When we think of great gaming experiences that are long overdue for a revival, only one name comes to mind. No, not RocketKnight Adventures (good call though) ... it's Splatterhouse. If we've said it once, we've said it a thousand times: storytelling in games needs an injection of creativity! So what better property to invest our trust in than Namco Bandai's Splatterhouse? It's got it all: an evil mansion (the titular Splatterhouse, naturally); a Friday the 13th-style hockey mask ... err, "terror mask"; and a unique protagonist named Rick Taylor fighting gross, puss-filled baddies in a supernaturally enhanced quest to save his girlfriend.
With that said, we're sure you'll relish the news – literally bursting through the cover of next month's EGM – that Splatterhouse has had an ancient Mayan sacrificial mask strapped to its corpse and been resurrected for "next-gen" consoles, on a mission to retrieve money straight out of our wallets. But really, Splatterhouse?
Reader Comments (53)
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 1:34PM FrankTheCrank said
The last issue of EGM I bought had a Sega Genesis on the cover. Are they still a decent read? And did they get rid of that gorilla guy? The big fat older guy who would answer peoples questions with silly answers.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 2:04PM SheppyReturns said
I like Play better, but this is the screenshot whore in me... and they often get and print concept art others don't.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 2:04PM baby sea tuna said
I'm one of the few people that actually still pays for EGM. It's like 10-15 bucks a year, but totally worth it.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 2:07PM SheppyReturns said
I'll buy when my subscription is up. I'm still a sad panda after my GFW ended....
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 2:13PM Shagittarius said
The pages of EGM are far more pliable than game informer. When nature calls and you realize your out of TP you will be glad you brought your copy of EGM to read instead of Game Informer.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 2:52PM samfish said
EGM is terrible, I think. Looking past the immature content that feels like it was written by 15 year olds, they also have a tendency to just go all out of one console and kind of ignore the rest. Back in the day it was SNES, then it was PS1, then PS2 and now it feels like they're in the tank for the 360.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 1:40PM MisterSmith said
I've seen a lot of sites report this but does anyone know what platform(s) this game will be available for?
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 1:42PM (Unverified) said
Sweet, Dark Void! Been waiting to see more info on that game. Cant wait to get my anemic EGM issue this month.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 1:42PM falcomadol said
I think that this is an extremely poor idea.
The original was fun on TG-16, but it hasn't aged well, and the sequels were awful.
Let's leave Jennifer dead (as she was at the end of the first game).
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The original was fun on TG-16, but it hasn't aged well, and the sequels were awful.
Let's leave Jennifer dead (as she was at the end of the first game).
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 2:03PM foxhound said
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She wasn't dead in the first game. You apparently kill an evil mutant doppleganger; and she's alive and well** in the second and third game, along with their child.
**Alive and well as much as someone living with a husband beholden to a terror mask and a violent, bludgeoning, hack & slash protagonist would be, LOL.
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She wasn't dead in the first game. You apparently kill an evil mutant doppleganger; and she's alive and well** in the second and third game, along with their child.
**Alive and well as much as someone living with a husband beholden to a terror mask and a violent, bludgeoning, hack & slash protagonist would be, LOL.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 6:54PM falcomadol said
Only by way of a retcon in a bastard sequel that never should have happened :D
She's not dead in the same way that there was never a clone saga in Spiderman.
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She's not dead in the same way that there was never a clone saga in Spiderman.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 2:14PM (Unverified) said
Probably not going to happen, since Strider 2 sold maybe twenty copies.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 2:19PM (Unverified) said
Well the sequels to Splatterhouse sucked, and look what we got here.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 3:22PM (Unverified) said
"Well the sequels to Splatterhouse sucked. . ."
The Genesis sequel was better than the Turbo-GrafX home port and was a decent game by itself. Some fans loved the third game too, but it became too much of a brawler for my tastes.
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The Genesis sequel was better than the Turbo-GrafX home port and was a decent game by itself. Some fans loved the third game too, but it became too much of a brawler for my tastes.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 1:50PM (Unverified) said
When will "Next gen" stop being next gen and be "current gen" or simply current systems.
This stuff is no longer next gen. Once you're there, it's no longer next.
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This stuff is no longer next gen. Once you're there, it's no longer next.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 1:51PM (Unverified) said
I totally agree with you whymog. The 1up crew is great.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 1:52PM The Commenter Formerly Known as said
Tecmo Bowl Kickoff??? Only hope its has the old rosters that has the picture of Deion Sanders with the Jerri Curl...
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 2:05PM SheppyReturns said
Ever since God of War, I was wondering when this would show back up....
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 2:15PM (Unverified) said
http://happyhalloween.ytmnd.com/
The best part of Splatterhouse 3 was the cinema sequences. The pic from this YTMND was from one of them.
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The best part of Splatterhouse 3 was the cinema sequences. The pic from this YTMND was from one of them.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 2:23PM (Unverified) said
What we really need is a new-gen 'Road Rash' game!
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 2:32PM (Unverified) said
I've said Road Rash SO many times to friends! I loved those games!
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 2:25PM (Unverified) said
EGM is good when it's free (yeah, I got me some free EGM from Joystiq, whatcha do about it?)
I really wish we could see Streets of Rage 4, though...or a real Shining Force 4, not that SF Neo crappe they serve on the PS2. Heck, I'd relish (and probably ketchup) a remake of all 3 parts of Shining Force III for North America. :D
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I really wish we could see Streets of Rage 4, though...or a real Shining Force 4, not that SF Neo crappe they serve on the PS2. Heck, I'd relish (and probably ketchup) a remake of all 3 parts of Shining Force III for North America. :D
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 2:32PM (Unverified) said
Splatterhouse was my first bloody game experience, long before Mortal Kombat. Ah, the good old days. Splatterhouse 3 was brutal and violent. Joy!
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 4:04PM baby sea tuna said
No, that's right. Or at least it is a literally as possible on a 2 dimensional plane.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 3:00PM (Unverified) said
Never heard about this game, im more excited about what it says in the top right corner
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 3:16PM (Unverified) said
Probably won't happen. Shigesato Itoi, creator and owner of the franchise, is pretty much done with all things MOTHER right now. He's stated it in a few interviews in the last two years.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 3:32PM (Unverified) said
Can we get a new Ecco the Dolphin?? thats what i'm waiting for
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 3:58PM (Unverified) said
Where does it say "Next Gen" consoles? I looked on the cover and in the 1up story neither mention next gen anywhere. Don't get me wrong I fully believe that this is going to be on the PS3 and 360.
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