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.
I hate it when I come in here and I see a game that came out when I was in my twenties. Everyone should check with me first before describing anything as retro.
Fun to see games that came out what you consider “recently” referred to as retro, lol. Great game though!
I’ve always wanted to play Eternal Dankness. Is it any good?
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.
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.
Castlevania: Bloodlines on Emulator on the Nintendo Switch :)
The Splatterhouse series!
Hell yea! I try to play old retro games with the family as the seasons change. This year I’m going to show them some of my favorite PSX titles
- MediEvil 1 and 2
- Heart of Darkness
- Skeleton Warriors
There are a couple of really cool Metroid Zero Mission rom hacks called Metroid Spooky mission and Metroid Spooky Mission 2 which are high quality and fun to play on the GBA.
I also picked up the Resident Evil bundle earlier this year that I should fire up. RE4 is my jam.
Silent hill 1 is a classic
It’s not particularly good, but now I feel like playing through Splatterhouse again.
Super Metroid is an unintentional horror game.
The sense of horror and dread seems intentional. Dead scientists on the ground, dead soldiers on the ground, eerie music, limited items at the onset, etc.
I’d like to be in the mood to play Halloween games, but with this shitty weather I just can’t.
Gf is playing Animal Crossing on Switch though.
I like Romhacks (in other words modding of old games) that bring Halloween themed specials to known games. I haven’t looked into it this season yet, but here is an example The Quest for the Candies (Super Mario World).
Just picked up Castlevania anniversary on Steam and Symphony of the night for iOS, def gonna be playing those
Do Scooby doo games count?
