The Ball of Cthulhu

The Ball of Cthulhu is a one-of-a-kind homebrew pinball machine completed in April 2025 by builder Leeoneil, drawing on the cosmic horror mythos of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu for its theme. As a home-brew project, only a single unit was produced.

Despite its DIY origins, the machine is ambitiously specified: a solid state design featuring five flippers, three ramps, six multiball modes, and an LCD display. That feature count rivals or exceeds many commercial productions and reflects the increasingly sophisticated homebrew pinball scene, where individual builders create fully playable custom machines from scratch.

The machine is documented in the Pinside community database, where homebrew creations like this one sit alongside commercial releases as part of the modern pinball record.