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Dark Seed (1992) and Dark Seed II (1995) are point-and-click horror adventures from Cyberdreams featuring artwork by H. R. Giger. Both follow Mike Dawson between the everyday world and a biomechanical Dark World, combining inventory puzzles with parallel-world connections.Video: https://youtu.be/aUtIEAPr5Xo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King (Game Boy Advance, 2005) is a 2D action-adventure set before the film, following Jack Skellington’s first conflict with Oogie Boogie. Oogie’s Revenge (PlayStation 2 and Xbox, 2005) continues the story after the film, combining 3D combat with musical boss battles. This episode also covers Tiger Electronics’ 1993 LCD handheld game.VIDEO: https://youtu.be/SbcRliyZ-Rk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Immortality sounds like a good deal until you read Death's fine print. This week we take on Chakan, covering the Sega Genesis and Game Gear games as separate entries. Two swords, potion mixing, supernatural monsters and a hero who would really like this whole thing to be over.VIDEO: https://youtu.be/77op2wVrTSQ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem is a 2002 GameCube psychological horror game from Silicon Knights and Nintendo. Told across 2,000 years and twelve playable characters, it mixes exploration, combat, magic, and its famous Sanity System, which uses hallucinations and fourth-wall tricks to make players question what is actually happening.VIDEO: https://youtu.be/9eFU69EG-7M Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

System 3's The Last Ninja turned Commodore 64 martial-arts fantasy into an isometric action-adventure showcase in 1987. We follow Armakuni from Lin Fen to 1988 Manhattan in Last Ninja 2, look at how Activision carried the series to U.S. computer owners, and give the Europe-only Last Ninja 3 a brief 'Just A Mention.'VIDEO: https://youtu.be/tUmSGYe2b9o Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.