoat on the side rails and the lock bar, but has the full-feature playfield from the Limited Edition.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Premium model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Premium model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Limited Edition come with Infinity Yellow powdercoated metalwork as well as all the usual goodies found on LEs, such as a shaker motor, a mirrired backglass, upgraded speakers and anti-reflective playfield glass.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The backglass artwork from the Limited Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Limited Edition model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Limited Edition model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Here’s a view of the Pro and Premium\/LE playfields side-by-side:<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Pro playfield vs the Limited Edition playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

On the playfield, all three variants include the Avengers tower, which grabs the ball and builds virtual locks for Iron Man Multiball. The description also suggests it uses optos to sense the speed of the ball, acting like a vari-target.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Avengers Tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The three models also include drop targets on the left side to light up a bonus feature matrix in front.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The three-bank of drop targets found in all models of Avengers: Infinity Quest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Doctor Strange spinning disc on the Pro acts much like the Tesseract spinner on the original Avengers game, only this one has a single post and no model mounted over the disc. <\/p>\n\n\n

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The Doctor Strange sling ring spinning disc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The disc sits on the left in front of the Sanctum standup target<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Premium and LE’s disc rises up, Cirqus Voltaire<\/em>-style, to reveal a shot under the playfield. This leads to a three-ball lock which can be viewed through a clear window in the playfield rather like the coffin lock in Metallica<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Doctor Strange disc rises to reveal a ball lock in the Premium\/LE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The under-playfield ball lock window<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We will be updating this article with many more pictures from the playfield of Avengers: Infinity Quest<\/em> shortly, but in the meantime here’s the feature matrix showing what’s available on the three versions:<\/p>\n\n\n

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The feature matrix for Avengers: Infinity Quest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Stern Pinball have taken the opportunity of this release to announce an across-the-board $100 price increase for all future game production, including the re-manufacturing of older titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the game is not quite available to purchase – production of the Pro models will begin next week, followed by all the Limited Editions. Then there will be a mix of Premium and more Pro variants produced through October and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some promotional videos available which showcase the game’s features. Here the video for the Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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