Bally
Scared Stiff Pinside Rating
This game received 790 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 8.454 /10
Scared Stiff
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 8.364
Artwork: 8.765
Sounds/Music: 8.173
Other Aspects: 8.457
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7.797/10
8 years ago
Ladera Ranch, CA
The downside is this game is way too easy.
The theme and backglass are way cool. The sounds get so repetitive though. Elvira does a great job but it doesn't even take a game for the sounds to start to get tiresome.
Overall it's a cool idea but the gameplay becomes boring when shooting at the box for jackpots all the time. It's way too easy of a shot.
There just isn't enough here for it to warrant its place in the Top 100.
The theme and backglass are way cool. The sounds get so repetitive though. Elvira does a great job but it doesn't even take a game for the sounds to start to get tiresome.
Overall it's a cool idea but the gameplay becomes boring when shooting at the box for jackpots all the time. It's way too easy of a shot.
There just isn't enough here for it to warrant its place in the Top 100.
Guelph, ON
8.256/10
8 years ago
Finally got to play this machine! Was great, the spider spin is great, and I love Elvira since I was a kid and bossed with cleavage. Blush! But is was so busy I had hard time following what I should be shooting for, but I wanted to play again anyway.
8.416/10
8 years ago
This is a game that could quite literally be played for hours, as it is just so accessible to pretty much anybody. The main reasons for this are that the rule set is simple/easy to follow, and the loops are quite wide so it's pretty easy to combo through them to light up ball locks or build up points. I can honestly say the only thing I truly dislike about this table is the sound the leapers make, I could do without that nonstop sound, but other than that, it's a great table, and I really appreciate the Web Wheel. Scared Stiff, in my opinion, easily edges out Elvira's Party Monsters in terms of fun, although I'd say EPM is more difficult. Scared Stiff is an amusing table with its double entendres, and it plays well to boot. This table is highly regarded with good reason. This table does grow a bit tiring time-to-time because it's so simple, but I still find myself going back pretty often.
9.840/10
8 years ago
This is a great game, extremely fun for all skill levels.
I still can't justify the price though, it's just not worth that much money. It's not all that rare, there were 4000 made.
I still can't justify the price though, it's just not worth that much money. It's not all that rare, there were 4000 made.
7.388/10
8 years ago
Scared Stiff is a fun game with fairly easy rules and some neat gimmicks. I like watching the ball spit out of the coffin on the left ramp return as well as pounding the crate in the center of the upper playfield. The multiballs are easy to start and keep alive. The outlanes kill me on this one often, but only perfect SDTMs escape the flippers for me. The minigame spinner in the backbox is neat, but probably could be a little better. For instance, if the spider spun around a little faster and if there were better prizes that one could score, it would make landing on good prizes more challenging and more rewarding.
I've played this machine quite a bit and I don't get bored of it. The skill shot is an actual skill shot, which is a feature I appreciate - I usually hit the crate so getting the perfect plunger release is a challenge (a plus). I'd recommend this game to anyone - easy to play, hard to master.
I've played this machine quite a bit and I don't get bored of it. The skill shot is an actual skill shot, which is a feature I appreciate - I usually hit the crate so getting the perfect plunger release is a challenge (a plus). I'd recommend this game to anyone - easy to play, hard to master.
8.860/10
8 years ago
Schladen
It is a top 10 game.
Makes a lot of fun. Cabinet and back glass are full of hidden little jokes.
Great rules. Nice light show especially the 6 towers. Blubb!
Update 2023:
I had sold the Pinball machine cause in the meantime due to lack of space. We, that means my wife and I, have missed it very much and bought 2023 for almost three times the price again a SS. This time she stay!
We have endless fun with it. The rules are very clear and simple. We love all these details on the board and in the backbox. A pinball machine that is very fun even after years.
Makes a lot of fun. Cabinet and back glass are full of hidden little jokes.
Great rules. Nice light show especially the 6 towers. Blubb!
Update 2023:
I had sold the Pinball machine cause in the meantime due to lack of space. We, that means my wife and I, have missed it very much and bought 2023 for almost three times the price again a SS. This time she stay!
We have endless fun with it. The rules are very clear and simple. We love all these details on the board and in the backbox. A pinball machine that is very fun even after years.
7.024/10
8 years ago
The first time I played this I got scared stiff. Way too easy to hold my interest and the variety in the modes was not there for me. Feels repetitive and grinding at times.
Vila Do Conde
6.969/10
8 years ago
Fun to play, but I wouldn't want to own one.
The modes are decent, but the layout is unremarkable, and it's a bit too easy and straightforward. Theme is decent.
Enjoyable but unspectacular. Overall, feels like 275 lbs of literally SOME pinball to me.
The modes are decent, but the layout is unremarkable, and it's a bit too easy and straightforward. Theme is decent.
Enjoyable but unspectacular. Overall, feels like 275 lbs of literally SOME pinball to me.
8.670/10
8 years ago
Bally went and made a nearly perfect game, with two fatal flaws:
1. The spider wheel. Cool trick at first but I'm not really a fan of anything that stops game play that often for that long.
2. It's too easy. The code would be incredible if the game was tough as nails. But it's not, so SS gets boring fairly quickly.
Had a blast with it while it was here though, and pretty sure it's my wife's all-time favorite pin...that's worth something.
1. The spider wheel. Cool trick at first but I'm not really a fan of anything that stops game play that often for that long.
2. It's too easy. The code would be incredible if the game was tough as nails. But it's not, so SS gets boring fairly quickly.
Had a blast with it while it was here though, and pretty sure it's my wife's all-time favorite pin...that's worth something.
7.850/10
9 years ago
Warsaw
A very good game that will definitely entertain. In my opinion, however, it fails to beat its predecessor, the 1989 Bally Elvira and the Party Monsters.
Pros:
- goes off as a DMD version of Elvira and the Party Monsters (it missed out on the dot matrix display)
- replicates the theme of the original Elvira pinball game well
- shots are simple, playfield layout good
- well decorated playfield, in my opinion the "boney" flippers, the skeleton ramp and the coffin are all great additions to the game that really bring out the creepy theme
- one great asset of the game is the fact that the ramp layout is identical to the original Elvira and the Party Monsters ramp layout, the predecessor echoes whilst playing
- Elvira (she's hot!)
- nice modding capabilities
- the Boogeymen!!!
- enjoyable modes to get through
- backbox animation!
Cons:
- cabinet artwork is terrible
- upper playfield plastics are disappointing
- the blue is a bit of an irritating addition; a strange addition to the colour palette used in this game as well as the original Elvira and the Party Monsters (where there barely was any blue)
- pop bumpers hidden
Pros:
- goes off as a DMD version of Elvira and the Party Monsters (it missed out on the dot matrix display)
- replicates the theme of the original Elvira pinball game well
- shots are simple, playfield layout good
- well decorated playfield, in my opinion the "boney" flippers, the skeleton ramp and the coffin are all great additions to the game that really bring out the creepy theme
- one great asset of the game is the fact that the ramp layout is identical to the original Elvira and the Party Monsters ramp layout, the predecessor echoes whilst playing
- Elvira (she's hot!)
- nice modding capabilities
- the Boogeymen!!!
- enjoyable modes to get through
- backbox animation!
Cons:
- cabinet artwork is terrible
- upper playfield plastics are disappointing
- the blue is a bit of an irritating addition; a strange addition to the colour palette used in this game as well as the original Elvira and the Party Monsters (where there barely was any blue)
- pop bumpers hidden
8.636/10
9 years ago
Kettering
Crazy fun game, love the theme of Elvira. The only thing that lets it down really is the cost cutting Williams did at the time of release where some of the cooler gimmicks where removed. Otherwise great game. "Elvira is Wild!"
9.700/10
9 years ago
Oh yeah !!!
Dennis Nordman once again brings L o n g Flowing ramps in a very tight package
Elvira is a sleek and sexy pin that packs a punch
great animations and the Spider Spinner in the Back Box is a cool feature
Don't fear the Dead Heads as they award you points, and this game ... EVERY point counts
Good Luck
UN Pleasant Dreams....
Dennis Nordman once again brings L o n g Flowing ramps in a very tight package
Elvira is a sleek and sexy pin that packs a punch
great animations and the Spider Spinner in the Back Box is a cool feature
Don't fear the Dead Heads as they award you points, and this game ... EVERY point counts
Good Luck
UN Pleasant Dreams....
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