Apex Backbox Lighting Module

Expand the visual field of your cabinet in real-time.

The Apex Backbox Lighting Module is a dedicated expansion that plugs directly into your Apex System Controller Module. Utilizing our new premium, high-density rigid LED strips, this module illuminates the rear of your backbox with incredible brightness and precision.

It casts dynamic, synchronized ambient lighting against the wall behind your machine, pulling the game’s atmosphere completely out of the cabinet and into your room. Driven by our proprietary smoothing algorithms, the frame transitions are cinematic, rich, and completely fluid.

Important System Requirement: This is an expansion module. You must own the Apex System Controller Module to connect and drive this hardware.

System Requirements & Compatibility:

• Spike 3 Machines: 100% compatible with all Spike 3 titles natively.

• Spike 2 Machines: Compatible with select Spike 2 titles. IMPORTANT: Your Spike 2 machine must have the official Stern Expression Lighting Kit already installed to use our system. The factory Spike 2 architecture requires the Stern expression daughterboard to provide the dedicated data signal that our hardware pulls from.

Demystifying Spike 2 Compatibility (Pro, Premium, & LE) While Stern traditionally gates their factory Expression Lighting and 5.25″ speaker plates to Limited Edition (LE) models, our system does not require an LE machine. However, because the factory Spike 2 node boards do not output the necessary ambient lighting data stream on their own, your Spike 2 machine (whether it is a Pro, Premium, or LE) MUST have at least one official Stern Expression Lighting Kit (either the cabinet lights or the speaker lights) already installed. Our Apex System Controller Module utilizes that existing Stern daughterboard to pull the data required to drive our expanded LED arrays.