FUNHOUSE: RUDY’S NIGHTMARE ANNOUNCED

A new officially-licensed conversion kit for the game Funhouse has been announced to bring new features, new rules, a new sound package, new artwork, a full-colour display and an animated Mystery Mirror to the popular 1990 Williams title.

Pedretti Gaming, Team Pinball, FAST Pinball, PinSound and Planetary Pinball Supply have worked together to develop the Funhouse: Rudy’s Nightmare kit which comes with a new FAST Pinball WPC-89 replacement CPU board, a new PinSound sound board with all the audio content, a replacement Mystery Mirror which contains an LCD display to show dynamic content, a complete new speaker panel with a full-colour 14-inch LCD display and a new speaker system, a new translite and interior cabinet artwork decals.

The new printed and display graphics are by Italian graphic artist Morti Morti, while the new sounds and music come from Italian composer Zanhell.

The kit adds lots of new content to the game with a whole new ruleset, although the game’s software also let’s you switch back to play the classic Funhouse rules and score display if that’s required.

Pedretti Gaming were not universally known until recently when they began manufacturing Pinball Brother’s Alien pinball games, but they are a partner with Planetary Pinball Supply (PPS) for the production of licensed reproduction Williams pinball parts which they have been manufacturing for several years. Two years ago Pedretti and PPS reached an agreement to produce a series of ‘2.0’ conversion kits for existing Williams/Bally titles, with this Funhouse kit the first to be announced.

Installing the Rudy’s Nightmare kit involves no permanent modification to the Funhouse game other than unplugging and removing the Mystery Mirror, display panel, CPU board and sound board, replacing them with the new equivalents in the kit along with the translite. All the new software and sounds are included, along with the original versions. All the original parts can always be returned to the game if it is being sold.

The new software includes several extra modes including Duck Hunt, The Evil Clones, Hot-Dog Combat, Rudy & The Monkiss, Haunted Rollercoaster, Don’t You Want A Balloon?, Melt The Clone and Evil Rudy Multiball.

No price has yet been set for the kit, but distributors Free Play Retro Games, RS Pinball, CoinTaker, Planetary Pinball, Freddy’s Pinball Paradise, Mr Pinball Australia and Pedretti are taking expressions of interest to create an order list once the pricing and availability has been confirmed. The first 200 orders will also receive a limited edition Funhouse: Rudy’s Nightmare T-shirt (size: Large).

Finally, here’s a promo video for the new game showing some of the features we’ve detailed above and another showing some of the new gameplay.

Pinball News will be back with more information about the making of Funhouse: Rudy’s Nightmare along with an interview with its creators and details of price and availability in a follow-up article coming soon.