Spooky Pinball was founded by Charlie Emery in 2013 in Benton, Wisconsin, and quickly became one of the most beloved companies in the modern independent manufacturing scene. Operating from a small facility with a tight-knit team, Spooky built its reputation on original games with strong creative identities, genuine quirk, and a level of personality that larger manufacturers rarely risk.

Their debut title, America’s Most Haunted (2014), was produced in a limited run sold directly to enthusiasts, establishing the direct-to-consumer model that would define the company. Subsequent titles — Rob Zombie’s Spookshow International (2016), Total Nuclear Annihilation (2017), Halloween (2020), and Ultraman: Kaiju Rumble (2022) — have ranged from cult horror to beloved video game adaptations, all produced in numbers that make them genuine collector’s items by design. Spooky has become a symbol of what small-scale pinball manufacturing can achieve when creative vision takes precedence over commercial caution.