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.
2010 games are considered retro by most as well, decided to ruin your day.
I’ll now be crawling under the porch and dying, as is appropriate for my age.
“As my granddad did, and his one before him”
Zombies Ate My Neighbors on SNES
Also on Sega Genesis
Came to say this. Great co-op fun.
MY CHILDHOOD
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).
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 :)
Best in the series
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
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.
Monster Bash by Apogee
One of the first games little-me could get running through those old MS-DOS commands
Halloweeny and nostalgic. Perfect for the season
OMG Apogee. Blake Stone, Secret Agent, Halloween Harry … So many great memories.
Never did quite get that sound blaster 16 driver working with all of them though!
Forbidden Forest on C64 (1983)
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
Retrogaming wise, I’m playing Parasite Eve! I’m usually not one for Halloween themed games/movies/anything either, but I’ve been enjoying it greatly.
Oh dang J had forgotten about that game. I remember enjoying it back when it came out.
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
Ghosts 'n Goblins, yo!
Another World. Maniac Mansion.
Fun to see games that came out what you consider “recently” referred to as retro, lol. Great game though!
