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Scared Stiff

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This game received 788 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 8.452 _/10

8.452

Top 100 ranking

This game ranks #34 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.

Score breakdown

Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game Design: 8.366

Artwork: 8.767

Sounds/Music: 8.165

Other Aspects: 8.454

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8.355

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9.520/10

6 years ago

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kurgan999

Pinside member

Kruševac

7y 29,400 66 5 6

well , i dont know how to start or from where to start.

in my life i have played 90% pins from top 30 rated in the world , for me Scared Stiff seems like one of best pinball ever made due few factors :
story
fun
artwork
smooth gameplay
callouts
music/soubd(except frog sounds :) )

Pin have everything you need for tons of fun, a lot of adrenaline rush and all other fun factors that will make you love this game.

Completing tales of terror is challanging and very nicely done , shooting ramps milion times, multiball, elvira callouts , general gameflow is what keeps me back over and over and over again to play .

Not hard game to figure out and tons of fun is what makes this pin highly rated in my case ;).

3d backbox with spider is also very fun addition to game .

For me its underrated pin , and i think it deserve better rank all arround. game easy can beat m.m , afm, tz and other hyped pins. But its all about personal taste i guess.

only downside can be frog sound that i mentioned above , can iritate sometime but still its not biggie.

i just love it.

Disclaimer:
i am just a fan of pins , i am not pro player, love this hobby (love to play pinballs) and every review is based on my personal feeling and emotion. I am in this game only for FUN and to have stress free ;).

kurgan999 edited previous rating on July 13, 2017.
kurgan999 currently owns this game.

9.020/10

6 years ago

MIK

Micky

Mad Mickys

7y 168K 3,064 42

An absolutely great classic machine. The layout is simple and easy to understand. You always know what to go for next and what you have/haven't completed. The theme and music are just great. It is such a fun game to play with the just one more play aspect really kicking in for me.
I would definitely recommend anyone going out and playing it when you can find the chance.

8.892/10

6 years ago

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touchtone

Pinside member

Seubersdorf

9y 26,150 13 10 49

My Nr1 in style - it looks like a damn good tattoo and is a top tournament table

touchtone edited previous rating on April 29, 2018.

10.000/10

6 years ago

ALR

scarybeard

Pinside member

Anaheim, CA

11y 54,700 400 4 25

One of the best pins ever made.

scarybeard has this game on the wishlist.

9.740/10

6 years ago

APB

Whitewater

Whitewater mods

Manly

8y 47,050 220 22 14

This is one sexy table. The rules are easy to understand and once you are good at making the ball lock shot it becomes even more fun. Elvira's super sexy voice is a real treat and the dialogue make it fun for kids while still having enough sexual innuendo to bring a smile for adults...just wait til you make her have 'multiple jackpots'. Great fun for kids and grown ups.

Whitewater currently owns this game.

8.780/10

7 years ago

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danske

Inactive member

Reims

8y 24,250 2 11 15

I love it really great artwork and funny theme !a good gameplay not so easy with the blue fear but all the familly
can enjoy with.I recommend this amazing game a really successfull ...

danske currently owns this game.

8.760/10

7 years ago

ACE

SLAYERBUNNY

SHOOT AGAIN PINBALL

Deniliquin

7y 33,000 4 15 7

Again it was PS4 pinball arcade that introduced me to this Pin and I love it...played one at Intencity that was a little crappy but still fun..then played one in great condition and it was awesome...I love the spider hole and the back glass is a great getting very expensive in Oz but its only money ....

9.380/10

7 years ago

ZEN

Zennmaster

Pinside member

Portland, OR

8y 46,900 392 5 15

I find this one to be extremely fun! It's got a solid challenge, and the modes really feel like a progression. As someone who was a fan of the Elvira character back in the 80's, this pin really hits on what was fun about watching those old B horror movies in the middle of the night. I won't be owning this while I have a daughter living at home, but I throughly enjoy playing it on location!

9.600/10

7 years ago

DAD

dlmunch

Pinside member

10y 29,250 1 5 8

The Bad - the leapers sounds get tiring. The Good - just about everything else. The callouts are classic and just about the best of any game out there. Stop the spider is genius. Multiball modes are challenging.

dlmunch edited previous rating on July 22, 2020.
dlmunch currently owns this game.

9.420/10

7 years ago

VGA

nintendo

Pinside member

9y 43,050 386 6

Fantastic pin! Played it enough to appreciate the theme. Love Elvira!

nintendo edited previous rating on November 20, 2017.

9.036/10

7 years ago

JON

jonh

Pinside member

Camano Island, WA

7y 35,900 13 11 8

My absolute favorite game. Its not so overly complicated that you really have to think about what your doing but deep enough that you get invested in each ball. There's nothing more rewarding in pinball than when all of the lights suddenly turn off and you have that moment of calm before all hell breaks loose when you reach scared stiff. Cool toys, the stiff in the coffin, the leapers, the back box spinning spider. In too young to be an Elvira fan but the theme holds up and the call outs are fun. Overall exactly what a pin should be, fun!

jonh has owned this game in the past.

8.628/10

7 years ago

DPM

dmesserly

Pinside+ Frequent

12y 75,800 716 18

Yep. Us old timers love it because they have years of experience playing lots of pins.

Very fun game with fantastic implementation of a great theme. Well designed with fun, flowing shots. Great humor. Rules are fun and spider wheel is a great invention. Rules aren't deep so it's last ability is hurt a bit. I think it's a top 20 pin all day.

dmesserly edited previous rating on September 27, 2020.

7.215/10

7 years ago

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OttawaPinballBuy

Pinside member

Ottawa, ON

8y 14,000 2 6

hey old timers love this game

8.820/10

7 years ago

MJH

TimeBandit

redshiftLED.com.au

Sydney, Oz

10y 159K 5,511 3 65

I want to play more of this. I have never gotten deep enough into it. It seems a bit shallow on the rules, but boy, it's fun.

TimeBandit edited previous rating on January 11, 2017.

8.335/10

7 years ago

GEM

pinlosopher

Pinside member

Winston-salem, NC

7y 36,900 47 3 29

This pin is a blast to play. It rewards practice and is enjoyable for folks of any skill level. A truly refined game and also very pretty and solid. Love it. If only it weren't so dark.

pinlosopher has this game on the wishlist.

7.702/10

7 years ago

MOF

mof

Mof Pinball

San Francisco, CA

11y 149K 13,304 25 94

SUMMMARY
I think this machine ranks blah blah

LAYOUT:
Action/Per/Minute: poor. tons of stop n go (2 scoops, 1 blackbox toy, very long ramps.
Backhands: good
Bonus Multiplier Goal: unknown
Dink Donk: decent — ball dinks and donks after hitting trunk
Drops: none
Extra Balls: great - many ways to earn them
Flippers: 2
Hurry-ups: unknown
Inlane Lane Change: none
Inlane Ramp Release: poor — the ball is spoon-fed to the inlanes, and there’s a pause each time that throws off your flow
Inlane Swoosh: good
Jackpot/Bonus Collect: unknown
Lane Change: yes
MB Earning: decent - kinda easy - several ways to earn it. left ramp then left outlane is rather easy with low risk
MB Fun: great - multiball. detains, long ramp shots. open space
Nudging: decent. didn’t need it too much other than outlanes
Orbits (Repeatable): none
Outlane Fun: decent
Pops: poor — they don’t help or hurt you. Rather waste of space
Rules (time/order): unknown
Shots (total): 9
Skill Shot: yes - very good one
Slap-Saves: yep. very good.
Spinners: none
Stop'n'Go: poor - very stop n go.
Taunting: fair - callouts - but they sure don’t make u mad
Toy/Gimmick: bash toy is very good
Voice / V. choreography: excellent. game knows what you are doing and what’s up - lots of call outs

ART: great
SOUND: great
DISPLAYS: great
FEEL: great
OVERALL: not my style of table, but I can see why people like it

9.840/10

7 years ago

FAB

stefy_fabio

Inactive member

Capua

8y 21,900 28 9 6

Great theme

stefy_fabio has owned this game in the past.

7.446/10

7 years ago

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Delta9

Pinside member

10y 87,800 1,523 33

fun pin lacks a little on code

9.184/10

7 years ago

MJR

MFdePaulaJr

Pinside member

7y 29,550 67 10

Amazing game! 3D Back glass, nice playfield, Fun toys. Music, sound and speech are awesome ! Scared Stiff is a MUST HAVE machine.

MFdePaulaJr edited previous rating on March 02, 2017.

7.448/10

7 years ago

DMZ

Miouze

Inactive member

Paris

7y 15,750 19

In high-school, I spent tons of coins and almost more time playing this pinball than being in class. It's one of the best-themed and funniest machines ever, and I loved it. Since then, I played a lot of other pinballs, got better skills, and when going back to Scared Stiff, it lacks a bit of variety and challenge. But still, it has that "special" something that makes it so lovely.

9.040/10

7 years ago

MJS

Matesamo

PinballRI

Warwick, RI

7y 117K 1,292 112 1

Another one of those classic tables, it has a certain level of "sexiness" which may turn some players off but my wife loved the suggestive comments and thought the table was great fun. I did have to explain who Elvira was though, the problems with marrying young.

8.803/10

7 years ago

MWP

FtrMech

Pinside+ Addict

Liberty Township, OH

11y 78,050 524 19 17 1

Great looking pinball machine and very fun to play however, after you complete the relatively easy objectives it can get repetitive...without other games in a collection, unfortunately, SS could get old quick.

FtrMech edited previous rating on March 19, 2020.
FtrMech currently owns this game.

8.860/10

7 years ago

MLB

mbarreira

Pinside member

Lisboa

8y 37,150 79 10 9 2

Beatiful pin with Great game! My SS has Soul...some days so easy to master, other days Elvira send me away with drains after drains.

mbarreira has owned this game in the past.

9.493/10

7 years ago

FAK

Krank

Inactive member

Praha

7y 20,250 13 1 28

Simply great pin. No special features but everything is right where it should be for nice flow and fun. Good rules for beginners, but enough deep for long time playing. Awesome!!

Krank edited previous rating on August 03, 2017.

5.043/10

7 years ago

???

benys13

Inactive member

Montréal, QC

9y 32,650 16 1 41

this games is very to easy and fast boring play

benys13 edited previous rating on February 10, 2017.

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