Comments on: First Impression: SPLATTERHOUSE (Game)

By: cyco

cyco — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:24:12 +0000

take a look to this freeware 3d splatterhouse Remake it's a fan game but really impressive!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-CTZQyI9eY&fe…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XKVOaaQe9M&fe…

By: John

John — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:51:31 +0000

Yeah. Sheer frustration always leaves quite the impression.

By: Matt Wells

Matt Wells — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:07:34 +0000

Let’s not talk about Friday the 13th…brings back some bad memories…

By: R.J. Sayer

R.J. Sayer — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:28:46 +0000

ha. we also shouldn’t forget the HALLOWEEN game for Atari.

and i think the FRIDAY THE 13th game for NES was even before SPLATTERHOUSE.

By: John

John — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:19:23 +0000

DUDE. The spider in the instruction manual for HAUNTED HOUSE scared the HELL OUT OF ME when I was a kid. I think I even threw it out I was so scared of the damn thing.

By: Matt Wells

Matt Wells — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:54:11 +0000

Gotta say…I’m gonna get laughed at for this knowledge but, Haunted House for Atari 2600 was considered the first survival horror game, and was released in 1982.

(Not that Splatterhouse didn’t have a big effect on the horror industry)

By: R.J. Sayer

R.J. Sayer — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:46:27 +0000

Peter – here’s a simple answer: SPLATTERHOUSE IS AWESOME. that’s what it is.

it was basically the precursor to survival horror. the prototype, even. it was a side-scrolling game – initially released in arcades as a stand-up coin-op and later adapted for Turbo Grafx 16 (and even later brought to the Sega Genesis) – in which you played Rick, a dude who had to rescue his girlfriend from the evil West Mansion. Rick put on the Terror Mask, which made him bulky and strong and then he just went through the Mansion, picking up a varitey of brutal weapons and laying waste to all kinds of nasty monsters – including aborted babies.

it was sweet. difficult as fuck. but AWESOME.

By: John

John — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:17:57 +0000

My brother had the original on the TurboGrafx-16. I recall the theme being more exciting than the gameplay was. Never knew it had any sequels.

This video illustrates what I remember playing: