When Venom slithered onto playfields in 2023, it came with a serious design pedigree: it’s the work of Brian Eddy, the legend behind 1990s untouchables Attack From Mars and Medieval Madness, now creating cornerstone titles for Stern. This Pro edition channels the snarling chaos of the Marvel symbiote into a fast, mean two-flipper layout studded with standup targets, a captive ball, a Newton ball post, and a swarm of active pinballs that keep the table feeling alive and dangerous.
The game is all about embracing the symbiote. You hit Eddie to get things rolling, lock balls from the right flipper for multiball and a 2X boost, then start 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 Smash via the action button during Mayhem Multiball for a massive 7X jackpot. There’s even a delightfully physical wrinkle in the Grendel fight, where the flippers reverse and you have to cross your arms to keep control.
Backhandable shots to the Alchemax ramp and the Daily Bugle reward a confident hand, and the whole machine has the relentless, combo-hungry pace that marks an Eddy design. Dark, aggressive, and built by one of the greats, the Venom Pro is modern Stern at its most ferocious — a table that rewards players willing to give in to the chaos and let the symbiote take over.