Haunted House (arcade game) explained

"Haunted House"
Manufacturer:	Midway
Model Number:	553
Number Of Players:	1
System:	Electro-mechanical
Release:	January 1972

Haunted House is an arcade game released in 1972 by Midway Manufacturing Company.^[1]

Description

Haunted House is a Dale Gun style rifle game.^[2]

Features

• Four Targets
  • x2 Cats
  • x1 Witch
  • x1 Grave Robber
• 3-Dimensional Playfield
• Backlight lighting
• Gun Recoil
• Adaptive Difficulty

Sound effects

Haunted House uses a special 4-channel 8-track player to produce background music and sound effects. The background sound plays continually, but the player momentarily changes tracks for the appropriate target hit.

See also

• Arcade game
• Haunted House Pinball

References

1. Web site: Bally Midway arcade & Rifle Games Coin Operated. 2008-06-23. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080512034820/http://marvin3m.com/arcade/midgun.htm. 2008-05-12.
2. Web site: Vintage Coin Operated Fortune Tellers, Arcade Games, Digger/Cranes, Gun Games and other Penny Arcade games, pre-1977. 2008-06-23. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080512150808/http://www.marvin3m.com/arcade/index.htm. 2008-05-12.