Trident

Trident, manufactured in March 1979 by Leisure & Allied Industries (LAI) of Perth, Australia, is the Australian-licensed counterpart to Stern's 1979 game of the same name, assembled locally from knock-down kits shipped from Stern. LAI produced 262 of these units, compared to 3,757 full games built by Stern itself.

Designed by Mike Kubin, Trident's myth-and-legend themed playfield features two flippers, two pop bumpers, four slingshots, five standup targets, a 5-bank drop target, two spinning targets, a kick-out hole, and a star rollover. A mini-post screw sits between the flippers, and an open-elbow inlane lets the ball pass between inlane and outlane and back again; notably, the game has no left outlane at all.

Surviving examples show some variation in backglass coloring — one example with serial number 8687 is missing red from the monster's tentacles and yellow from several other areas, though the reason isn't known. The artist's signature "MCINERNEY" appears on the playfield, though designer Mike Kubin could not recall who this artist was, noting that at the time, presentations were handled by George Molentin of Advertising Posters rather than direct designer-artist collaboration.