13 Spooky Retro Games! - Erin Plays

Let's check out 13 awesomely spooky retro video games that are great for playing around the Halloween season. Happy Halloween! -Erin 🎃
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[@JamesNintendoNerd]

7:00 😱

[@ErinPlays]

I do what I want 😎

[@alternity28]

@@ErinPlays 👍

[@imdifferentchet]

aaaaahahahahahahaa

[@LeeWeeGee]

This game is ass! 🤣

[@githane]

I was wondering if you would show up to comment on that choice! Haahaa

[@jamierose9095]

Haunted House - Atari 2600 You can't get more retro than that. ^_~

[@StoneMonkWisdom]

Games mentioned (Organized by appearance in video timeline): 0:27 *Splatterhouse* (+ mentions of Wanpaku Graffiti) (Arcade + PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16) 1:12 *Zombies Ate My Neighbors* (SNES) (There exists a Reverse Inventory Cycling + Bloody Disgusting (Red Blood) hack) 2:03 *Gauntlet: Dark Legacy* (PS2, GCN, Arcade) 2:41 *Blood* (PC, 1997) 3:45 *Monster in My Pocket* (NES) 4:32 *Luigi's Mansion* (GCN) 5:05 *Demon's Crest* (SNES) (+ mentions of Gargoyle's Quest II (NES)) 6:17 *Escape From Monster Manor* (3DO) 6:58 *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (NES) 7:37 *Super Ghouls n' Ghosts* (SNES) (There's a Restoration patch for this one by the way) 8:35 *Nightmare on Elm Street, A* (NES) 10:02 *Brutal Doom (Project Brutality)* (PC) 10:40 *Castlevania (Series)* (NES, SNES, Mega Drive (Genesis), PS1) [AVGN would recommend the Redaction Patch for Simon's Quest + Annoyances Fix patch]

[@ErinPlays]

Wow, thanks for time stamping!

[@hempwick8203]

was looking for this thanks mate

[@jimmymoraitis9083]

I'm surprised none of the Lizzie McGuire games made the list. Just thinking how they ever got made is much scarier than most of these.

[@Untouchaable]

A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of my favorite games. I like the difficulty of it & the music is great. I usually play it every year.

[@ErinPlays]

Couldn't agree more!

[@mr.a8315]

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[@supergeoff]

Same here Untouchaable

[@zachary7573]

You mean "Boo! Haunted House"?

[@only257]

@@ErinPlays clayfighter on snes such a classic game 🥳

[@parktronz5922]

Zombies Ate My Neighbors is one of the best SNES games of all time. The soundtrack is gorgeous. I love your content Erin!

[@DjFeLL]

“It’s called Demon’s Crest because it’s about Toothpaste!” - Erin

[@etherethix4824]

😂😂

[@YunaCrawford]

Panorama cotton, while not a horror game rod itself, is a good example of a Halloween themed retro game

[@hdofu]

an alternate 13 list. Ghoul School, Haunted Halloween 85 and 86, Kid Dracula, Ninja Gaiden 1-3, My Little Pony: Story of the Blanks, the 7th guest, the 11th hour, the Clock Tower games

[@necrothorne0]

I also loved the Friday the 13th NES game. I know that it has a notorious reputation, but like the Nightmare game on NES, once you get used to it, it's a lot of fun.

[@Iankill2121]

Man everyone uploading Halloween videos today, avgn, civvie, stop skeletons and now Erin so awesome

[@ErinPlays]

tis the season!

[@stasios6034]

I’ve been playing Zombies Ate My Neighbors around Halloween time for the past few years. The farthest I’ve gotten thus far is the snake level (level 20). At this rate, I estimate I’ll have it beat by October 2030. Wish me luck!

[@photon_EARTH]

I don’t know why, but your reading of the line, “Number 4! (Deep voice)....Blood” cracked me up! It’s so on brand with the spooky vibe 😈

[@ErinPlays]

Ha! I think my brain was referencing this old KZbin video and I just went with it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6XGg2Rvrpx6hq8

[@photon_EARTH]

@@ErinPlays Haha random subconscious references are the best 🤣

[@neckbonejones1097]

Monster Party on the NES is one of my favorites! Shadowgate and Uninvited on the NES both have great atmosphere and music. Eternal Darkness on the GameCube is fantastic. Nightmare Creatures and it’s sequel on the PlayStation are both fun.

[@DrGamelove]

You have pretty good taste. One of my favorites is Rush of Blood on PlayStation VR. It’s part rollercoaster, part haunted house and part rail shooter. And years after getting VR it still holds up as my favorite use of the tech.

[@ErinPlays]

That sounds fun!

[@DrGamelove]

@@ErinPlays also it’s probably like 5 dollars now! I recommend the Move controllers over the DualShock though.

[@_--INFiNiTE_C0NSCi0US--_]

There's a bunch of spooky games for Sega Genesis: Decap Attack, Chakan, Devil's Crush, & Wolfchild, to name a few. I love the dark grittiness of the Genesis!

[@_--INFiNiTE_C0NSCi0US--_]

@Ben DC4L --- Same here!

[@TheNawaf258]

Castlevina bloodline

[@areyousureyouenteredyourna85]

Dude, Devil's Crush was my shit!

[@MrMegaManFan]

I'm one day too late for Halloween, but never too late for an @Erin Plays video -- they're always good.

[@MyBenjamin73]

I'm glad the famicom Splatterhouse got a shout out

[@Sega_Dreams]

I think 1997 being awesome is just a universal thing for anyone of age at the time. 'Twas a great year for me, too. Ah, those late 90s.

[@ChicagoRetroGamer]

So happy you mentioned the Splatterhouse series! Splatterhouse 3 is my favorite Halloween themed game to play!

[@Theseus9-cl7ol]

Happy Halloween to you too Erin.

[@JayBea94]

Great list! Thank you.

[@rodrindexvgm2969]

Awesome video. And yeaaah, that AVGN reference is great!!!!!! Hugs Erin.

[@lchambers56]

Damn, Erin calls out Brutal Doom! 😮

[@kitsunemetal]

Zombies ate my neighbors and the original Resident evil 2 are so much fun to play during halloween.

[@classicmikecade]

Solid video Erin, thank you so much.

[@orinanime]

Great video! Great list! Two of my favorite action/horror spooky games that don't get enough appreciation: NIGHTMARE CREATURES & SOUL OF THE SAMURAI

[@newwavejunkie]

Escape from Monster Manor reminds me so much of a 90s PC game called Nitemare 3D I used to play a ton of. It was part of the Hugo series of adventure games.

[@GrimmShadowsII]

I remember the Hugo series, think it was a trilogy, those were some good classic point and click games, glad that game type has started coming back.

[@sergiotg81]

Friday the 13th on nes is one of my spooky guilty pleasures

[@jhh-jiynks6568]

You have created a great community that's more about your great personality that defines you instead of being under the umbrella of cinemas

[@j1a2y7]

Wow totally forgot about Blood!! I've just bought it on steam hehe Love the channel :-)

[@ErinPlays]

Awesome!:) And thanks!

[@PhantomLink16]

Hooray for the Blood reference!

[@christlevania5933]

Castlevania, all day, every day.

[@unocarb]

Gauntlet..awesome game! But the rest of your selections.. *chef's kiss*

[@zakforradio2421]

You're still doing your passion, great for you!

[@sanfordandsonfan5861]

I been running Halloween games all month keep the momentum going Erin!! 🎃🎃🎃

[@shadowraider964]

Brutal doom looks sick definitely gonna check it out thanks cool video

[@Fattydeposit]

Great list, impeccable taste, super enjoyable video! My shout for a spooky game is X-Multiply, the arcade shooter made by Irem in 1989. It's pretty hardcore but also really fun, and has you shrunk to tiny proportions and injected into a sick old man, with view to eradicating the alien virus plague he's infested with. It does freaky body horror really well with lots of grotesque set pieces. The Saturn port is part of a double pack with the classic original Image Fight, but it's X-Multiply I come back to all the time.

[@ErinPlays]

Thank you very much for the kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed it! And oh wow, I just looked that game up and I totally need to play it. I'll have to look at the Saturn version too. Thanks for the rec!

[@ReplayStation]

I always play thorough Symphony of the Night in October. Gets me in the spooky mood.

[@Zenaido19]

Loved the video glad you kept Zombies ate my Neighbors on the list since you and Mike got burnt out on it a couple of nights ago lol it’s still one of my all time faves!!!

[@DarDarBinks1986]

I grew up with the Genesis version of Zombies Ate My Neighbors. After all these years, I've still never finished it. Castlevania: I'm partial to Symphony of the Night and the Super NES games.

[@lanceFin85]

Really cool video. Really liked this and the 10 awesome monsters of Castlevania Symphony of the Night video. Thank you.

[@ErinPlays]

Thank you very much! I'm so glad you liked the SOTN video too. These actually were my favorite videos I've done this year I think :)

[@megadan2988]

looks like all the time u took editing paid off, great video erin

[@ErinPlays]

Thank you!

[@georged7627]

Great video 👍🏾I think I heard Mike screaming in the background.."FAAAAAARRRRRKKKKK" 🤣👍🏾

[@alternity28]

5:36 Toothpaste? You can pump? WHAAA?!

[@ErinPlays]

Ha! I'm glad someone caught that ad. I was looking for pictures of Crest toothpaste and I saw it and was like "oh yeah....that's the one." XD

[@theTMNTnerd32]

One NES game Nobody Ever mentions is Ghoul School. It’s a great Halloween game to play around this time of year. It’s kinda confusing at first but the atmosphere and music is just weird and off putting. I recommend giving it a try

[@ErinPlays]

Ah, I always forget about that game! I'll have to try it out again and see what I think, thanks!

[@jasondavis7207]

Phew... thought Castlevania wasn't gonna make your list for a second! Castlevania is my favorite series.

[@storolof]

Nice list!! I always play on Halloween Friday the 13th & Monster party!

[@ErinPlays]

I REALLY want to love Monster Party but I just can't. I like the atmosphere and sprites a lot, but the game play pisses me off to the point it's not fun and it bums me out lol.

[@chocolocojames213]

Time for my annual Castlevaniathon 😁😁😁

[@boilerfan18]

Luigi’s Mansion is the game series I’ve played the most on this list, but I have tried a few Castlevania games sense you make them look so fun.

[@robertgodlewski8553]

Enjoyed your video! Well done!!!!

[@retroreviews1278]

All the modern Gauntlet games are SO MUCH FUN for couch co-op and overlooked all the time! It's criminal!!

[@strangulator42]

I have 2 favorites from the 90's that I never hear anyone talk about anymore... first is a PC game called The Dark Eye, which is a point and click adventure where you experience Edgar Allen Poe stories from the POV of different characters, and it's narrated by William S Burroughs! Second is a PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 game called Devil's Crush, which is basically Satanic Pinball lol... great video as always! Can't wait for the next one!

[@didma]

ghouls n ghost, love it

[@8thLife]

Ayee so glad you had Gauntlet: Dark Legacy on the list. Love playing the Gauntlet games from that era with a few friends!

[@vesalampinen]

Blood is one of the greatest FPS games ever made. It creates a very scary and spooky atmosphere. Also, there are many horror movie references throughout the game.

[@hualni]

Road to Fiddler's Green freaked out my nieces and nephew. It is definitely worth a play if you've never played it. Phantasmagoria is another game totally worth a play. It's a lot of puzzle solving. Very fun.

[@JohnRiggs]

giant baby in Zombies at my Neighbors is nightmare fuel.

[@ErinPlays]

it's THE WORST!

[@8bitsniper568]

A Hidden Gem I recommend, is Majou Ou (King of Demons) for Super Nintendo/Famicom. It’s basically Classic CastleVania Gameplay-Wise, but with a bit more of a Gothic Lovecraftian Aesthetic and Atmosphere. Mechanically however, you start off with a Gun, and can eventually Metamorph into several Demonic Forms. It’s a Japan Exclusive, but it has an English Patch

[@ErinPlays]

I've played a little bit of that! I really like it but it was kicking my ass, haha. I'll come back to it sometime.

[@OriginalGrasshopper]

One of my all-time fave scary themed games is Venture on the ColecoVision. Fantastic music and cool looking monsters for an early 80’s release.

[@darinstaley1993]

I laughed at the toothpaste joke 😄

[@thaddeusdaruszka4994]

Good list. A few I like are... Resident Evil 1, the Clocktower series, 8 Eyes, Nightmare Creatures.

[@anthonywheeler2082]

This was fun diverse list Erin. I started playing Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow again. I think it's one of the more accessible metroidvania installments in the series. The Silent Hill series and Metroid series are both quite spooky. People don't think of Metroid as horror but each game has horror elements in it. Mother Brain is straight up body horror. And Metroid Fusion is one of the scariest action games I've ever played. Happy Halloween Erin!

[@TheIndieOcean]

Fun suggestions! I wasn't aware of Blood so that's now on my list to try.

[@QJ89]

I applaud you for including a Build PC Classic.

[@TheDark_Paradise]

Thanks for sharing, Erin. I haven't played console in awhile. Some of these titles are going on a list to play.

[@ErinPlays]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@sonicexe700NJ]

Monster party on nes was one of my favorites.

[@akalyx]

just what i needed

[@entertainmentwizard2703]

Great list Erin!

[@ErinPlays]

Thank you!! 😊

[@jadecummings8093]

Those games look so cool and I've played some of it all the time when I was younger. Great video game content! 😉

[@ErinPlays]

Thank you 👍

[@CresCoJeffToo]

Demons's Crest!!! Love that game. I was super stoked when I found out it was actually the third game starring Firebrand, so I picked up Gargoyle's Quest I & II right away and... well, at least his walk cycle is adorable!

[@supergeoff]

Great List, Erin I really enjoy Splatter House and Luigi's Mansion

[@patricioreyysusredonditosd5444]

I love Castlevania Bloodlines, Splatterhouse and Ghouls'n Ghosts. I haven't played some of them. I will do it. Great pieces of advice, E. Greetings!!! 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@RyuJinsoku]

Painkiller was a good one too. Nothing like staking monsters to walls with a giant stake shooting crossbow

[@hungrygoriya]

This is a great mix of games, many of which I haven't had the opportunity to play through myself yet. I'm always hoping to find a copy of Nightmare on Elm Street. Maybe some day! Nice work :)

[@ErinPlays]

I highly recommend Nightmare on Elm Street! I think you'd like it. I bought it like 3 years ago but someone mentioned the other day how it's going up in price (but that seems to be the case with any NES game,lol.) And thanks for stopping by!

[@sergioa33]

I played Blood and I beat it, but it is very hard. I really like the Splatterhouse series. And I try once the original Castlevania and I couldn´t beat it, I guess I have to give it another shot! Cool video, Erin! :)

[@htyeung48]

Great list but here is a game i might recommend clock tower 3 and friday the 13th on the nes

[@longplaylegends]

5:45 interesting map design. Earliest I remember doing that kind of thing was DBZ: Legacy of Goku II and Buu's Fury. I like it. Way cooler than a simple screen with tiles or something like that.

[@NelsonWin]

That's undeniable.. Doom will always be the most memorable dark shooter game.

[@mjretrogamer4819]

Fun and entertaining as always. Thank you for continuing to make great content. #RetroGamerLife

[@robaisback1]

One of my favorite NES games was Maniac Mansion

[@marienkaefer1660]

Maniac Mansion for the NES, is one of my favorite, and often over-looked, spooky halloween- type games😁

[@tainteddragon2438]

My favorite spooky games not mentioned are... NES- Shadowgate Uninvited SNES- Warlock Eye of the Beholder Dungeon Master Wizardry V: Heart of Maelstrom N64- Shadowgate 64 (It's not as good as the first one but it has a pretty good soundtrack and has the most spookiest intro themes.) PC- Eye of the Beholder 2 and 3 (these sequels never came out on the SNES) PS2- Nocturne Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2 Devil Summoner Persona 3 FES Kuon Rule of Rose Obscure Gamecube- Resident Evil 4 Monster Lab

[@techx154]

Castlevania for the NES, yasssss

[@gravecactus]

thank you for making this video. the music from Zombies Ate My Neighbors is so much better than it has any right to be.

[@bryandavidasuncion9515]

I remember playing blood a long time ago, running towards the severed head of the enemy to kick it into the air and then stabbing it with a pitchfork before it hits the ground.

[@Klaus_Schwab_777]

Splatterhouse ,still look terrifying

[@papanolongerplays4133]

Silent Hill 1 is quite scary. I remember not being scared of RE2 when it came out, but I got playing Silent Hill and it creeped me out.

[@originalsleepyjon]

4 creeped me out

[@CultureFusionSite]

I have a nostalgic soft spot for De. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

[@cesarcardenas6162]

Great video, and nice channel, awesome games. When the graphics not are the most important, greetings.

[@pauls4768]

Monster party is one of my favorites

[@awashb1989]

Nice to see Blood get some more recognition! Would highly recommend checking out the fan-made Death Wish campaign too. The maps are amazing!

[@nufi20]

Thanks, first time I hear od monster manor

[@johnnyclutch6444]

2:42 number four blood. 😂

[@richardhodgson6711]

This is the last list I would have expected to see Project Brutality on. It started off as a Brutal Doom submod, and has now pretty much become a separate mod in its own right.

[@jessehaaland7689]

Splatter house 3 is one of my fave genesis games

[@stratuvarious8547]

I loved Gauntlet: Dark Legacy, I started as a jester and unlocked the Jackel and commenced destroying all who crossed my path.

[@chrisclem2069]

Happy Halloween Erin 🎃

[@ErinPlays]

Same to you! 👻

[@Iankill2121]

I'm glad you mentioned blood i hope you stream it some day

[@ErinPlays]

I'd like to! Games like that can get me dizzy though, so I need to take a lot of breaks which makes me hesitant to live stream it. But I'll probably do it anyway lol.

[@Iankill2121]

@@ErinPlays I've been trying to play dusk myself and I keep getting dizzy too so I know what its like

[@dragonfire3152]

Cool list Erin

[@wildbillstatone]

Castlevania Chronicles is tough, but still a great game! Rondo of Blood is good, too!

[@ErinPlays]

I agree!