Mark Wolfe Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 this is a clone of a thread I made for the 2600 where Frankenstein's Monster was the winning suggestion... I'm doing a videogame console installation at the upcoming National Haunter's Convention in Valley Forge, PA in late April 2010. http://www.nationalh...convention.com/ I am going to put up various consoles from classic to modern all with appropriately themed games. I'd like to bring the Atari 800XL, but I am not too familiar with any titles that would work. They need to be in the horror genre but also fun to play. suggestions please... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollett Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 I'm not sure why, but Maxwell Manor - Skull of Doom always game me the creeps. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwhyte Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 It's a text adventure, but Infocom's The Lurking Horror is a decent horror game for the A8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 interesting suggestions, had not heard of either. will check them out ... keep 'em comin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allas Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Nightmares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 Nightmares that one I have heard of. I don't think I've played it on the atari though. was it out on another system? C64 maybe? good suggestion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Nope! It's an Atari 8bit game. Lots of fun, too! Good game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Nope! It's an Atari 8bit game. Lots of fun, too! Good game! Yes Nightmares is excellent. Not as good is Domain of the Undead, recenty seen Dracula Lives on atarionline.pl not played this yet. Haunted Hill is an ok centipede clone. The excellent Necromancer is pretty creepy sort of. Goonies is an excellent game and so is the most creepy game of all (maybe) DROL p.s. there is a trainer version of Drol on Homesoft? (may require 130XE/128K) that lets you have more lives etc. And newish game Ghastly Night though this looks better than it plays p.p.s. I forgot Blinky's Scary School Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorsten Günther Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 There's also Ghost Chaser, and the SAGA adventures Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle, The Count and Voodoo Castle are somewhat horror-ish. Thorsten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 The obvious one is Ghostbusters. Some others are: Phantom, Deimos, Nightshade, and Dark Chambers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwhyte Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Another horror based text adventure--this time with graphics--would be Penguin Software's Transylvania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 thanks everyone, this gives me a lot of ideas to sort through. firing up the emu tonight to check them all out and make my picks. if anyone is in the northeast at the end of this month, c'mon down to the show, a link is in the first post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 I will be tweeting from the show floor tomorrow with pics and reviews: twitter.com/plugnplayevents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Echo Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 It's a text adventure, but Infocom's The Lurking Horror is a decent horror game for the A8. 5 stars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 (edited) "Hot Lips" mainly because the sounds there (also the athmosphere a bit). [/url] http://www.atarimani...-lips_2511.html Edited April 30, 2010 by miker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariusz Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 (edited) Let's not forget about the game Schreckenstein http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-schreckenstein_4535.html Excellent gameplay (especially with two players) and a dark atmosphere. Edited April 30, 2010 by mariusz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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