I’m not normally one for themed, seasonal gaming… but Halloween seems to lend itself particularly well to playing a particular type of game.
So what are you playing this spooky season?
This year, I’m playing through Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS version, via the Retroid Pocket 2S). It’s not the spookiest entry in the series, but has enough creepy castle exploration to fit the bill.
Decided to give the first Silent Hill a try finally. Figured on my small MM+ and it being an older game graphically it would be easier to handle but uh…nope! Still scaring the shit out of me :)
Yes, very unique survival horror game. You play as people from different points of history and one of my favorite moments is when a character in 1485 in a church in France has a hallucination with hospice tents from World War I, which you later see again when you play as a different character in the same church in 1916.
It’s considered by many, myself included, to be one of the best horror games ever made. The fact that a sequel or even a remastered version has never been made is incredibly disappointing.
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Ghosts 'n Goblins, yo!
Another World. Maniac Mansion.
Luigi’s Mansion has both that fun and spooky ambiance, pretty short game also, perfect to play just for a few evening
Cool idea.
Sometimes around Halloween I’ll play through silent hill. I might do it again this year.
There’s a nightmare on elm street game for nes, and a Friday the 13th as well, iirc. Those might be fun to play.
Edit:
Majora’s mask would be a good one
Decided to give the first Silent Hill a try finally. Figured on my small MM+ and it being an older game graphically it would be easier to handle but uh…nope! Still scaring the shit out of me :)
Best in the series
Forbidden Forest on C64 (1983)
Monster Bash by Apogee
One of the first games little-me could get running through those old MS-DOS commands
Halloweeny and nostalgic. Perfect for the season
OMG Apogee. Blake Stone, Secret Agent, Halloween Harry … So many great memories.
Never did quite get that sound blaster 16 driver working with all of them though!
Castlevania: Bloodlines on Emulator on the Nintendo Switch :)
The Splatterhouse series!
I’ve always wanted to play Eternal Dankness. Is it any good?
Yes, very unique survival horror game. You play as people from different points of history and one of my favorite moments is when a character in 1485 in a church in France has a hallucination with hospice tents from World War I, which you later see again when you play as a different character in the same church in 1916.
It’s considered by many, myself included, to be one of the best horror games ever made. The fact that a sequel or even a remastered version has never been made is incredibly disappointing.
Fun to see games that came out what you consider “recently” referred to as retro, lol. Great game though!
Zombies Ate My Neighbors on SNES
Came to say this. Great co-op fun.
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