This is the 527th original article of the Old Boy Game Box, by @Xiaolei
Every time we mention the games on the red and white machine that leave us with childhood shadows, there are always many friends in the comment area who say that Xiaolei's courage is too small... But even if everyone says I'm hypocritical, this topic has to be done, because in the early years, there were too many games on the FC platform that brought us a sense of weirdness and horror.
Perhaps they did not mean to scare players, and they did not intend to do pure horror games such as "Sweet Home" and "Friday the Thirteenth", many games could not even be played with horror games, but they still left an extremely deep shadow on the childhood of the majority of old boys, even if they revisited it many years later, it was inevitable to shiver.
Today @ Old Boy Game Box will take you to review those terrifying, weird childhood shadow moments in the red and white machine game, considering that the horror of each player is only different because of the points, the childhood shadows collected by Xiaolei are really rich and diverse, so this article will classify everyone's childhood shadows, you can take your own seat according to the type ~
Cutscene "horror" game, representative work "Ninja Dragon Sword Den"
"Ninja Dragon Sword" should belong to the so-called "TECMO THEATER" type of games, that is, the representative of cinematic narrative games in the FC era, its biggest feature is that the cutscenes are extremely rich, interspersed with many movie-like character monologues, scene transitions and wide-angle shots, which almost raises the narrative level of red and white machine games to an almost one level.
However, in Xiaolei's impression, what he was most afraid of back then was also the cutscenes of this type of game. Especially those pure black, pure red backgrounds with the eerie expression of the falcon with a mask, the actual look is really terrifying and terrifying.
Due to the limitations of FC functions, most of the cutscenes of many games at that time could only use solid color backgrounds, coupled with the limited performance ability of FC screen resolution and color palette, many cutscenes even if the original art was very good, the actual transplantation to FC was inevitably a little eerie.
There was also FC "The Axe King" (The King of War) that year, many players felt that the monster of this game was the shadow point of childhood, but Xiao Lei still felt that the cutscenes of this game were more scary, often a black screen appeared without warning of this human head, that skeleton, even if many heads are not monsters, such a sudden transition is enough to see that the level of FC game design is still relatively immature.
Scene "gloomy" game, representative work "Squirrel Wars 2"
The haunted house of "Squirrel Wars 2" is believed to be the common childhood shadow of many players, although there are many red and white machine games with haunted houses, but none of them have as high a penetration rate as "Squirrel Wars" in China, which also led to many old boys experiencing the torture of haunted houses that year.
In fact, the so-called haunted house is just a European-style castle, plus "Squirrel Wars 2" itself is an all-ages game, whether it is the set or the music, it is actually not scary. It's just that Disney stuffed an Easter egg in this map, and the lights of this haunted house will go out from time to time, and once the lights are out, the murals on the wall of the haunted house will show the skeleton aunt's smile, it is estimated that the friends who played here were scared stupid...
It can only be said that age and audacity are really proportional!
There are many games similar to the eerie effect of "Squirrel Wars 2", such as the castle in "Double Dragon 2", there is a scene with eyes on the wall that is also more penetrating. This kind of scene was not originally deliberately made into a horror game, but the setting was too weird for many children with immature minds to accept.
In addition, there is a game called "Kamen Ninja: Red Shadow" There are also many such scenes, this game Xiaolei also played, I didn't think it was good back then, but many people say that the big frog boss in the picture below did not dare to face it alone when he was a child, and it can only be said that everyone's childhood shadows are really different!
"Weird" game with clearance process, representative work "Karate"
When it comes to the horrors that old games once brought us, it is necessary to mention the weird and weird settings of some early games, and in this regard, "Karate" must be a common childhood shadow memory.
If you ever died tragically under that guillotine, I believe you will never want to touch this game again.
A seemingly serious game that only scares one person may be accidental, but if it scares a group of people, it has to be said. The fear of Karate is not the iron gate itself, the game's gloomy BGM soundtrack and the large area of weird color matching in the picture have deepened this weird influence to some extent.
There are really many games like "Karate" with a very weird clearance process, and another representative is "Shippo 2", which is very positive in terms of plot and setting, the color matching is also very bright, and the BGM is also vigorous.
It's just that when we enter the various doors in the maze, the gameplay style undergoes a 180° reversal -
These solid color and a lot of white walls look particularly weird with BGM, plus some rooms will suddenly change color or suddenly appear a person, there is always an "abyss effect" like fear when playing, always feel that you will "meet love around the corner" or someone behind you staring at you.
It is said that players who are afraid of "Shippo 2" are full of fear for the 3D maze of "The Legend of the Moon Wind", it seems that the FC platform is not very suitable for 3D scenes, and almost all 3D mazes will cause people to fear the unknown.
But to talk about 3D maze, in fact, "Goddess Rebirth" on the FC platform is the best of this type of game, "Goddess Rebirth" The whole game is based on the gameplay of 3D maze, but rarely hear players feedback about the horror of this game, perhaps because "Goddess Rebirth" is too unpopular in China?
In addition to the games and genres we mentioned above, in the inventory of the red and white machine horror games we have released, there are also player feedback that Game Over has a terrifying picture, a game BGM is gloomy, and the game itself is a horror game, which can only say "your childhood shadow, my childhood shadow, everyone is the same". For reasons of space, Xiaolei will give you an inventory here today, I don't know which games or scenes are your exclusive childhood shadows? Welcome to share and communicate in the comment area!
Author: Xiao Lei
Editor: Xiao Lei