Splatterhouse
Splatterhouse is a sidescrolling beat 'em up video game in which the player controls Rick, a parapsychology student who is trapped inside West Mansion. After his resurrection by the Terror Mask, Rick makes his…
Splatterhouse is an arcade developed by Namco, released 1 November 1988 on Wii, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Arcade and FM Towns.
What Splatterhouse is
Splatterhouse is an arcade game developed by Namco and released in 1988. It is available on Wii, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Arcade, FM Towns and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Two college students, Rick Taylor and Jennifer Willis, take refuge from a storm in West Mansion, a local landmark known as "Splatterhouse" for the rumors of hideous experiments purportedly conducted there by Dr. West, a renowned and missing parapsychologist. As they enter the mansion and the door shuts behind them, Jennifer screams. Rick awakens in the dungeon of the mansion to discover that he is still alive thanks to the influence of the "Terror Mask", or in some versions, the "Hell Mask", a Mayan sacrificial artifact from West's house which is capable of sentient thought. The mask attaches itself to Rick, fusing with his body and transforming him into a monster with superhuman strength…
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. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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