1982 · Gottlieb
Haunted House
Known for Attic, Main Floor, Cellar and Secret Passage. Acid green and yellow storm clouds, crooked three-storey haunted house on a hill, graveyard slope, dark blue-green marsh or swamp with reeds in the foreground and bare black tree branches framing the edges.
- Year
- 1982
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- upper playfield
Attic
- main playfield
Main Floor
- lower playfield
Cellar
- standup
Secret Passage
- Hole
Trap Door
- Drop target
Cellar drop bank
- Goal
Double Scoring
On the playfield
Extra levels 3
- Attic upper playfield
- Main Floor main playfield
- Cellar lower playfield
Orbit 1
- Right mini-loop loop
Holes 4
- Trap Door
- Top holes
- Right kicker kicker
- Cellar up-kicker kicker
Drop targets 2
- Attic drop targets
- Cellar drop bank
Targets 2
- Secret Passage standup
- 1-2-3-4-5 standup targets standups
Lane 1
- Center lane
Flipper 1
- Mini-flipper
On the backglass
Who and what
- creature Large black owl with glowing red eyes perched on a branch at top right
- animal Black cat silhouette with arched back on a broken picket fence at upper left
- creature Pale blue ghost hanging with arms out of an upper window of the house
- creature Pale blue ghost standing in the lit doorway of the house
- creature Pale ghost head and hand rising from the water at the left edge, beside a leaning rip gravestone
- creature Several small black bats flying across the green sky
Setting
- Acid green and yellow storm clouds
- Crooked three-storey haunted house on a hill
- Graveyard slope
- Dark blue-green marsh or swamp with reeds in the foreground
- Bare black tree branches framing the edges
Text on it
- Gottlieb
- HAUNTED HOUSE
- RIP
- CREDITS
How it plays
-
Goals 2
- Double Scoring
- Double Bonus
Made by
- Design
- John Osborne
- Art
- Terry Doerzaph
Reference
Linked terms
- Attic also called Upper playfield
- Main Floor also called Main playfield
- Cellar also called Lower playfield
- 1-2-3-4-5 standup targets also called Main Floor 1-through-5
- Attic drop targets also called Attic bank
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- green
- yellow
- red
- black
Fingerprint: Large rectangular wireform elevator-ramp glowing green from within, red-white pop bumpers in triangle on yellow-orange harlequin diamond panel above, cartoon haunted mansion with red armchair and black leafless tree, large yellow lightning-bolt chevron on apron
A large rectangular elevator/ramp with wireform ramps, lit from within by green light, dominating the centre of the lower playfield. A harlequin yellow-and-orange diamond-patterned panel carrying a triangle of red-and-white pop bumpers above it. The cartoon haunted-house artwork: an ochre mansion porch with a lone red armchair, a candelabra and a black leafless tree beside it. Two large white circular bumper caps printed with red starburst lettering. A bold yellow lightning-bolt chevron stamped into the black lower apron.
Setting
- Haunted mansion porch and interior wall
- Graveyard with gravestones and cobwebs
- Black star-flecked night sky
Symbols
- Skull and crossbones
- Black cat
- Playing-card suits
- Stars
- Candle with flame
- Coffins and gravestones
- Lightning bolt
Notable shapes
- Rectangular wireform elevator ramp
- Yellow lightning-bolt chevron
- Triangular pop bumper cluster
- Domed scoop at ramp exit
Art motifs
- Cobwebs
- Jack-o-lantern glow
- Harlequin diamond pattern
- Card suits
- Spiders
Themes
- Horror
- Haunted house
- Monster
- Graveyard
- Voodoo
Title on it
- Haunted house
Text on it
- How to play HAUNTED HOUSE
- HOUSE MULTIPLIER
- DOUBLE BONUS
- EXTRA BALL
- SPECIAL
- MONSTER BONUS
- FEED DOOR
- 5X CANDLE BONUS
- 1 TO 15 SHOT
- 2 TO 15 SHOT
- HOUSE PROP
- AGAIN BONUS
- SHOOT AGAIN
- Green button - upper and lower flippers
- Red button - middle level flippers
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 400,000 POINTS.
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 700,000 POINTS.
- Gottlieb
- A-7499
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Cartoon ghost with outstretched arms beside the mansion porch |
| Other | Cartoon man in a blue suit and hat at a wall lever near the feed door card |
| Other | Skull and crossbones motif in the lower playfield artwork |
| Other | Cartoon spiders, bats and a black leafless tree in the lower left artwork |
| Creature | Green-faced monster head on the central pop bumper panel |
A horror-themed pinball playfield seen from above, lit heavily green. The centre of the lower half is occupied by a large rectangular wireform-covered ramp/elevator, glowing green inside, with a domed scoop at its top. Above it a set of round red-and-white pop bumpers sits on a yellow-and-orange harlequin-diamond panel, flanked by two large white circular bumper caps printed with red lettering. Artwork is a cartoon haunted-house mansion: on the right an ochre-orange mansion facade with a porch, a red upholstered armchair, a black leafless tree, a candelabra and a pale ghost; on the left a timbered cottage wall, gravestones, spiders and a graveyard. Two red-bordered cards on the right read EXTRA BALL and FEED DOOR, the latter beside a man in a suit holding a lever. Across the lower apron, red-and-yellow MONSTER BONUS lettering sits above a red SHOOT AGAIN round; two white rubber-tipped flippers angle inward. Black apron cards with yellow borders carry white instruction text headed How to play HAUNTED HOUSE and a green-and-yellow logo panel at lower right, with a large yellow lightning-bolt chevron shape in the apron centre.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- green
- blue
- red
- black
Fingerprint: Leaning crooked haunted-house pale-blue ghosts hanging out orange-lit windows framed acid-green storm-clouds, dripping blood-red HAUNTED HOUSE title stacked two-lines yellow Gottlieb script-logo above, red-eyed owl perched bare-branch top-right black cat broken-fence left, blue-green marshy graveyard leaning RIP gravestone, four solid black score-window panels masked out across art, rickety three-storey wooden haunted-house silhouetted lurid acid-green yellow cloudy-sky
The most memorable element is the leaning, crooked haunted house with pale blue ghosts hanging out of its orange-lit windows, framed by acid-green storm clouds. Second is the dripping blood-red HAUNTED HOUSE title stacked in two lines with a yellow Gottlieb script logo above it. Also distinctive: a red-eyed owl perched on a bare branch at the top right and a black cat on a broken fence at the left, over a blue-green marshy graveyard with a leaning RIP gravestone. Four solid black score-window panels are masked out across the art.
Setting
- Acid green and yellow storm clouds
- Crooked three-storey haunted house on a hill
- Graveyard slope
- Dark blue-green marsh or swamp with reeds in the foreground
- Bare black tree branches framing the edges
Symbols
- Owl
- Black cat
- Bats
- Gravestone
- Thorny brambles
- Witch's-hat turret
- Picket fence
- Reeds
Lettering
- Dripping jagged horror display lettering in red with heavy black shadow for the title; small yellow script brand logo above; small yellow sans-serif credits label
Themes
- Haunted house
- Ghost
- Graveyard
- Owl
- Black cat
- Swamp
- Storm
- Horror
- Halloween
Title on it
- Haunted house
Text on it
- Gottlieb
- HAUNTED HOUSE
- RIP
- CREDITS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Creature | Large black owl with glowing red eyes perched on a branch at top right |
| Animal | Black cat silhouette with arched back on a broken picket fence at upper left |
| Creature | Pale blue ghost hanging with arms out of an upper window of the house |
| Creature | Pale blue ghost standing in the lit doorway of the house |
| Creature | Pale ghost head and hand rising from the water at the left edge, beside a leaning rip gravestone |
| Creature | Several small black bats flying across the green sky |
A full-colour backglass painting of a rickety three-storey wooden haunted house on a hill, silhouetted against a lurid acid-green and yellow cloudy sky. The house leans and tilts, with shingled roofs, a dormer, a crooked chimney and a witch's-hat turret; its windows glow orange and reveal pale blue ghostly figures, one hanging its arms out of an upper window and one standing in a doorway. Twisted bare black tree branches frame the whole picture, with a large owl with glowing red eyes perched top right, a black cat silhouette on a broken fence at upper left, and bats scattered across the green sky. Below, a graveyard slope and a dark blue-green swampy foreground with reeds, thorny brambles, a leaning gravestone reading RIP and a ghost rising from the water at left. The title HAUNTED HOUSE sits centre in dripping blood-red horror lettering with black shadow, HAUNTED above HOUSE, and a small yellow Gottlieb script logo above it. Four black rectangular cut-outs for score windows and a central credits window are surrounded by the art.
Backglass
- green
- black
- orange
- purple
Fingerprint: Enormous dripping orange HAUNTED HOUSE logo jagged letters hanging like melting wax across center glass, tall crooked black house blazing with orange-lit windows each holding pale ghost white shroud, large black cat with glowing red eyes staring from bare branches upper right, four green seven-segment score windows positioned around title, murky green night sky with yellow-green glow, bat silhouettes and twisted tree branches framing edges
The dominant memory is the enormous dripping orange HAUNTED HOUSE logo, its jagged letters hanging down like melting wax across the centre of the glass. Set against it, a tall crooked black house blazes with orange-lit windows, each holding a pale ghost in a white shroud. A large black cat with glowing red eyes stares down from the bare branches at the top right, and four green seven-segment score windows are let into the artwork around the title.
Setting
- Night sky with a sickly yellow-green backlight behind the house
- Purple-black starry upper sky
- Leafless twisted trees on both sides
- Crooked timber house on a grassy hill
- Graveyard with leaning gravestones
- Wooden fence at the left edge
- Mound of earth with a hand protruding
- Pumpkins in the grass
Symbols
- Gravestone with rip lettering and a skeletal hand
- Two orange pumpkins
- Black bat silhouettes
- Flying witch silhouette
- Round window with cross muntins
- Leaning wooden fence
- Lit dormer and turret windows
- Four green seven-segment score displays
- Centre credits display
- Match indicator lamp
- Small round yellow coin-like discs in the grass
Lettering
- Main title in huge jagged drippy orange block capitals with a thick black outline and dark drop shadow, arranged on two stacked lines, letters appearing to melt downwards; a small cream rounded script wordmark above it; machine text in plain green seven-segment numerals on black rectangular windows; tiny yellow sans-serif credits and white match labels
Themes
- Haunted mansion
- Ghost
- Graveyard
- Black cat
- Halloween
- Night
Title on it
- Haunted house
Text on it
- Gottlieb
- HAUNTED
- HOUSE
- 130 430
- 000 000
- 99 2C
- CREDITS
- MATCH
- RIP
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Creature | Ghostly woman in a long tattered white floor-length dress, pale face, standing in the brightly lit front doorway of the house, arms at her sides |
| Creature | Second pale ghostly figure in an upper window of the house, arms raised outward, silhouetted against orange window light |
| Woman | Small witch-like figure in a green-brown floor-length robe and tall pointed hat, standing on the grassy slope to the right of the house |
| Animal | Large black cat with pointed ears and glowing red eyes, crouched in the bare branches of the tree at the upper right |
| Creature | Dark bird or bat shapes flying across the green-yellow sky, plus a large black bat silhouette at the upper left |
| Skeleton | Pale skeletal hand and fingers reaching up out of a mound of earth at the bottom centre-left, beside a gravestone |
| Creature | Small pale ghost shape with faint orange eyes at the mid-right edge, half-hidden in the dark grass |
A tall portrait-format backglass showing a haunted-house scene at night. A tall, narrow, crooked dark timber house with a crooked chimney, dormers, a round window and a shingled turret sits on a grassy hill, drawn three-quarter view from below. Its many windows glow hot orange and yellow, and two pale ghostly women are visible inside: one in an upper window with arms raised, and one in the lit front doorway wearing a long tattered floor-length dress. A small pointed-hat figure in a green-brown robe stands on the slope to the right of the house, and a black cat with bright red eyes and pointed ears perches in the bare branches of the upper-right tree. Bats cross a murky green sky lit from behind by a sickly yellow-green glow, with a purple-black starry sky above. Twisted black tree branches and a leaning wooden fence frame the left edge; gravestones, a hand sticking out of a mound of earth, and two pale orange pumpkins sit along the bottom. Across the middle, a small cream script logo sits above the huge two-line title HAUNTED HOUSE in dripping, jagged orange letters with heavy black outline, the letter strokes trailing downward like melted wax. Four rectangular green seven-segment score windows flank the title in two rows, with a small centre credit display and a MATCH label.