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OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

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month
OPDB 1 IPDB 9 Flipcommons Catalog 1 used
gameplay_feature
IPDB 3-Ball Multiball used IPDB Ramps ×2 used IPDB Flip-Up Targets ×2 used IPDB 3-Bank Drop Targets used IPDB Slingshots ×2 used IPDB Flippers ×2 used
theme
IPDB Fictional Character used IPDB Licensed Theme used
credit
IPDB Mark Penacho — Software IPDB Chris Granner — Sound IPDB Chris Granner — Music IPDB Irv Grabel — Mechanics IPDB Tony Pugh — Mechanics IPDB Greg Freres — Art IPDB Jim Patla — Design IPDB Dennis Nordman — Design Flipcommons Catalog Chris Granner — Sound used Flipcommons Catalog Mark Penacho — Software used Flipcommons Catalog Chris Granner — Music used Flipcommons Catalog Tony Pugh — Mechanics used Flipcommons Catalog Irv Grabel — Mechanics used Flipcommons Catalog Jim Patla — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Dennis Nordman — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Greg Freres — Art used

Sources agree (10 fields)

abbreviation
EATPM OPDB, IPDB
display_type
alphanumeric OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
solid-state OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
4 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1989 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
opdb_id
Grlxp-MVKBW OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
name
Elvira and the Party Monsters OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
system
williams-system-11b IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
production_quantity
4000 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
782 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (13 fields)

opdb.images
OPDB [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/15dbc0cd-5963-4a44-9bcd-3474ad9c05db-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/15dbc0cd-5963-4a44-9bcd-3474ad9c05db-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/15dbc0cd-5963-4a44-9bcd-3474ad9c05db-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":808,"height":600},"small":{"width":250,"height":186},"medium":{"width":640,"height":475}},"title":"Backglass","primary":true},{"type":"playfield","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/11ddd2cb-a080-4e69-9459-660679b5fe49-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/11ddd2cb-a080-4e69-9459-660679b5fe49-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/11ddd2cb-a080-4e69-9459-660679b5fe49-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":864,"height":910},"small":{"width":238,"height":250},"medium":{"width":608,"height":640}},"title":null,"primary":true}] used
ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
IPDB Bally used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Midway Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of WMS Industries, Incorporated used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/Playfield.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/Backglass.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/782f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/782f2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/782f3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/782f4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-21.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-23.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-22.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-26.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-25.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-27.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-28.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-24.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-29.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/782/image-30.png"] used
ipdb.model_number
IPDB 2011 used
ipdb.marketing_slogans
IPDB "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!" used
ipdb.toys
IPDB Dancing Boogie Men used
ipdb.notes
IPDB 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 used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Flippers (2), Jumper bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), 3-bank drop targets (1), Flip-up targets (2), Ramps (2), 3-ball multiball. used
ipdb_rating
IPDB 7.9 used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog midway-manufacturing-company-a-subsidiary-of-wms-industries-incorporated used
title
Flipcommons Catalog elvira-and-the-party-monsters used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog elvira-and-the-party-monsters used