Haunted House
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Description
Hidden throughout a haunted mansion are three pieces of a magical urn, and your goal is to enter the mansion and retrieve all three before you lose your nine lives! The game is played from an overhead point of view where you see only your eyeballs as you explore the four floors of the maze-like mansion. To make your mission even more difficult, there are various creatures wandering throughout. Tarantulas, giant vampire bats, and one fast moving ghost will all cause you to lose a life if encountered too closely. As a defense against the creatures, a magical scepter can be found in the mansion which will make you immune to its inhabitants.The mansion contains many doors, some of which may be locked; to explore all the rooms, you will first need to find the master key which is hidden somewhere. The mansion is very dark, and you will not be able to see any of the objects in it (and in more difficult game variations, you can't see the walls either). To reveal objects and the mansion walls, you need to light one of your unlimited supply of matches which will light up a small area around you. Don't be surprised if a swift wind or passing creature blow out your match, though!
You are only allowed to carry one object at a time so you will need to create a strategy for exploring the mansion; to unlock a door or move a piece of the urn, you will need to put down the scepter. You win the game when all three pieces of the urn are assembled and you make it out of the mansion. The game keeps track of how many matches you have used on your mission, and the fewer matches the better the score.
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Alternate Titles
- "Nightmare Manor" -- Original title
- "Casa Mal-Assombrada" -- Brazilian title
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User Reviews
Possibly the scariest game on the Atari 2600 so far | Atari 2600 | Katakis | カタキス (39520) |
The Original Survival Horror Game. | Atari 2600 | Guy Chapman (2001) |
A scary game for back then | Atari 2600 | Tiffany Morrison (2) |
Critic Reviews
The Atari Times | Atari 2600 | Jun 13, 2006 | 90 out of 100 | 90 |
The Video Game Critic | Atari 2600 | Jul 17, 1999 | B+ | 83 |
Digital Press - Classic Video Games | Atari 2600 | Sep 25, 2004 | 8 out of 10 | 80 |
Game Informer Magazine | Atari 2600 | Jun, 2005 | 7.75 out of 10 | 78 |
Defunct Games | Atari 2600 | Oct 19, 2016 | B | 75 |
Retrogaming.it | Atari 2600 | Jul 18, 2008 | 7 out of 10 | 70 |
Woodgrain Wonderland | Atari 2600 | Apr 10, 2017 | B- | 67 |
Game Freaks 365 | Atari 2600 | Jul 04, 2009 | 6.6 out of 10 | 66 |
Tilt | Atari 2600 | Sep, 1982 | 3 out of 6 | 50 |
Forums
Topic | # Posts | Last Post |
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Cover art! | 2 | DJP Mom (11391) Nov 13, 2007 |
Trivia
Music
The music played when the "eyes" escape the Haunted House is the theme from the television program The Twilight Zone.Awards
- FLUX
- Issue #4 - #68 in the "Top 100 Video Games of All-Time" list
Related Web Sites
- Video review of Halloween-themed games (WARNING: Language) (The Angry Video Game Nerd, James Rolfe, reviews games with a Halloween theme, including Haunted House.)