Scary NES/SNES/etc games of the past.

You know, games made to scare surely have changed a lot over the years. What would have been scary back then really isn't as scary as it used to be, thanks to games like Left 4 Dead, which, although I never played it, sure looks scary enough as it is just looking at the screenshots.

When I think about it, I wonder what you gamers and game collectors used to see as scary back in the younger days of gaming, when things were simpler unlike today. I would tell you mine, but I don't recall playing anything like that in my younger years.

Of course, I scare easy at times, so no wonder.

I dont know about scared but I remember Friday the 13th for NES making me nervous at times.

I don't think I played a truly scare-worthy game till PS1. I had to think about this a bit, but Splatterhouse 3 on the Genesis. No it wasn't exactly scary, but I remember the first stage having some sort of a time limit (which freak me regardless of the genre). If you didn't make it in time there was some kind of disturbing scene involving the main character's girlfriend. All this together with the horror theme of the game, and some pretty disgusting lookin' enemies and bosses, gave me the semi-creeps. When I was 10 or 11 that is : )

Dead of the Brain I & II - survival-horror adventure games available for PC and PC-Engine.

Like many other adventure games, they've stood the test of time remarkably well though.

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The only thing scary about old games is how you couldnt save, when I'd get to the last level of the original Alex Kidd and i'd have one life left and im going through a castle loaded with deadly traps. Its pretty hard to get to that last level and when I was in that situation my head would have exploded from frustration if i died and got gameover. Which is what happened, multiple times.

The only thing scary about old games is how you couldnt save, when I'd get to the last level of the original Alex Kidd and i'd have one life left and im going through a castle loaded with deadly traps. Its pretty hard to get to that last level and when I was in that situation my head would have exploded from frustration if i died and got gameover. Which is what happened, multiple times.

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The only thing scary about old games is how you couldnt save, when I'd get to the last level of the original Alex Kidd and i'd have one life left and im going through a castle loaded with deadly traps. Its pretty hard to get to that last level and when I was in that situation my head would have exploded from frustration if i died and got gameover. Which is what happened, multiple times.

Panzer_Zwei

Chiller for the nes also is pretty creepy

The thing is, video games never really had the power to be scary until game makers had the technology to make them more realistic and in-your-face.