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Alone in the Dark 3 (PC, Mac)

1995 saw the release of the third game in the series, and if you thought pirate gangsters (or were they ... oh, nevermind) made for unusual foes, this game had zombie cowboy outlaws. Radioactive ones, at that.

The plot saw Edward Carnby investigating the disappearance of a film crew who'd vanished while making a movie in a ghost town. It's not long before the evil zombie cowboy outlaw leader Jed Stone appears and ... now this is just silly. But, that really was the plot of the game. Lever-action rifles and all.

It was a while before another Alone in the Dark was made.

Fun Fact: The ghost town where the game takes place is called "Slaughter Gulch." We say that any film crew stupid enough to shoot their movie in a place with a name like that deserves what's coming to 'em.

24/06/08