RSS Feed
Twitter
The Alone in the Dark series is arguably one of the inspirations for Capcom’s Resident Evil series. When Resident Evil was released, the Alone in the Dark series was on their third iteration, Ghosts in Town. One would think that it was all roses and fun in the Infogrames gaming garden but it wasn’t. Gamers […]
Search Results
Slowly Take on Zombie Gunslingers in Alone in the Dark 3 for DOS – Today in History – March 16th, 1995
March 15th, 2015 
Carl Williams 
New Game: Alone in the Dark hits iOS
May 21st, 2014 Carl Williams Horror gaming fans know how sparse the offerings were in the early 1990’s. There simply were not a lot of choices, though what was available was pretty good. One such title, many feel is the originator of the genre, Alone in the Dark, is now available on iOS (no word on the unofficial Dreamcast port […]
Share this:
Alone in the Dark to Come to Sega Dreamcast Thanks to Dedicated Fan
December 3rd, 2013 Carl Williams Alone in the Dark was one of those titles that had to be seen to be believed, and many that saw it, bought it. The game was just so different versus what was available at the time. For the first time, it was actually like walking around a deserted mansion fending off unspeakable horrors that […]
Share this:
Today in Retro Gaming: Darkstone (PS1)
January 28th, 2016 Michael Crisman Point, click and slay. The PlayStation version of Darkstone was derided upon its release in 2001 as an obvious cash in, a shameless derivative, a poor man’s Diablo clone–roundly ignored by just about everyone. It wasn’t until later that people realized Darkstone was a solid action RPG experience, and it’s that mistake we’re out to […]
Share this:
16 Bit Resident Evil Demake Now Called Bio Evil
March 1st, 2020 Carl Williams What would Resident Evil have looked like had Capcom released it on the Sega Genesis? A 16-bit platform that would obviously require a change in perspective – gone would be the 3D polygon enemies and pre-rendered backgrounds. While we may never know what Capcom’s take on survival horror would look like in 16-bits, we can […]
Share this:
Team Innocent Sends Gamers on Space Police Adventure on NEC PC-FX – December 23rd, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
December 23rd, 2018 Carl Williams The NEC PC-FX is one of many consoles that never left Japan. Therefore it has more than a few exclusive titles North American gamers probably never heard of. One such title is Team Innocent. This is a 3rd person, fixed view, adventure title that features pre-rendered backgrounds with character sprites laid over them. This style will […]
Share this:
Blood on Your Hands: the Horror Series That Won Gamers’ Hearts
March 26th, 2017 Carl Williams The modern generation of horror and zombie games have a lot of their success owed to their retro ancestors. There was a wave of fantastic zombie and horror survival games that hit the shelves throughout the ’90s–many of them weren’t perfect, but they broke the mold of how shocking game content could be.
Share this:
Capcom Gives Fans Resident Evil Director’s Cut – Today in Retro Gaming – September 30th, 1997
September 29th, 2016 Carl Williams When Capcom released the original Resident Evil onto the Sony Playstation console it was unique. Never before had gamers been presented with a 3D horror game like this before. No, I am not counting Alone in the Dark here as that was more of a 3D adventure game with monsters. Resident Evil was a 3D […]
Share this:
Resident Evil Minimalistic Would Look Like White Night
March 14th, 2015 Carl Williams Resident Evil was not the first horror game, nor was it the “best” but it was marketed extremely well and it got people interested. There were several other horror games that used the same controlled views to give players a sense of unknowing. Most notable of those earlier titles was Alone in the Dark which […]
Share this:
TiH
March 11th, 2014 Carl Williams We have been doing these historical articles for years on various sites that we have worked on, here, we collect the articles in one convenient place. Have a favorite? Have a game that we should cover when it comes time? Let us know via that contact form above. As this list grows, we will eventually […]
