The Royal Edition is Chicago Gaming’s premium remake of Medieval Madness — for many players, simply the greatest pinball machine ever made — bringing Brian Eddy’s 1997 classic back into production with deluxe trim and modern build quality. The beloved design is faithfully preserved: you’re a knight laying siege to a series of castles, and bringing down each drawbridge to smash the castle gate remains one of pinball’s purest joys.
The brilliance is in the escalating goals. Each castle you destroy is worth more than the last, while battling trolls, rescuing damsels, and taunting the king build toward the legendary Battle for the Kingdom wizard mode. Veterans hoard Troll Bombs — earned by hammering the troll targets — and never face the final King of Payne without at least two. The catapult, the pop-up trolls, and the booming voice work (the maidens were famously voiced by a young Tina Fey) give the table irresistible character.
The remake plays identically to the original, so all the classic strategy applies: feed the castle gate from the left flipper for safety, cross-cross the ramps during multiball, and light Trolls and Mode Madness together for a stacked, ball-saved assault. With its factory-fresh reliability, premium Royal-edition appointments, and the same flawless, funny, perfectly balanced gameplay that has topped best-of lists for decades, the Medieval Madness Royal Edition lets a new generation own an all-time grail in its most luxurious form. Long live the king.