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Manufacturer: | Data East Pinball, Incorporated (1986-1994) | |||||
Date Of Manufacture: | November 04, 1993 | |||||
Model Number: | 500-5518-01 | |||||
Common Abbreviations: | TFTC | |||||
MPU: | DataEast/Sega Version 3 | |||||
Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | |||||
Production: | 4,500 units (confirmed) | |||||
Theme: | Licensed Theme – Comic Book – Horror | |||||
Notable Features: | Flippers (3), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Spinning targets (3), Vertical up-kickers (2), Ramps (2), Scoops (2), 3-bank drop targets (1), Eyeball targets (6), Captive ball (1), 3- and 6-ball Multiball modes, Autoplunger shaped like doorhandle with head of cryptkeeper. Shaker motor.
Actual measured weight: 255 lbs (includes legs). |
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Toys: | Rising and lowering gravestone. | |||||
Design by: | John Borg | |||||
Art by: | Kurt Andersen, Markus Rothkranz | |||||
Dots/Animation by: | Kurt Andersen, Jack Liddon | |||||
Mechanics by: | John Borg | |||||
Music by: | Brian Schmidt | |||||
Sound by: | Brian Schmidt | |||||
Software by: | Kristina Donofrio, John Carpenter, NeilFalconer | |||||
Notes: | At the end of the credits, it says ‘IN LOVING MEMORY OF: WILLIAM GAINES’. William Gaines (aka Bill Gaines), was the publisher and co-editor of EC Comics, which published the “Tales from the Crypt” comic series along with its related comics “The Vault of Horror” and “The Haunt of Fear”.
Page 5 of the English manual (page 2 of the Spanish manual) references a video mode where “the player will interface with the Display to help the Crypt Keeper defeat foes.” This mode as described did not appear on the games leaving the factory. John Borg told us that he did develop the Door Prize select video sequence. *Info Courtesy of IPDB |
Tales from the Crypt Plastics
$169.00 USD
30-piece extended set, laser cut PETG. Includes doubled drop target piece, doubled slings, custom key fob, backpanel pieces, and a custom “3D” desktop assembly (see gallery pix). Vivid colors and brand new, perfect replacement for scratched, yellowed, broken, or incomplete TFTC plastics sets. Protective coatings unpeeled.