Alone in the Dark - A Complete Retrospective

The beginning of 3D Survival Horror as we know it.
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I apologise for my bad French pronunciation, despite 3 years of taking the subject in school, I still suck at it.
The music throughout this video is from all 3 games in the original trilogy, and for the most part, uses the Orchestral versions instead of the original MIDI/AdLib FM versions.
Some songs are also related to the games being shown on screen: A Link to the Past, Sweet Home, Alpha Waves, Resident Evil, Alone in the Dark 2008 and Little Big Adventure.
Most footage has been edited to fit a 16:9 ratio for a better viewing experience. The game is best played in its original 4:3 ratio.
Timestamps, click to skip ahead!
Introduction 0:00
- Starting a Genre -
The Horror Genre Before 1:41
Infogrames and Early 3D 3:45
Building a dream team 5:43
1 year of endless development 11:07
A Huge Success 17:24
The CD ROM Version 19:45
- Gameplay -
Gameplay Intro 23:01
The Controls 28:05
The Loft and Combat 34:01
The Style of Play 42:35
Ambience 49:01
- Story -
A Lovecraftian tale 55:57
The Background 57:21
The Story as we experience it 1:14:12
- Legacy -
Legacy 1:21:28
Should You Play It? 1:28:00
The Reboot 1:29:30
Outro 1:32:53
Alone in the Dark (1992): A Complete Retrospective and Analysis in text form:
“Survival horror.”
A genre dominated by Resident Evil. Indeed, that was, and still is, one of the benchmarks for survival horror throughout its many variations. But Capcom's lucrative series owes its existence to a game that created its most famous elements, 1992s Alone In The Dark.
Inspired by the stories of HP Lovecraft, Alone in the Dark took a genre that languished in the 2D plane, and brought it into three dimensions, with polygonal characters engaging with flat, pre-rendered backgrounds. This innovative approach brought gaming closer to photo-realism than any other game at that time.
Frédérick Raynal's masterpiece is the textbook that Resident Evil would follow, combined with Japanese exclusive Sweet Home, to launch the Survival Horror genre into the mainstream. Four years prior, Alone in the Dark redefined how action and adventure could be used to create suspense. Becoming a huge commercial success, and a lucrative franchise.
It has been re-imagined, rebuilt, and travelled across media, but the series has never quite matched what made this first game so special.
How did a game that was released in the same year as Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and a Link to the Past, push the boundaries of gaming so far ahead of the competition? And what about this classic game, from its presentation, gameplay and story, made it so influential to a genre whose name didn’t even exist? These are the questions we will answer in this video, grab some snacks and sit back as I present to you; the complete retrospective and analysis of Alone in the Dark.
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[@POLE7645]

I kinda want to add one thing. The English voice acting might not be very good, but the French voice acting (done by professionals like Marc Alfos and Benoît Allane) is simply fantastic. It definitely does improve the game.

[@sashastagman]

I remember on KZbin years ago there was only a French let's play with English subtitles. I was blown away by the French voice acting!

[@Powered1Buttercup]

Shit Now I gotta see a playthrough with the french dub

[@POLE7645]

@@Powered1Buttercup I made one nearly 15 years ago on my channel.

[@Vlad-1986]

you are right. I got the GOG version, but still always download the french ISO version from an abandonware place. Also keep the floppy English version to show it (It is one of my favourite games). But yeah, the English voices... just no...

[@krimskrams]

So is the name "Keith" really as terrible sounding in French then? :D

[@Jeff-ne1lh]

I was 29 when Alone in the Dark came out...I had been a PC gamer since 1985..and this was like discovering the electric light and atomic power all in one. I was a Freshman in College on the G.I. Bill and I immediately changed my major from Business to Computer Science. After graduation I went to work at Orgin....then Digital Anvil/Turbine, this game had such a profound effect on my/life Career, glad to see it getting the respect it deserves.

[@hiimlolo9811]

My older cousin was dating a dude named Jeff in her college days. He introduced AITD to me and my older brother. I also vaguely remember him showing us another scary game called The 11th Guest or something. I still to this day am terrified of the chord that strikes when enemies show up in AITD

[@goopah]

Wow, Jeff. This game had quite an effect on you! Are you still in the games industry?

[@SludgeMan90]

Cool story! thanks for sharing!

[@Fattydeposit]

I played this game back in '93 on my dad's DOS PC, and with the audio being pumped out of a piezoelectric buzzer. It was absolutely terrifying, and an experience never replicated.

[@LORDJPXX3]

Outstanding video. I'm 40. I played the game when it first came out in 1992 at 10 years old. At the time, the thought of actually completing the game seemed impossible. After multiple playthroughs over the years, it still gives me chills; the way it did back then. When I actually set the tree alight, I feel a sense of accomplishment - having performed the seeming impossible. The game is in my top 10 games of all time. To me, it's legendary.

[@goopah]

It was my first game for my first computer in 1993 when I was 33. I adored this game. I thought it was spooky as hell, and it gave me shivers to play it. Definitely top 10 for me as well. I never did finish it though. This video is really making me want to play it again. This game had so much charm, more than any other game I can think of.

[@jimmybalzac6021]

I'm 41. This game sucks lol

[@cobaalt7501]

Same here. I would play at my cousin's, and RUN BACK HOME in terror, but being totally obsessed with Derceto and its mysteries.

[@hiltwo]

I'm 41, this game is also in my top 10 games of all time. I first played it with a friend back in 1995 or so, we kinda ruined it by eventually using a walkthrough. I wish I could replay it now without knowing about all the items and puzzles. I love doing all the research of reading pages in books. There are quite a few more you can pick up in the library than I initially knew. Reading some of them will either hurt or kill you, though. Unless you met certain conditions.

[@revolverjesus98]

Alone in the Dark is the Doom or Super Mario Bros. of survival horror, if not the whole entirety of the genre of horror itself. So many games owe their existence to it, not just even horror games. Devil May Cry for example.

[@ChibiTheEdgehog]

Id swap mario with "pitfall" but point taken

[@superaids2146]

It's more like Wolfenstein than Doom

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

I'd Say RE1 is Doom. AITD is halfway between Catacomb 3D and Wolfenstein 3D in terms of the genre

[@superaids2146]

@@casanovafunkenstein5090 this is better way to describe exactly how I feel about it great point

[@darkprinc979]

I don't remember where I found this out, but as it turns out the first Devil May Cry was originally going to be a Resident Evil game, which explains why there are so many similarities.

[@JazzyUnderscoreTrumpeter]

I'm Haitian, so the voodoo aspects were a pleasant surprise 😂 Love Lovecraft as well, good video, brother (I also noticed the correct pronunciation of Haïtienne!) Shub-niggurath is one of my favorite creatures... I forgot exactly but I think it stands for Goat Mother of a Thousand Dead or something of that ilk. 🤙

[@D--FENS]

Shub-Niggurath is frequently referred to as "The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young." More rarely, she was called "the All-Mother," and was described as "a kind of sophisticated Astarte."

[@Mythraen]

If you haven't seen it, I might suggest looking into Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. I am by no means an expert on voodoo/hoodoo, but it's that game that taught me that those two words were different (specifically, iirc, hoodoo is the magic, and voodoo is the religion), so I think they did their research. If you don't want to play it yourself, you could look into a Let's Play of it. I'd recommend Dilandau3000's.

[@Painocus]

"The Return of the Sorcerer" wasn't based on the Cthulhu mythos. It is Cthulhu mythos. The original mythos was Lovecraft and his friends putting references to eachother's work in their stories. That was one of those stories.

[@BRBMrSoul]

Yup, can back that up too. Important distinction to make as what comes today in more modern times is based on it, but that crew were the OG's and all played large part in formation as we know "Lovecraftian writing" today.

[@Heyoka86]

I was always astounded by a '92 game having 3D characters and objects. And they looked so beautifully crafted to me as a kid, all inventory items. Frederick Raynal also made another great game with 2D backgrounds and 3D characters, Little Big Adventure in '94.

[@jeydeem2023]

Still waiting for a new LBA lol, love twinsens odyssey to death!

[@WK-47]

Thanks for confirming my hunch. Seeing the graphics and hearing it was from a French studio, I couldn't help but think of LBA. Shame AitD burnt out Raynal so much, but I'm glad we went straight on to do something similarly creative. With all the remasters and such these days, as someone already mentioned, it'd be nice to see the LBA games running nicely on modern systems if they aren't already. To think major publishers used to fund such quirky projects... and I'm not sure the massive budgets that games now get are always worth it.

[@jeydeem2023]

Didn't he also do time commando?

[@onerimeuse]

Little big was brilliant. So so creative

[@jekw23]

Man these early 90’s games look like they had so much passion put into them. They really put the focus on atmosphere. Games like Another World and Darkseed always looked like artwork to me as a kid.

[@the.bardboyenski600]

I think that the best moment of _anything_ is always the experimentation phase; people not knowing what works and what not, any success truly feels like one, the public marveling infront of the unknown... It is kind of magical.

[@NGRevenant]

@@the.bardboyenski600 oh definitely, the experimentation phase and the golden age that almost always follows once things start falling in order is the best part of any new medium. it's too bad it never lasts forever and things eventually become homogeneous and boring.

[@the.bardboyenski600]

@@NGRevenant I sincerely believe it is just we live longer. And crappy experiences have started to pile up.

[@homelessEh]

proof all the best games have already been made.

[@the.bardboyenski600]

@@homelessEh Not with such attitude.

[@joepbailey]

i remember my cousin (who was like 10 years older than me) playing Alone in the Dark back in the 90's. I loved watching him play it.

[@SandwichGlitch]

Haha. I had the same type of cousin playing Batman Returns on Sega and thinking how mature he was

[@priestfan81]

My first night gaming on a pc at the age of 12 was on Ultima Underworld and Alone in the Dark. Mindblowing doesn't even come close to describing seeing such advanced games at the time.

[@yakovkhalip9714]

I play Ultima Underworld even nowadays - on a vintage 486 notebook)... For me when I was 10 in 1993 and had no pc at home - one day I came to my bro's place, who had a 486 then - and saw and played at once Doom, First Samurai, Monkey Island II and Another World - also saw Win 3.1 with paintbrush for the first time - it was a great experience then)

[@kosmosyche]

The first room in AitD is a masterpiece. Granted, not the whole game was like that, it's not like there weren't any flows in gameplay moments and presentation. But, man, I can attest from my experience that even in 1994 (the year I got my first PC) it felt like a true horror. There was everything: thick atmosphere of an old cursed house, moments of silent suspense and intense panic, chilling music. It was the whole horror package! And if someone thinks it looks a bit silly now, I don't blame them, but know that after about 5 years of 8-bit and 16-bit gaming on NES, Genesis and SNES, this was a very unique and treasured experience for the young me, something I had never seen before in my Marios, Sonics and Ninja Gaidens before. So, when several years later I played Resident Evil, it was AitD that was always a reference in my mind, bc it was the pioneer, while RE was clearly the follower, even if Capcom denied the influence for many years.

[@Mister_Clean]

Reynal is truly a pioneer. I love hearing him talk.

[@hadrienjauffret5912]

This game has been the cause of many of my terrors when young. But it is sooo good, and can't stop playing now as grown up adult. Can't wait to listen to the analysis.

[@deforged]

Keith means "wood" or "from the battleground" so considering where he finds him, the name makes sense. "French writers" or not.

[@CowToes]

Nothing drives fear into man's heart more than the battle cries from Keith.

[@kayfimt7769]

I played this in 1992 and it absolutely scared the shit out of me. Haunted my dreams. Genuinely believe that it was the scariest game in existence upon release.

[@BRBMrSoul]

I mean, it was :)

[@pianopossession]

Thank you for giving this game so much insight and love as it always got overshadowed and almost forgotten. Playing this since I was a little child and always hoped for a decent remake or at least a good new entry in the series. I hope the reimagination will do it justice!

[@mark-gj4mb]

There is a new Alone in the Dark game coming out soon! It looks interesting and it seems like it's supposed to be a sort of remake of the original

[@pianopossession]

@@mark-gj4mb yes finally! I saw the announcements :), hopefully it will be good.

[@Jolis_Parsec]

Interesting how Emily could be viewed as the “easy mode” character for her biography clues as well as her faster move speed, as Jill in both the original Resident Evil as well as the early 2000s remake for the GameCube fulfills that same purpose while Chris (analogous to Mustache Bro here since I forgot his name) is the character intended for those experienced with the game and/or overall genre as he’s on his own for most of the game, with Wesker showing up to help him only in the Remake if I recall correctly.

[@DrymouthCWW]

This is going to be good. I played this game to death as a teenager.

[@i.lostblur]

i think the voice over action is intentional. its supposed to mimic the type of intonations that were used on radio premiers of stories like the end of the world back in the relevant era that this game is supposed to depict.

[@PoulWrist]

I remember being blown away by this when I was around 10 years old. Just hearing that having a sound card would let you hear the foot steps was amazing.

[@piyoweb]

That first screen is brilliant. It immediately involved getting items, using items, combats. And then doing couple of simple puzzles could help you completely avoid those two combats. You could die a lot in that screen until you figure out things. Then you could also speed run it by just grabbing the item and leave asap. Oh, it also give hints of what to do for couple of encounters later on. It basically teach you almost everything you will need to finish the game.

[@hellfire6714]

Content alarm! Everyone to your stations!

[@edmundkempersdartboard173]

Keith, the ungodly horror of my nightmares. More terrifying even than the unholy hell beast, Gary.

[@shards-of-glass-man]

John Carnby is the recluse, the main hero of the Return of the Sorcerer is a typical unnamed protagonist of short Mythos stories. In a way, Edward's idea of "devil worship makes me smile, this is a vacation" might as well be "this runs in the family". Voiceovers might be an acquired taste to the modern ear, but I'd disagree that they are as bad as RE - those driven to madness devour the scenery appropriately raving, and whoever read Edward's opening monologue in the first and third games did a pretty bang up job for the times.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

The voiceovers are ridiculous but they are charming and fun

[@smiley235]

Oh this game scared me alright as a kid. I still vividly remember a nightmare I had from this game. It was mainly focused on the tree at the end, but the feeling, sounds, gameplay, plot and music (pure terror) burnt itself into my memory forever.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Oooh, I love your point about Carnby and Emily being underserved to star as the protagonists. I made a similar point, and I think that's integral to making Alone games stand out from every other Resident Evil clone. We need some sense of normalcy, of being dwarfed by supernatural evil, not so capable of answering it that it seems a foregone conclusion we will win

[@DogcrotchHell]

Really excellently researched and presented. Informative and watchable without any obnoxious adlibing. Feels professional.

[@Jwlar]

Thank you 😊💜

[@InkWarrior]

I made a report in college about video games being an art form that can tell a story like a book and how that title of a book captures the reader like a game cover captures the player. Using Alone In The Darks title alone sounds terrifying and works as a game and a book. The teacher loved it.

[@TheStardustConspiracy]

Great analysis! Alone in the Dark will always have a special place in my heart having played it as a kid it was definitely an incredible experience, it had so much great lore and I was fascinated with the unsettling moments and scenarios like a dinning room full of zombies just casually sitting there or the two gargoyles just randomly guarding the stairs, it’s definitely a shame that the original development team wasn’t recognized and credited enough for their work, one can only imagine what the series would turn out to be if they remain with it

[@PhantomofDB]

I got this game in a random bundle in the mid 90s (also had an nfl game in it, can’t remember what else) and it quickly became my favorite. Only issue I ever really had with it was that you can get stuck in the section at the end by not collecting everything you were supposed to collect before going, or by just not being quite in the right position when you place the talisman, and the game doesn’t let you pick it back up

[@dimebag667]

I never had a problem when I played this as a kid, but about a year ago I had a couple buddies play this to see how long it would take them as adults, and they totally borked it. They opened the stone door at the end too early.

[@verytallsam]

Thank you for this. I greatly enjoy your content and look forward to your future work!

[@BD12]

Alone in the Dark 3 has always been the business - cowboy ghosts, man, you can't beat it

[@jwlarina]

Great video Jwlar! Really enjoyed the premier! Can't wait for your next one! ARENA!

[@thesummerofmark]

Great video man! I love your editing, very sleek and visually rich!

[@VoidSmoker97]

Comment for the algorithm, another solid video with a lot of good background information

[@redd_1120]

Great video! Alone in the Dark deserves more love and I’m glad to have found this retrospective.

[@seltsammithut8004]

Thank you for yall the work you put into this. Im going trough a very nasty time at the moment and content like this is really helping me. Thank you for making this.

[@cardo128]

This was a fantastic retrospective of a beloved game from my childhood. Really enjoyed watching this and hearing the whole backstory behind the plot!

[@ohmanthatguy2443]

I remember playing this on the 3DO as a kid. I would play until it got too spooky for me (the slow deliberate movement paired with the music cues). Then I would play some "Way of the Warrior".

[@SniperBukkake]

I loved my 3DO. That system just had the worst timing though. So many awesome games but just not quite enough...

[@michaelmelton999]

Thanks for giving this game/series the documentary tribute it deserves. So fascinating to learn about the hard work and innovations the team had to come up with to bring us the first conventional 3D survival horror game.

[@adamalderman2264]

So much work went into this game AND this video. Fantastic across the board. Thank you!

[@ivanmastrandrea5482]

Man what a great video, I am so glad someone finally dives deep on the backstory of the game, one of the best aspects of it.

[@joseybryant7577]

Being a horror protagonist in a suit, is somehow now the most uncomfortable thing for me. At least if he dies, he can die in style.

[@axelprino]

Even tho it was motivated by technologic limitations I must say that I love the result from taking a wireframe model of a room and drawing pixel art over it, it gives the game a hand crafted look similar to its adventure game contemporaries but a lot more dinamic than usual.

[@Sven19485]

I'm here because Strat-edgy recommended you, glad he did! Keep up the good work good sir :D

[@deezee2965]

I have something to watch before going to sleep tonight. Great!

[@masonqin]

Just discovered your channel and I absolutely love your content. Very good analysis in games that I loved when I was still young including tons of interesting stories and information that requires good research to discover.

[@afbee]

This is VERY comprehensive and well done! I loved pretty much all the voice acting, especially the hammiest parts!

[@YourLocalShadow]

I have been waiting for a video on this game for so long! thanks!

[@Mana2Burn]

Really enjoyed this. Great work!

[@GamerZakh]

This was great, thanks!

[@LordZero666]

Incredible video. Great work, i learned a lot

[@lostlake86]

Thanks for the hard work on this video. Very much enjoyed!!!!

[@ryanc5572]

The "ball things" (what my brother and I called the rotating clusters of colorful orbs as kids, seen at the very end of this video) were pure nightmare fuel. That disturbing sound they make, almost wobbly spin they do, way they are invincible, and the fact that they hunt you down unerringly to kill you, make them frightening on so many levels. Seeing them now, all these years later, they're a little silly, but they still nearly trigger my fight or flight response, haha

[@WK-47]

I wasn't even aware of this game but really enjoyed this. Great production values all round so keep it up. Looking forward to seeing you take on Arena (once you've had a wee break!)

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

44:50 - lol. That save screen is hilarious and soooo true 😆To this day I still encounter this issue with some retro, or retro-inspired, games. My saves for Ion Maiden/Ion Fury _are an unhelpful mess,_ lmao. I just happened upon your channel and I'm definitely subbing! Alone in the Dark is such a cool game for people to dive into and talk about, but I genuinely do not think I've seen anyone put in as much effort as you have. Wonderful retrospective!

[@nikospolitis5635]

Amazing video.Thank you producing great videos for those old games.You really bring back our childhood memories. AITD was groundbreaking when it released.Me and my friends were so scared to play it.After we learned the controls,we were shocked to find that we could actually block some monsters with furniture and the monsters would still try to brake into the room.The horror! We were so afraid that they might actually succeed and brake in. I never managed to finish either the first or the second game.Luckily,nowadays i can watch long plays and see the story.

[@a.bridges]

Very well done. A pleasure to watch 👌Would be happy to have your take on Dread Delusion.

[@FTZPLTC]

Love to see coverage of games from this era; it feels like it hasn't had as much love as the 80s and late 90s.

[@MundMoriginal]

I love those readings. The voice acting is perfect!

[@Lugi1070]

Great video! The amount of research you do for your videos is really admirable, you create a documentary for these games. Would love to see you cover other niche games in the future!

[@Resimaster]

A very well crafted video and it's great to see the full narrative of this classic game being described so well. Good job! 😁

[@Jwlar]

Thank you!

[@incognitoman3656]

@@Jwlar just a question because you were active here, how would you explain the technical parts of the game? Is it emulate-able?

[@Jwlar]

@@incognitoman3656 Yes, the game can be emulated via DosBox. You can purchase the game on GOG, where a program has been written to emulate the program for you. Or you can do itself if you have a physical copy.

[@incognitoman3656]

@@Jwlar this gives me some ideas for the Nintendo 3DS

[@Findaz24]

I always knew this game was special. Thanks for making this video. I learned things I didn't even know about this game.

[@yakovkhalip9714]

Really a great work you made with all that research on that game and a great narration... And the game itself - have installed it in my 1990's vintage 286 - hope to find some time to play it - even now in 2022)

[@theJoccc1]

Not seen the video (yet[still watching]) but me and my siblings loved this game (and 2-3) to bits altough we didn't understand anything for we didn't speak english! It was tough to beat it without any clue, but our love for this game endured even after theese years! Thank you for making this video!

[@Samouraii]

Oof I'll be working through this tomorrow with a cup of tea and a mince pie

[@mtechcom4863]

Now, I can see the game in a totally different light. Thank you!

[@ProjectRedfoot]

6:05 I love how this kind of thinking is still used. It was *SO innovative!*

[@wardidly3098]

Another great video my man.

[@Newbobdole]

The algorithm just recommended this to me, great work man!

[@rustyshackleford3160]

Rofl what you refer to as "the last 5 minutes of gameplay" is literally my entirety of childhood memories! I watched my dad play this and ge only ever got as far as the caves... I love going back to stuff I've never touched or looked into since growing up. Hearing the Medusa yell as it died touched a part of me that I didn't even remember existed

[@RetroGamesCouple]

An extremely well made and accurate analysis! Having played it recently in our channel we also wanted to make one, but you completely covered and nailed it! Personally, we are excited for this reboot, as it is much more accurate to the imagery and the lore of the first one than the other two reboots (2000 & 2008). As for the direct sequels (II and III) they were rather comedic, indeed, but prove that milking the cow is not a recent phenomenon in gaming.

[@justinkroboth360]

Okay, I lost my shit when you dropped that Full Metal Jacket clip in. Perfect. Chef's kiss!

[@svdden_dread]

I can't wait for the premiere

[@jeremiahthepisces5493]

you a hidden gem you good with retros your daggerfall break down was amazeing you got a new sub from me bro

[@mrpdg89]

I appreciate the videos and your perspective, extremely well written and researched as always. God bless

[@Jwlar]

Thank you, I appreciate it! :)

[@andreipintea9333]

YES!! I FINALLY FOUND IT!! A RETROSPECTIVE FOR THIS SERIES!!

[@Phaota]

I still have the original box, manuals, disks and the cool little hint book. :) I'd love to see a remaster with point-and-click or WASD controls, hi-res visuals and enhanced soundtrack.

[@MrHomelessHobos]

Megaman is what you’re looking for

[@Phaota]

@@MrHomelessHobos No, I'm looking for a remaster of this classic.

[@StiffAftermath]

Yes! Thank you for mentioning Sweet Home!

[@Arcodus]

Thank you for the video, very informative!

[@nachtschimmen]

Hey this was genuinely well put together with thought and concern to how it looked. An hour of joy that helped me appreciate the game and the story. Thanks! Glad I don't have to play it though! I was playing video games when they brought this out and am a Lovecraft fan in the time before Lovecraft had really be rediscovered and they'd only just brought out the game Call of Cthulhu, so there was a time when I would've been thrilled by it. I wouldn't now! I can not only not stand tank controls; but fixed perspective makes it impossible for me to have any sense of where I am in the game, like you mention in the film.

[@MrGabilonia]

This is top tier content, madlad.

[@turboprint3d]

The original is still good enough to still give you some chills on the first time through even much later than 1992 .

[@Cameroo]

One of my favorite games in the 90's. Glad to see people still remember it fondly. :) It's got a TREMENDOUS legacy but it is weird that as you said chases the genre it once created.

[@krimskrams]

I'm really impressed with your thorough work, especially since you said that this was all crafted within a month. I had in mind to make some tribute to the game as well, but you beat met to it. a lot of things I was familiar with but some that was completely new to me. it was nice to have a solid recap for the rest of us! really well written. I do wonder if you'll talk more about the 2nd and 3rd installment as well, and if that's the case, would you be interested in getting in touch about the games and talk about some of the trivia bits? again, impressive work and well executed! :)

[@darkprinc979]

I don't remember which one it was, but one of the cursed books could be safely read if you were standing on the pentacle in the hidden room in the library, which was hinted at in one of the other books you could find. The early to mid nineties really did a lot to lay the foundations for modern gaming. Wolfenstein 3d and Doom, Alone in the Dark and Resident Evil and Mechwarrior 2 all pioneered and refined their respective genres.

[@osocardenas]

played the floppy disk version back in the 90´s... love this game

[@sierrakobold6896]

Great video man and def got me to subscribe. I remember when I first saw this game at like 6, about year after I was introduced to Sierra with QFG and SQ, I saw this game around Xmas of '94 and my friends older brother was playing it and it was just called a scary adventure game

[@daminguez]

That was very good! Nice job! Like a real documentary! :)

[@Thep1x3LXNerd]

Incredible channel, I found it a few days ago, and I found this episode perfect, I haven't played the trilogy yet, I find it very difficult, but this video was incredible, I hope I can play the first game, I found the second one for ps1, and the trilogy for DOS. i send a "hi " from Brazil

[@jacob_swaggerz]

Excellent review!

[@diogodiz]

Grew with this jewel of a game

[@big_ry82]

Randomly found your vid. Good stuff. Unpretentious and well written. You got yerself a sub!

[@Ihonmatar]

I watched my folks play this when I was 6, playing it when I hit 10. For the time, it was terrifying as hell. Now, they'll likely catch you off guard. However, how you encounter a lot of them, and how you fight them, can be seen in multiple game series to follow. N' because if that, this game'll still hold a place in my heart ^^!

[@alexsmith6923]

Good stuff homie

[@cadesurface6555]

This was awesome!

[@Tokimeki]

I loved the video, congratulations!

[@Tigrou7777]

They should make a remake of the original AITD1 (either in full 3D or with 2D pre-calculated images), the same way Capcom made excellent remakes of RE1/2/3/4 games.

[@SeirCorall]

I never played this but watching I couldn't help but think of Twinsen's Oddysey (aka Little Big Adventure 2) and didn't know why until you mentioned that Adeline Software spun off from Infrogames!

[@cadesurface6555]

Yes yes yes! Twinsen's Odyssey was/is one of my favorite pieces of media of all time. So few people that I know have played it or even knew about it. The animations, music, and so much of the content covered in this video was clearly "kept" when the developers made the Twinsen games. I hope to see or make more content about them soon!