Data East
Tales from the Crypt Pinside Rating
This game received 369 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.986 /10
Tales from the Crypt
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 8.039
Artwork: 8.04
Sounds/Music: 7.318
Other Aspects: 8.226
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Antioch, IL
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Menton
7.496/10
12 years ago
tales is a great game with plenty of skill needed. I like the way you can hold down the door handle to keep a item locked in place to get it once you hit the lighted opening. electric chair is a lot of fun .
8.625/10
12 years ago
Uk
The first game I ever took home and I still have it. It has out-lasted a ToM, TS and FS to name a few. That's how good it is. Yes, it's a Data East and it's a little on the cluncky side. But, man, its a real blast to play. Surely Data East's best game. Love the 6 ball multiball, the 3 different levels of Jackpot and 13 modes to get through! What more could you want on a game? A shaker motor perhaps? Yeah it has one of those too.
A truly underated gem of a game. I can't see me ever letting mine go.
A truly underated gem of a game. I can't see me ever letting mine go.
8.592/10
12 years ago
Yes, the audio is just a little repetitive, but don't let it detract you. While not the most complex machine, It does have nice rails and one big feature... this one is a multiball extravaganza. Not only does it have six ball multiball, it comes much more often than other games. This alone makes it worth the price of admission!
7.976/10
12 years ago
Overall a really good game! I was never a huge TFTC tv fan but this game has been making me rethink my stance. The artwork is very fitting and is pretty great. The sound can get a little repetitive but yet again its fitting and really ties the theme together. As far as game play goes I'm happy with most of it, good variety of shots.
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Porto
Sydney
7.956/10
12 years ago
I got to play this game last week for the first time and I really enjoyed it. I like the show, actually one of my childhood friends called his mom the crypt keeper because of her laugh... Anyhoo... The ramp cackling can be a little annoying but not enough to truly put me off this game. The pin does feel a little cheap. When you are nudging a bally/williams etc you have to put some gusto into it because they are heavy and well put together. I started nudging this DE and felt like maybe I should take it easy. It just feels lighter and cheaper including the plastic lock down. The ball launcher door handle thing is very cool and the DMD animations are *a scream* ugh... I like the random one where you pick doors for extra points and if you pick the wrong one theres a guy being hung. The guillotine skill shot animation is funny as well. I thought the game let me know what I needed to do in order to complete shots very well and I love games that do this. Some games you start playing and your like ok wtf do I do and why do I have to read the rule card to find out but this isnt one of them. Sort of like JP were you shoot the scoop to start a mode. Look up at the DMD and then start shooting for whatever that thing is. This is one I am looking for to add to my collection! Go try it out. I think this is one of those that attracts a select audience because some people will be immediately put off by the theme.
7.653/10
12 years ago
6 ball multiball, stackable modes and a shaker motor for under $1500! My only gripe would be that it is rather easy, so expect long ball times and games, plus the audio is pretty repetitive and annoying (but appropriate). One of the best value pins out there.
UPDATE: Downgraded my rating after selling this pin and thinking about why I sold it. Sound quality is awful... it's hard to understand what the Cryptkeeper is saying, which is a shame because some of his quips are pretty funny. The artwork is too busy also. I hated looking at this pin, but had fun playing it.
UPDATE: Downgraded my rating after selling this pin and thinking about why I sold it. Sound quality is awful... it's hard to understand what the Cryptkeeper is saying, which is a shame because some of his quips are pretty funny. The artwork is too busy also. I hated looking at this pin, but had fun playing it.
5.475/10
12 years ago
I played this machine at a friends house. Cabine is ok, but the playfield have a naked man, yes a naked man you read right...
Well, naked man aside let´s talk about the game, it is a fun game to play, a six ball game (like Guns n Roses), the sound is a litle repititive but over all it is a good machine.
Well, naked man aside let´s talk about the game, it is a fun game to play, a six ball game (like Guns n Roses), the sound is a litle repititive but over all it is a good machine.
7.339/10
12 years ago
Finally Owned a TFTC. The cabinet is The Coolest !!! The p/f is well layed out with good Shot's.. you Better have some Strong Flipper's to make the Ramp shot's.. TFTC has some of the Coolest Spiral Habitral's in Pinball. The Crypt keeper's laugh didn't get to me,, but the Skillshot Guillotine sound's did.. I kept this pin for a week.. i Would own it again...
4.210/10
12 years ago
The shortest time I owned a game, it was gone in a week, bad art work and rules and don't get me started on the repetitive speech calls!!!
2.558/10
12 years ago
Litvinov
Ugly mother f***ing thing... how could anyone want this in their home... and with the clangy build quality... Funnily enough I did have it in my home for a few months to try and get into it... to give it a fair shot, but it was so horrible I couldn't stand playing it, so never really got to know how deep the rules were!!
9.076/10
12 years ago
IMHO the cream of the Data East crop. Perfect theme execution, great variety of shots and decent flow. The only real drawback for me is the incessant cackling laughter of the Cryptkeeper. It's absoultely appropriate but a little overdone. The shaker is used very well in this game and that cannot be said of so many other games with shakers. Spirits rising from the grave while the game shakes to perfectly eerie music just creates a perfect atmosphere. Electric chair multiball is one of my favorites too.
Sweetly dangerous shots to the peepers, wonderfully flowy ramp shots, satisfying werewolf spinner shot and the intense dramatic pause before the multiball all make for an immersive experience. I love this game and hope to own one some day.
Sweetly dangerous shots to the peepers, wonderfully flowy ramp shots, satisfying werewolf spinner shot and the intense dramatic pause before the multiball all make for an immersive experience. I love this game and hope to own one some day.
8.857/10
13 years ago
A very well rounded game that has a deep ruleset, plenty of shots, and a cool theme imo. Both ramps are exciting, has 3 spinners, drop targets and a captive ball amoung other features. The DMD animations are great and plenty of variety amoung the many modes.
The theme isn't for everybody, and yes the cackling can get old. My other gripe is that multiball is too easy to start (typical for DE). Other than that, this is going to be in my collection for a very long time.
The theme isn't for everybody, and yes the cackling can get old. My other gripe is that multiball is too easy to start (typical for DE). Other than that, this is going to be in my collection for a very long time.
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