The Legacy – Realm Of Terror (1992)

[Pix]

#4801

This would be an interesting Halloween choice. It’s a first person RPG along the lines of Dungeon Master, but instead of the usual fantasy setting, it takes place in a haunted house full of zombies. As you get later into the game, the story keeps getting darker as it draws on the Cthulu mythos. It was the last game Magnetic Scrolls (more famous for their adventure games) would ever make, and had a highly unusual windows based interface where everything was customisable. Don’t know how well it holds up now but the atmosphere was really foreboding at the time. I doubt many people remember it these days but it’s one of the earlier survival horrors and worth revisiting.

[Psy]

#5212

This is a very interesting title to review on the show. Quite unique, I don’t remember another game using the same engine, that was quite advanced IMO, allowing customization of the UI using a windows system with free positioning but also pixel scaling. Layouts can be saved and the game provides a couple.

One of those titles that are not directly related to Lovecraft’s work, but for sure it is inspired and do a better job than many with the official licence.