Pinball Arcade Table Pack 7: Scared Stiff and Big Shot (PlayStation 3)
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Scared Stiff (Bally, 1996): the spiritual successor to Elvira and the Party Monsters, designed by Dennis Nordman and also featuring the voice and likeness of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, this table involves obtaining the Six Tales of Terror (Terror from the Crate, The Stiff in the Coffin, Return of the Deadheads, Night of the Leapers, Eyes of the Bony Beast, and The Monster's Lab) by accomplishing their respective objectives (shooting a certain ramp an amount of times, hitting specific targets a number of times, and such), which then activates the "Stiff-O-Meter", which has to be raised to the "Scared Stiff" level. This table features elements such as a crate near the top of the playfield, which opens up for Terror from the Crate's multiball mode, a ramp with a figure of a bony beast on top of it, the two Boogie Men from Party Monsters on the kickers, and a spider mounted on the backglass, which is used to spin a "wheel" for certain rewards, as well as other things. Approximately 4000 units were originally produced.

Big Shot (Gottlieb, 1973): a second version of Gottlieb's Hot Shot from that same year, this pool-themed table has a simple objective: scoring all fourteen drop targets on the sides, representing balls 1-7 and 9-14, respectively, as well as scoring the eight ball from either the hole in the middle of the table (which also opens up a ball-saving gate on the right outlane) or the rollover at the top of the table. This lights the targets for the special at the top of the eight ball hole. This is a popular table amongst players due to its skill required at hitting the targets themselves. Approximately 2900 units were originally produced.