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submitted 1 year ago by davetansley@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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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.

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[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Zombies Ate My Neighbors on SNES

[-] JeromeVancouver@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Also on Sega Genesis

[-] Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Came to say this. Great co-op fun.

[-] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

MY CHILDHOOD

[-] twinnie@feddit.uk 19 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] NabeGewell@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

2010 games are considered retro by most as well, decided to ruin your day.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'll now be crawling under the porch and dying, as is appropriate for my age.

[-] NabeGewell@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

"As my granddad did, and his one before him"

[-] thingsiplay@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

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).

[-] Chadsalot@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

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 :)

[-] bomanicious@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] kamecha@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Luigi's Mansion has both that fun and spooky ambiance, pretty short game also, perfect to play just for a few evening

[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Ghosts 'n Goblins, yo!

[-] ch00f@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Another World. Maniac Mansion.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Do Scooby doo games count?

[-] davetansley@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

They 100% count!

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] turddle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

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

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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!

[-] sickday@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

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

[-] any1th3r3@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] rhadamanth_nemes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Fun to see games that came out what you consider "recently" referred to as retro, lol. Great game though!

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Forbidden Forest on C64 (1983)

[-] richard_wagner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I’ve always wanted to play Eternal Dankness. Is it any good?

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] sleeo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Castlevania: Bloodlines on Emulator on the Nintendo Switch :)

[-] databender@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The Splatterhouse series!

[-] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

3D Monster Maze on the ZX81.

Maybe not very Halloween-y but definitely scary!

[-] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Dark room, volume max, Phantom Slayer

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[-] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

It's not particularly good, but now I feel like playing through Splatterhouse again.

[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Super Metroid is an unintentional horror game.

[-] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

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.