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Article #82546Re: Console gamers, know the roots of survival horror games: Infogrames ALONE IN THE DARK on PC floppy disks
From: Neil Cerutti
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 18:09
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 18:09
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On 2006-05-17, Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 15 May 2006 08:45:44 GMT, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, riku wrote: > >>"PC gamers, know the roots of RTS games: TecnoSoft's HERZOG ZWEI on >>SEGA GENESIS / MD" >> >> >>In the same vein: >> >>Most console gamers who play Resident Evil 1-34, Silent Hill 1-9, Dino >>Crisis etc. etc. etc. mistake Resident Evil as the forefather of all >>"survival horror" games. >> >>It just isn't so, folks. Alone in the Dark is the first such horror >>game, it came out LONG before any of those other games, and it had >>several sequels too. Not to mention, it is much better game too (the >>feel of the game is much more "psychologic horror thriller" than the >>straight zombie movie clone that RE is), and lacks the horrendous >>acting and voice acting of Resident Evil. >> >>I just wanted everyone to acknowledge this, ok? You shouldn't feel >>proud at all about Resident Evil or Silent Hill games, because Alone >>in the Dark appeared before them, ok? Good. >> >> >> > The Lurking Horror, by Dave Lebling, the first survival horror > game ever set in the Cthulhu mythos. > > Genre: Text adventure. Why you! I should've thought of that. -- Neil Cerutti For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs. --Church Bulletin Blooper Inviato da X-Privat.Org - Registrazione gratuita http://www.x-privat.org/join.php
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,alt.games.starcraft,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc From: Neil Cerutti <lead...@email.com> Subject: Re: Console gamers, know the roots of survival horror games: Infogrames ALONE IN THE DARK on PC floppy disks References: <1147665409.104690.148660@j73g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <20gg62tf0mc85shj7op5ooe535ignruhso@4ax.com> <konm62pan08nsuq36osfcehg64jpndhvgv@4ax.com> Message-ID: <slrne6mpm8.ds.leadvoice@FIAD06.norwich.edu> User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Win32) NNTP-Posting-Host: $$5lmnjdfxhb4w44u.news.x-privat.org Organization: X-Privat NNTP Server - http://www.x-privat.org Lines: 39 X-Authenticated-User: $$ptxrd0r0xn_9cl$bayv X-Complaints-To: ab...@x-privat.org Date: 17 May 2006 20:09:36 +0200 Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!x-privat.org!not-for-mail MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit