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Elvira and the Party Monsters / IPD No. 782 / September 05, 1989 / 4 Players
 
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Manufacturer: Midway Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of WMS Industries, Incorporated,
of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1988-1999) [Trade Name: Bally]
Date Of Manufacture: September 05, 1989
Model Number: 2011
Common Abbreviations: EATPM
MPU: Williams System 11B
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 4,000 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Licensed Theme, Fictional Character
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Jumper bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), 3-bank drop targets (1), Flip-up targets (2), Ramps (2), 3-ball multiball.
Toys: Dancing Boogie Men
Design by: Dennis Nordman, Jim Patla
Art by: Greg Freres
Mechanics by: Tony Pugh, Irv Grabel
Music by: Chris Granner
Sound by: Chris Granner
Software by: Mark Penacho
Notes: Jack Haegar sculpted the skull cave. Irv Grabel made the boogie monster mechanism. Mark Ritchie and Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) provided character voices for this game.

The "broken bones" on the plastics are an inside joke about Dennis Nordman's motorcycle accident, which occurred during the development of Elvira.

We had heard that Steve Ritchie had helped out on this game during Nordman's convalescence. Steve Ritchie gave us his comments:

I didn't really do that much work on Elvira. Dennis' original whitewood work was very close to what Elvira is today. I smoothed it out a bit here and there, but Greg Freres assumed the duties of team leader on Elvira, and I worked with him to get the game in production. This is what I remember to be true, but you should confirm this with Dennis.

Dennis Nordman adds his comments:

My whitewood was essentially finished when I crashed but Steve, Mark [Ritchie], and Jim Patla stepped in to get it finished and refine some areas. Patla took over the management duties and Mark and Steve helped out. My memory tells me that Jim Patla did much of the work and I think I listed him as part of the design team for this reason. Mark Penacho was the programmer.

Artist Greg Freres tells us that for the backlass characters of the Wolfman and Dracula, he used photos of Dennis Nordman and Jim Patla, respectively. He also used artist Tim Elliot as a photo model for the Frankenstein pizza delivery guy.

Production Run Records for Elvira and the Party Monsters:
Production Start Date: Sep-5-1989
Production End Date: Nov-17-1989
Production Run Quantity: 4000
First ship date: Sep-5-1989
Last ship date: Dec-7-1989

Marketing Slogans: "Sounds that Go Bump in the Night!"
"Elvira is No Cheap Date! (referring to the new .50/.75/1.00 pricing scheme)"
"Monstrous Pinball"
"You're Gonna Have a Ball!"
"When They Named a Game After Me, It Had to be Built!"
Photos in: Chicago Tribune December 31, 1989, pp. Sect. 10, p. 14-19. pp. (PF)
Fangoria 140, March 1995, pp. 49-52.
New York Times April 12, 1991, pp. C1:1. pp. (player perspective)
Arcade TreasuresExternal Link, pages 138 and 166
Pinball ArtExternal Link, pages 104-105
Pinball Trader, No. 20, November 1989, page 2
The Pinball Compendium 1982 to PresentExternal Link, page 114
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Rule Sheets: Elvira and the Party Monsters! Version 1.10, by Bill Ung  
Owners List URL:http://robertwinter.com/pinball/eatpm/owners.html  (External site)
ROMs: 217 KB ZIP Game ROM L-4 [Midway Mfg. Co.]
  80 KB ZIP Revision LA-1 ROMs
  80 KB ZIP Revision LA-2 ROMs
  80 KB ZIP Revision LG-4 ROMs (German)
  80 KB ZIP Revision LU-4 ROMs (European)
  80 KB ZIP Revision PA-7 ROMs (Prototype)
Documentation: 6 MB PDF Operations and Parts Information Manual (with schematics, OCR searchable) [Bally Midway]
Multimedia Files: 2 MB MP3 High Score Tune [Chris Granner]
  2 MB MP3 Jackpot Tune [Chris Granner]
  2 MB MP3 Multiball Tune [Chris Granner]
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Image # 752: Elvira and the Party Monsters Playfield
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[Allen Shope]
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Image # 15753: Elvira and the Party Monsters Backglass Modesty Decal 
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Image # 37003: Elvira and the Party Monsters Illuminated Backglass
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[John Gray]
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 50878: Elvira and the Party Monsters Illuminated Backglass with Modesty Decal 
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 82059: Elvira and the Party Monsters Personnel Credits
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