Bally

Creature from the Black Lagoon

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This game received 849 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 8.292 _/10

8.292

Top 100 ranking

This game ranks #52 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.

Score breakdown

Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game Design: 8.12

Artwork: 8.792

Sounds/Music: 7.849

Other Aspects: 8.314

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7.997

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7.762/10

1 year ago

GGG

pinballer1993

Pinside+ Frequent

Carpentersville, IL

5y 46,650 30 9 10 2

I wanted to love this game and planned on it being a permanent keeper. Cabinet is beautiful, probably a top three for me. Playfield looks awesome, music, and DMD animations are all fantastic for an early 90’s BW. Lot of ramps and diverters that have beautiful flow. Creature hologram looks awesome if it’s not faded.

However, shallow rule set, and two ball multiball killed it for me. Any decent player will figure out the rules and get to the multiball in a handful of games tops. Where do you go from there? Not a lot of really value from me. If it was a cheaper game and I had more space it still probably would have snuck into the keeper section. Traded mine for Theatre of Magic and have zero regrets.

pinballer1993 has owned this game in the past.

9.400/10

1 year ago

VEE

Veemonroe

Pinside member

London

2y 55,550 205 7 176

Played at Pinball Republic (two different pins) and on Williams Pinball app.

I find this hard to rate. My husband loves it. It’s a flowy pin with attractive artwork, which - with modern lighting and mods - can be made stunningly beautiful.

Unfortunately, I find it a bit simple and shallow. I’m a terrible pinball player, but can routinely get to the multiball and that seems to be the entire focus of the machine. Despite absolutely loving Alien Poker, which has next-to-no rules, I somehow feel cheated by this one.

UPDATE: This pin is definitely growing on me. It has a great theme and getting the multiball is harder than it looks. I play it everytime I see one on route. A true classic of its time.

Veemonroe edited previous rating on July 10, 2022.
Veemonroe has owned this game in the past.

9.200/10

2 years ago

ZZZ

Kjarkur

Pinforge

Bremen

4y 30,800 59 6 21

Awesome machine. It's absolute iconic pin with a great theme. It's fun to play, rules are not deep

Kjarkur has owned this game in the past.

8.392/10

2 years ago

JLB

Jlb57

Pinside member

South Park Township, PA

7y 24,250 1 6 7

You go to the Drive in with your friends sneaking some of them in, make out with your girlfriend, deal with someone parked in front of you, go to the snack bar, the creature B movie starts and you save the girl. The game tells you what to do shoot the snack bar! Anyone that grew up in that time period understands and if you didn’t it’s still a game that makes sense and has a theme purpose.

Jlb57 currently owns this game.

9.465/10

2 years ago

PIP

pipo

Pinside member

Zaragoza

4y 16,000 42

one of my favorites by williams, fun, perfect music, very technical

8.432/10

2 years ago

C P

Skatewake

Pinside+ Addict

2y 99,550 505 9 64 3

Great game

Skatewake edited previous rating on February 01, 2022.

7.759/10

2 years ago

SRB

SBrothers

Pinside member

North Aurora, IL

5y 52,050 320 9 6

A sentimental favorite and the first pinball machine I ever bought. Drive in theme is wonderful and hope to someday have this one back in my lineup

SBrothers has owned this game in the past.

9.659/10

2 years ago

AAA

ethearch

Pinside apprentice

2y 31,400 12 11

One of my favorites. Compared to later machines it doesn’t have the same depth of ruleset or shot variety, but the shots are satisfying and the strategy required to get high scores with the two ball multi ball make for a perfect challenge. The artwork is incredible, and the overall theme seems to appeal to a wide range. Things like move your car and the snack bar callouts add extra character too. All and all one of the best machines out there, perfect combo of challenging, fun, and goofy.

ethearch edited previous rating on February 02, 2023.

8.640/10

2 years ago

SNS

MrsStrimple911

Inactive member

Seattle, WA

2y 8,500 7

Fun game! Haven’t fully gotten the rule set down but I have gotten more understanding each time I try to play it. The theme is good, just a little dark (referring to lighting) which I realize is part of the theme, just makes it hard to see at times.

9.023/10

2 years ago

MWP

FtrMech

Pinside+ Addict

Liberty Township, OH

11y 78,050 524 19 17 1

Creature is just a fun game with a throw-back to the Drive-In Theater days. Game play is fast and them is well integrated. The game is not overly complicated, pretty typical for the time frame...pretty much a game for me that makes me keep coming back. Lots of nice mods to be had for this game...Swinks Snack-bar Mod for one. It should be mentioned that the only downside of owning this title is the hologram...over time they become faded and the "3D" selling point becomes nonexistent...again, there are mods created to remedy this issue but they are either too expensive or no longer available.

FtrMech currently owns this game.

8.884/10

2 years ago

DOC

TractorDoc

DPS

Ashland, OH

7y 245K 2,923 33 106

A fun theme that holds up well to the constant threat of newness / the next big thing that tends to be a trend in pinball.

A lot of ramps, a lot of fun artwork, fun callouts and music. I'm a bit nostalgic for the era of vintage cars and drive in movie theatres so this game has appeal to me; the Creature aspect is a fun add on -- a functional hologram is a must.

Definitely a game I'd like to rotate into the collection one day.

TractorDoc has this game on the wishlist.

9.080/10

2 years ago

BTS

bsolby

Inactive member

Longwood, FL

2y 15,750 1 11

The game play is excellent. I would like to own this machine.

7.052/10

2 years ago

ROB

Rdoyle1978

Pinside member

7y 117K 18,141 14 6

Not a true horror game but close enough. The intro music when you hit multiball… one of the few games I regret selling. Rules aren’t deep but they sure are fun..

Rdoyle1978 has this game on the wishlist.

9.660/10

2 years ago

CBF

Aries_pinside

Pinside member

3y 23,800 74 6

This machine has major nostalgia factor for me. My local pizza place had one of these and I played it for years before ever really 'getting into' pinball. Currently my grail pin. Absolutely packed playfield, and a great ruleset that balances never feeling lost and never feeling bored. Satisfying shots abound (assuming you like big looping habitrail-like ramps, which I do).

9.780/10

2 years ago

RMG

Flash71

Pinside+ Frequent

Lewiston, NY

5y 98,550 1,396 19 26 3

So glad a Creature finally made it into my collection. Finally playing one that is in pristine condition makes such a huge difference. Totally accessible to any skill level. Great shots with amazing flow. The theme is incredible and the art package is so cool. I can’t believe it took this long to make it into my collection. I highly doubt it will ever leave. Go find one to play and enjoy!

Flash71 currently owns this game.

6.983/10

2 years ago

DNY

Knackers

Pinside+ Frequent

3y 46,050 124 12

Enjoyable classic that is fun to play and shoot.

8.624/10

2 years ago

JMO

PinDaddyDrain

Pinside member

Unknown

3y 25,500 1 54

This is a fun game with a fun theme. It reminds of the old drive-in theaters!

PinDaddyDrain has this game on the wishlist.

9.448/10

2 years ago

AMS

Salty

Pinside+ Frequent

9y 36,150 28 5 13

I really like this game, the theme is A1. A simple but challenging game, and if you like ramps boy oh boy its the king of ramps. The drive in popcorn style theme is just perfect for pinball. Unfortunately most games out there have the hologram faded/nonexistent, and it really takes you away. The mike mod is essential but someone needs to reproduce more creature hologram mods that work. Simple but challenging theme, not as easy as it sounds! Just like a drive in movie theatre...it just has that charm ya know?

Salty edited previous rating on September 09, 2021.
Salty has this game on the wishlist.

9.804/10

2 years ago

SCO

Rscontrino

Pinside member

Danville, CA

2y 25,650 43 6 9

As perfect as it gets. Perfectly themed. extremely fun to play. doesn't feel old compared to the latest greatest pins out there. puts a big smile on my face. Just works. shots hit as they should.

Rscontrino currently owns this game.

9.760/10

2 years ago

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CrabbyPatty

Inactive member

Bedford, TX

2y 25,550 44 1 35

The callouts are great, the theme is campy, and it plays soo good. Been playing it since the 90's and it still fun every time!

7.196/10

2 years ago

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CptUniverse

Inactive member

Unknown

5y 10,750 1 22

A good game that perhaps gets a bit repetitive after a while!

8.640/10

2 years ago

EJH

ehex9

Pinside member

Saint Albans Town, VT

3y 46,650 5 7 179

WPC you can never go wrong! Another classic 90's pin. Move your car!

10.000/10

2 years ago

JP

jake35

Pinside member

7y 114K 2,552 25 9 5

Great game, one of the best theme integrations ever.

jake35 currently owns this game.

2 Pinsiders flagged this.

10.000/10

2 years ago

PHI

Fupke123

Inactive member

Middenmeer

3y 18,400 38 3 9

Very nice game

2 Pinsiders flagged this.

6.776/10

3 years ago

NIS

AGFREE12

Pinside apprentice

Unknown

4y 15,500 8 19

Ive played this pin many many times and Ive come to realize that after a while things get way to repeteive and overall pretty boring other than a few cool easter eggs the depth is just not there. The 8-bit music does not do it for me.

Looks good and I can understand the attraction to the pin but for me it gets old fast.

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