Tales From The Crypt Playfield

Name: Tales From The Crypt Playfield
SKU: PLAF-CRYPT
Price: 995.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$995.00 USD

DataEast
TALES FROM THE CRYPT
Short-Run Reproduction Playfields from CPR

FIRST TIME AVAILABLE IN THE HOBBY ! New release for October 2024. Finally! A reproduction playfield for Tales From The Crypt, a DataEast classic. Can you hear the cackle? These were produced using CPR’s proprietary Silkscreen-Digital-Hybrid process. It was the only way to provide the genuine Neon Green (“dayglo green”) florescent layer used throughout the artwork. These must be priced somewhat higher than normal-printed playfields. Depending on sales results, we’ll try to keep these in standard rotation from now on. 5-layer polyeurethane clearcoated. Complete gallery with close-ups for your consideration. As with all our small-batch runs, consider these “get them while they’re available!”

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SKU: PLAF-CRYPT Category: Playfields

Tales from the Crypt

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).

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

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