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Title: Halloween Games
Post by: roflmao on October 26, 2013, 06:33:29 PM
I'm pretty sure there is a TG/PCE specific Halloween gaming thread already floating around, but I want to know what all of your Halloween gaming habits tend to be.
I know a few members have mentioned Silent Hill as a creepy game (I haven't played any of 'em yet), but this Saturday my son and I decided to have a gaming day devoted to "Scary Games" so we played Castlevania: SotN and Aria of Sorrow (via Gamecube) and Plants vs Zombies on my wife's Kindle. I *so* wanted to break out Rondo for the PCE, but it just never came to be. (And frankly, that's ok because I think I'm scarier than anything in the game when I get pissed off losing at it!)
So what are some games you love do play (obey or not) around this haunting holiday?
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: MrFulci on October 26, 2013, 06:37:13 PM
While not a game I play at Halloween or anything, on the TG-16, Silent Debuggers has made me jump in the past. Aliens shrieking and popping in front of my FOV, and such.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: Tatsujin on October 26, 2013, 07:22:10 PM
some of my PCE suggestions :)
Splatterhouse Cotton Magical Chase Dracula X Daimakaimura Genpei Toumaden / kannoni Horror Story Hyaku Monogatari - Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Kikikaikai Youkaidouchuuki Laplace no Ma Legend Of Hero Tonma R-TYPE
and here some overalls:
Dracula X (PS1) harmful park (PS1) Silent Hill 2 (PS2) oh bakyuun (PS1) sengoku blade (SS) SplatterHouse II (MD) makaimura, daimakaimura, choumakaimura (various) etc..lol
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: TR0N on October 26, 2013, 09:12:03 PM
Dracula-X Rondo of Blood Sweet Home Clock Tower Resident Evil,GC remake Resident Evil 4 Super Castlevania IV Castlevania Bloodlines Castlevania 3 Dracula Curse Splatterhouse 1,2,3 Zombies Ate My Neighbor Ghost'n'Goblins:Series Aliens 3:Genesis or SNES version
At least what i would recommend still one of days i must try the fatal frame series.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: esteban on October 27, 2013, 01:16:32 AM
Samurai Ghost totally has the horror vibe (granted, it is more subtle than Splatterhouse)...
It is a challenging game, however, and young folks/adults with no skills will become frustrated.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: BlueBMW on October 27, 2013, 02:14:48 AM
Ill usually play things like Cotton and Dracula X.
Interesting "tradition" for me around Halloween... Every year around Halloween I pull out my old Atari 800 a mess around with it for a few days. Thats usually all the entertainment its worth. But it is strange how I always do it the same time every year.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: hizaygizirlz on October 27, 2013, 03:28:28 PM
i decided to play the Resident Evil on 3DS. It is an OK game but not very scary I should have picked something else.
There are a few scary moments though. The time I jumped the worse was when I thought my AI teammate came through the door into the room w/ me and when I went to exit the room he rushed through and scared the heck out of me.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: ElSeven on October 27, 2013, 04:30:05 PM
i decided to play the Resident Evil on 3DS. It is an OK game but not very scary I should have picked something else.
There are a few scary moments though. The time I jumped the worse was when I thought my AI teammate came through the door into the room w/ me and when I went to exit the room he rushed through and scared the heck out of me.
Are you talking about RE Revelations !? I heard it's a good one and it's better then RE6 at least.Eariler in the year it was ported to the Wii U,360,PS3 and PC.I been thinking about buying it i just haven't got around to it still.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: xelement5x on October 28, 2013, 03:47:37 AM
Dracula X (PS1) harmful park (PS1) Silent Hill 2 (PS2) oh bakyuun (PS1) sengoku blade (SS) SplatterHouse II (MD) makaimura, daimakaimura, choumakaimura (various) etc..lol
And... these are overalls- (http://dearjesus.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/tucker102409.png?w=500)
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: Necromancer on October 28, 2013, 05:08:39 AM
Magical Chase and Cotton. Bitches and broomsticks for the win.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: Black Tiger on October 28, 2013, 05:30:35 AM
FEOE Fuun Kabuki Den has a spooky horror theme and a full game's worth of haunted PSG bgms.
Otherwise:
Renny Blaster Dead of the Brain 1 & 2 Makai Prince Dorabo Chan Legendary Axe II Night Creatures Dragon's Curse Necromancer Shadow of the Beast It Came From the Desert Addams Family
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: hizaygizirlz on October 28, 2013, 06:24:41 AM
i decided to play the Resident Evil on 3DS. It is an OK game but not very scary I should have picked something else.
There are a few scary moments though. The time I jumped the worse was when I thought my AI teammate came through the door into the room w/ me and when I went to exit the room he rushed through and scared the heck out of me.
Are you talking about RE Revelations !? I heard it's a good one and it's better then RE6 at least.Eariler in the year it was ported to the Wii U,360,PS3 and PC.I been thinking about buying it i just haven't got around to it still.
Yeah that is the one, i haven't played 6 my usual co-op guy is MIA so i put that on the back burner but i heard it was bad.
This one is OK the environments are interesting but since you have a partner and don't really worry about ammo it is more like 5 which i liked than any of the other ones which were outstanding. It is also fairly linear.
I'd say just wait for a 10-15$ sale on the console/pc version and give it a shot.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: bob on October 28, 2013, 01:40:40 PM
I just picked up Ghost Manor for a $29 BIN shipped free. Hoping it gets here by Thursday, I've never played it. (not expecting much).
Black_Tiger helped me give this game a fifteenth chance and it has grown on me.
However, it can be quite frustrating at times. (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgsad.png)
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: BigusSchmuck on October 28, 2013, 02:06:03 PM
Temcos Deception for the PS1. That game rules. I'm surprised that noone mentioned Ghouls N Ghosts or Ghost House for the Master System. Other honorable mentions The Gargolyes quest series.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: roflmao on October 28, 2013, 02:40:55 PM
These all sound like great suggestions! Sadly, I don't have 99% of 'em. :/ Keep 'em coming!
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: bob on October 28, 2013, 02:41:35 PM
Haunted House for the 2600 will scare your pants off.
Oh, Hexen too.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: roflmao on October 28, 2013, 02:49:18 PM
Haunted House for the 2600 will scare your pants off.
Oh, Hexen too.
I came back in here to say Haunted House and Ghost Manor. I'm sure there are a few others on Atari, but a lot of great games have been mentioned already.
I just thought of a funny one that used to scare me when I was little. Tunnel Runner for 2600. When the music changed from calming to creepy and that big face came after you.
Edited: to mention another game that used to scare me with a music change when I played late at night, but definitely not scary Fairy Tale Adventure for Genesis. It was very calming exploring the countryside and as soon as enemies were coming they played a loud guitar rift type of sound.
And a game for this gen that I thought was really scary and two more randoms
nothing like traversing through 7 stages of hell purging all evil as a bald monk using holy water and prayer beads and with a bunny in your backpack !!
Animal Crossing too with an halloween event (http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m113/secretsociety1/animal crossing new leaf/HNI_0091.jpg)
Soul Hackers on DS Magical Chase SplatterHouse Deathsmiles
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: esadajr on October 30, 2013, 10:26:23 AM
nothing special, some times Castlevania 1, other times MD Ghouls and ghosts, other times Ninja Gaiden 2. This will be the first Halloween I spend at home with my PCE so intend to play Dracula X and Splatterhouse.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: TR0N on October 30, 2013, 06:45:20 PM
What robman&hcg suggest.
Man i really need to check out the fatal frame series.Now i know fatal frame 1&2 were released again for PSN,but i would prefer to buy the physical version.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: xelement5x on October 13, 2017, 04:08:16 AM
Anyone doing this again? I normally play spooky stuff around Halloween if I can.
Already played through the Bunker which was a fun (if short) FMV romp. Working through The Evil Within for the first time now.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: in99flames on October 13, 2017, 05:19:20 AM
Its an old game(for a newer console) but the Condemned:Criminal Origins series is damn creepy. One level that always made me paranoid was the level where you are trapped in an abandoned clothing department store. There are old creepy mannequins everywhere... some move on you and some are enemies. You never knew which ones were gonna attack you. Drove me batty in that level :-P
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: johnnykonami on October 13, 2017, 06:30:53 AM
Proud owner of a 1060 GTX now, so I am gonna run through RE7 again on my PC (I previously played through on my buddies PS4). Some other games I have on PC that I couldn't run before that fit the bill are Dead Rising 3 and Evil Within (1). I'll just see how I feel with my crumbs of free time...
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: esteban on October 13, 2017, 08:21:45 AM
I’m going to play some “eerie” games: Alone in the Dark (3DO) 7th Guest (PC) Dracula Unleashed (DVD game)
I haven’t played these games since they were originally released.
I’ll try to squeeze SPLATTERHOUSE in there, too, since my kids will love its theme.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: Digi.k on October 13, 2017, 08:51:34 AM
I was playing a little Shiryo sensen War of the Dead and was wondering why they didn't translate this and release it on the turbografx. I think it works. Just the password system sucks.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: Necromancer on October 13, 2017, 09:12:04 AM
I'll probably play some Dracula X and Splatterhouse. They're my go-to games for creepiness.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: bartre on October 13, 2017, 02:48:10 PM
Its an old game(for a newer console) but the Condemned:Criminal Origins series is damn creepy. One level that always made me paranoid was the level where you are trapped in an abandoned clothing department store. There are old creepy mannequins everywhere... some move on you and some are enemies. You never knew which ones were gonna attack you. Drove me batty in that level :-P
God dammit. Getting me tempted to play this again.
But with my time so limited lately, I just play clock tower on snes and maybe killing floor 2
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: Phase on October 13, 2017, 03:41:05 PM
I've never played the 3DO version but the PC version is an old favorite, a bit confusing but a lot of fun once you know what to do.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: TR0N on October 13, 2017, 07:03:10 PM
I been playing some castlevaina 3 the famicom version earlier.Also i may take a stab again for sweet home,very ambitious for a nes/famicom game.Beside i should be getting a copy of the recent friday the 13th game soon for the PS4.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: seieienbu on October 13, 2017, 08:45:59 PM
Last October, my girlfriend and I played through all the 8 and 16 bit Castlevanias and finished it up with Symphony. This year we're trying to beat Cotton, Cotton 2, Magical Chase, and Death Smiles. Next year we'll likely play the Resident Evil series.
I have fond memories of playing through Quest for Glory 4 every October while I was in junior high and high school. If you've never played it and like point and click adventures I give it my highest recommendation.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: Zero_Gamer on October 14, 2017, 06:02:27 AM
I do this every year. Mainly in the retro arena.
I started early, about three weeks ago. So far I've played:
Castlevania 1&3 Castlevania Bloodlines Castlevania Chronicles Monster Party Zombies Ate My Neighbors Ghosts and goblins Ghouls and ghosts Sweet Home
On the list:
Splatterhouse Dracula x Uninvited Shadowgate Friday the 13th
Sweet home is a damn hard game. I haven't gotten very far. The constraint of splitting your party, and juggling items is very challenging. And WTF is up with the wood!? Always need wood, always falling through it... Ugh!
It's not surprising this game didn't come to the states. It tries my patience as an adult. I would not have suffered this game as a child.
I would like to play some newer things too. I started the evil within last year and never went back to it, so I may start it over. I may bust out the Silent Hill HD collection too. New games just take so much time though.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: in99flames on October 15, 2017, 01:51:25 PM
I’m going to play some “eerie” games: Alone in the Dark (3DO) 7th Guest (PC) Dracula Unleashed (DVD game)
I haven’t played these games since they were originally released.
I’ll try to squeeze SPLATTERHOUSE in there, too, since my kids will love its theme.
7th Guest!
"Old man Stauf built a house and filled it with his toys.....6 guests were invited one night, their screams...the only noise"
That game freaked me out when it was released. I think i was 9 or 10. Those graphics were insane for the time.
Ha! I remember seeing this at store (demo playing on computer) and thinking that the FUTURE had arrived. I didn’t get to play it until years later, though.
Yes, I played the PC version, too, but I played...hmmm...maybe 50-60% of the 3DO version when I picked up my 3DO many moons ago.
The 3DO version has flaws and awkward controls...but I can’t remember if the original was that much better (ha!).
Probably about the same, it's hard to dial in the CPU speed perfectly in DOSBox and this causes issues with aiming and being able to run but I think I also had these issues on the hardware the game was meant for back in the day, just not as much.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: gheebee on October 16, 2017, 04:53:44 AM
Phantasmagoria was another good haunted house game but I revisited it and the sequel too recently to replay either for Halloween.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: Arkhan on October 16, 2017, 04:58:33 AM
I remember being really excited at sideboob in that game when I was like 9.
Was pretty surprised by part 2 as a kid, both for the fact that the Egghead Software employee somehow wasn't able to talk my mom out of buying it for me and then by some of the content while playing it. Pretty sure they went a little further than sideboob in that one.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: Arkhan on October 16, 2017, 07:08:12 AM
I like the force-fed guts down a funnel scene in the first one
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: gheebee on October 16, 2017, 08:08:45 AM
All the death scenes were actually pretty cool in that one but watching your characters head get split open by the pendulum was always my favorite. Kind of want to replay this one right now in spite of what I said earlier...
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: Arkhan on October 16, 2017, 08:16:56 AM
That sideboob lady got banged in some other TV show
I googled it once when I was like 14
that was cool.
lol
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: Mishran on October 16, 2017, 08:47:52 AM
Sanitarium and the first Amnesia on the PC are really good games for this time of year. Sanitarium is one of those little known games that turns out to be a real gem. Amnesia was the only "horror" game that ever really made me scared to play it in the dark. I remember the first time playing it. Rounded the corner of a hallway and ran face first into a monster. At that very moment my cat jumped up on the entertainment center knocking a picture to the ground behind me. Scared me so bad that I nearly pissed myself. Good times, great games.
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: gheebee on October 16, 2017, 09:03:09 AM
That sideboob lady got banged in some other TV show
I googled it once when I was like 14
that was cool.
lol
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607692/ I was just kind of surprised when I saw that she had like 15 credits in addition to Phantasmagoria; kind of want to see those Martin and The Wayans Brothers episodes now. :]
Title: Re: Halloween Games
Post by: turboswimbz on October 16, 2017, 12:33:04 PM
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607692/ I was just kind of surprised when I saw that she had like 15 credits in addition to Phantasmagoria; kind of want to see those Martin and The Wayans Brothers episodes now. :]
I'm more interested in the stripper role. . . apparently, her husband is a big-time writer-producer though.