Scared Stiff (pinball)

Scared Stiff
Manufacturer Midway
Release date September 1996
System Midway WPC-95
Design Dennis Nordman, Mark Weyna
Programming Mike Boon, Cameron Silver
Artwork Greg Freres
Mechanics Win Schilling, Bob Brown, Joe Loveday
Sound Paul Heitsch, Dave Zabriskie
Dots/Animation Adam Rhine, Brian Morris
Production run 4,028

Scared Stiff is a 1996 pinball game designed by Dennis Nordman and released by Midway (under the Bally label), featuring horrorshow-hostess Elvira. It is the follow-up to 1989's Elvira and the Party Monsters, also designed by Nordman.

Description

The game features a B-movie horror theme. Players have to go through the Six Tales Of Terror to level up the Stiff-o-meter. These include: Eyes Of The Bony Beast, Terror From The Crate, the Stiff In The Coffin, the Monster's Lab, Night Of The Leapers, and the Return Of The Deadheads. The interactive backbox contains a player controlled spinning spider. It is used to collect unique features and start special modes. Scared Stiff uses the DCS Sound System.[1]

When Scared Stiff was introduced in 1996, it was designed to have moving rubber boogieman figures mounted over the slingshots. These were designed to move forward with the kicker each time the ball hit the slingshot. The game's ROM also allowed for the boogiemen to 'dance' to the music during the Boogie Man Boogie mode by kicking with the music. Very late in production, this feature was removed because the figures' arms were thought to eventually break off. An opening between the feet of the slingshot plastics is still present on all production machines, as well as an entry in the game's manual about the feature. Additionally, the code in the machine's ROM supports the feature. Because of this, many hobbyists have added the boogiemen figure modifications to their machines.[2][3]

Digital version

Scared Stiff is available as a licensed table of The Pinball Arcade for several platforms.

References

  1. http://www.planetarypinball.com/mm5/Williams/games/stiff/index.html
  2. http://www.freeplayamusements.com/boogie.htm
  3. http://www.robertwinter.com/pinball/ss/kitbm.html
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