Haunted House

The Haunted House is a rare and enigmatic electro-mechanical gun game from Midway Manufacturing Company, one of the most renowned coin-op manufacturers of its time. It is not a pinball machine but a single-player shooting gallery game, with an unconfirmed manufacture date of around January 1972. Its eerie supernatural theme makes it a standout among vintage shooting gallery games.

Gameplay is characterized by 20 shots per game, with no time limit, allowing players to focus on accumulating points rather than racing against the clock. A random "Top This Score" target illuminates on the backglass at the start of each game, and beating this score awards 10 additional shots. The machine's audio system is particularly noteworthy, featuring an 8-track player that creates a spooky atmosphere with background sound effects and eerie noises from witches, cats, and a monster triggered when their targets are hit.

The Haunted House boasts an unsettling yet captivating design built around its supernatural adventure theme. Little is known about the design team behind the game or its full production history, but its unique blend of eerie theming and shooting-gallery mechanics has captured the attention of collectors and historians of vintage arcade amusements.