Asatiir
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Starting the genre thread list threads, I thought I'd include among the genres I was most interested in, horror games.
Waxworks (1992, DOS, Amiga):
I saw pics of this on an Amiga magazine as a kid, a system I never owned back then. I was thrilled when I saw it on gog.com as I completely forgot about it. Waxworks is special because it's a mix of a few different genres in one game, it's a dungeon crawling RPG with point click adventure style puzzles. You inherit your uncle's haunted wax museum to uncover the story of a curse casted upon your family. the game is divided into different levels where you travel through different time periods and different fictional worlds including ancient Egypt, Jack the Ripper Victorian England among a few others.
The game requires keeping track of the map using pen and grid paper since there's no in-game ways of tracking yourself on the map.
Corpse Party series (Varied years, multiple platforms):
Now here's a series I saw come out of nowhere, its most modern renditions have been released on the PSP as digital download only games with a PC and a Vita game in the works. The original was built for a competition on a very early build of RPG Maker on the PC-98 in Japan and eventually gained popularity as an anime, manga and game franchise. the first PSP game's story is as follows, a bunch of school kids perform a paper charm ritual that ends up transporting them to a haunted elementary school located on a different plane of existence and getting lost there. The kids try to escape but a series of unfortunate events and vengeful spirits get in their way. The game may not look like it, but this is among the most morbid and gruesome games I've played in a while, figuring out what happened to all the dead children that got trapped in that school prior the events of the game and make it back in one piece. You will be given choices during the game that will unlock different consequences and only one "right" ending the will lead you to the next chapter.
The second vita game is a visual novel based on "what if" scenarios that continue the "wrong" endings in the previous game.
The original game was rebuilt by fans on RPG maker to work on Windows machines and is available for free here, the more modern games include a lot of changes but the original is nice to look at from a "where they came from" point of reference.
Uninvited (1986 Mac. 1987 DOS, 1989 Famicom, 1991 NES, 1993 Windows):
A part of the popular Macventure series that includes Shadowgate and the Deja Vu games, from the four games, Uninvited was the only one that is remotely horror themed. The game probably hasn't aged that well, but I found it quite entertaining. Your sibling (sister in the console versions and a brother in the computer versions) is missing in an abandoned house and you're to find them solving puzzles and casting magic throughout the game. Like Waxworks and Corpse Party, it's interesting to see the many possible ways for you to die in this game, and among the mentioned three does have some pretty funny bits here and there.
Post your recommendations!
Waxworks (1992, DOS, Amiga):
I saw pics of this on an Amiga magazine as a kid, a system I never owned back then. I was thrilled when I saw it on gog.com as I completely forgot about it. Waxworks is special because it's a mix of a few different genres in one game, it's a dungeon crawling RPG with point click adventure style puzzles. You inherit your uncle's haunted wax museum to uncover the story of a curse casted upon your family. the game is divided into different levels where you travel through different time periods and different fictional worlds including ancient Egypt, Jack the Ripper Victorian England among a few others.
The game requires keeping track of the map using pen and grid paper since there's no in-game ways of tracking yourself on the map.
Corpse Party series (Varied years, multiple platforms):
Now here's a series I saw come out of nowhere, its most modern renditions have been released on the PSP as digital download only games with a PC and a Vita game in the works. The original was built for a competition on a very early build of RPG Maker on the PC-98 in Japan and eventually gained popularity as an anime, manga and game franchise. the first PSP game's story is as follows, a bunch of school kids perform a paper charm ritual that ends up transporting them to a haunted elementary school located on a different plane of existence and getting lost there. The kids try to escape but a series of unfortunate events and vengeful spirits get in their way. The game may not look like it, but this is among the most morbid and gruesome games I've played in a while, figuring out what happened to all the dead children that got trapped in that school prior the events of the game and make it back in one piece. You will be given choices during the game that will unlock different consequences and only one "right" ending the will lead you to the next chapter.
The second vita game is a visual novel based on "what if" scenarios that continue the "wrong" endings in the previous game.
The original game was rebuilt by fans on RPG maker to work on Windows machines and is available for free here, the more modern games include a lot of changes but the original is nice to look at from a "where they came from" point of reference.
Uninvited (1986 Mac. 1987 DOS, 1989 Famicom, 1991 NES, 1993 Windows):
A part of the popular Macventure series that includes Shadowgate and the Deja Vu games, from the four games, Uninvited was the only one that is remotely horror themed. The game probably hasn't aged that well, but I found it quite entertaining. Your sibling (sister in the console versions and a brother in the computer versions) is missing in an abandoned house and you're to find them solving puzzles and casting magic throughout the game. Like Waxworks and Corpse Party, it's interesting to see the many possible ways for you to die in this game, and among the mentioned three does have some pretty funny bits here and there.
Post your recommendations!
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