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Two decades ago, the horror genre in video games was truly hitting its stride. The 90s brought the jump to 3D graphics, while the 2000s gave fans classics in the genre, like Silent Hill 2, that have captured the minds of fans to this day.
But it was the early 2000s that gave players a look at just what the PlayStation 2 could do to immerse them in a truly frightening world with its graphical capabilities. It also forecasted just what the future held for the ever-popular genre of games. However, the genre being as prolific as it was, meant that some of its best have been lost to time.
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Death Race is a vehicular combat game that puts your car in an open space with gremlins. Your goal is to crash into the gremlins so you can brutally and cruelly kill them. Upon dying, they scream. In the spot where the gremlin once was, a cross-shaped gravestone will be left. This clutters the playing field, making it harder to move around. There are dotted lines on the sides, representing two narrow "safe" zones on the left and right sides of the screen for the gremlins, as your car will crash on contact with the dotted lines.
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Before Silent Hill became a horror film, it was a survival horror video game — but what's even more horrifying still is that Silent Hill, West Virginia is based on a real place. The game utilizes a foggy atmosphere to inhibit the player’s vision while they control Harry Mason on the search for his missing adopted daughter. Its unforgettable landscape and horrific features spawned an entire franchise of films and video game sequels. While the horror video game is well-known, its true story and the actual location are rarely recognized. There's a real town — the town of Centralia, known online as "The Real Silent Hill", Pennsylvania — which inspired Silent Hill's aesthetic.
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Sega Killer Shark "Video" Game
This cabinet can be seen in the movie Jaws on the beach. It's called Killer Shark from gaming greats, Sega. It was released way back in 1972. The shark moves around and the player shoots it with a spear gun. It has a series of slides on a wheel that make the shark move and thrash around when shot. Electronic sound and 8-track player. It resembles the Same Sea Devil also by Sega, but Sea Devil had a manta ray instead of a shark.
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I'm a casual gamer that's willing to play all sorts of genres. Being goofy & chatting while gaming is my prerogative. Let's blow off some steam & unwind!
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This is a computer game about using a gun to shoot things. Alien things. In a futuristic city. I'm not really narrowing this down much, am I? It's Novotrade's 1989 Commodore 64 crosshair shooter Horror City!
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?In the 1980s, the Commodore 64 ruled over the home computing market thanks to an affordable price point, helpful office applications and, of course, hundreds of games that offered an alternative to the era’s arcade fare and cartridge-based consoles. The trusty C-64 gave consumers the opportunity to play ports of popular releases and original offerings alike just by throwing in a disc and typing “Load “*”, 8,1.” With that little bit of BASIC programming came a world of gaming possibilities. Since Topless Robot has previously featured an overview of The 20 Greatest Games on the Commodore 64, this Daily List will gear its focus toward the 15 greatest sci-fi and horror games released for the computer. As you’ll soon see, these were two genres that were always well represented on the Commodore. Load “*”, 8,1!
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