The Limited Edition is Chicago Gaming’s premium officially-licensed remake of Monster Bash, bringing George Gomez’s beloved 1998 Williams classic back into production with deluxe trim, a large color DMD, and an enhanced sound system. The premise is pure joy: the Universal monsters — Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, the Mummy, the Bride, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon — have laid down their torches and picked up instruments to form a band, and your job is to get them all to rock.

The gameplay is as charming as the concept. You wake and engage each of the six monsters, collecting their instruments, and starting all six lights the Monster Bash mini-wizard mode at the scoop. The ultimate goal is Monsters of Rock, the show-stopping wizard mode reached by collecting every instrument. Frankenstein is your gateway to multiball — bash him and hit the ramp — and the savvy play is to layer other monsters onto Frank to freeze their timers while you gather instruments. Six shots to the center spinner light Mosh Pit Multiball, where the spinner can add two more balls.

There’s clever depth and personality everywhere, from the “Phantom Flip” feature where the game flips for you, to the scoop’s smart bombs, to the double hits for bashing Dracula while he’s moving. With its premium LE appointments and the same impeccably balanced, universally adored gameplay, the Monster Bash Remake LE lets a new generation own one of the greatest tables ever made in its most collectible form. A graveyard smash, indeed.