I’m setting here wondering if I should add another arcade game to my basement collection. Christmas is approaching fast and while that usually means it’s the time of giving; it also means it’s time to-
I have seen a digital pinball remake of the classic Haunted House pinball machine come across my feed a few times.
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While I’m not sure if I want to go digital or not on pinball machine yet, it still sent me down a nostalgic horror pinball machine journey that I thought you might like to see also.
Here are 13 Horror Pinball Machines-
1. Haunted House
Haunted House is a pinball game released in 1982 by Gottlieb. It was the first game with three playfields that the ball can move between, including one below the main playing surface. Haunted House was designed by John Osborne, with artwork by Terry Doerzaph.
2. Gorgar
Gorgar is a 1979 pinball machine designed by Barry Oursler and released by Williams Electronics. It was the first speech-synthesized (“talking”) pinball machine, containing a vocabulary of seven words (“Gorgar”, “speaks”, “beat”, “you”, “me”, “hurt”, “got”) that were combined together to form varying broken-English phrases, such as “Gorgar speaks” and “Me got you”. The pinball machine also has a heartbeat sound effect that increases in speed during longer gameplay.
3. Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt is a pinball machine from November 1993, manufactured by Data East USA, Inc. Designed by John Borg.
4. FREDDY: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
Freddy: A Nightmare On Elm Street is a pinball machine from October 1994, manufactured by D. Gottlieb & Co.
5. Dracula
Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a 1993 pinball machine released by Williams. It is based in the 1992 film of the same name.
6. Frankenstein
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a 1995 pinball machine released by Sega Pinball. It is based on the 1994 film of the same name.
7. Creature from the Black Lagoon
Creature from the Black Lagoon is a 1992 pinball machine designed by John Trudeau and released by Midway. It is loosely based on the movie of the same name.
8. Elvira and the Party Monsters
Elvira and the Party Monsters is a pinball machine from October 1989, manufactured by Bally Manufacturing Co.
9. Elvira: Scared Stiff!
Scared Stiff is a 1996 pinball game designed by Dennis Nordman and released by Midway, featuring horror show-hostess Elvira. It is the follow-up to 1989’s Elvira and the Party Monsters.
10. Twilight Zone
Twilight Zone pinball machine is a widebody machine, designed by Pat Lawlor and based on the TV series of the same name. It was first released in 1993 by Midway (under the Bally label).
11. Attack from Mars
Attack from Mars is a 1995 pinball game designed by Brian Eddy, and released by Midway. In this game, the player must fend off an alien invasion from the planet Mars by defending the world’s major cities, destroying the invasion fleet, and conquering Mars itself.
12. Monster Bash
Monster Bash is a pinball machine produced in 1998 by Williams. The game features some Universal Monsters including The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein’s monster, the Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula and The Mummy.
13. Addams Family
The Addams Family is a pinball machine from March 1992, manufactured by Bally Manufacturing Co. and designed by Pat Lawlor. Addams Family was at the time, and remains to this day, the most commercially successful pinball machine, selling 20,270 units, 40 more than Bally’s Eight Ball which had held that position since 1977. 1,000 more were to follow later in a special Edition. Based on 1991 movie of the same name.
What horror pinball machine is your favorite?
Mine would probably be Tales of the Crypt. I know a lot of you will say that the Crypt Keepers iconic laugh gets annoying and you would be right but I just love the artwork on the playfield. Plus that is the only pinball machine I have found that chainsaws through someone’s face when you get a jackpot.
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