Castlevania. Fun idea if the display graphics evolved from NES-style pixel art to current day 3D renders as you progress through your quest modes/defeat bosses.

Maybe not on-brand for ‘spooky’ but Bomberman (look at Saturn Bomberman era for visuals/music).

Lastly, I’d buy a Pokemon pin in a heartbeat…so much potential for evolving your character’s Pokémon along your journey of quests, capturing Pokémon (gotta catch em all), battles and gear galore! Gaahhhh!

Was thinking about this the other day, great idea…might be good after the show developed more but the theme is on-point. Pretty much every The Addams Family owner would buy one and a new gen of ‘addams’ enthusiasts would connect to the series…plus her school is a friggin CASTLE!!!

Yaaasss!!!

Ok…new Idea…’Castle Mania’ (see what I did there?). Lol.

Wide body with 3 or 4 separate tiers/upper playfield castles maybe some connected by ramps (fun)…also a lower dungeon would be cool. Each castle has a vampire plus a few monsters to defeat until you rule them all! ‘King of the castle’ is the final wizard mode.

Ok, I need sleep .

Agreed…not a fan of those mini ones like on Family Guy or Munsters. Full size with a vuk that spits the ball out a castle gate when you drain.

Was thinking more about music pins vs movie pins and wondering why not have both in one? (I'm sure the answer is a licensing fiasco)

Take a movie like Edward Scissorhands (who lives in a Castle thank you very much). The original score by Danny Elfman is great but maybe not suited for a multiball...what if you got someone like Trent Reznor to write a couple original tunes to fill out the music package? You get fans from both sides enjoying the pin.

My question for the thread is...what would be a fun mashup theme to you? Short Circuit + Def Leppard...Flight of the Navigator + Madonna?

Was more curious what original ideas people had for mashups...not saying it hasn't been done to one degree or another. What you got?

Yaaaassss! This is what I’m talking about…excellent combo!

Twinkie Weiner Sandwiches + Twisted sister for the soundtrack...hehe. Goal of the pin is to work your way up the corporate ladder and achieve a merger between Oscar Mayer and Hostess and Cheez wiz .

Featuring music from Meatloaf…I’m in.

This is amazing! What an excellent job. Mega Man would make an awesome theme for a modern pin!

I’ll contribute audio engineering efforts to any of these for freeeeee…still have the NES I got for Christmas in 1989 and all of those are winning themes in my book!

2nd this ^

Just started a new game of Zelda today…on the NES I got for Christmas in 1989 . My kids actually have a blast playing too (but they mostly go for Zelda on the Switch).

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Totally agree! Zelda spans generations (like William Shatner)…I grew up with Zelda on NES and my son just completed the newest one on Switch…it would be a major win in this home!

Gonna add some fuel to the fire again for ZELDA . 8-bit NES or modern Switch (or both) based...doesn't matter. I really think this checks some legit boxes for Spooky:

- Castles (Hyrule)
- Monsters - Mummies (Gibdo), Skeletons (Stalfos), Bats (Keese), endless more...freaking Ganon!
- Dungeons

So much potential for story, and 'character' leveling. I just think spooky would do the best job with this theme and really bring some fresh perspective with mechs/layout. I'd loooove to see not only an upper Hyrule playfield...but a lower dungeon playfield as well (think Lebowski). I still think the UM/HW multiple uppers is brilliant. Anyway...ZELDA (or Pokémon...which I think may be better as a stern) is a dream theme for us! SpookyBug SpookyLuke

Each pin could come with a pair of shades? Or a wrist watch that somehow has a haptic connection to the gameplay (this would never happen but the idea is fun).

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A George A. Romero pin would rule the free world!

The amount of available real-estate unused in the backbox of a modern pin is huge. Certainly room to add interactive mechs/additional game play to some degree. Thinking 'Terminator 3' with the theme of Zelda shooting arrows but with more refinement...Spooky GO!

I agree to this. Saw it first when I was about 10-12 (now 41) and the memories are great...showed it to our kids around the same age and they love it. I wouldn't say it's a 'dream theme' but it would certainly be an all-around win in a house like ours...family friendly...gobs of potential for cool mechs/rules and callouts for daaaaaaays (As you wish)! Miracle Max Multiball!

All said...our top 3 (dream) themes are still Zelda, Pokémon and Mario Kart.

the PIT of DESPAIR…don’t even think about trying to escape .

Just caught up on the Scooby Twitch stream from a few days ago and a pretty obvious clue as to what Spooky's next pin will be...

'Dad-bod Gym 3000'

Zero-licensor approvals needed...full range of dad-bod mechs...comes with 'too-large' or 'too-tight' T-shirt and white ankle-height tube socks.

See the 55 minute mark for context...hah!

Whatever spooky makes will rule!

This is why I love pinside.

In day 1 hah.

100% yes. This would rule. Power Rangers/Goonies dual theme would be hard to beat.

Spooky would do either theme proud!

Clearly you were never forced to play the NES game…

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You chose wisely.

I hear you and I see you.

benheck why not some other B title like mighty bomb jack, milon’s secret castle or golgo-13?

This was mentioned on the stream last week...they'd do an excellent job.

Sorry, it was brought up in chat on twitch/Bugs Scream n stream. No indication from Spooky they they're looking at Ren & Stimpy.

Has anyone said Adventure Time?

Adventure time.

OK...lets just imagine Spooky has the license for 'Castlevania'. How rad would it be if they programmed in the Konami Code????? Lets say a similar sequence of button pushes (^^vv<><>BA start could be Action, Action, plunge plunge, LF, RF, LF, RF, Start, Plunge, Action) at either the character select screen or at a key moment during play/ball lock and you start with or earn an extra ball!

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