''Lethal Weapon 3'' is a pinball machine produced by

Data East , also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game, pinball and electronic engineering company. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, and released 150 video game titles. At one time, the company had annual sales of 20 billion yen in ...

Pinball in 1992. It is based on the movie of the same name, which was the most popular film in summer 1992. The game featured a Generation 3 FullView dot matrix display, which was larger than the current industry standard, and displayed digitized movie clips. The game also featured a hidden leveling system, in which players "grab hold of the Data East gun handle and eliminate bad guys in one of three video crime simulator shoot outs". By 1994, it was Data East's all-time most successful pinball machine. The game was designed by Markus Rothkranz.

Other versions

Data East was one of few regular pinball company that manufactured custom pinball games e.g. for

Aaron Spelling Aaron Spelling (April 22, 1923June 23, 2006) was an American film and television producer and occasional actor. His productions included the television series ''Family'' (1976–1980), ''Charlie's Angels'' (1976–1981), ''The Love Boat'' (1977� ...

and

Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and former professional basketball player, who is currently a minority owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Ass ...

. These two pinball machines were based on the ''Lethal Weapon 3'' pinball machine.

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* * (Aaron Spelling version) * (Michael Jordan version)
Pinball Archive rule sheet
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