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Game » consists of 1 releases. Released Dec 15, 1989
Cthulhu Mythos RPG
A remake of the first game in the pre-eminent video game horror series, featuring a graphics overhaul, as well as several new gameplay features, environments, and unlockable modes that weren't included within the original version.
Features a similar "Haunted House" motiff.
A survival horror adventure game that tells the story of a group of students trapped in a haunted elementary school. Originally released for the PC-98 in Japan back in 1996, it was not released in the Western world until 2011.
Set in a bleak cyberpunk universe, System Shock is a first-person action-adventure game from Looking Glass Studios that challenges players to overcome the hazards of an immense, multi-level space station under the control of an artificial intelligence with aspirations of godhood.
Ultima Underworld is one of the first free-roaming, first-person CRPGs. In this game, the player as the Avatar must rescue the daughter of a Baron from the Stygian Abyss. There, amidst the ruins of a once utopian colony, the Avatar will also discover the dark horror that lies far below.
Horror themed adventure game developed by Chunsoft in 1992 that was the first entry in the company's influential Sound Novel series.
Ultima VI is the final entry in the Age of Enlightenment. Its icon- and text-based interface was new to computer RPGs at the time.
Friday the 13th puts players in the shoes of one of six counselors at Camp Crystal Lake and tasks them with using any weapon they can find to save the children hiding in cabins spread out across the camp grounds from Jason's murderous rampage.
Released in 1987, War of the Dead is considered to be the first true survival horror game. SWAT officer Lila must rescue survivors in the demon-infested small town of Chaney’s Hill. It also featured open-world gameplay and RPG elements.
A Japanese role-playing game originally released in 1987 where the player character must investigate the death of two boys who were found near the entrance of a mansion.
A first-person adventure game with RPG elements, released by Microcabin in 1986. The game featured environments rendered in 3D polygon graphics, for possibly the first time in a home video game, along with early survival horror elements. However, the game is better remembered for its cyberpunk narrative, which was adapted into a sci-fi novel shortly afterwards.
Brain Breaker is an epic open-world platform-adventure for the Sharp X1 Japanese home computer. It was an early Metroidvania-style game, predating both Metroid and Castlevania. It was designed by Hiroshi Ishikawa and published by Enix in 1985.
The Screamer is a 1985 cyberpunk-horror action RPG taking place in a post-apocalyptic, sci-fi setting. It was released by Magical Zoo, for the PC-8801 in 1985 and for the PC-9801 and X1 in 1986. An English fan translation was released in January 2015.
An adventure game created by Yuji Horii and published by Enix in 1983 where the player controls a detective solving a murder mystery. The title helped establish the template for the Japanese adventure genre, which many other titles would imitate and build upon.
The first survival horror game, developed by Akira Takiguchi and Masakuni Mitsuhashi, and published by ASCII in 1981.
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