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Were there any truly scary Speccy games?

stupidgetstupidget
edited August 2013 in Games
Having played numerous Survival Horror games on the PS1, PS2 and PS3 I started to wonder if there were any creepy games on the speccy. Due to graphical limitation I don't suppose there were any scary ones, but, I'm sure some must have been creepy.

I always thought 'Ah Diddums' was creepy, but, I'd like to know if there are any other.
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  • RalfRalf
    edited August 2013
    I vaguely remember there was very old thread about it 7 years ago or so :) Maybe Alessandro will find it :)
  • Rebelstar without a causeRebelstar without a cause
    edited August 2013
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  • leespoonsleespoons
    edited August 2013
    Anything with that loader that went "SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" with the flashing border when it failed to load. Players/Incentive/Mirrorsoft used it as well as a load of magazine cover tapes. Scared the living crap out of me the first time I heard it.
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  • Rebelstar without a causeRebelstar without a cause
    edited August 2013
    All of leespoons cgc entries! :D
  • leespoonsleespoons
    edited August 2013
    Rebelstar without a cause wrote: »
    All of leespoons cgc entries! :D

    ...but only if you press BREAK and type LIST :lol:
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  • numptynumpty
    edited August 2013
    stupidget wrote: »
    Having played numerous Survival Horror games on the PS1, PS2 and PS3 I started to wonder if there were any creepy games on the speccy. Due to graphical limitation I don't suppose there were any scary ones, but, I'm sure some must have been creepy.
    I dunno, 3D Monster Maze on the ZX81 was relatively scary back in the day, and the graphics were a lot more restrictive than on the Speccy. As with all the best scary things, it was what you couldn't see that mattered.
  • milemile
    edited August 2013
    caves of doom was pretty scary when that monster started chasing you across the screen
  • def chrisdef chris
    edited August 2013
    I, Of The Mask is borderline petrifying!

    apart from that one none spring to mind
  • JeffBJeffB
    edited August 2013
    Sentinel could get pretty tense...

    I was going to mention The Rats and 3D Monster Maze too but got beaten to it!
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited August 2013
    Not that Frightmare was scary but it certainly was surreal enough, and would definitely be frightful on any of today's console.
  • RalfRalf
    edited August 2013
    And here are the old threads:

    Scary games!!
    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=21504

    Scary Speccy games - are there any?
    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=16352

    Not that we can't discuss it again ;)
  • zx1zx1
    edited August 2013
    The big head in JSW II that appeared in the Priest hole and near the mega tree.
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited August 2013
    Aliens when you shot at one and missed, and it ran at you, seconds to try and kill it if you're lucky.
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  • Stefan DrissenStefan Drissen
    edited August 2013
    The Fury - when you were really good and getting somewhere, the whole screen would fade out while you were racing along and 'the fury' (some kind of worm alien monster - going on 25 year old memories) would shimmer into view.
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  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited August 2013
    Sabre Wulf, when you enter a screen and come across the wolf, stopped in front of you!

    Maybe Nosferatu the Vampyre is close to modern 'survival horror' concept. Scary atmosphere.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited August 2013
    I remember it still to this day the first time I saw DEATH running after me and a friend in Gauntlet. It was the day I not only soiled my pants but my friend's pants also.
  • ZoffyZoffy
    edited August 2013
    JeffB wrote: »
    Sentinel could get pretty tense...

    There's a definite sense of being hunted by a malevolent force
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  • GrazGraz
    edited August 2013
    Another vote for the Rats. Yes, a very scary game. Equal to the book upon which it is based, maybe even more scary.
  • NickNick
    edited August 2013
    The Skull, when one of the giant skulls appeared in front of you and you didn't have any crosses and sometimes in Maziacs I would stop to bring up the map screen, only to find a Maziac scuttling towards my man.

    I found Double Dragon quite scary when I first played it and remembered how much I paid for it.
  • zx1zx1
    edited August 2013
    The spiders in Wriggler, i used to hate the way they would scuttle across the screen, it still freaks me out.
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  • leespoonsleespoons
    edited August 2013
    zx1 wrote: »
    The spiders in Wriggler, i used to hate the way they would scuttle across the screen, it still freaks me out.

    Was just going to say that! Fantastic - if creepy - animation.
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    "Let's not be childish. Let's play Spectrum games."
  • daveysludgedaveysludge
    edited August 2013
    Not so much a game, but the Currah speech unit used to terrify my young cousin!
  • RalfRalf
    edited August 2013
    Not so much a game, but the Currah speech unit used to terrify my young cousin!

    Yes, it's quite frightening, like some terminator going to kill you :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPDhjVKcilY
  • PegazPegaz
    edited August 2013
    numpty wrote: »
    I dunno, 3D Monster Maze on the ZX81 was relatively scary back in the day, and the graphics were a lot more restrictive than on the Speccy. As with all the best scary things, it was what you couldn't see that mattered.

    I completely agree.
    3D Monster Maze is by far the scariest game, no matter if you've already played before.
    Feeling that the T-rex is behind you is unbelievable, even today.
    Spectrum... Perhaps only certain moments, like say Sinclair logo, after loading Brian Bloodaxe. ;)
    Games on newer platforms can be really scary, like Silent Hill or Doom 3, when I played them first time.
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  • RobeeeJayRobeeeJay
    edited August 2013
    Pegaz wrote: »
    3D Monster Maze is by far the scariest game, no matter if you've already played before.

    I don't think any Spectrum game scared me, but I agree about 3D MM, even today on an emulator it's a demonstration in how silence can be more terrifying than any audio.
  • zxbrunozxbruno
    edited August 2013
    Pacman? :grin:

    It may sound funny to some, but I was afraid of the ghosts in Fred. Mind you I was 11 at the time and easily impressed.
  • Dwayne DibleyDwayne Dibley
    edited August 2013
    Thos e bulbous eyes in The Hobbit

    Yes, and the skeletal spiders in Wriggler were very spooky!
  • SnazzyParrotSnazzyParrot
    edited August 2013
    BMX Jungle Bike.
  • RetrobrothersRetrobrothers
    edited August 2013
    Ant Attack used to creep me out... those giant ants biting you... yuk
  • Reformed SinnerReformed Sinner
    edited August 2013
    3D Deathchase is a scary concept. You're basically playing a psycho motorcyclist chasing after two other motorcyclists.

    Also, I've never played this on the Spectrum, but the Electric Dreams version of Aliens recreates the suspense of the film very well and can be quite scary when you find those Aliens.
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