Halloween
A homicidal maniac has escaped from a mental institution. On Halloween night, the killer returns to his home town to wreak havoc! You are babysitting for a family in a large, two story house. Somehow the…
Halloween is an arcade developed by MicroGraphicImage, released 1 October 1983 on Atari 2600.
What Halloween is
Halloween is an arcade game developed by MicroGraphicImage and released in 1983. It was published by Wizard Video Games. It is available on Atari 2600 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A homicidal maniac has escaped from a mental institution. On Halloween night, the killer returns to his home town to wreak havoc! You are babysitting for a family in a large, two story house. Somehow the vengeful murderer has gotten inside! Can you protect the children and yourself from the fury of his knife?
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Halloween series
Halloween is the first of 4 entries we hold in the Halloween series. The next entry was Dead by Daylight: The Halloween Chapter in 2016.
What it launched against
Halloween launched on 1 October 1983, within three weeks of Track & Field and Stop the Express.
Released around the same time: Track & Field, Stop the Express.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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