HIDDEN GEMS - TOP 10 SPOOKY GAMES FOR KIDS

 

This one took a while to compile, but it wouldn't be the Halloween without a swathe of spooky retro titles for you to game to. This time, I present my personal, completely biased Top 10 list the best 90s kids games best played in the Halloween season. I've limited myself to games that are no longer sold, so no Maniac Mansion, Hocus Pocus or MediEvil, and those specifically aimed at the younger critters infesting households the world over.

 

From the list, there are 4 titles new to the Chamber, and another 2 that have been updated. That's Are You Afraid of the Dark, an adventure game based on the classic Nickelodeon show, I.M. Meen, an excuse to learn grammar while playing a Doom clone, Jan Pienkowski's Haunted House, based on the still-impressive pop up book and Nightmare Ned, of the best Disney show no-one remembers. Check them out after the jump by following the links below, but not before you catch my video on the subject!

 

Click on the images below to head on over to the game page.

NUMBER 10

JAN PIENKOWSKI'S HAUNTED HOUSE (NEW)

1995 Media Station

Windows 3.1

Edutainment-Storybook-Horror-Ghosts!

 

NUMBER 9

BLINKY'S SCARY SCHOOL

1990 Zeppelin Games

Amiga / DOS

Platform-Adventure-Horror-Ghosts!

 

NUMBER 8

ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? 

THE TALE OF ORPHEO'S CURSE (NEW)

1994 Viacom New Media

DOS
Adventure-FMV-Horror-Ghosts!

 

NUMBER 7

I. M. MEEN (NEW)

1995 Simon & Schuster Interactive

DOS
Edutainment-Action-FPS-Horror

 

 

NUMBER 6

GAHAN WILSON'S ULTIMATE HAUNTED HOUSE (UPDATED)

1994  Byron Preiss Multimedia Co

Windows 3.1
Edutainment-Adventure-Horror-Ghosts!

 

NUMBER 5

GOOSEBUMPS: ESCAPE FROM HORRORLAND

1996 DreamWorks Interactive

Windows'95
Adventure-FMV-Horror-Ghosts!-Vampires!

 

NUMBER 4

CREATURE CRUNCH

1996 Class6 Interactive

Windows '95
Adventure-Point & Click-Comedy-Horror

 

NUMBER 3

ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES

1995 Ocean Software

SNES (Compilation)
Role Placy-Action-Movies

 

NUMBER 2

NIGHTMARE NED (NEW)

1997 Disney Interactive

Windows '98
Adventure-Cinematic Platformer-Cartoon-Disney!

 

 NUMBER 1

CLANDESTINY

1996 Trilobyte Inc

Windows '95
Adventure-Puzzle-Horror-Ghosts!

 

 

HONORABLE MENTIONS

3D ULTRA PINBALL: CREEP NIGHT (UPDATED)

1996 Sierra On-Line

Windows 3.1
Arcade-Pinball-Horror

THE ADDAMS FAMILY

1992 Ocean Software

GameBoy (Compilation)
Platform-2D-Movies

DISNEY'S VILLAINS' REVENGE

1999 Disney Interactive

Windows '95
Edutainment-Activity Centre-Disney!

SCOOBY DOO MYSTERY

1995 Acclaim Entertainment

Genesis (Compilation)
Adventure-Point & Click-Cartoon-Horror

VOODOO KID

1997 Infogrames Europe SA

Windows '95
Adventure-Point & Click-Horror-Voodoo!

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