![]() Lovecraft's story Herbert West: Reanimator, who was subsequently featured in the "Re-Animator" film series. West is largely believed to be Herbert West who was featured prominently in H.P. Rejuvenator: The big headed monsters whose heads fly off and attack before dying are very reminiscent of the gruesome brain-eating monster seen in this film.Parasite: The leeches seen at the end of the first stage as well as in many other later levels are cleary based on the creatures seen in this pseudo 3-D movie.Poltergeist: The possessed room may also have been inspired by this movie.H-man: The sludge monsters seen in the sewer levels seem somewhat similar to the liquid people seen in this old japanese horror flick.The Exorcist: When fighting against demon Jennifer, she recovers her sanity for a few brief moments and begs for your help just before turning into a demon once again, something quite similar is seen in this horror classic.Evil Dead movies: Many concepts were borrowed from these particular movies such as: House deep within the woods where a famed scientist unleashes some very evil demonic power The fight between Rick and his evil twins The evil severed hands that even taunt him The possessed room with flying furniture The necromancer's zombies that just won't die, Rick's quest to rescue Jennifer, only to find her possessed and turned into a cackling demon hungry for his blood!.Friday the 13th movies: The third boss wears a bag for a mask just like Jason Voorhees did on the first three movies and Rick's mask resembles the well-know hockey mask that Jason wears in the later movies of the series until the Jason X movie in which he gets a totally different new look.Splatterhouse's developers seem to have been inspired by many known and a few lesser known horror flicks such as. ![]() Rick makes a cameo appearance in "Point Blank 3". Splatterhouse was the first game to get a parental advisory disclaimer. Only 100 PCBs were produced by Atari because the game was banned in most arcades in the USA due to its violent nature as well as some questionable bosses such as the chapel boss (The inverted cross). Licensed to Atari Games for distribution in the USA (February 1989). In a dark and stormy night, Rick and his girlfriend Jeniffer take refuge in the creepy West mansion, only to find himself dead and Jeniffer missing! Now, a mysterious sacrificial mask with amazing powers brings him back from the dead and in order to free himself from its curse, he must destroy the evil lurking deep within the mansion and save Jennifer in the process! Features some of the goriest graphics ever seen at its release date, awesome music & sound effects, lots of the typical toys seen in horror flicks (knives, etc.) as well as lots of challenge! TECHNICAL Namco System 1 hardware Game ID: SH Main CPU: 6809 1.536 Mhz) Sub CPU: 6809 1.536 Mhz) Sound CPU: 6809 1.536 Mhz) MCU: HD63701 1.536 Mhz) Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2151 3.57958 Mhz), Namco advanced 8-channel stereo WSG, stereo DAC Screen orientation: Horizontal Video resolution: 288 x 224 pixels Screen refresh: 60.61 Hz Palette colors: 24-bit RGB palette Players: 2 Control: 8-way joystick Buttons: 2 TRIVIA Splatterhouse was released in November 1988. Arcade Video game published 35 years ago: Splatterhouse © 1988 Namco.
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