{"id":8362,"date":"2015-12-11T15:36:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T15:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=8362"},"modified":"2019-08-18T13:17:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T12:17:37","slug":"rob-zombies-spookshow-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2015\/12\/11\/rob-zombies-spookshow-international\/","title":{"rendered":"ROB ZOMBIE’S SPOOKSHOW INTERNATIONAL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the start of our coverage of Spooky Pinball’s<\/a> second game – Rob Zombie’s Spookshow International<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Standard translite image by Alex Horley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although the Standard translite was revealed some weeks ago, today we got our first look at the full art package and the playfield shots and features.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Standard translite there is also one for a Limited Edition model, which is also from Alex Horley. This will presumably feature the game’s title at the top in due course.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Limited Edition translite artwork<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The cabinet art, unusually, doesn’t include the name of the game. While the cabinet art is the same on both sides, the backbox imagery differs.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The left side of the cabinet and backbox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The right side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The cabinet front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The yellows and oranges on the cabinet seem to fit much better with the warmer tones of the Limited Edition translite rather than the colder-feeling Standard translite.<\/p>\n

So what’s under the glass?<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The playfield is based on Spooky Pinball’s shelved game Pinball Zombies from Beyond the Grave (PZfBtG)<\/em>, but apart from the art differences there have been extra toys added and the operation of some areas has changed.<\/p>\n

The upper playfield with a mini-flipper from PZfBtG remains but is now Captain Spauling’s area from House of 1,000 Corpses<\/em>, with new plastics, decorative toys of a skull pile, a gas pump and a bucket of fried chicken, and a rotating model of the Captain.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The upper playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The upper playfield is accessed by the left ramp but a drop-target blocks it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There’s another rotating model down on the main playfield, as Murray the Robot from the Dragula<\/em> video and The Haunted World of El Superbeasto<\/em> sits on top of one of the game’s three pop bumpers.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The left side of the main playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A better look at Murray the Robot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Murray, like all the toys in the game, is modelled by Matt at Back Alley Creations, and another of his designs sits just in front of the lower pop bumper.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Ghetto Blaster from Dead City Radio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The three pop bumpers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The final model is the Living Dead Girl who stands at the very back of the game and is viewed through a clear window.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Living Dead Girl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Living Dead Girl is at the back of the playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Instead of a regular single-colour LED dot-matrix display, Rob Zombie’s Spookshow International features a colour LCD display in the usual place between the speakers in the backbox.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Chroma-Corpse LCD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The software features six song modes, four sub-modes, a Hell Bound wizard mode, ten Rob Zombie songs, custom speech from Rob, Sheri Moon Zombie and Sid Haig, and a video mode from Ben Heck. Here’s a test video of it during development before any sounds were added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n