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.
Zombies Ate My Neighbors on SNES
Also on Sega Genesis
Came to say this. Great co-op fun.
MY CHILDHOOD
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.
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).
Luigi’s Mansion has both that fun and spooky ambiance, pretty short game also, perfect to play just for a few evening
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.
Ghosts 'n Goblins, yo!
Cool idea.
Sometimes around Halloween I’ll play through silent hill. I might do it again this year.
There’s a nightmare on elm street game for nes, and a Friday the 13th as well, iirc. Those might be fun to play.
Edit:
Majora’s mask would be a good one
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
Fun to see games that came out what you consider “recently” referred to as retro, lol. Great game though!
Decided to give the first Silent Hill a try finally. Figured on my small MM+ and it being an older game graphically it would be easier to handle but uh…nope! Still scaring the shit out of me :)
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.
Do Scooby doo games count?
They 100% count!
Night of 100 Frights is pretty well recommended!
There are others, but that’s the one that comes to mind first. I think there are some couch co-op ones as well
Castlevania: Bloodlines on Emulator on the Nintendo Switch :)
The Splatterhouse series!
It’s not particularly good, but now I feel like playing through Splatterhouse again.
