Also known as FREDDY
1994 · Gottlieb
Freddy: A Nightmare On Elm Street
Known for Boiler Room, Right captive ball, Glove flipper and Claw. Burning doorway filled with yellow-orange flame, dark timber-framed house at upper left, purple-blue night sky and glowing blue light streaks across the lower half.
- Year
- 1994
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Hole
Boiler Room
- Captive ball
Right captive ball
- extra flipper
Glove flipper
- Magnet
Claw
- Mode
Nightmares
- Wizard mode
Final Nightmare
- Wizard mode
Dream Warriors
On the playfield
- magenta
- red
- black
- purple
- 2 flippers
- 2 pop bumpers
- 2 ramps
- 2 slingshots
Toys 2
- Moving wall
- Freddy's head
Holes 2
- Boiler Room
- Mystery popper
Captive ball 1
- Right captive ball
Magnet 1
- Claw
Targets 5
- Coffee targets
- Extra ball target
- Soul Targets
- TV target
- Lower left standup
Kickback 1
- Kick Save
Lane 1
- Combo lanes
Flippers 2
- Upper right flipper extra flipper
- Glove flipper extra flipper
Display 2
- Awake meter
- Freddy Meter
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Huge close-up portrait occupying the right half: adult male, horribly burn-scarred and deformed facial skin in orange and red, one wide glaring eye, dark stubble, toothy sneer, wearing a creased black fedora, lit hard from the left
- other His raised fist in the lower centre-right, wrapped in brass-coloured metal knuckles, fingers curled with a single glowing blue glass marble sitting on the knuckle
- creature One large grotesque pale burning face with a white pinpoint eye and gaping mouth at left-middle, half-hidden in purple haze
- creature A second smaller grey skull-like head with a single white eye above and left of the first
- creature A third dark clawed hand-and-face shape at lower left with a bright white pinpoint eye
- creature A fourth faint round-eyed face at the far left edge, mid-height
Setting
- Burning doorway filled with yellow-orange flame
- Dark timber-framed house at upper left
- Purple-blue night sky
- Glowing blue light streaks across the lower half
Text on it
- ottlieb
- Freddy
- A Nightmare
- ON ELM STREET
- All Rights Reserved.
- and used under license
- New Line Cinema Corporation
- 1984, 1994 New Line Productions, Inc.
- 1994 Premier Technology. All Rights Reserved.
- pinside.com
How it plays
-
Modes 1
- Nightmares
-
Multiballs 3
- Multiball Nightmare
- Hidden Mode
- Kruegerand Multiball
-
Goals 13
- Kruegerands
- Freddy's Shop
- Freddy's Bones
- More Power
- Alarm Clock
- Multi Ball Item
- Grab Freddy
- Combo Jackpot
- Freddy Jackpot
- Final Nightmare Jackpot
- Fully Awake
- Fall Asleep
- Take That
-
Wizard modes 2
- Final Nightmare
- Dream Warriors
Made by
- Design
- Bill Parker
- Design
- Ray Tanzer
- Art
- Constantino Mitchell
- Art
- Jeanine Mitchell
- Software & Display animation
- Rand Paulin
- Software & Display animation
- Alycen Hareas
- Software
- Allen Edwall
- Software
- Jon Norris
- Sound
- Craig Beierwaltes
- Sound
- Robert Englund
- Music
- Duane Decker
- Display animation
- Daryl Moore
- Display animation
- Vecennia Jordan
The cast
- Freddy
Reference
Linked terms
- Right captive ball also called captive ball
- Coffee targets also called Coffee
- Extra ball target also called Take That target
- Glove flipper also called Glove
- Claw also called Claw save
- Soul Targets also called Claw targets also called CLAW
- Mystery popper also called Mystery
- Freddy Meter also called red meter
- Freddy's Shop also called Kruegerand Trade
- Combo Jackpot also called Combo
- Freddy Jackpot also called Roving Jackpot
- Fall Asleep also called Asleep
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- magenta
- red
- black
- purple
Fingerprint: Freddy, A Nightmare, On Elm Street, enormous scarred grinning face covering upper-left in brown fedora, four claw slashes across cheek, magenta panel with vertical red 1–6 triangular insert ladder, two red domed bumpers, brick tower and ladder diagonal, purple brick background
The most memorable feature is the enormous scarred, grinning man in a brown fedora whose face covers the entire upper-left playfield, his cheek cut by four claw slashes. Second is the blood-dripping Nightmares logo over a magenta panel with a vertical red 1-to-6 triangular insert ladder. Third, the two red domed bumper caps and the many small lit arrow and round inserts scattered across a purple brick-and-ladder background. Fourth, chain-framed handwritten panels reading Glove Flipper / Use Left Flipper Button and Claw Saver Button flanking the apron.
Setting
- Flooded brick basement wall in purple and magenta
- Brick chimney tower with arched window
- Grey plank and board floor at the bottom
- Night sky with a windmill
- Wooden plank walls and a pitched ceiling
Symbols
- Card-suit insets including red hearts and spades on the 1-to-6 nightmare ladder
- Gold arrows pointing up the ladder
- Bat and pumpkin silhouettes
- Chains and hooks
- Bed spring and metal frame
- Padlock and shackle
- Brick wall
- Playing-card suits
- Clawed glove silhouette
- Brown fedora silhouette
Notable shapes
- The enormous fedora-wearing head silhouette that the upper-left pop bumper nestles into
- Chain-bordered octagonal panels at the lower left and lower right
- A stepped six-light triangular insert ladder
- Two arcing wireform ramps crossing over the centre
- A metal ball-return trough and grille at the very bottom
Art motifs
- Painted wooden floor planks in grey-blue
- Blood drips from all lettering
- Handwritten scrawl lettering on black panels
- Hand-painted illustrative shading with heavy black outlines
Themes
- Slasher horror
- Haunted house basement
- Child's nightmare
- Clawed glove weapon
- Teddy-bear-to-predator transformation
Title on it
- Freddy, a nightmare, on elm street
Text on it
- FREDDY, A NIGHTMARE, ON ELM STREET
- Manipulator Power
- Nightmares
- Glow Flipper
- Dream Threads
- Feel The Glove Flips
- Glove Flipper
- Use Left Flipper Button
- Claw Saver Button
- Combine Combo
- More Time
- Asleep
- Awake
- Hot Dreams
- Attack This
- SHAKE
- DREAM
- KICK
- NIGHTMARE
- ENJOY THE DREAM
- See display for replay score level
- 1 replay for beating high score to date
- Hold right flipper button to display status report
- 50c 1 PLAY
- SEE DISPLAY FOR EXTENDED PLAY OPTION
- 1 2 3 4 5 6
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Monster | Giant severed male head upper left, brown fedora, deeply scarred and wrinkled pale tan skin, wide staring eye, open grin of yellowed teeth, blood on the cheek, four parallel claw slashes across the right cheek, a dark tongue and teeth lock into the bumper area below |
| Other | Metal claw glove, silver bladed fingers, painted at the left edge beside the head and again as a crest on the apron beside a brown hat |
| Other | A tall wooden ladder motif running diagonally down the middle of the playfield from the chimney area to the lower centre |
| Other | A striped conical clown or circus-tent form on the right of the upper playfield with a dark round face beneath it |
| Other | A windmill with four blades silhouetted against the purple wall in the upper centre |
Photographed top-down under glass, in dark surroundings with strong reflections. A horror-themed playfield in magenta, red, black and purple. Upper left is a huge grotesque scarred male head in a dark brown fedora, grinning with yellowed teeth, with a claw-marked jaw and pale staring eye. Upper right has a brick tower with arched window, a windmill, a striped conical clown/tent motif, chains and a full-length ladder motif running diagonally down the centre. Two large red domed bumper caps sit left of centre; lit arrow inserts glow amber, and purple and green round inserts are scattered. The centre-lower area is a magenta panel with a red ladder of six numbered triangular inserts, 1 through 6, under the word Nightmares in dripping red script. Lower left and lower right carry chain-bordered instruction panels headed Glove Flipper and Claw Saver Button. A yellow-bordered rules card fills the bottom left, a yellow notice box the bottom right, and the wooden apron shows a hat-and-glove emblem. Scuffed, aged wood and a small barcode sticker are visible.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- purple
- black
- orange
- blue
Fingerprint: freddy a nightmare on elm street - gigantic scarred grinning head in black fedora lit from left in flame-orange with one bloodshot eye and melted disfigured cheek flesh, single glowing blue glass marble resting on raised brass-knuckle fist lower right, rectangular doorway of yellow-white fire burning like framed window with skull-faced creatures crawling up purple left side, title written in dripping blood-red script slanting down upper left
The dominant image is a gigantic scarred grinning head in a black fedora, lit from the left in flame-orange, with one bloodshot eye and melted, disfigured cheek flesh. A single glowing blue glass marble rests on his raised brass-knuckle fist in the lower right. Behind him a rectangular doorway of yellow-white fire burns like a framed window, with skull-faced creatures crawling up the purple left side. The title is written in dripping blood-red script slanting down the upper left.
Setting
- Burning doorway filled with yellow-orange flame
- Dark timber-framed house at upper left
- Purple-blue night sky
- Glowing blue light streaks across the lower half
Symbols
- A single glass marble
- Brass knuckle-duster
- Flames
- Chains
- Timber-framed house
- Wooden beams
- Blue energy streaks
- Burning skull faces
- Small globe logo beside the website text
Lettering
- Dripping blood-red brush script for the main name, smaller red script for the subtitle, and a bold red sans-serif all-caps block with dark outline for the street name
Themes
- Horror
- Burning figure
- Fire
- Nightmare
- Slasher film
- Flame doorway
- Marble
- Spider web
Title on it
- Freddy a nightmare on elm street
Text on it
- ottlieb
- Freddy
- A Nightmare
- ON ELM STREET
- All Rights Reserved.
- and used under license
- New Line Cinema Corporation
- 1984, 1994 New Line Productions, Inc.
- 1994 Premier Technology. All Rights Reserved.
- pinside.com
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Huge close-up portrait occupying the right half: adult male, horribly burn-scarred and deformed facial skin in orange and red, one wide glaring eye, dark stubble, toothy sneer, wearing a creased black fedora, lit hard from the left |
| Other | His raised fist in the lower centre-right, wrapped in brass-coloured metal knuckles, fingers curled with a single glowing blue glass marble sitting on the knuckle |
| Creature | One large grotesque pale burning face with a white pinpoint eye and gaping mouth at left-middle, half-hidden in purple haze |
| Creature | A second smaller grey skull-like head with a single white eye above and left of the first |
| Creature | A third dark clawed hand-and-face shape at lower left with a bright white pinpoint eye |
| Creature | A fourth faint round-eyed face at the far left edge, mid-height |
Painted horror backglass dominated on the right by a huge close-up head-and-shoulders portrait of a scarred, deformed man in a battered black fedora: only the right side of his face is lit, showing melted-looking burn-scarred skin in orange and red, one glaring eye, a sneering half-grin of teeth, and heavy stubble. He grips a metal-knuckled fist raised in the lower centre-right, on which a single glass marble glows bright blue. Behind him at centre-left is a rectangular doorway of roaring yellow-orange flame with a white-hot core, crossed by curved blue light-streaks. The left third is a murky purple-blue night scene with a timber-framed house, and four small grotesque burning or skeletal faces with white pinpoint eyes crawl up the lower left. The title lettering fills the upper left in dripping blood-red brush script. A narrow white manufacturer plate logo sits top left, and small legal print runs along both bottom corners. Airbrushed, glossy, 1990s horror-movie illustration.