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’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.
Castlevania: Bloodlines on Emulator on the Nintendo Switch :)
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
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).
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.
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Another World. Maniac Mansion.
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.
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.
Zombies Ate My Neighbors on SNES
Came to say this. Great co-op fun.
Also on Sega Genesis
MY CHILDHOOD
Forbidden Forest on C64 (1983)
Luigi’s Mansion has both that fun and spooky ambiance, pretty short game also, perfect to play just for a few evening
Just picked up Castlevania anniversary on Steam and Symphony of the night for iOS, def gonna be playing those
Fun to see games that came out what you consider “recently” referred to as retro, lol. Great game though!
Ghosts 'n Goblins, yo!
