Howdy.
Played both. Own Scared Stiff. I think this will be the next machine to go way up in value.
Twilight Zone is probably better for resale....right now.
Get the Scared Stiff though..you won't be sorry.

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Agree with spf. TZ is worth more in resale. SS is a terrific game. Some say easy. It's one that will never leave my collection. Such a great and comical game. Love it.

This harkons back to the Space Jam vs. DW thread to me.

Scared Stiff is the more feature rich game here. Party Monsters is a great game too, but Scared Stiff has more bells and whistles. I recommend anyone wanting a Scared Stiff though, have at least one or two more pins. Scared Stiff does get old really fast, and getting to the wizard mode...let alone finishing it....is easy (easier in fact than getting Redline Mania in HS2, and that's saying something). Might explain the price on them, since they are still affordable compared to other non-Congo WPC-95 machines.

Well, the first wizard mode, yes. The second is much, much harder.

Both are great. I'd give a slight edge to Eatpm over SS.

I do miss my Scared Stiff. Ultimately left to make way for Twilight Zone. I still miss it though (the only machine next to Demo Man, I have truly missed).

Huh?? It is already a went from 3kish to nearly 5kish. I would say that is way up in value. But it is an amazing game. I will own it someday...

I've never played EATPM but, I would have to say SS based on features. I love mine and if the game is setup to be hard, well....its not so easy then. I set all the modes on mine to hard, raised the pitch up a bit more then my other games, polished and waxed the sh!t out of my playfield (mine plays fast) and I personally have a tough time getting to scared stiff and have only beat it once. If you leave everything factory, its going to be a bit easy for a decent player. As others have mentioned, very few have made it to spider multiball so, it gives something really tough to strive for over the long haul.

TZs on average go for more than SS but, have peaked, whereas SS if stiff going up. I own both SS and TZ and think they go very well together in a collection.

I own them both & love them both, but if only one could stay it would be Scared Stiff. (but it was a small margin of victory)

Huh?? It is already a went from 3kish to nearly 5kish. I would say that is way up in value. But it is an amazing game. I will own it someday...

You might be right...it would take high 4's to pry it from my claws...

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I have both. Both are great or I would not have them.

SS is worth more than twice EatPM for a reason. You are comparing a System-11 to a WPC-95 DMD game. Of course there will be more rules and dirty jokes.

Both will hold value. But a WPC will increase faster and resell quicker.

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SCARED STIFF is a great pinball.It is full of funny sexual innuendo that is awesome.As far as game play, Getting to wizard mode is not as hard as many pinball machines. But getting to be the SPIDER Camp is very hard.I have owned my SS since 1998 and it will not be going!!

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Love this Eyeball Plunger!

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stiff for sure great game have had both still own ss awesome game

I like EATPM as a fun game to play when I have a chance to play one but would guess I would tire of it in a small collection. SS is a game I'd like to own but the prices on it and so many of the other games I want have sky rocketed and would have to sell one of my nicest games or maybe two to afford a SS. SS seems like a keeper where EATPM seems like a fun game for awhile but not for as long however they are MUCH cheaper than a SS.

I had both at the same time. I had SS for a few years before getting EATPM and SS is still here. EATMP got old after only a few months had to go to make space. EATPM is still a cool game, but almost everything revolves around the one multiball or completing the ELVIRA letters. In multiplayer games it becomes more about being in the right place at the right time, as you can steal both these features from other players.

-Brian

I own both and both are keepers and i have no plans on selling either one But if i had to down size i would sell EATPM.

Easy ss
3.5k-4.5k for a nice one.

Neither, both are shallow and too easy for home use and there are a ton of other machines I would recommend above either, despite good themes. They both look great of course.

As for TZ going thrown into the mix, that is a no brainer.

They are great for home use and have a great theme that everyone can relate to. I have alot of friends and none of them are that into pinball. And most all of them love these two games. So a good theme and so called "easy" is better.To get to spider multiball is not that easy. But if all you do is live breath pinball maybe then they might be to easy. Most people are not.

EATPM is still a cool game, but almost everything revolves around the one multiball or completing the Elvira letters. In multiplayer games it becomes more about being in the right place at the right time, as you can steal both these features from other players.
-Brian

Yeah, it's much better on SS because you have a bunch of multi-ball situations including Crate Multi-ball and Coffin Multi-Ball.

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I'm getting the impression that whether you prefer Party Monsters or Scared Stiff depends heavily on your view in general regarding System 11 games vs. WPC games.

You clearly have never tried to finish "Spider multiball". This is the true wizard mode for SS and is extremely difficult. And if you have done it already and it was easy, then you are truly a pinball wizard, because I have owned SS for 4yrs and still can't do it.

I own both and feel the exact same way.

Is the spider multiball the wizard mode that would start if you stopped the spinner on each award? That would be truly difficult to do, and would seem to be the true wizard mode on SS. Getting the first wizard mode, for completing the six modes, is easy.

That is the coolest eyeball plunger I have ever seen!

Yes, that is exactly what I'm talking about. The Stiff O'meter is merely a formality.

I'd go ss over tz