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.
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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 […]
Slowly Take on Zombie Gunslingers in Alone in the Dark 3 for DOS – Today in History – March 16th, 1995
March 15th, 2015
Carl Williams 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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