Also known as ACNC
2018 · Spooky Pinball
Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle
Known for Crypt, Monster Select targets, Secret Passage and Guillotine. Purple halftone-dotted night sky, green-lit gothic graveyard, leaning tombstones and grave markers, yellow flame or starburst backdrop behind the title, black silhouetted castle wall on the right and orange spiderwebs in the corners.
- Year
- 2018
- Maker
- Spooky Pinball
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- LCD screen
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Lock
Crypt
- Target
Monster Select targets
- loop
Secret Passage
- Ramp
Guillotine
- Lane
SAVE lanes
- Multiball
Crypt Multiball
- Multiball
Frankenstein Multiball
- Mode
Frenzy
On the playfield
Extra level 1
- Upper playfield upper playfield
Ramp 1
- Guillotine
Orbit 1
- Secret Passage loop
Holes 3
- Mystery scoop scoop
- Center scoop scoop
- Left scoop scoop
Lock 1
- Crypt
Targets 3
- Monster Select targets
- Eyes target
- Left standup
Lane 1
- SAVE lanes
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Central: gaunt blue-skinned woman, shoulder-length black hair, white lab coat over dark clothing, mouth open in a scream, right hand thrust forward with fingers splayed towards the viewer, eyes wide with dark rings
- monster Upper left: a grinning stone monster head with round glowing orange eyes and sharp teeth, set into a dark archway in the graveyard wall
- skeleton Lower left: a mummified skeletal figure in a tattered purple cloak, both arms raised with open hands, jaw open
- skeleton Lower right: a skeletal head and shoulders with wild purple hair and a wide screaming mouth, emerging from the greenery
- woman Right edge: a woman in a purple dress with long dark hair, mouth open in a scream, one arm raised
- other Far right: a figure with bright pink or magenta hair and pale skin, partially cut off by the frame
Setting
- Purple halftone-dotted night sky
- Green-lit gothic graveyard
- Leaning tombstones and grave markers
- Yellow flame or starburst backdrop behind the title
- Black silhouetted castle wall on the right
- Orange spiderwebs in the corners
Text on it
- ALICE COOPER'S
- NIGHTMARE CASTILE
- SPOOKY PINBALL
- SPOOKY PINBALL LLC. All Game Elements © "SPOOKY PINBALL LLC." 2017
- 2017 Nightmare Inc.
- Under License from Universal Merchandising Services, Inc.
- Artwork © 2017 Mojo Mist. Be Destroyed.
How it plays
-
Modes 9
- Frenzy
- Pit Creature
- Vampire
- Alice Cooper battle
- Wolf
- Zombie
- Ethyl
- Igor
- Insect
-
Multiballs 2
- Crypt Multiball
- Frankenstein Multiball
-
Goals 3
- Frenzy hurry-up
- Battle
- Item
-
Awards 1
- Crypt super skill shot
-
Wizard modes 1
- Billion Dollar Babies
Made by
- Design
- Charlie Emery
- Art
- Jeff Zornow
- Software
- David Fawcett
- Software & Sound
- Scott Danesi
- Software
- Jimmy Lipham
- Music
- Alice Cooper
- Music
- Matt Montgomery
- Display animation
- David Van Es
The cast
- Alice Cooper
- Ballroom
- Laboratory
- Dungeon
- Conservatory
- Kitchen
- Parlor
- Library
- Foyer
Reference
Linked terms
- Crypt also called Crypt Lock
- Monster Select targets also called center 3 target
- Secret Passage also called inner loop also called Secret Passage loop
- Guillotine also called upper Guillotine
- Mystery scoop also called middle scoop
- Eyes target also called back target
- SAVE lanes also called SAVE also called Mag-Neat-O save
- Crypt Multiball also called Crypt MB
- Frankenstein Multiball also called Frank MB also called Frankenstein
- Billion Dollar Babies also called Billion Dollar Baby
- Pit Creature also called PitCreature
- Alice Cooper battle also called Alice
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- purple
- black
- teal
- bone white
Fingerprint: Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle: Giant screaming blue-grey skull with white eye sockets rising from flames, hooded skeleton with bat wings above, skeletal hands beside flippers, crumbling stone castle with burning window, magenta instructions, graveyard gloomy palette
The dominant feature is a colossal open-mouthed screaming skull painted in blue-grey and bone white, rising from blue-green flames in the lower centre of the playfield, with two large purple bat wings spread either side of it. Directly above the skull sits a hooded skeleton figure rising out of the flames, and a pair of skeletal hands in purple sleeves reach down beside the two flipper bats as if beckoning. The lower playfield is flanked by two bright magenta instruction panels with lime-green arrows reading LANE CHANGE, INSTANT INFO, SWACK THE BALL, and a red script title panel below them. The upper playfield is a ruined stone castle wall with a burning mansion window and a ring of four arrow-ringed bumper caps.
Setting
- Ruined stone castle wall and arched gateway across the upper playfield
- Burning mansion interior seen through a lit window
- Graveyard with tombstones, mausoleum walls and a gallows post
- Blue-green flames rising through the lower centre
- Starless black night sky behind the castle ramp
Symbols
- Playing-card suits
- Skulls
- Tombstones
- Bats
- Flames
- Arrows
- Crowns
- Coins
- Diamonds
- Hearts
- Spades
- Chains
- Stone brickwork
- Ivy
Notable shapes
- A large bare tan worn patch where the right apron/lower playfield edge has been rubbed or stripped
- A cutout tunnel mouth under the right ramp
- A spiral habitrail loop
- An arched castle gateway
- A hole-and-cup style round window with playing-card suit pips
Art motifs
- Screaming skull motif repeated in the lower playfield and on the flipper bats
- Sarcophagus and grave-marker motifs
- Iron portcullis and dungeon grille
- Flame licks in blue and teal
- Card-suit pips in oval windows
Themes
- Graveyard
- Haunted castle
- Gothic horror
- Undead
- Flames
- Bats
- Black magic
Title on it
- Alice cooper's nightmare castle
Text on it
- ALICE COOPER'S NIGHTMARE CASTLE
- DESIGN: CHARLIE EMMERY
- PROGRAMMING: PAWAN KULKARNI
- RULES DIRECTOR: DOYEN IDDINGS
- ANIMATION: GUNJI VAN ES
- 3D & FX: TROY STATON
- SOUND EFFECTS: SCOTT DANIEL
- SPECIAL THANKS: ALICE, SHEP, MARY, KYLER, AMBER
- LANE CHANGE
- INSTANT INFO
- SWACK THE BALL
- LONG WAY TO GO
- DEATH AGAIN
- HANGMAN
- WILD WILD
- SCREAM
- MASTIFF
- COLLECT
- QUICK VALUE
- MONSTER MODE
- MONSTER ORB
- COOL GEMS
- TAKE THE GEM
- GRAVE DIGGER
- DRAIN GRABBER
- CATCH ZOMBIES
- HEDGEHOG
- ZOMBIE HEAD
- HUNTER MODE
- KILLER COLLECT
- SPOT ZOMBIES
- SPOT CREATURES
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Skeleton | Giant screaming skull, blue-grey bone with white eye sockets and long ribbed jaw, painted in the lower centre emerging from flames |
| Creature | Hooded skeletal figure with bat wings spread wide above the giant skull, upper centre |
| Creature | Two skeletal hands in purple sleeves reaching down beside the left and right flipper bats |
| Creature | Shadowed ghostly figure with a wide-brimmed hat visible in the upper playfield castle area |
| Other | Several small purple-clothed ghoul figures painted on the lower left and lower right lanes |
| Monster | Snarling purple creature heads inset in the upper bumper area |
Wide-angle overhead view of a full pinball playfield in a blue cabinet with chrome lockdown bar and coin door below. The art is a gloomy graveyard-and-castle cartoon in purple, teal-green, black and bone-white. A gigantic screaming skull with wide white eye sockets and a ribbed jaw dominates the lower centre, rising from blue-green flames; above it a hooded skeletal figure with outstretched bat wings. Two chrome-and-yellow flipper bats sit low left and right, each flanked by a skeletal hand in a purple sleeve. The upper half shows a crumbling stone castle wall and arched gate, a lit mansion window, tombstones and a gallows post. Four round bumper caps in the upper middle are ringed by cream arrow decals, flanked by red mushroom-style targets. Lettering: a red script title in a black credit box at lower left, a matching placard in the lower centre, and two magenta instruction panels with lime arrows. Condition: glossy surface, reflections, worn paint, a large bare tan patch on the right edge.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- yellow
- purple
- green
Fingerprint: alice cooper's nightmare castile in dripping blood-red on yellow starburst, blue-skinned woman with screaming mouth thrusting splayed hand forward, black spider with red hourglass on her chest, gothic graveyard with grinning stone monster in archway, skeletal figures and purple-haired heads, spiderwebs in corners, purple-red-green color scheme
The most memorable element is the huge splayed hand of the blue-skinned, black-haired woman lunging out of the picture towards the viewer, with a black spider bearing a red hourglass on its back crawling on her white lab coat. The dripping red title on a blazing yellow starburst is the second most striking feature, with the word CASTILE set in smaller letters to the right. Third, the grinning orange-eyed monster face embedded in the graveyard archway at the upper left. Fourth, the crowd of purple-haired skeletons and a screaming woman in a purple dress packed into the lower right corner.
Setting
- Purple halftone-dotted night sky
- Green-lit gothic graveyard
- Leaning tombstones and grave markers
- Yellow flame or starburst backdrop behind the title
- Black silhouetted castle wall on the right
- Orange spiderwebs in the corners
Symbols
- Black spider with red hourglass marking
- Spiderwebs
- Tombstones
- Grinning monster face
- Gargoyle statue
- Skeletons
- Flame or explosion starburst behind the title
- Pink ghost emblem in the lower left
- Loval logo
Lettering
- Jagged, dripping horror display capitals in blood red with heavy black shadow, arranged on two lines with a smaller right-aligned second word, set against a yellow starburst
Themes
- Horror
- Haunted castle
- Gothic graveyard
- Spiders
- Undead
- Nightmare
- Monster character group
Title on it
- Alice cooper's nightmare castile
Text on it
- ALICE COOPER'S
- NIGHTMARE CASTILE
- SPOOKY PINBALL
- SPOOKY PINBALL LLC. All Game Elements © "SPOOKY PINBALL LLC." 2017
- 2017 Nightmare Inc.
- Under License from Universal Merchandising Services, Inc.
- Artwork © 2017 Mojo Mist. Be Destroyed.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Central: gaunt blue-skinned woman, shoulder-length black hair, white lab coat over dark clothing, mouth open in a scream, right hand thrust forward with fingers splayed towards the viewer, eyes wide with dark rings |
| Monster | Upper left: a grinning stone monster head with round glowing orange eyes and sharp teeth, set into a dark archway in the graveyard wall |
| Skeleton | Lower left: a mummified skeletal figure in a tattered purple cloak, both arms raised with open hands, jaw open |
| Skeleton | Lower right: a skeletal head and shoulders with wild purple hair and a wide screaming mouth, emerging from the greenery |
| Woman | Right edge: a woman in a purple dress with long dark hair, mouth open in a scream, one arm raised |
| Other | Far right: a figure with bright pink or magenta hair and pale skin, partially cut off by the frame |
| Other | Upper right: a grey stone gargoyle or winged statue perched on top of the castle wall, with a small dark spider-like shape beside it |
| Animal | Centre: a large black spider with a red hourglass on its abdomen, drawn in silhouette with legs raised, crawling on the blue woman's chest |
A horror-themed comic-style backglass. Across the top, the title ALICE COOPER'S NIGHTMARE CASTILE is lettered in jagged, dripping blood-red capital letters with black shading, sitting on a bright yellow starburst or flame shape against a purple halftone-dotted night sky. Dominating the centre is a gaunt blue-skinned woman with shoulder-length black hair and a screaming open mouth, wearing a white lab coat; she thrusts a huge splayed hand towards the viewer. A black spider with a red hourglass marking on its abdomen crawls on her chest, its legs raised. The background is a green-lit Gothic graveyard: leaning tombstones, a grinning stone monster face with glowing orange eyes set in an archway at upper left, a stone gargoyle or winged statue perched on the wall at upper right, a mummy-like skeleton in a tattered purple cloak with both arms raised at lower left, a skeletal head-and-shoulders figure with wild purple hair at lower right, and a screaming woman in a purple dress at the right edge. Orange spiderwebs lace the corners. Colours are dominated by red, yellow, purple and green.