Also known as BSD
1993 · Williams
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Known for Coffin, Castle ramp, Coffin ramp and Tunnel. Night sky with cloud streaks, hazy orange full moon upper left, gothic mansion on a hill with lit yellow windows, leafless black trees, red glow on the horizon and plank or picket fence across the foreground.
- Year
- 1993
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Toy
Coffin
- Ramp
Castle ramp
- Ramp
Coffin ramp
- saucer
Tunnel
- Magnet
Mist ball
- Multiball
Coffin Multiball
- Multiball
Castle Multiball
- Multiball
Mist Multiball
On the playfield
- blue
- red
- grey
- black
- 2 flippers
- 1 spinner
- 3 target banks
- 2 slingshots
Toy 1
- Coffin
Ramps 2
- Castle ramp
- Coffin ramp
Holes 3
- Tunnel saucer
- Altar scoop
- Asylum
Magnet 1
- Mist ball
Backbox 1
- Dracula's faces backglass toy
On the backglass
Who and what
- monster Enormous male vampire bust occupying the whole right third: corpse-pale grey-white skin, long dark hair swept back, deep sunken dark eyes, flared nostrils, mouth wide open showing pointed fangs, bare chest and shoulders lit in glowing blood red, head tilted back and to the left
- man Second pale-faced male figure at mid-left in dark clothing, black hair, crouching/hunched in deep shadow with his face lit stark white and turned in profile toward the right
- other Small black silhouette of a figure on the centre-right ridge with both arms outstretched, standing behind the foreground fence
Setting
- Night sky with cloud streaks
- Hazy orange full moon upper left
- Gothic mansion on a hill with lit yellow windows
- Leafless black trees
- Red glow on the horizon
- Plank or picket fence across the foreground
Text on it
- BRAM STOKER'S
- Dracula
How it plays
-
Modes 3
- Bats
- Rats
- Video
-
Multiballs 4
- Coffin Multiball
- Castle Multiball
- Mist Multiball
- Multi-Multiball
-
Goals 2
- Dracula
- Castle Lock
-
Awards 6
- Mystery
- Coffin Jackpot
- Castle Jackpot
- Double Jackpot
- Carriage Bonus
- Bats Bonus
Made by
- Design & Art
- Mark Sprenger
- Design
- Barry Oursler
- Mechanics
- Zofia Bil
- Software
- Bill Pfutzenreuter
- Sound & Music
- Paul Heitsch
- Display animation
- Scott Slomiany
The cast
- werewolves
Reference
Linked terms
- Castle ramp also called left ramp
- Coffin ramp also called right ramp
- Tunnel also called Tunnel saucer
- Video also called video mode
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- blue
- red
- grey
- black
Fingerprint: Dracula title, huge blood-red 3D letters with black shadow, curved cream ribbon reading BRACKER SCORES COME FROM HELL, cluster four snarling faces beneath with orange-haired figure, castle tower glowing windows at top, black bat silhouette red sky, jagged orange lightning spikes, castle gateway arch lower center, red-orange-yellow rails wireform ramp, dark blue field, gothic vampire theme.
The most memorable element is the giant blood-red 3D title with heavy black shadow, tucked under a curved cream ribbon that reads BRACKER SCORES COME FROM HELL. Second is the cluster of four snarling faces under the title, one with a mane of bright orange hair, plus a second Dracula logo on the lower apron. Also striking: a long chrome wire-form ramp arcing the whole upper playfield with bright red, orange and yellow rails, and a grey stone castle tower with glowing windows at the top. A black bat silhouette flies in the red sky at the upper right.
Setting
- Night sky with stars and a red glow
- Grey stone block walls and castle tower
- Wavy blue water below
- Black cliff and cave opening
Symbols
- Playing-card suit diamonds
- Lightning bolts
- Drop-target arrows
- Black bat
- Stars
- Stone castle
- Arched gateway
Notable shapes
- Long arcing chrome ramp with coloured rails
- Castle gateway arch at lower centre
- Row of jagged lightning spikes above the arch
- Black diamond cutouts in the lower playfield
- Raised castle-tower toy at the top
Art motifs
- Jagged lightning bolts
- Comic-book halftone shading
- Dripping red title script
- Stone masonry
- Glowing windows
Themes
- Gothic horror
- Vampire
- Castle
- Storm
- Lightning
- Water
- Night
Title on it
- Dracula
Text on it
- BRACKER SCORES COME FROM HELL
- DRACULA
- BEAM STOKER'S
- LANE CHANGE
- HOLD BUTTON FOR STATUS REPORT
- SCORE REPLAY
- 1 PLAYER
- TWO PLAYERS
- 30,000 POINTS
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- SHOOT AGAIN
- LITE CASTLE LOCK
- COLLECT 5 CASTLE LOCKS
- HIGH SCORE TO BEAT
- TO BEAT
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Figure with a wild mane of orange-red hair and torn cloak at left of centre, arms outstretched, snarling |
| Man | Dark-haired man in profile with bared teeth and wide eye, centre |
| Man | Black-haired man with moustache and grimace at right |
| Man | Second dark-haired face below and left of the first |
| Creature | Black bat silhouette flying in the red sky at upper right |
| Other | Stone castle tower with arched lit windows at top of the playfield |
Photographed through its locking glass, an electro-mechanical playfield with a grey stone-block cabinet edge and a gothic vampire theme painted in flat comic-book colour on a night-blue sky. A huge chunky red three-dimensional title, shadowed in black, sits across the middle beneath a curved cream banner reading BRACKER SCORES COME FROM HELL. Above the title are four heads: a wild-haired orange-red figure in a torn cloak at left, a snarling dark-haired man with bared teeth, and two more grimacing male faces at right. Behind them a drawn grey stone castle tower with lit windows stands under a blood-red sky with a black bat silhouette. Below the title a row of jagged orange lightning-bolt spikes rises over a red arched castle gateway. The lower playfield is dark blue with wavy water lines, black diamond cutouts, three triangular drop targets lit blue and purple, and two green inserts below them. Two yellow flipper bats sit low centre. Both lower aprons read LANE CHANGE / HOLD BUTTON FOR STATUS REPORT in red and blue capitals. The left apron carries a white Dracula logo and a small points table; the centre apron reads BEAM STOKER'S in white over Dracula in dripping red script.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- black
- red
- dark blue
- orange
Fingerprint: BRAM STOKER'S Dracula in jagged blood-red brush script, enormous vampire bust filling right third glowing in reds, pale second figure crouching left in shadow, gothic mansion with lit windows, full moon, black trees, fence foreground, dark airbrushed realistic horror palette
The single most memorable element is the colossal snarling vampire head filling the entire right side, his whole face and bare chest washed in glowing blood red against black. Second, the enormous jagged blood-red 'Dracula' brush-script title slashing across the sky, its capital D drawn with a long curling tail down the left edge. Third, the small red 'BRAM STOKER'S' credit line printed above the title. Fourth, the glowing orange full moon at upper left with a black gothic mansion and lit yellow windows beneath it, plus a second pale-faced dark-haired figure lurking in the left-hand shadows.
Setting
- Night sky with cloud streaks
- Hazy orange full moon upper left
- Gothic mansion on a hill with lit yellow windows
- Leafless black trees
- Red glow on the horizon
- Plank or picket fence across the foreground
Symbols
- Full moon
- Gothic mansion with lit windows
- Bare trees
- Fence
- Fangs
- Flickering lantern or torch glow
Lettering
- Large jagged blood-red brush/gothic script for the title with a long swash on the capital d, plus small widely spaced red serif capitals on a black band above
Themes
- Horror
- Vampire
- Gothic castle
- Night
- Full moon
- Haunted mansion
- Literary adaptation
Title on it
- Dracula
Text on it
- BRAM STOKER'S
- Dracula
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Monster | Enormous male vampire bust occupying the whole right third: corpse-pale grey-white skin, long dark hair swept back, deep sunken dark eyes, flared nostrils, mouth wide open showing pointed fangs, bare chest and shoulders lit in glowing blood red, head tilted back and to the left |
| Man | Second pale-faced male figure at mid-left in dark clothing, black hair, crouching/hunched in deep shadow with his face lit stark white and turned in profile toward the right |
| Other | Small black silhouette of a figure on the centre-right ridge with both arms outstretched, standing behind the foreground fence |
A wide, landscape-format horror backglass in a dark, airbrushed realistic style, dominated by black, blood red and midnight blue. Across the upper third a huge jagged blood-red brush-script title reading 'Dracula' sprawls left to right, its capital D drawn with a long swash curling down the left side; above it, in small spaced red serif capitals on a black band, is 'BRAM STOKER'S'. The right third is taken over by an enormous male vampire bust in glowing reds: a gaunt, corpse-pale man with long dark hair swept back, deep sunken eyes, flared nostrils and a wide snarling mouth of pointed fangs, his bare chest streaked with red light. On the left a second pale, black-haired male figure in dark clothing crouches in shadow, his face lit stark white. Behind them a black night sky holds a hazy orange full moon at upper left and thin cloud streaks; a gothic mansion with lit yellow windows sits on a hill at mid-left, flanked by leafless black trees. A red glow bleeds up from the horizon and a low fence runs across the foreground.