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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    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.

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    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 :)

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    1 year ago

    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

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

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    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.

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    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
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        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

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    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

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      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!

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    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.