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Freddy: A Nightmare On Elm Street Pinside Rating
This game received 125 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.145 /10
Freddy: A Nightmare On Elm Street
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 6.992
Artwork: 7.371
Sounds/Music: 6.985
Other Aspects: 7.045
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4.109/10
10 years ago
Townsend, DE
I purchase is pin on a whim at an auction. I was able to play it before auction time. This pin was playing 100% and looking excellent. I nab it for $1,100. I thought I got it for a steal. Once I set it up and play it some more, the game got boring to me by the 4 game. I do like the movies, and that's what attracted me to it. The voice overs at first was good, but got repetitive quickly. It had a big open playfield, so I set Freddy at the steepest incline, polished the playfield with furniture polish, rebuilt flippers, trying to get it to play faster, however, making it faster didn't help. It's just a boring layout. This pin does has good first time impression with unique toys; claw saver located at the drain, knife glove, boiler, and Freddy's head spitting out balls. But wears out quickly due to lack of game rules. I tried liking it, but it's not for me. Now I know why I was able to get a really nice condition DMD with a title pin for $1,100...BORING! I did really like the music, that's the best part of the game.
7.404/10
10 years ago
What can be said about Freddy? Well, it has an open playfield with surprisingly good flow and the creepy jump rope girls sing the "1-2 Freddy's after you" song. I actually find the game more funny than scary; of course the Freddy movies really became more funny than scary after the first one so the theme matched great. The claw save is really well integrated and fun. This is a reasonable bang for your buck pin I feel.
The ball times on the game is a little too long and the dots are simply not very good. This is not the most exciting game to watch other people play. The artwork is okay for what it is depicting but I expected more from it. The game is also poorly lit; not an impressive light show.
The main toy (Freddy's face) is integrated well into the game play and i enjoy watching the balls be regurgitated at you but if any game ever screamed for great magnet action it is one based on this theme. XMen style magnet action in with this theme would have been awesome.
Anyway, good game, but not one I would ever consider having in my collection. Doesn't look good enough or play good enough to warrant taking up a spot.
The ball times on the game is a little too long and the dots are simply not very good. This is not the most exciting game to watch other people play. The artwork is okay for what it is depicting but I expected more from it. The game is also poorly lit; not an impressive light show.
The main toy (Freddy's face) is integrated well into the game play and i enjoy watching the balls be regurgitated at you but if any game ever screamed for great magnet action it is one based on this theme. XMen style magnet action in with this theme would have been awesome.
Anyway, good game, but not one I would ever consider having in my collection. Doesn't look good enough or play good enough to warrant taking up a spot.
6.831/10
10 years ago
Portimão
Gottlieb system 3 pinball, one of the last. Dark themed machine that some people may not like. The play is somewhat stop and go, don't expect the flow of the bally-williams machines. The theme is very well implemented, if you really like the character and movies, you will like this machine. The game has a awake\asslep system. You start as awake and shoot the oven to go to sleep, in sleep mode you enter multiball and try to get freddy in 7 nightmares. Every nightmare has a particular objective, but they are all similar. In about 20 seconds thought the game you can have 4 balls in play.
This is not a very good option for a 1\2 machine only collection, because it doesn't ofter much variety, but in a big collection (5+) I would recommend it if you like the theme. This machine is better to look at and display it then it is to play it..it feels like it might appeal more to a horror movie fan than a pinball fan. You will have fun but there's so may better option out there.
Good :
- Very well implemented theme, real quotes from Freddy that taunts you during the game, the body graphics are very good, backlass is very nice also.
- The film features are well made, Freddys head spits balls, the oven lights up in yellow and red like its on fire.
- The 3rd button claw save is an amazing move when done right.
- The captive ball shot is hard and requires skill
- Good shots from the upper right flipper
Bad:
- The Glove Flipper is useless and lots of time broken on the machines
- Very open playfield, too open, no ramps to shoot for, no spinner, no nothing really.
- Simple rules and objectives that may get boring fast
This is not a very good option for a 1\2 machine only collection, because it doesn't ofter much variety, but in a big collection (5+) I would recommend it if you like the theme. This machine is better to look at and display it then it is to play it..it feels like it might appeal more to a horror movie fan than a pinball fan. You will have fun but there's so may better option out there.
Good :
- Very well implemented theme, real quotes from Freddy that taunts you during the game, the body graphics are very good, backlass is very nice also.
- The film features are well made, Freddys head spits balls, the oven lights up in yellow and red like its on fire.
- The 3rd button claw save is an amazing move when done right.
- The captive ball shot is hard and requires skill
- Good shots from the upper right flipper
Bad:
- The Glove Flipper is useless and lots of time broken on the machines
- Very open playfield, too open, no ramps to shoot for, no spinner, no nothing really.
- Simple rules and objectives that may get boring fast
7.592/10
11 years ago
A very open playfield, but going through all of the modes is fun. The fact that it has a dark theme ("I'll break your fingers next time!") goes a long way for me.
Baie-comeau, QC
7.812/10
11 years ago
I owned this game for over 3 years and enjoyed it a lot. The theme and the game in general is a darker pin, which I really liked. The sound and the quotes (from Robert Englund himself) are great. I love the way Freddy taunts you in the game, his mouth moving the whole time. I have had many of my friends kids and my Goddaughter and Godson attempt to play the machine who know nothing of Freddy at all. By the second ball or so they are starting to walk away a little scared usually (so funny to watch). The game is not that deep but I really enjoyed my time w/ Freddy.
5.685/10
11 years ago
Typical Gottlieb junk from the 90s. I played this at PAPA 15 and thought I was in for a treat but I was wrong. I played it once and was completely bored. Absolutely no reason to play this game twice.
8.380/10
11 years ago
Freddy, I will start off by saying that I might be a little biased as when it comes to themes, this is a dream come true for me. I think the incorporation of the theme is excellent as many of the ideas of the movies are represented well in this game. The call outs are great. The game is a little dark but with a well placed spotlight it is easily remedied. It has a nice variance of short and long shots. Multiball ranging from 2-4 is pretty cool as well. I think the playfield is layed out well. If you are a fan of the Nightmare movies you will easily like this game.
7.540/10
14 years ago
This is a machine I remember from my youth. It does a great job with the Nightmare on Elm Street theme. I think it is fun great voice work and has some cool features on the palyfield. It does not have the depth of some games but I think it is a fun machine to play.
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