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* {{Constellations}}: The playfield is littered with various constellations; simplified versions of the WesternZodiac are mixed with assorted fictional figures, including a beaver, a swan, and a pegasus. (The later two are real non-zodiac constellations, Cygnus and Pegasus, but there’s no constellation of the beaver.)


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* FictionalConstellations: The playfield is littered with various constellations; simplified versions of the WesternZodiac are mixed with assorted fictional figures, including a beaver, a swan, and a pegasus. (The later two are real non-zodiac constellations, Cygnus and Pegasus, but there’s no constellation of the beaver.)
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* {{Constellations}}: The playfield is littered with various constellations; simplified versions of the WesternZodiac are mixed with assorted fictional figures, including a beaver, a swan, and a pegasus.

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* {{Constellations}}: The playfield is littered with various constellations; simplified versions of the WesternZodiac are mixed with assorted fictional figures, including a beaver, a swan, and a pegasus. (The later two are real non-zodiac constellations, Cygnus and Pegasus, but there’s no constellation of the beaver.)
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'''Star Gazer''' is a 1980 [[PhysicalPinballTable pinball table]] designed by Brian Poklacki and released by Creator/SternElectronics. The gazer in question is a HotGypsyWoman who uses her powers of prognostication to guide players to a high score. Hit the lower drop target banks to raise the bonus multiplier, then collect the twelve signs of the Zodiac to advance the Star Bonus and get a chance at the Extra Ball. Collect the various Stars on the playfield to lock the Spinner values, but beware of the semicircle scoops feeding each flipper, as they are capricious and unpredictable.

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'''Star Gazer''' ''Star Gazer'' is a 1980 [[PhysicalPinballTable pinball table]] designed by Brian Poklacki and released by Creator/SternElectronics. The gazer in question is a HotGypsyWoman who uses her powers of prognostication to guide players to a high score. Hit the lower drop target banks to raise the bonus multiplier, then collect the twelve signs of the Zodiac to advance the Star Bonus and get a chance at the Extra Ball. Collect the various Stars on the playfield to lock the Spinner values, but beware of the semicircle scoops feeding each flipper, as they are capricious and unpredictable.



Trivia buffs will note that this is the pinball that appeared in the [[PersonalArcade boys' firehouse loft]] in the original ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.

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Trivia buffs will note that this is the pinball that appeared in the [[PersonalArcade boys' firehouse loft]] in the original ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.
''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}''.



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* CreepyCrows: An ominous-looking raven sits on the playfield.



* RavensAndCrows: An ominous-looking raven sits on the playfield.
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Trivia buffs will note that this is the game that appeared in the [[PersonalArcade boys' firehouse loft]] in the original ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.

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Trivia buffs will note that this is the game pinball that appeared in the [[PersonalArcade boys' firehouse loft]] in the original ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:After a night of astrology, she likes to unwind with her hula hoop.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:After a night of astrology, she likes to unwind with her hula hoop.by doing the hula.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:After a night of stargazing, she likes to unwind with her hula hoop.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:After a night of stargazing, astrology, she likes to unwind with her hula hoop.]]

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* HotGypsyWoman: Played painfully straight with the Star Gazer; only her light skin tone separates her from the conventional norm.

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* HotGypsyWoman: Played painfully straight with the Star Gazer; her only her light skin tone separates her significant deviation from the conventional norm.portrayal is her light skin tone.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"After I tell your fortune, how about a game of hula hoop?"]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:"After I tell your fortune, how about [[caption-width-right:350:After a game night of stargazing, she likes to unwind with her hula hoop?"]]
hoop.]]



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* CowTools: What does a hula hoop have to do with astrology? Your guess is as good as ours.



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* {{Stripperiffic}}: Who knew astrology required such scant clothing?
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[[caption-width-right:350:"After I tell your fortune, how about a game of hula hoop?"]]

'''Star Gazer''' is a 1980 [[PhysicalPinballTable pinball table]] designed by Brian Poklacki and released by Creator/SternElectronics. The gazer in question is a HotGypsyWoman who uses her powers of prognostication to guide players to a high score. Hit the lower drop target banks to raise the bonus multiplier, then collect the twelve signs of the Zodiac to advance the Star Bonus and get a chance at the Extra Ball. Collect the various Stars on the playfield to lock the Spinner values, but beware of the semicircle scoops feeding each flipper, as they are capricious and unpredictable.

''Star Gazer'' is considered a classic solid-state game from Stern, with extremely fast action and a challenging set of shots wrapped in a lovely and timeless package. Fewer than 900 tables were made, making this a hard game to find anywhere.

Trivia buffs will note that this is the game that appeared in the [[PersonalArcade boys' firehouse loft]] in the original ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.

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!!The ''Star Gazer'' pinball demonstrates the following tropes:

* {{Astrologer}}
* {{Constellations}}: The playfield is littered with various constellations; simplified versions of the WesternZodiac are mixed with assorted fictional figures, including a beaver, a swan, and a pegasus.
* CrystalBall: The Star Gazer's scrying tool of choice.
* GottaCatchThemAll: The player must hit the targets for all of the signs of the WesternZodiac.
* HotGypsyWoman: Played painfully straight with the Star Gazer; only her light skin tone separates her from the conventional norm.
* NudeColoredClothes: The Star Gazer wears a tan-colored bikini top that makes her appear topless at first glance.
* RavensAndCrows: An ominous-looking raven sits on the playfield.
* WesternZodiac

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