Description
King Kong: Myth of Terror Island Pro
Stern Pinball’s King Kong: Myth of Terror Island Pro is a new pinball machine released in April 2025. Designed by Keith Elwin with art by Jeremy Packer (Zombie Yeti), it offers a fresh take on the classic King Kong story, blending elements from the 1932 original with original narrative twists.
Feature Matrix:
Main Attractions:
- Stern Pinball invites players to unleash their inner beast in King Kong: Myth of Terror Island, an all-new interpretation of the fabled King Kong story from the original novel in a one-of-a-kind gameplay experience, brought to life specifically for pinball.
- Players join Ann Darrow, Jack Driscoll, and Karl Denham on their journey to the mysterious Terror Island which results in King Kong traveling back to New York City with disastrous (and fun) consequences.
- Watch King Kong come to life as a custom sculpted King Kong will react to player action through new animatronic animation software, swinging his arms and torso to assert his dominance.
- Summon Kong by hitting the custom sculpted Gong bash target but beware, when pinballs are locked into a New York City train car, an agitated King Kong will destroy and flip it over to start King Kong multiball.
- Thrilling gameplay features and challenges await on this four flipper adventure. Encounter and escape danger as you enter “The Pit” on Terror Island.
- Guarded by a custom sculpted giant spider, this area magnetically grabs and attacks the ball so be prepared.
- This pinball adventure highlights original animations, music, sounds and speech, with original art brought to life from legendary pinball illustrators Kevin O’Connor, Greg Freres, and Jeremy Packer aka Zombie Yeti.
- Custom speech provided by comedy legend, Brian “Q” Quinn from Impractical Jokers fame.
- Through Stern’s award-winning Insider Connected™ platform, players can track progress, earn new game-specific Achievements, and explore Terror Island on an unforgettable treasure hunt of a lifetime.
Game Features:
- Custom sculpted static King Kong.
- Custom sculpted Giant Spider magnetically grabs and attacks the ball when entering “The Pit”.
- “The Pit” magnet grabs, holds and attacks the ball.
- Summon Kong by shooting Gong entrance housed in a decorated plastic leading into Kong’s VUK and wireform return.
- Lock pinballs into an elevated NYC train car and watch as Kong destroys and flips it over to start King Kong multiball.
- NYC train station middle ramp.
- Biplane multilayered decorated plastic aims its attack at Kong
- Thrilling helix shaped Biplane ramp.
- Stainless steel Cliffs ramp transports pinballs across the playfield to the upper right flipper.
- Journey into Kong’s Cave with scoop, VUK, and wireform return.
- Unlock the secrets of the Lost Temple 4 bank sweepable drop targets with hidden “Island Treasure” target.
- Survive Kong’s punch-back kicking target which launches balls back at the player or can drop balls into secret entrance to Kong’s VUK and wireform return.
- 2 King Kong optical spinning targets.
Game Features Cont.:
- Log Bridge themed pop-up inlane diverter feeds ball to the upper left flipper.
- Navigate the custom sculpted illuminated River zig-zag return.
- Terror Island and NY cityscape decorated back panel plastic.
- 1 Power-Up stand-up target.
- 4 playfield multiplier stand-up targets.
- 4 Flippers.
- This pinball adventure highlights original animations, music, sounds and speech.
- Brought to life with a unique art collaboration by legendary pinball illustrators Kevin O’Connor, Greg Freres, and Jeremy Packer.
- Original orchestrated custom soundtrack music from world-renowned pinball hall of fame composer Jerry Thompson.
- Custom speech provided by comedy legend, Brian “Q” Quinn from Impractical Jokers fame.
- Climb Feature – shoot CLIMB arrows to ascend the building to collect awards.
- King Kong Multiball Feature – Lost Temple drop targets light Kong lock. Lock 3 balls for King Kong Multiball.
- Biplane Attack Feature – shoot Biplane ramp to begin Biplane attack.
- T-Rex Battle – collect KING KONG letters to activate battle.
- Island Scenes – activate and start scenes by shooting Gong.
- Spider Pit – shoot “The Pit” to battle various pit creatures.
- Through Stern’s award-winning Insider Connected™ platform, players can track progress, earn new game-specific achievements, and explore Terror Island on an unforgettable treasure hunt of a lifetime.
Backglass and Art:
- Pro Edition “King Kong Terror Island” translite and Terror Island side cabinet hand-drawn artwork by legendary pinball illustrators Kevin O’Connor, Greg Freres, and Jeremy Packer aka Zombie Yeti.
Hardware and Trim:
- Powder-coated black wrinkle finish side armor, hinges, front lockdown molding and legs.
- Plastic molded bottom arch.
- Multifunction Action Button on lockdown bar.
- Snap-Latch front molding.
General Features:
- Equipped with Insider Connected, enabling players to interact with the game and a global network of players in multiple ways through QR reader on bottom arch.
- 6 pinballs.
- Stereo sound system with 3-channel amplifier.
- 10-band Graphic Equalizer with separate control for backbox and cabinet speakers.
- CPU mounted line-out audio connector for external amplification.
- Fade adjustment to control front and bottom speaker outputs.
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