Stern (game company)
Stern Electronics, Inc. manufactured arcade video games and pinball machines from 1977 until 1985, and was best known for Berzerk.Sam had previously owned the amusements manufacturer Williams, purchasing half of the company in 1947 and selling it to the Seeburg Corporation in 1964.[3] He then went on to help found Data East's pinball division and continued to lead there when the it was acquired by Sega in 1994.[4][5] While DataEast did operate out of the old Stern Electronics property, sources differ on whether they acquired the company or just the facilities.[1][6] On March 16, 2023, Atari announced that it had acquired the intellectual property rights to 12 Stern Electronics titles, including Berzerk and Frenzy.
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