History Pinball / KissStern

** The bottom half of of both playfields feature a four-by-four grid of indicator lights and an exploding mushroom cloud.

!!The 2015 Stern ''KISS'' pinball demonstrates the following tropes:

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: A [[ObviousRulePatch post-release patch]] provides players with a brief ball saver whenever the ball is locked in Gene Simmons's head once it's returned to the player, due to complaints about it randomly traveling straight into the center drain.

* CallBack: As mentioned above, Stern's ''KISS'' draws some distinct parallels to [[Pinball/KissBally the 1979 Bally game]]:

* CelebrityStar
* CostumePorn

* IncendiaryExponent[=/=]StuffBlowingUp: Almost everything is either on fire or exploding.
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: In addition to the basic "Pro" version, ''KISS'' was available in Premium and Limited Editions. The latter two feature a "levitating pinball" effect, an animated Starchild figure with amp, and multicolored LED lighting.
* LicensedPinballTable

* NewRulesAsThePlotDemands: The rules change according to what song is being played.
* NoPlotNoProblem

* RealSongThemeTune: The game plays ten KISS songs, including "Deuce," "Shout It Out Loud," "Love It Loud," and "Detroit Rock City."
* RecycledTitle: As mentioned previously with the 1979 Bally table.
* ScoreMultiplier: Ubiquitous in the 1.28 code update released April 2016. Each pair of songs completed will start a 2x, 3x, 5x, and then 10x playfield multiplier for the rest of the ball. Demon Multiball can give a 2x or 3x playfield multiplier by locking balls back in the Demon head's mouth. Double Scoring can be given as a Backstage pass award. Additionally, after completing each song, all of the major shots will be lit, and the next will be doubled for the rest of the ball. Finally, the {{Combo}} bonus of doubling a consecutive shot from Stern's Star Trek returns. All-in-all, it is possible to get a ''60x'' multiplier on a shot.

** The final Wizard Mode is "Rock City", and is only available by getting all of the inserts solidly lit. All shots are initially lit, and hitting them raises the Super Jackpot value. Make each shot enough times to enable the jackpot for that shot; complete all of them to light a Super Jackpot at the Demon.

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[[caption-width-right:300:Back to the Stone Age [[note]]Limited Edition table shown[[/note]] ]]

In 2015, a new ''KISS'' themed table was released by Creator/{{Stern}}. Designed by Creator/JohnBorg with hand-drawn art by Kevin O'Connor, the game is a SpiritualSuccessor to [[Pinball/KissBally the 1979 Bally table]] using [[GenreThrowback modern production values.]]

** The second sub-Wizard Mode is "Heaven's on Fire", which is available after completing the center playfield grid twice. This is a four-ball multiball where all major shots relight part of the grid. Completing the grid will light a Super Jackpot.

In 2015, a new '''KISS''' themed table was released by Creator/{{Stern}}. Designed by Creator/JohnBorg with hand-drawn art by Kevin O'Connor, the game is a SpiritualSuccessor to [[Pinball/KissBally the 1979 Bally table]] using [[GenreThrowback modern production values.]]

** In a more minor example, the playfield multipliers for each pair of songs completed will pick up where they left off if activated again. For example, if the player completes two songs on a ball, they will have 2x playfield multiplier on that ball. If they drain and complete another two songs on a separate ball though, the progress is remembered, and they will be awarded a 3x playfield multiplier instead of 2x again.

* PinballScoring: Prevalent since the 1.28 code update, which added a boatload of potential {{Score Multiplier}}s without changing any of the base scoring. Prior to the update, this was one of the ''lower''-scoring Sterns of the time.

* PinballScoring: Prevalent since the 1.28 code update. See ScoreMultiplier below. Prior to the update, this was one of the ''lower''-scoring Sterns of the time. Having it possible to get an ''untimed'' 10x playfield multiplier without changing any of the base scoring will do that.

* ScoreMultiplier: Ubiquitous in the 1.28 code update released April 2016. Each pair of songs completed will start a 2x, 3x, 5x, and then 10x playfield multiplier. Demon Multiball can give a 2x or 3x playfield multiplier by locking balls back in the Demon head's mouth. Double Scoring can be given as a Backstage pass award. Additionally, after completing each song, all of the major shots will be lit, and the next will be doubled for the rest of the ball. Finally, the {{Combo}} bonus of doubling a consecutive shot from Stern's Star Trek returns. All-in-all, it is possible to get a ''60x'' multiplier on a shot.

** The sub-Wizard Mode is "KISS Army", which is available after collecting all four band members' inserts. This is a multiball mode with most of the shots lit. Make all of the lit shots, then hit the Demon for a jackpot.
** The final Wizard Mode is "Rock City", and is only available by getting all of the inserts solidly lit. All shots are initially lit, and hitting them raises the Super Jackpot value. Make each shot enough times to enable the jackpot for that shot; complete all of them to light a Super Jackpot at the Demon.

* CallBack: As mentioned above, Stern's ''KISS'' draws some distinct parallels to the 1979 Bally game:

In 2015, a new KISS themed table was released by Creator/{{Stern}}. Designed by Creator/JohnBorg with hand-drawn art by Kevin O'Connor, the game is a SpiritualSuccessor to [[Pinball/KissBally the 1979 Bally table]] using [[GenreThrowback modern production values.]]