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America's Most Haunted backglass

Also known as AMH

2014 · Spooky Pinball

America's Most Haunted

Known for Hellavator, GLIR lanes, Right scoop and Hellavator Multiball. Stormy teal night sky with forked white lightning, graveyard with leaning and broken gravestones, bare black twisted leafless trees, white translucent ghost silhouettes between the trees, green ground fog pooling across the bottom and owl or bat silhouettes in the upper corners.

Year
2014
Maker
Spooky Pinball
Type
Solid state
Display
Dot matrix
Players
4

Known for

  • Toy

    Hellavator

  • Lane

    GLIR lanes

  • scoop

    Right scoop

  • Multiball

    Hellavator Multiball

  • Multiball

    Minion Multiball

  • Mode

    Photo Hunt

  • Mode

    Bumps in the Night

  • Wizard mode

    Demon Battle

On the playfield

  • purple
  • black
  • orange
  • white
America's Most Haunted playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Toy 1

  • Hellavator

Orbit 1

  • Ghost loop loop

Holes 2

  • Right scoop scoop
  • Basement

Magnet 1

  • Ghost magnet

Targets 2

  • Elevator target
  • Ghost targets

Lane 1

  • GLIR lanes

On the backglass

  • blue
  • purple
  • green
  • black
America's Most Haunted backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • woman Young blonde woman, left, pink crop top and pink mini skirt, white boots, blowing a large pink bubble-gum bubble, holding a small camera up at chest height
  • man Black-haired man, centre-left, long dark teal trench coat over shirt and tie, carrying a bulky shoulder-mounted video camera with a large lens and side handle
  • woman Auburn-haired woman, centre-right, floor-length purple robe with deep neckline, gold arm bracelets, green circular pendant and a forehead jewel, right palm raised, glowing white crystal ball cradled in her left hand, mouth open
  • man Man on the right, red short-sleeved shirt, blue jeans, green-tinted glasses, camera on a neck strap, gripping a fishing rod with a small fish-like creature hanging from the line
  • animal Black cat sitting low in the green fog at the bottom right, eyes forward

Setting

  • Stormy teal night sky with forked white lightning
  • Graveyard with leaning and broken gravestones
  • Bare black twisted leafless trees
  • White translucent ghost silhouettes between the trees
  • Green ground fog pooling across the bottom
  • Owl or bat silhouettes in the upper corners

Text on it

  • AMERICA'S
  • MOST HAUNTED
  • TO THEM,
  • THE PARANORMAL ISN'T
  • REC
  • 666MIN
  • 2014
  • WILSON

How it plays

  1. Modes 9

    • Minion
    • Photo Hunt
    • Bumps in the Night
    • Hospital
    • Prison
    • War Fort
    • Haunted Bar
    • Hotel Ghost
    • Theater Ghost
  2. Multiballs 2

    • Hellavator Multiball
    • Minion Multiball
  3. Goals 2

    • Location Tours
    • Ghost investigations
  4. Wizard modes 1

    • Demon Battle

Made by

Design & Art & Mechanics & Software & Sound & Music & Display animation
Ben Heckendorn
Art
Kevin Hill
Mechanics
Charlie Emery
Mechanics
Joel Fonseca
Software
Parker Dillman
Software
Chris Craft
Software
Andrew Edgerton

Reference

Linked terms
  • Hellavator also called Elevator also called Elevator ramp
  • Ghost loop also called Minion ball park
  • GLIR lanes also called GLIR also called GLIR lane
  • Right scoop also called Mode scoop also called Scoop
  • Hellavator Multiball also called Hellavator Multiball Lock
  • Minion also called Minion battles
  • Bumps in the Night also called Bumps also called Night
  • Prison also called Prison Jackpots
  • Haunted Bar also called Bar Ghost
Playfield vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

America's Most Haunted playfield

Playfield

  • purple
  • black
  • orange
  • white

Fingerprint: Six brightly framed haunted-location windows stacked centre, each different colour ending in green ABANDONED HOSPITAL; two big white cartoon sheet-ghosts with stubby arms on either side; large dripping green-white slogan COMPLETE INVESTIGATIONS TO BATTLE GHOST BOSSES; whole board bathed in purple LED wash making red and orange panels read violet

Distinctive

The single most memorable thing is the run of six brightly framed haunted-location windows stacked up the centre of the playfield, each a different colour, ending in a green ABANDONED HOSPITAL panel. Set against that, two big white cartoon sheet-ghosts with wide open mouths and stubby arms rise on either side of the board, and a large dripping green-and-white slogan across the middle reads COMPLETE INVESTIGATIONS TO BATTLE GHOST BOSSES. The apron plate below is a black rectangle with horror-style dripping lettering reading AMERICA'S MOST HAUNTED, framed by a small CAM marking in the corner. Everything is bathed in a strong purple LED wash, making even the red and orange panels read violet.

Setting

  • Haunted-house and graveyard scenery
  • Bare twisted trees
  • Silhouetted rooftops and a church-like steeple
  • Candle-lit interior panels

Symbols

  • Playing-card suits
  • Round ghost-face medallions
  • Letters o r b i t in white ovals
  • Numbered disc markers 1 2 3
  • Arrow decals
  • Skull and crossbones motifs
  • Pointing hand next to $1.00

Notable shapes

  • Vertical ladder of six coloured rectangular window panels
  • Black bat-wing spreader across the upper middle
  • Green rimmed circular psychic roundel
  • Orange rectangular spook again button plate
  • Arched black habitrail orbit rails along the right and top
  • Printed ghost face medallions flanking the upper playfield

Art motifs

  • Coloured rectangular window panels
  • Dripping horror lettering
  • Graveyard silhouettes
  • Twisted leafless trees
  • Ghostly blue-white flames

Themes

  • Ghost hunting
  • Haunted
  • Supernatural
  • Investigations
  • Demonic
  • Haunted house

Title on it

  • America's most haunted

Text on it

  • AMERICA'S MOST HAUNTED
  • COMPLETE INVESTIGATIONS TO BATTLE GHOST BOSSES
  • DEMON BATTLE
  • CLEAR TARGETS TO FIND GHOST BOSSES
  • JACKPOT
  • LOCK
  • ORBIT
  • ADVANCE 3
  • SCORE MULTIPLIER
  • PSYCHIC
  • TECH
  • OLD PRISON
  • LANDMARK HOTEL
  • HAUNTED BAR
  • WAR FORT
  • HISTORIC THEATER
  • ABANDONED HOSPITAL
  • BALCONY
  • THEATER
  • SPOOK AGAIN
  • COMPLETE ALL FOUR TO LIGHT FIGHT DEMON
  • BOSSES BEATEN
  • MULTIBALL COMPLETE
  • PHOTO ACE
  • MINION MASTER
  • MONSTER BATTLE
  • PHOTO HUNT
  • MYSTERY GHOST
  • EVIL GHOST
  • MONSTER GHOST
  • FLIPPER
  • LANE CHANGE
  • TAP DURING VIDEO MODE
  • $1.00
  • CAM
Pop bumpers
Pop bumper cluster in the upper playfield with chrome caps and white plastic bodies
Ramps
Several clear plastic ramps: a raised metal ramp running up the right side to the upper orbit, a second angled clear ramp crossing the upper centre, and a short ramp/lane structure on the upper left. a black bat-wing shaped spreader bridges the mid-upper playfield.
Slingshots
Two standard triangular slingshots flanking the lower centre
Upper playfield
Raised section with chrome ball guides, posts, ramps and a curved habitrail orbit running along the right and top edges
Apron and lower playfield
Wooden apron with black metal front; black logo plate reading america's most haunted; white instruction cards with yellow headings flipper, lane change and $1.00; a lit panel of round amber lamps labelled bosses beaten, multiball complete, photo ace and minion master with the caption complete all four to light fight demon; purple neon ghost outline on the left; two green plastic flipper bats visible
Who and what
Kind Description
Creature Large white cartoon sheet-ghost toy on the left of mid-playfield: teardrop and bell-shaped white body, two round black eyes, wide open black smiling mouth, stubby outstretched arms, small tufts at the crown
Creature Matching white sheet-ghost toy on the right side near the green psychic roundel: rounded head, two black oval eyes, open mouth, draped scalloped lower edge
Creature Small outlined purple ghost figure printed on the wooden lower left apron, angry slanted eyes and open fanged mouth, drawn in glowing line art
Monster Red-and-orange horned demon face emblem painted at the centre above the demon battle window, with black slit eyes and swept horns
Creature Green and purple ghost illustrations printed beside the demon battle area and near the psychic roundel
Full description

A ghost-hunting themed electro-mechanical-era playfield photographed under heavy purple/magenta LED lighting, so the whole board reads violet with orange and green accents. A row of small rectangular haunted-place windows runs up the centre-lower area, each in its own coloured frame: OLD PRISON on tan, LANDMARK HOTEL on grey-green, HAUNTED BAR on blue, WAR FORT on red, HISTORIC THEATER on orange, ABANDONED HOSPITAL on green. Large chunky green-outlined white lettering across the middle reads COMPLETE INVESTIGATIONS TO BATTLE GHOST BOSSES, with a red DEMON BATTLE window above it. Two big white sheet-ghost toys with round black eyes and open mouths stand mid-playfield, one on the left beside a wire ramp and one on the right near a green PSYCHIC roundel. Clear plastic ramps, chrome ball guides and posts crisscross the upper half, with a black bat-wing spreader across the centre and a cluster of oval O R B I T letter targets high up. The wooden-framed apron carries a black plate reading AMERICA'S MOST HAUNTED in dripping horror capitals, plus yellow FLIPPER / LANE CHANGE, $1.00 and TAP DURING VIDEO MODE cards.

America's Most Haunted playfield

Playfield

  • purple
  • black
  • blue
  • white

Fingerprint: Ghost: Huge transparent sheet printed with giant white cartoon ghost with outstretched arms and startled open mouth laid over centre playfield, row of eight separate grinning ghouls peering over top edge, playfield dotted with rectangular hotel-fort-theatre name labels in orange cream blue red yellow green down centre, icy blue flippers with white flame decals, purple haunted-house night backdrop, translucent overlay effect

Distinctive

The most memorable feature is a huge transparent sheet printed with a giant white cartoon ghost, its arms flung out and a startled open-mouthed face, laid over the entire centre of the playfield so it washes everything beneath in pale fog. Second is the ghostly upper strip of a whole ghost gang - eight separate grinning ghouls in hats and specs peering over the top, each drawn differently. Third, the playfield is dotted with rectangular hotel/fort/theatre name labels in orange, cream, blue, red, yellow and green running in a single column down the middle. Fourth, two icy blue flippers with white flame decals and a huge white misty swoosh painted around the apron.

Setting

  • Haunted house exterior at night
  • Full moon and starry sky
  • Black leafless tree
  • Glowing yellow house windows
  • Green graveyard ground
  • Orange flames on the horizon

Symbols

  • Cartoon ghost
  • Full moon
  • Leafless tree
  • Flames
  • Lit house windows
  • Card-suit shapes
  • Arrow symbols
  • Star shapes
  • Target rings
  • Record/disc symbol

Notable shapes

  • The enormous ghost-shaped translucent overlay sheet spanning the whole centre
  • The long straight chrome wire guides hugging the right wall
  • The white mist or smoke swirl painted in a horseshoe around the lower playfield
  • The circular disc target on the right sidewall
  • The star- and arrow-shaped target faces scattered around the mid playfield

Art motifs

  • Ghost gang strip
  • Column of hotel name plates
  • Orange fire licks
  • Moonlit suburban street
  • Translucent ghost overlay

Themes

  • Ghosts
  • Haunted house
  • Horror
  • Haunted hotels
  • Monster hunt
  • Cemetery
  • Night

Title on it

  • Ghost

Text on it

  • GHOST
  • COMPLETE
  • INVESTIGATIONS
  • TO BATTLE
  • GHOST BOSSES
  • OLD PRISON
  • LANDMARK HOTEL
  • HAUNTED BAR
  • WAR FORT
  • HISTORIC THEATER
  • ABANDONED HOSPITAL
  • BOSSES BEATEN
  • MINION MASTER
  • MULTIBALL COMPLETE
  • PHOTO ACE
  • COMPLETE ALL FOUR TO LIGHT FIGHT DEMON
  • STOP PHOTO HUNT
  • LOCK
  • FLIPPERS
  • LANE CHANGE
Pop bumpers
Three round pop bumper caps in a row in the upper-middle area below the big ghost, each with a coloured ring
Drop targets
A large bank of many small rectangular target windows in the mid-upper left, plus a bank of five round/oval targets on the right side
Slingshots
Two triangular slingshots flanking the flippers, outlined in white, set inside the sweeping white misty swoosh
Upper playfield
Raised upper level behind the translucent ghost sheet containing the big ghost figure, a set of stand-up targets and a chute, with the ghost gang art strip above it
Apron and lower playfield
Plain lower playfield with two blue flippers decorated with white flame swirls, a central drain, and printed text instructing to complete all four to light the fight demon; the apron card at the bottom right carries flippers and lane change instructions
Who and what
Kind Description
Other One huge white cartoon ghost high in the centre, arms flung wide, small round black eyes and an open oval mouth, standing on a grey pedestal, printed on a translucent overlay sheet covering the middle of the playfield
Creature A row of eight smaller white cartoon ghosts across the top banner, all differently drawn: one with round glasses, one in a brown fedora with a red scarf, one with black spiky hair and a long neck, one in a black top hat with a monocle, one in a grey hat waving, one lanky one with drooping arms, plus two plain grinning ones at the edges
Other Several flat dark-blue silhouetted figures of people in the lower half - pairs of hunched ghost hunters with lanterns and capes, plus a few standing villagers, drawn as plain shapes against the green ground
Monster A small skeletal or ghoulish figure printed on the overlay near the lower middle, drawn in thin grey outline
Full description

A tall, glossy, backbox-translucent-covered pinball playfield photographed under glass, with the whole surface tinted by a large translucent white ghost-shaped overlay sheet running down the middle. The backdrop is a purple-to-midnight-blue haunted-house night scene: a bare black tree silhouetted centre, a full grey moon upper-left, crooked houses with glowing yellow windows, bare green ground at the bottom, and orange flame licks rising behind a dark hill. A big white cartoon ghost with outstretched arms stands high centre on a pedestal. Across the top is a strip of small ghost characters. Down the centre is a vertical stack of brightly coloured rectangular building labels. Two blue-and-white flippers at the bottom with a chrome ball-drain between them. Green and blue LED strips edge both side walls.

Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

America's Most Haunted backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • purple
  • green
  • black

Fingerprint: Four paranormal investigators in fog-filled graveyard, "MOST HAUNTED" jagged white brush letters, man with shoulder-mounted video camera, woman in purple robe holding glowing crystal ball, young woman in pink, man in red shirt with fishing rod, ghost silhouettes, gravestones, black cat, camcorder viewfinder frame, REC indicator

Distinctive

The four-parter cast of ghost hunters standing in a fog-filled haunted graveyard, led by a man hauling an enormous shoulder-mounted video camera. Beside him a woman in a purple robe holds a glowing crystal ball aloft. The title MOST HAUNTED is rendered as huge jagged white brush lettering with a black outline, cracked by white lightning. Gravestones are scattered through green ground fog with white ghost silhouettes between bare black trees, and the whole piece is framed like a camcorder viewfinder with REC and 666MIN. A black cat sits at the feet of the red-shirted man holding a fishing rod with a fish dangling from it.

Setting

  • Stormy teal night sky with forked white lightning
  • Graveyard with leaning and broken gravestones
  • Bare black twisted leafless trees
  • White translucent ghost silhouettes between the trees
  • Green ground fog pooling across the bottom
  • Owl or bat silhouettes in the upper corners

Symbols

  • Camcorder viewfinder corner brackets
  • Red recording dot beside rec
  • Battery level icon
  • Crystal ball
  • Shoulder-mounted video camera
  • Hand camera
  • Camera on neck strap
  • Fishing rod and fish
  • Gravestones and headstones
  • Ghost silhouettes
  • Owl silhouettes
  • Bubble-gum bubble
  • Lightning bolts
  • Bare trees

Lettering

  • Jagged horror-comic brush lettering, white fill with thick black outline and drop shadow; america's in smaller hand-brushed capitals above the title

Themes

  • Haunted house
  • Paranormal investigators
  • Graveyard
  • Ghosts
  • Crystal ball
  • Occult
  • Video camera crew
  • Camcorder viewfinder

Title on it

  • America's most haunted

Text on it

  • AMERICA'S
  • MOST HAUNTED
  • TO THEM,
  • THE PARANORMAL ISN'T
  • REC
  • 666MIN
  • 2014
  • WILSON
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Young blonde woman, left, pink crop top and pink mini skirt, white boots, blowing a large pink bubble-gum bubble, holding a small camera up at chest height
Man Black-haired man, centre-left, long dark teal trench coat over shirt and tie, carrying a bulky shoulder-mounted video camera with a large lens and side handle
Woman Auburn-haired woman, centre-right, floor-length purple robe with deep neckline, gold arm bracelets, green circular pendant and a forehead jewel, right palm raised, glowing white crystal ball cradled in her left hand, mouth open
Man Man on the right, red short-sleeved shirt, blue jeans, green-tinted glasses, camera on a neck strap, gripping a fishing rod with a small fish-like creature hanging from the line
Animal Black cat sitting low in the green fog at the bottom right, eyes forward
Full description

Full-colour painted backglass framed like a camcorder viewfinder: four white corner brackets, a battery icon top left, the word REC with a solid red dot and a squiggle signature with 2014 bottom left, and 666MIN bottom right. Across the top, AMERICA'S in small white brush capitals sits above the large title MOST HAUNTED, in jagged white brush letters with heavy black outline and drop shadow, over a teal sky cracked by white lightning. Four human figures stand in a graveyard: a blonde young woman in a pink crop top and pink mini skirt blowing pink bubble-gum and holding a small camera; a black-haired man in a long dark teal coat carrying a bulky shoulder-mounted video camera with a big lens; a long-haired auburn woman in a floor-length purple robe with gold bracelets, a green pendant and a forehead gem, one palm raised and a glowing white crystal ball in the other hand; and a man in a red shirt and blue jeans with green-tinted glasses and a camera on a neck strap, gripping a rod with a small fish-like creature dangling from the line. A black cat sits bottom right. Bare black twisted trees, white ghost silhouettes and leaning gravestones fill the mid-ground, with green fog pooling along the bottom.