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Bram Stoker's Dracula Pinside Rating
This game received 669 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 8.171 /10
Bram Stoker's Dracula
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Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 8.261
Artwork: 7.797
Sounds/Music: 7.859
Other Aspects: 8.337
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9.740/10
5 years ago
Oakville, MO
Simply fantastic.Amazing game holy smokes.
Can play for hours .
Love the theme,the shots are great.
Not deep but nice to not go mode hopping.
Stack the mutiballs bats and rats Dracula laugh on Coffin lock is sick!!!
My favorite pinball of the 90s
Simple ,beautiful,tough
30 Million!!!!
Can play for hours .
Love the theme,the shots are great.
Not deep but nice to not go mode hopping.
Stack the mutiballs bats and rats Dracula laugh on Coffin lock is sick!!!
My favorite pinball of the 90s
Simple ,beautiful,tough
30 Million!!!!
8.620/10
5 years ago
Wakefield
A few “firsts” on this machine, and judging it against its period it really did move pinball on a little.
The DMD games are a lot of fun, and by Werewolf level 7 it’s getting very frenetic indeed (I failed this level on the one time I got there!)
I may well own it again one day.
The DMD games are a lot of fun, and by Werewolf level 7 it’s getting very frenetic indeed (I failed this level on the one time I got there!)
I may well own it again one day.
8.560/10
5 years ago
Fun pin feels to me like a very unique transition pin between the simpler pins of the 80's and the more complex pins which came later. Good, if rather simple, rules and a very hard pin to master. Good flow, smooth ramp shots. A bit on the simple side in terms of shot variety, but it's a good design. Captures theme well. I agree this is a nice pin to add to almost any collection. One of best horror pins.
Update- finally own one. Love this game. Great rules with fantastic, stackable multiballs and very rewarding jackpots. This pin rewards shots made and punishes missed shots like few others. Just an excellent early DMD game that should probably be rated higher. Only the artwork is average. Music, theme, video mode, you name it. This one is a keeper.
Update- finally own one. Love this game. Great rules with fantastic, stackable multiballs and very rewarding jackpots. This pin rewards shots made and punishes missed shots like few others. Just an excellent early DMD game that should probably be rated higher. Only the artwork is average. Music, theme, video mode, you name it. This one is a keeper.
7.034/10
5 years ago
Sydney
Dark theme I just couldn’t warm to this machine,game play is fast and brutal,but on the plus side stacking the features produce high scores and the floating ball is pretty cool.i owned this machine but moved it on as it got a little repetitive and the call outs started to grate on me.
8.279/10
5 years ago
Vantaa
It's tough but fair. But I guess this makes you a better player too. With lightning flippers, playtimes can be short.
I like the flipper and gameplay feel the most on this era (Fliptronic). Later WPC-S feels a bit strange.
Theme integration and mood/atmosphere is excellent. I like the (blood)red DMD. Ruleset is not very deep, but there is enough challenge for an average player to try to stack those 3 multiballs.
Very nice art. Only exception maybe being the backglass. But that's not bad either.
I like the flipper and gameplay feel the most on this era (Fliptronic). Later WPC-S feels a bit strange.
Theme integration and mood/atmosphere is excellent. I like the (blood)red DMD. Ruleset is not very deep, but there is enough challenge for an average player to try to stack those 3 multiballs.
Very nice art. Only exception maybe being the backglass. But that's not bad either.
8.324/10
5 years ago
This game is absolutely brutal, with what would seem to be a relatively simple rule set, but sometimes that's all you need. There's no wizard mode, and stacking the three multiballs doesn't seem like it should be nearly as hard as it is. Getting there, though, can be so amazingly satisfying.
This is the kind of machine on which a billion-point game can easily be followed up by a score under a hundred million. The Bats and Rats bonuses can make or break a score, and a quick ball 1 is hard to recover from.
That said, the sound is absolutely hypnotic and immersive, and blowing it up is a rare and wonderful feeling. It's an absolute blast to play, and I think this one will stay in my collection for a long time.
This is the kind of machine on which a billion-point game can easily be followed up by a score under a hundred million. The Bats and Rats bonuses can make or break a score, and a quick ball 1 is hard to recover from.
That said, the sound is absolutely hypnotic and immersive, and blowing it up is a rare and wonderful feeling. It's an absolute blast to play, and I think this one will stay in my collection for a long time.
8.820/10
5 years ago
Bram Stoker's Dracula is one of my all-time favorite games. BSD has a simple rule set yet isn't simple to complete. I've owned a few BSDs and each one played a little different depending on the set up. I like the lighting flippers because it makes the game a little tougher to play. The Castle ramp shot is very difficult on my current BSD and is nearly impposible to be consistent at. BSDs with regular flippers make this shot much easier and take away from the designer's intent. I recommend keeping the lightning flippers in the game to maintain the difficulty. Open up the outlanes to make it even tougher. Great music score that is very eerie. Along with The Walking Dead and Tale From the Crypt the horror factor is there. This is a keeper for me!
9.400/10
5 years ago
I'm biased on this one. Mist is a treat! Both coffin and castle jackpots are fun and the dmd animation of both are spellbinding. The game is brutal and it feels like Dracula is personally laughing at you at times. But oh those 30 mils! Once you get the 30 mils and are able to control the multiball the game cuts you with its callouts. The game grabs you when you're on a good one. Easy to get angry at this machine, but it keeps you coming back!
8.608/10
5 years ago
Ive over looked this one....and never understood the appeal. I am so glad to have given BSD another chance. The rules arent that deep, but the game play is just outstanding. The coffin lock is my favorite.
Games plays fast
Great use of dots
Music gets a little old
Callouts are great
Art is weird, but the backglass is awesome with leds
Satisfying shots
I would reccomend this pin to own
Games plays fast
Great use of dots
Music gets a little old
Callouts are great
Art is weird, but the backglass is awesome with leds
Satisfying shots
I would reccomend this pin to own
Groß Gerungs
9.340/10
5 years ago
In full disclosure, I might be a little bit biased towards this game because it is the first one that I have added to my burgeoning pinball collection. I love the them, music, and call outs. The game plays very fast and you can have an exciting match with loads of points or drain 3 balls instantly. This is one machine that keeps you coming back for more and I love it. It's the dark souls of pinball machines!
9.563/10
5 years ago
I just LOVE this game. Easily in my top 5. Yes, it's a brutal unforgiving game with short ball times. But so addictive. There is no other game that has me hitting the start button before the last ball has drained. The music and callouts are awesome. Very creepy atmosphere. Not many negatives really. Backglass could be better. Rear coffin looks like it was an afterthought. This is an absolute classic though. It's a simple game but the geometry is just perfection.
8.088/10
6 years ago
A real masterpiece. Can be very challenging, but it’s really fun. Rules could get stale in a smaller collection, but I don’t believe it would ever be not fun. Art is great, sounds and music is great, theme is meh but well integrated, dmd animations are great, and multiballs are fun and difficult to achieve. All round an excellent shooter, and definitely a game I would love to own someday.
9.800/10
6 years ago
Such a wonderful and unforgiving game. I truly miss mine and will jump at the chance to get another at a fair price. If you are looking for a very challenging but simple design pin this is the one.but I truly feel this is a game for the more serious collector with 5+ games in a collection bc I can personally say that with this in a small collection it will not be as loved as it will with more games too enjoy bc this game is so difficult .
7.819/10
6 years ago
Fun game to play with some excellent feeling ramp shots, especially the left ramp. Fantastic mist multi ball and great stackable multiballs. Non ramp shots are just ok. Really good blood red DMD animations and theming. Would be nicer with an alternative backglass, some different sounds and maybe a little bit different look (ie the coffin is a little cheesy).
The challenge is there... this is one that you will keep pressing the start button on.
The challenge is there... this is one that you will keep pressing the start button on.
9.660/10
6 years ago
Probably the toughest BW game from the modern DMD era, along with Johnny Mnemonic. New Pinsound track option brings the movie score and upgraded shoutouts into the game. The original soundtrack is popular amongst enthusiasts but for me the tone background music is really dated, and the "Vampire Hunter's" theme from the movie was really missed, pre-Pinsound. I mean, this theme is as known in Hollywood as the Twilight Zone theme. Game is brutal with great multiball modes. A bargain even still on account of the lack of modes, beyond the multiball modes, but with the cool toys and replayability jacked up because of the difficulty, that may be changing fast.
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