''Elvira and the Party Monsters'' is a 1989

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game designed by Dennis Nordman and Jim Patla and released by Midway (under the ''

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'' label), featuring horrorshow-hostess

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. It was followed 1996 by '' Scared Stiff'', also designed by Nordman.

Description

The marketing slogan ''"Elvira is No Cheap Date!"'' referring to the new .50/.75/1.00 pricing scheme. ''Elvira and the Party Monsters'' was made shortly after the merger of Williams and Bally. Although the game uses a vaguely Bally-style cabinet and flippers, all the rest of the game hardware are completely made up of Williams parts. The machine uses a System 11B CPU and associated board setup.

Digital version

''Elvira and the Party Monsters'' was available as a licensed table of ''

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'' for several platforms. A game cartridge called ''"Pinball Jam"'' was also produced for

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, which includes two pinball games, ''

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'' and ''Elvira and the Party Monsters''. This version of the table includes a scrolling 2D screen, a two-ball Multi-Ball, and more or less

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Elvira quotes.

References

External links

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''Elvira and the Party Monsters'' - robertwinter.com
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