Must-Play Games For Halloween: Splatterhouse Series

I will admit that Halloween is not one of my favorite times of the year. I don't like blood, guts, or gore. As such, I'm kind of particular in the Halloween-themed games that I play each October. As such, I wanted to share some of my favorite games to play around Halloween with you. I don't dig a ton of blood, guts, and gore, but one game I get gleeful delight from every time I play, and a game I consider one of the must Must-play games to play for Halloween is Splatterhouse.

Part horror game, part Halloween/Michael Myers, and part beat 'em up. Splatterhouse was developed by Namco for the arcades and was eventually brought into homes on the TurboGrafx-16. In Splatterhouse, you play as Rick Taylor, searching for his friend Jennifer Willis. Rick is under the influence of the Terror Mask or Hell Mask, a Mayan artifact found in the house of Dr. West. Here the mask fuses to Rick's body and provides him with super strength and special abilities he will use to attempt to rescue Jennifer.

There were several sequels to Splatterhouse over the years, Splatterhouse was released on the Sega Genesis and Mega Drive. There was also a bit of a parody release in Japan on the Nintendo Famicom called Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti. It was the second game to be released in the Splatterhouse video game series & technically the first Splatterhouse game to be released for a home console.

The game is a parody of the arcade game Splatterhouse. It takes a comical approach to its presentation, having "super deformed” characters, parodying horror movies, and by incorporating other pop-culture references related to the genre into itself.

I really love the original Splatterhouse on the TG16, it gives me the same kick as God of War does. It's just a hack-and-slash, but really well done. Have you ever played Splatterhouse? At home or in the arcade? And which was your favorite? Share your thoughts in the comments!

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