Horror has been a staple of videogames for decades. Of course, there are the classics like Resident Evil and Silent Hill that revolutionized horror to make gamers truly scared. Due to the ingenuity of those titles, gamers today have Five Nights At Freddy's and Outlast. Before that, ho🐲wever, most horror games were mostly action games with horror themes.
Where did it all begin? Back in the 1980s when horror🌜 movies were going through their biggest resurgence; this resulted in a multitude of horror/horror-themed games. Some were better than others. So, what retro games stand out the most from this era?
10 𒈔 Monster Party
Far from scary but Monster Party pays tribute to classic horror monster movies. Vampires, ghosts, and even carnivorous plants straight out of Little Shop Of Horror.
Monster Party is fairly simple: move left and right, defeat monster bosses, and collect items. Do this for several stages and then the player has one. Well, it's simple in theory but Monster Party is surprisingly difficult.
9 Uninvited
Originally developed for PCs, Uninvited is a point-and-click horror game that managed to get a port on the NES. For its time, the visuals are genuinely creepy especially for the kids who﷽ likely ended up playing it♏.
The NES only featured a D-pad and two buttons so that version did not control well. For a much better experience, Uninvited is available on Stꦯeam. It is a much smoother and satisfying experience th♏at way.
8 Chiller
Swapping to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:an arcade game, Chiller is quite the controversial one. Why? Well, it featured enough gore and torture to rival one of the later Saw movies. For a 1980s arcade game, it garnered🀅 a lot of backlash from people.
This resulted in Chiller becoming a cult-classic. While the gore may seem normal to today's standards, it was ambitious for the time. Playing Chiller today is a bit more difficult these days since it requires a light-gun🐲. If someone finds a way, enjoy playing a bloody fun experience!
7 🐭 Maniac Mansion 𝔉
An168澳洲幸运5开奖网: adventure game in the same vein as Monkey Island or Hugo, Maniac Mansion is more cartoony in its design. In many ways, it acts more like a satire of the horror tropes at the time, especially of 80s 🦋horror movies.
The controls take a while to get used to. However, Maniac Mansion st🐈ill provides a funny yet challenging🧸 experience for those who dare enter.
6 Soft & Cuddly 🔯
The most deceptive title to any video game ever. Soft & Cuddly was a horror arcade game that got a port to the ZX Spectrum and in many ♔ways, the Spectrum version is scarier. The vibrant yet limited colors of the Spectrum combined with the visuals lead to some cr🍸eepy designs.
Much like Chiller, Soft & Cuddly was ambitious for attempting so many gory and disturbing designs. For 1987, nobody would be blamed for getting nightmares as a result of Soft & Cuddly.
5 Project Firestart
Project Firestart is technically one of the first games that can be 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:labeled as survival horror. It fea🦩tures mul🃏tiple endings, branching paths, and cinematic storytelling and all on the Commodore 64.
With a freaky monster chasing the player and plenty of challenge, it's surprising that Project Firestart doesn't get more attention. It was way 🎀ahead♎ of its time and is worth a revisit these days.
4 Haunted House 🉐 ♐
There were a few attempts at horror games . The most fondly remembered of them all would be Haunted House. With the player trekking through multiple levels and avoiding spooky enemies, Haunted House is just really fun.
Haunted House is a simple Atari game but it remains fun to this day. It's also impressive how it uses the limitations to create lighting mechanics. Haunted House is also one of the few Atari games that can actua🍒lly be beaten rather than just worrying about points.
3 ﷽ Sweet Home
A horror RPG with survival aspects? Inventory management, quick-time events, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Metroidvania-style navigation? How has anyone never heard of this game? Well, unfortunately, Sweet Home was only released in Japan.
In many ways, Sweet Home is the 8-bit Resident Evil. It was even developed by Capcom, seemingly laying the groundwork for that title. Sweet Home is also based on a horror movie, making it one of the first good movie-licensed games. If a fꦏan-made ROM with English tran༺slation can be found, check it out!
2 🤪 ဣ Splatterhouse
Despite Rick Taylor looking like a slasher villain straight 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:out of a horror movie, he's the hero of the story. Ri𓆏ck needs to mow throu🔥gh hordes of monsters to rescue his girlfriend.
Splatterhouse is an arcade classic that spawned a franchise. It's not deep or complex, just move left to right slaughtering any monster in sig💯ht. Check out any of its sequels as well, they are𝕴 all fun to play!
1 ℱ Castlevania
Is anyone surprised about this one? Of course, one cannot talk about 80s horror games without mentioning Castlevania! Mixing the classic Universal/Hammer monster movies with hints of Greek mythology, Castlevania remains an all-time classic.
The story of Simon Belmont hunting the evil Dracula ended up becoming 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:one of gaming's biggest franchises. There's even an animated series on Netflix based on Castlevania and several reboots and spin-off games. All of it began with a fun yet incredibly difficult sidescroll☂er for the original NES.