Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (Game Boy Color)

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Description

Edward Carnby, private eye of the paranormal, is back. His best friend, Charles Fiske, has been found dead near Shadow Island--a mysterious island near Maine. It is his duty to take up the investigation and find out the secrets of Shadow Island. The game takes place in the surrounding grounds of a gloomy mansion. The game tries to import most of the gameplay mechanics of its console/Windows brother: most time is spent exploring the game world (screens with switching camera perspectives), collecting items and using them to solve puzzles.

Besides the obvious technical changes due to the restricted power of the Game Boy Color system, there are two important differences: There is no choice of characters, and if the player is attacked (mostly on pre-defined points, in some areas randomly) the game switches to a different playing mode. The perspective is somewhere between isometric and top-down, and the player has to kill the approaching enemies - he can turn in eight directions and has to aim in the general direction. Consistently to the previous entries of this series the ammo is scarce.

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• Alone in the Dark series
• Sound engine: MusyX Audio Tools

User Reviews

Not really Alone in the Dark.

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Critic Reviews

Gamezilla	Aug 07, 2001	85 out of 100	85
Pocket Magazine / Pockett Videogames	Oct, 2001		80
64 Power / big.N / N Games	Jun, 2001		80
Super Play (Sweden)	Jun, 2001	7 out of 10	70
Jeuxvideo.com	Jul 12, 2001	14 out of 20	70
Power Unlimited	Jun, 2001	70 out of 100	70
All Game Guide	2001		60
Gaming Target	Jul 16, 2001	5.5 out of 10	55

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• Developer Interview (Aug. 9, 2000) (IGN interviews Steve Iles about the game.)