Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 As we know the month of October brings one thing to your mind. Halloween, haunted houses, hayrides, and fall season. What games do you really enjoy playing during this time of the year? As for me I have a bunch. I enjoy the Castlevania series of course. The original is a true classic, Simon's Quest delivers a great RPG style adventure, and Dracula's Curse is my favorite of the series and my second all time favorite NES game. Castlevania 4 is another outstanding one. Splatterhouse on the TG-16 would be considered my favorite to play during this time of the year. It is an outstanding port of the arcade version, it truly is a Halloween themed game, and the haunting music and soundtrack really deliver. And for pre crash. I have to go with Haunted House for the 2600. It is best played with the lights out and truly gives an eerie experience. Share with us on which are your favorites? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Splatterhouse (TG16) Dracula X (TG16 CD) Super Castlevania IV (SNES) Castlevania (NES) Ghouls n Ghosts (Genesis) Super Ghouls n Ghosts (SNES) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Faxanadu (NES) Gahan Wilson's Ultimate Haunted House (Mac) Castelvania (NES) Simon's Quest (NES) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameGirl420 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Haunted House on Atari 2600! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Does Maniac Mansion count? More of a horror movie spoof than an actual Halloween theme, but I love that game. I'm not really a big fan but Night Trap should probably be mentioned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Ruiner Pinball for the Jag. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 TCM for the 2600 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorussell Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 The Resident Evil series will have to do for me. But I would love to see a homebrew game of HALLOWEEN II for the Atari 2600, taking place in a hospital. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameGirl420 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 The Darkstalkers series... Also Chiller the arcade despite it being incredibly violent for it's time. The level in the graveyard is straight up Halloween-esque. Also Ninja Kid for the NES has a bit of a Halloween vibe for some reason! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sega_SHARK Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Transylvania for the Apple, or Atari 8 bit. So, Transylvania is a graphic text adventure. This is the one I usually recommend to people if they have never played this style of game. It has a spooky werewolf, a vampire, a goblin... all of the halloween stuff. This was my favorite computer game growing up, and I think it's one of the best graphic text adventures. Don't watch too much... Spoilers! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WispFollower Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Super Castlevania IV on SNES and Jeepers Creepers on Colecovision are the two which come to mind right away for me. I can marathon play either one of these gems. The music alone in SC is amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Castlevania - Symphony of the Night! Plenty of ideas for Halloween costumes in that game! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 For me, pretty much the Castlevania and Ghosts 'n Goblins series sum up Halloween for me. Splatterhouse is kind of obligatory as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I wrote a blog on this topic a couple years back; I still love all the games I talked about in that post, especially around Halloween (which for me is Oct.1-Thanksgiving ). Although I can't get into Cauldron as much.But this year (aka the last couple of weeks) I've been playing a lot of Ghosts 'n' Goblins on Commodore 64. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameGirl420 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I would also suggest Dragon's Lair on Sega CD. Saw the ending of it the other night and thought that would be awesome to watch on Halloween night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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