The Premium edition of Stern’s Venom takes Brian Eddy’s 2023 symbiote brawler and outfits it with the premium toys that make this hard-hitting machine sing. Eddy — the legend behind Attack From Mars and Medieval Madness — built a fast, mean two-flipper layout bristling with standup targets, a captive ball, a Newton ball post, and a writhing pack of active pinballs, all in service of the snarling Marvel anti-hero.
The game is about giving in to the symbiote. You hit Eddie to get the action rolling, lock three balls from the right flipper for multiball and a 2X boost, then launch Carnage inside the multiball to stack your scoring. The deep play is in the layering — kicking off Mayhem before Carnage to combine them, and once you’ve unlocked Hulk as an ally, deploying his action-button Smash during Mayhem Multiball for a colossal 7X jackpot while lighting the Super. The Grendel battle adds a memorable twist, reversing the flippers and forcing you to cross your arms to keep control.
Backhandable routes to the Alchemax ramp and the Daily Bugle reward a confident hand, and the whole machine moves with the relentless, combo-hungry pace that marks an Eddy design. Dark, aggressive, and built by one of the greats, the Venom Premium is modern Stern at its most ferocious — a table that rewards players willing to embrace the chaos and let the symbiote take over completely.