Stephen King's F13
Stephen King's F13 is a collection of casual games developed by Presto Studios and released in 2000 by Blue Byte. The title F13 suggests a function key that would follow F12 on standard PC keyboards. The…
Stephen King's F13 is a point-and-click developed by Blue Byte, released 31 December 1999 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Stephen King's F13 is
Stephen King's F13 is a point-and-click game developed by Blue Byte and released in 1999. It was published by Presto Studios. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Stephen King's F13 is a collection of casual games developed by Presto Studios and released in 2000 by Blue Byte. The title F13 suggests a function key that would follow F12 on standard PC keyboards. The minigames include No Swimming, Bug Splat, and Whack-A-Zombie. The "Frightware" bundle also includes a set of "Screamsavers", "Bump and Thump" sound effects, "Deathtop" backgrounds, and Stephen King's short novella Everything's Eventual. Stephen King's F13 decks out your computer with a horror aesthetic, offering "deathtop" images, "screamsavers," and a trio of minigames. The capper is a novella entitled Everything's Eventual, a story that brings King's usual themes into a high-tech context.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Stephen King's F13 launched on 31 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Little Fighter 2.
Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Little Fighter 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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