TORMENTURE - A Horror Game within a Game Where a Cursed Atari Game May Steal Your Soul! (2 Endings)

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

If you’re ever worried about your soul being stolen by a video game… Just use a PrayStation. :)

[@nonamej2]

(That monster came from bushes)

[@JohnCharb87]

Base or Pro?

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

@@JohnCharb87 It depends on how bad the curse is!

[@blackbeltslade]

@@JohnCharb87lol got a chuckle out of me

[@taewans]

LittleBigChurch

[@kevinfisher5492]

The level of detail here is...stunning. Right down to the game artwork in the catalog, the rainbow "swoosh" is reminiscent of old Activision cartridges, and the artwork looks like old Atari 2600 box cover art. Very impressed.

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Yeah, it's really cool. Love all the classic 80's toys too, like Guess Who, the Speak and Spell and Major Morgan. And there's even a fun little ET The Video Game reference too!

[@MagicalManFromMars]

@@AlphaBetaGamer I can't pin some of them down, but I get the feeling that at least some of the hidden characters and secrets are references to other Atari games in some way, such as the eyes being the protagonist of Haunted House.

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

@@MagicalManFromMars Yeah, Pac-Man, Adventure and ET are pretty much the extent of my Atari knowledge, but I'm pretty sure there are lots of Atari deep cuts in there!

[@uSTAYFROSTY]

If you stuck Faith, Inscryption, and Adventure in a blender .... You'd have 3 destroyed cartridges

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Awesome comment. :)

[@jamesliu8095]

Don't forget pony island

[@fractalgem]

Inscryption cartridge is indestructible tho

[@Flakintosh]

There is something truly terrifying about these type of games that defies all horror in both movies and video games alike, it's the suspense of not knowing what's in the next room, the MIDI music adds tension to your suspense and you're left with an empty solution that could possibly be fatal based on the decision of where you started and where you will die.

[@baimhakani]

Personally, retro horror has always been my kryptonite

[@Flakintosh]

@@baimhakani I concur. Perhaps it's the terrible graphics and lack of detail that gives you a sense of 'False Security" that nothing is scary unless it actually looks like something, until it's reanimated in a different light.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

An Atari game where you are cursed to have your soul taken away is something straight out of a creepypasta.

[@DeAthWaGer]

And my childhood nightmares. ...Just me?

[@815TypeSirius]

All the kids who grew up on stupid creepypasta are now making their own games. Welcome to a species with generations.

[@livanbard]

Hats off the the sheer ammount of references to spooky and non spooky media in this game. Seriously. Also have finished the video it looks like the game has a loot more to offer in the form of secrets and etc. like the tvs in the first level and all the major songs after you unlock it. Even the spell game saying random stuff like children and transcendence during gameplay.

[@howdoyoudo5949]

Godly opening transition.

[@tidalboxer]

This is such a great concept. Love these games like Inscription and this. They really bring me back to being a kid, playing DnD, Atari, late 70s, early 80, board games, funny little gadget toys, etc. We had it great. We used our imaginations and turned pixels into stories and dreams.

[@gustavoschnurr1907]

I was so invested in this gameplay that I forgot I was at work. 10/10

[@jooch_exe]

This is 100% proof you don't need ultra realistic graphics to make a great game. This would be a classic now if this came out in the Atari age.

[@princeperot7568]

I mean, these graphics are still way ahead of anything on the 2600, this game wouldn't even run on any atari console.

[@liamclaydon3780]

Tbf the soul stealing thing is pretty annoying. It would probably annoy a lot of people who plan on going to heaven and stuff

[@mestrelinguicapaixonado]

Took me some time to realize the bosses are the Composer, Artwork, Programmer and (???)

[@Fragrom59]

I guess it's the designer

[@livanbard]

The warlock

[@chuckarchey]

It’s the musician

[@potatoperson1860]

I have *faith* that this is a good game

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

The Vatican has not approved this comment. :)

[@Templar127]

Such clean, terrifying intro! Reminds me of Faith the Unholy Trinity!

[@tidalboxer]

Same makers I’d assume. It looks it. I have to look it up.

[@ashireiko]

@@tidalboxersurprisingly no, different developer/company !

[@chandranapier2259]

Wonder if Airdorf has seen this?

[@joshuajoestar4943]

I can't wait for chapter 4

[@swordwingace3669]

It feels like someone got inspired by two games. The haunted house from the older Atari games. And Faith. In the beginning. I don't know what else...

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Yeah, there's definitely some Faith inspiratioon. There's also Adventure on Atari. This game actually started life as a creepy remake of Adventure. I covered it a few years ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmKbZ6BnhM1gj6c

[@kobold1847]

1:36:55 I really love the reference to Bolshakov playing the burning piano in this opening scene. Not the scariest cutscene but it's by far my favorite

[@danielcharles4431]

MORTIS?

[@sheepee1464]

I had the same exact thought

[@jeremytitus9519]

What we are about to play has not been approved by the ratings board

[@BloodFox49]

My favourite thing about this comment is that Google translated it

[@feralperil]

†MORTIS†

[@Brad-r3u]

A gun with one boolet

[@unfriendlyreminder5980]

Super cool retro game with a twist! The puzzles are very creative and the music is top notch! The style also stays true to the retro art it's inspired from, and the amount of details to it is very impressive seeing as minimalist retro is the premise. This is a QUALITY game!

[@MetalMockingjay]

41:05 I'm loving the puzzles so far! Each of them has made me smile. What seems like a simple game on the surface is actually super creative, and I look forward to seeing how deep it goes.

[@JohnCharb87]

Larry Oldman is an expert on the goings on with the young people. Especially with them video gaming machine things.

[@BenjamminFranklin.]

Both the good, and bad endings open up some interesting possibilities. I feel the bad ending is the more likely one. some kid playing this alone, and with NO help would most likely die during the end fight at least once, and then get stuck in the game. The good ending opens up some fun time-lines though. Like what if this is just ONE copy of this game? The Kid, having beaten the game, realizes what is going on. They set out on a mission to find AND beat every copy of this game. like some kind of speed running exorcist. Very good game.

[@FredricMartija]

That intro transition is sooo clean! So much Spoopy vibes!

[@The-Real-Yakub]

Interesting. Reminds me a lot of FAITH but the whole "cursed game cartridge" thing makes it unique. This would have been a big hit in 2013 when creepypastas about the same sort of concept were really popular

[@livanbard]

The game would be possible without Ben drowned and sonic exe

[@The-Real-Yakub]

@@livanbardokay? I'm just saying it probably would've been really popular back then. At what point did I suggest it couldn't exist without those creepypastas?

[@livanbard]

​@@The-Real-Yakuband on what point did I suggest that either? You are too stressed out.

[@FoieGras4u]

So basically a evil game dev wanted to live forever so he used magic to make a cursed game to steal souls

[@hfric]

Ending 3 is when you do the Second One and then look inside your Closet to get the Tormenture Cartridge then exit thought the door

[@Codypro134]

If FAITH and Pony Island had a demonic hate child

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

17:10 I think he forgot his safeword after being loved a long time by Gary

[@mannypardo1080]

Oh wow! This looks amazing. Keep up the great work!

[@Brandon-yq1tm]

This game is beautiful, reminds me of being a kid and watching my grandpa playing tye og Zelda games

[@palladios4459]

What a transition in the intro! Very impressive.

[@yoshikagekira2322]

I was about to go to sleep, But since ABG uploaded, I'll end my day with a gold key

[@omegahaxors9-11]

I like how the smolifier lets you walk on spikes, easily the best power up in the game.

[@onibarubary]

Yesssss, I was so excited for this. The proof of concept being that short Adventure (Adv3ntur3? I think it was called) horror game was always really neat to me so it leading to this is straight awesome.

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Yeah, It's a very cool game. Loved the Adv3ntur3 prototype too! :)

[@S1LLY_KR1T4_L0V3R]

Hi, I am The NJPHLLSH Creator, and I'm nice to meet you.

[@nigeljavier5080]

1:36:57 not only was the boss fire related, but the boss played some music that was FIRE 💯💯🔥🔥🔥

[@sinisterlaugh872]

@03:14 I was like: "oh no... no no no no no no no"

[@gabrielregli1222]

Each of the bosses are the producers of the game

[@mrt1880]

I'm very faithful of this game I would like to see three of it

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

So you'd like to see more(tis)? :)

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

18:40 I TOLD YOU MOM, YOU CAN'T PAUSE AN OLDTIME GAME!!!

[@binarypench]

dude when i saw the game turn into tunnel runner at 16:07 i let out a gasp of joy

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

8:23 so thoughtful of you to check his pulse, ABG! I'm not an expert, but I don't think he's gonna make it tho :(

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

He's fine! Nothing a band-aid and a paracetamol won't fix! :)

[@marsguyphil]

Just waiting for something to say "MORTIS"

[@IIMetalMaskII]

the video's thumbnail goes really hard! i wonder if there is an image of it so i can use it as wallpaper.

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Glad you like it! Here's a 1080p copy if you like: drive.google.com/file/d/1N0nC3o9jAim-Q59zp1CR_ToujsHFCyDo/view?usp=sharing

[@IIMetalMaskII]

@@AlphaBetaGamer thank you so much! i love it!

[@ChurchofCthulhu]

The music also has an eerie cry similar to Mind Walker for the Amiga.

[@francoalmiron5107]

Man this games gave such spooky vibes, very good!

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

This game's actually pretty amazing.

[@doublesoul862]

As I child, I used to fear Head, but now I've grown out of that fear

[@maboroshi2550]

My daily dose of indie gaming - thank you, Mr. ABG 🙏

[@Toasterloaf]

Congrats. You just killed the ghost of a guy who sold his soul to demons.

[@helterskelterproductions]

This feels like a spiritual successor to Duck Season and I love it

[@kaden-sd6vb]

Oh boy this looks *U N S P E A K A B L E*

[@DrilArm]

5:38 Thomas Jackson. I see what they did there.

[@marianogamer6261]

Explain pls

[@DrilArm]

@marianogamer6261 Might have been before your time, but there's this former lawyer called Jack Thompson. I'll quote his Wikipedia page here: "John Bruce Thompson[1] (born July 25, 1951)[2] is an American activist and disbarred attorney. As an attorney, Thompson focused his legal efforts against what he perceives as obscenity in modern culture. Thompson gained recognition as an anti-video game activist, criticizing the content of video games and their alleged effects on children."

[@Mr.Spongecake]

This is a huge love-letter to my favorite Atari 2600 game, Adventure. That game kicked ass. It even reworks Adventure's cover art for Tormenture's. I'm tempted to buy this game just based on that.

[@swarexthemessenger7377]

Airdorf will love this!!!

[@Brandon-yq1tm]

Just finished it and just realized the dragon was a Legend of Zelda reference lmao

[@kaizer-senpai2359]

*A gUn WiTh oNe BuLlEt* 🗿

[@KC-bt3wd]

I like the Faith shoutout

[@cernos7230]

I'd like to imagine Atari had these types of games back in the day

[@i9incher]

They did, it's modeled after the Atari game Adventure.

[@awesome74eugene]

i know it looks different but i know this artstyle is the same guy who made faith

[@shiyokugou404]

2:05:31 Maybe Penitent One and Pious Woman from "Blasphemous"?

[@OsirisMawn]

This was made by the same studio afterall. Game kitchen

[@OsirisMawn]

You were right. It's him

[@dennison9839]

Very creative and good use of the magnet puzzles

[@kylebus-l7l]

Stop making videos of interesting video games, my wallet can only take so much.

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Haha, apologies to your wallet!

[@kylebus-l7l]

Well, if it's supporting indie creators I GUESS it's okay....

[@ChurchofCthulhu]

I love the old Atari 2600 games, so I expected to enjoy this - but the detail is incredible! If we’d had games like this when we were younger I can only imagine how much darker we Gen Xers would have turned out! 😂

[@deliveryman7001]

man arcadeheads are eating good this year with this, nova drift and utopia must fall. Wonder what else may come. Pretty good.

[@bertramusb8162]

The faith II reference made me smile

[@pauldaly9326]

Outstanding!!

[@BlindfoldFox]

Just wonderful

[@megaargonaut3689]

50:28 soyjak mirror monster

[@micheal7932]

2:06:18 Now that's a reference for the ages. Still, it's a bit ironic looking back at the crash of 1983... E.T. was not that bad especially considering some of the games that came before and after it. I'm looking at you "CR" and "Ride to Hell: Retribution" respectively. P.S. If you don't know what "CR" refers to then you're better off never finding out about that "game".

[@neoqwerty]

Took me a bit to realize it was... that very very specific old game that was at least three kinds of yikes. But there was one that was worse than CR: the one that's "japanese subway molester simulator" and got covered by Something Awful as one of the few games even Japan ended up banning for the yikes factor. At least Ride To Hell was so incompetent and janky and ridiculous that it was basically if someone took Digital Homicide's FPS games, Big Rigs, and crammed a half-functional censored Hot Coffee in there, and then overbaked it and shipped it out in a panic, resulting in a game that's bad to play but funny to watch people torturing themselves with it. CR was just bad and uncomfortable, both things that the subway s!x offense simulator does a thousand times worse.

[@johndough8115]

A lot of people do not fully understand the so called "Crash". The average person, never experienced any Crash. The arcades were still Hoppin, and console + computer game sales were still happening. The crash was all on the Corporate end. You see.. The arcade operators, already had a TON of great arcade machines, that were Earning very well. But arcade companies kept putting out more Machines... and the Operators had no more space for them + didnt want to remove good earning machines. As such, many refused to purchase many of the new Arcade Games. Not only that... But there was also a notable drop in Quality, at a certain point in time... where smaller companies were putting out Garbage tier games, that didnt Earn well. This caused a lot of backlash from the Operators, as it made them far more careful in their Purchases. Before that point, they often just bought whatever came out... and it generally worked out for them, because the early 80s were Packed full of Addictive / Successful "Bangers". Because the Arcade companies couldnt sell all of their New Arcade Machines... this created a Spiral of Financial Chaos... which threatened to destroy many of the big companies. A lot of the smaller companies, imploded, and vanished. I believe they were also over-inflating the Console and PC Software market too... So that also added to the Corporate "Crash". The Corporate heads, expected Demand to maintain at the same levels. But they didnt really understand a few key factors. 1) That the Arcade Operators were eventually going to run out of Space. and 2) The average American, has a Limited Budget... to spend on new Games. 3) The exponentially growing number of new Competing Game Companies... adding even more Software / Machines, into the Market. So basically, they over-flooded the market with Product, and there were a lot of Corporate financial losses, as a result. But to the average Joe Gamer... Nothing changed. We still played Arcade games. And we still bought PCs, Consoles, and Games. A Similar thing often happened in the Movie Industry, in the 80s. The studios would release like 4 to 7 FANTASTIC movies, all at the same time. But the average family, couldnt afford to see that many movies, within such a short span of time. As such, they might only see like 2 or 3 of those films... and the others would end up Losing Money, and "Flop"... despite being Great movies. These movies would eventually make money, via VHS and DVD/Bluray sales... as well with TV plays (Licensing / AD Money). However, some of the smaller Studios that produced these films, may have been destroyed, long before the eventual sales came rolling in.

[@livanbard]

​​@@johndough8115there also retail crash where many chains refused to get Atari products and some other companies stuff too. Because of 2 things: price and the sonic panic (even this game references that) nobody cared about Atari consoles by 83 and people who cared were getting them second hand. Arcades were getting the much better japanese machines too. That's why Nintendo got the reputation of turning that scenery around with the ideia of selling the NES as a toy product, and a great deal of focus on family friendly advertising so they avoided the satanic panic. The name change for games and censorship were also due to the panic. Take contra for example it was named that in America because it implied the kids were fighting communists instead of demon looking aliens. That's perfect for Americans of the 80s.

[@Hinokassaudifan1]

*Faith the unholy trinity intensifies* *heavy breath in super miriam*

[@gustavoschnurr1907]

44:44 - Did you reverse it on video editing or in game?

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

I reversed it in the video (not sure if there's any in-game way to do it).

[@gustavoschnurr1907]

33:09 thick

[@Se05239]

An interesting game to be sure.

[@andrewmiller8402]

Why am I not getting cut scenes like you are? My VHS also didn’t play anything. I just get those different colored bars, like the TV is testing its functionality. This also happens whenever I go through a teleportation door. Edit: it’s always accompanied by the sound of static / white noise. Could this be because I’m playing on the steam deck? Surely not, right?

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

That's a weird one. Probably best to ask the devs on the Steam Discussions board. Must be a bug.

[@explogeek]

What a cool game!

[@Meritferret]

This makes me want to see a game based off Prophet, Prodigy, King from scp 5999. With or without the creepy in universe stuff.

[@BlueGhost30]

in that game there's plus 2 endings, in one of them you don't need to destroy the console. And for the other ending (secret), you need to collect all easter eggs and check the wardrobe after destroying console P.S. sorry if there are mistakes here, I'm not very good at English

[@nauticaldebautical4837]

At the very end in the room, there was a light in the closet, what was that?

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Hi! That's part of the secret ending. I don't think anyone's figured out how to get it yet though.

[@nauticaldebautical4837]

@@AlphaBetaGamer Ahhh of course! Thank you

[@tantrumj1033]

Peek this sick piano solo.. 1:37:01

[@Silver_Sonic_23]

1:28:49 Don’t worry, Atari lady, I will find a way.

[@invschematics]

43:11 oh hell naw, dont tell me that is Adam from elevenlabs

[@emmittkussrow8899]

The section at 1:41:02 says "Weal World Secrets"....if that's intentional, have a great day, but if it's a typo, thought I'd let you know!

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Haha, thanks for the heads up! That's a typo. It's pretty funny though, so I'll keep it! :)

[@emmittkussrow8899]

@AlphaBetaGamer your videos have me hooked. I've been watching back to back lately after just the occasional view previously....GRUNN was wonderful, I'd love to see you do more with White Knuckle, and Tormenture is SO COOL! Keep up the great content. P.S. you should make it "Weal World Secwets" lol

[@Pichunky]

How do you get these games

[@DeAthWaGer]

Link in the description

[@OsirisMawn]

Tormentute is out. Man time flies

[@christopherjuanis5603]

Faith...

[@rockethero1177]

Adventure and Faith mixed with Pony Island. My only complaint is that I heard an 11labs voice during the news reports

[@bahamutdragon1754]

How can you put in so much effort, but mess up the fact the Atari had no memory for file saving or a continue function? It should have been a password to start from level two. Still pretty great though, I’d actually play this if I could.

[@1776SolidSnake]

Sometimes a tribute has to make way for functionality, and I think its a good thing in this case

[@livanbard]

You are wrong about that tho the Atari has no save feature, adventure had a way around it.

[@bahamutdragon1754]

@@livanbard This horror game *is* Adventure. Adventure does not have a save system, how adventure works is that if you got eaten by a dragon, you would respawn with all the items you currently had. Turning off the console was a hard reset. I know this because I have it sitting on the shelf behind me.

[@chavesa5]

oh cool I actually did want something like FAITH

[@alexandrebeauharnais6849]

It turns out that high resolution video and audio aren't necessarily required for a fun game.

[@Loveand-i2y]

Cool game

[@greenbroccolistudios1275]

MORTIS VIBES!!!!!

[@berniekatzroy]

Mortis?

[@GlitchyZorua]

44:45, can someone transcribe this? (And explain it in simpler terms)

[@awooga_gamer]

1:39:35 arrivederci

[@hawkwhirlwind]

I gotta remake my old Flash games faster ha ha

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Ah, I think you posted a link and it was removed by KZbin. If anyone wants to check it out it's called "Misadventure" on Newgrounds. It's really cool! :)

[@hawkwhirlwind]

No hard feelings to anyone, it's a great concept to explore, but since I'm old I WILL be griping about it! Also I made a bunch of preliminary CG for a remake so, you know, gotta figure that out! Ce la vie!

[@MarquisLeary34]

Duck Season and Faith: Unholy Trinity had a child?!

[@bishalgurung4356]

Wait till Faith Fans find this

[@mrwizard5012]

Scariest part of the game is when he blew on the cartridge to fix it. lmao

[@Hokatoman]

2:06:15 poor E.T.

[@lrobin-is8dg]

MORTAS

[@A.nonymous-n1w]

30:32 MORTIS