Survival/Horror Project

[modest9797]

I am working on a project with Survival/Horror games. Step one of this is going to be getting as close to a complete list of Survival Horror games I can possibly get. So here is what I have so far. Tell me what I am missing and I will edit this post.

Xbox 360
Alone in the Dark
Bioshock
Clive Barker's Jericho
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Dead Rising
Dead Space
F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon
F.E.A.R. Files
Left 4 Dead
Monster Madness
Silent Hill: Homecoming
Vampire Rain

Xbox
Area 51
Call of Cthulu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Cold Fear
Curse: The Eye of Isis
Darkness, The
Dark Sector
Dino Crisis 3
Doom 3
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
Evil Dead: Regeneration
Evil Dead: Fistful of Boomstick
Fatal Frame
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
House of the Dead II
House of the Dead III
Hunter The Rekoning
Hunter The Rekoning: Redeemer
Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green
Manhunt
ObsCure
Pin Killer: Hell Wars
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Run Like Hell (RLH)
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Suffering, The
Suffering: Ties that Blind
Thing, The

Gamecube
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Hunter The Rekoning: Redeemer
Resident Evil Zero
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil: Code Veronica

Dreamcast
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
Blue Stinger
Carrier
D2
Dino Crisis
Evil Dead: Hail to the King
House of the Dead 2
Ill Bleed
Nightmare Creatures 2
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Ring: Terror's Realm, The
Zombie Revenge

Playstation
Alien Resurrection
Alien Trilogy
Alone in the Dark 2
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
Clock Tower
Clock Tower 2
Countdown Vampires
D
Darkseed
Dino Crisis
Dino Crisis 2
Echo Night
Evil Dead: Hail to the King
Fear Effect
Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix
Final Doom
Galerians
Juggernaut
Martian Gothic
Nightmare Creatures
Nightmare Creatures 2
Overblood
Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve 2
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Resident Evil: Survivor
Silent Hill
Vampire Hunter

Saturn
Alone in the Dark 2
D
Darkseed
Enemy Zero
House of the Dead
Resident Evil

SNES
Clock Tower
Zombies Ate my Neighbors

PlayStation 2
Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
Clock Tower 3
Cold Fear
Constantine
Darkwatch
Echo Night: Beyond
Evil Dead: Fistful of Boomstick
Evil Dead: Regeneration
Extermination
Fatal Frame
Fatal Frame II: The Crimson Butterfly
Fatal Frame III: The Tormented
Galerians: Ash
Ghost Hunter
Haunting Grounds
Hunter The Rekoning: Redeemer
Kuon
Lifeline
Manhunt
Manhunt 2
McFarlane's Evil Prophecy
ObsCure
ObsCure: The Aftermath
Rule of Rose
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil: Dead Aim
Resident Evil: Outbreak
Resident Evil: Outbreak File 2
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Run Like Hell (RLH)
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Silent Hill Origins
Siren
Suffering, The
Suffering: Ties that Blind
Thing, The
Trapt
Van Helsing
X Files: Resist or Serve, The

Playstation 3
Alone in the Dark
Bioshock
Clive Barker's Jericho
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Darkness, The
Dark Sector
Dead Space
F.E.A.R.
Monster Madness: Grave Digger
Silent Hill: Homecoming
Siren: Blood Cuse
Vampire Rain

Wii
Alone in the Dark
Escape from Bug Island
House of the Dead 2&3: Return
ObsCure: The Aftermath
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles

Nintendo 64
Nightmare Creatures
Resident Evil 2

3DO
Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark 2
D
Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller

Sega Genesis
It Came From the Desert
Splatterhouse 2
Splatterhouse 3
Zombies Ate my Neighbors

NES
Chiller
Maniac Mansion
Monster Party
Sweet Home

Atari 2600
Haunted House

[Daria]

You need Fatal Frame for xbox.

[Jorpho]

Whatever kind of "project" this is, it can't possibly be complete with the original Alone in the Dark trilogy (PC).

[lendelin]

Trapt (PS2)
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (DC)
Carrier (DC)
Dino Crisis (DC)
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (GC)

[Maxx]

Wow you got a lot of work to do. Then again, what collector doesn't... I'm an xbox buff so I thumbed through my collection to list a few that I think you may want to add. Ummm... I noticed you listed the same game, but different platforms like Obscure. So I'm keeping up with that.

Xbox

Hunter: The Reckoning
Hunter: The Reckoning Redeemer (GC and PS2)
House of the Dead III
Area 51
Fatal Frame
Curse: The Eye of Isis
Evil Dead: Regeneration
Evil Dead: Fistful of Boomstick
Pinkiller: Hell Wars
Run Like Hell
Manhunt
Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green
Barbie Wild Horse Adventures (Well, it's not quite survival...)

Playstation

Final Doom

Dreamcast

Zombie Revenge
Illbleed
D2 (I think)

PS2

McFarlane's Evil Prophecy


You need to expand several titals like Alone in the Dark, Evil Dead, Splatterhouse, and Galerians. I do have to admit I like your list. I didn't think anyone else knew about Kuon. But I don't think I would have listed Juggernaut. It's not servival, not realy horror ether, just plain wierd...

[hydr0x]

If you're serious about it you have to include PC games too which means at least Alone in the Dark 1-3 and Ecstatica 1+2

[GameNinja]

Does Carrier for Dreamcast count?
Oh, and Galearians: Ash for ps2 deserves a spot :)

[modest9797]

For now I am only making lists for console games. I will branch off into PC eventually, but I think with that there would be too much to handle. As for handhelds, I don't think any of them can reach the status of horror.

I am also concerned about the line I need to make between Survival Horror and action/adventure. It will be difficult because they are so similar. Just tell me if you see a game that you think shouldn't fit and I will make a final decision at some point.

Also, I am only doing North American releases for now. I also think it would get out of hand if I had to keep track of which were PAL and weren't, and everything. So that will come later.

Thanks for all your help so far, the list has really grown.

[exit]

You forgot Sweet Home for the NES, the Great Grandfather of survival horror.

[Misto]

Should add House of the Dead 2&3 on the Wii.

Nightmare Creatures II was also released on the Dreamcast.

[Daria]

Wow you got a lot of work to do. Then again, what collector doesn't... I'm an xbox buff so I thumbed through my collection to list a few that I think you may want to add. Ummm... I noticed you listed the same game, but different platforms like Obscure. So I'm keeping up with that.

Xbox

Hunter: The Reckoning
Hunter: The Reckoning Redeemer (GC and PS2)

A gauntlet clone? They may be horror based but they're not survival games.

[Cryomancer]

Might check out this place then: http://www.dreamdawn.com/sh/list.php

[bcks007]

Constantine (ps2)
Darkwatch (ps2)
Lifeline (ps2)
Run Like Hell (ps2)
Van Helsing (ps2) I think it should count, right?


I also agree with Daria on the Hunter games.

[Spartacus]

I think the first Survival/Horror game I played was Resident Evil. I was so impressed with the game that I decded I wanted to make a collection of games of that genre. Now we are flooded with Horror games, but when I started out there were so few - I can remember trying to decide if The Adventures of Dr. Franken was sufficiently horrible enough to be part of a Horror collection! Well after all, he IS Frankenstein's monster, isn't he? LOL

What I remember best about Resident Evil was being trapped in a zombie infested hallway with 2 bullets and a knife. If I shot my way thru, God only knows when I would find more ammo. Knifing my way past them was going to be slow and probably no less fatal prone than just trying to run by them!
I guess that's what made Resident Evil a SURVIVAL/Horror game. Trying to differentiate a Survival/Horror game from an Action/Adventure/Shooter/Role Playing Horror game can come down to a matter of tastes or perceptions. Unless of course, you are simply willing to let others make the judgement call for you.

Moby games lists these under Survival/Horror
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
Onimusha: Warlords
Raw Danger

These they simply listed under horror.....
Agatha Christie: And then there were None
Baroque
Blade II
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
BloodRayne
BloodRayne 2
Blood Will Tell: Tezuka Osamu's Dororo
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds
Castlevania
Castlevania Bloodlines
Castlevania: Dracula X
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Corpse Killer
Crypt Killer
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Darkstalkers 3
Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
Deception III: Dark Delusion
Devil May Cry
Devil May Cry 2
Devil May Cry 3
Devil May Cry 4
Disney's The Haunted Mansion
DOOM
DOOM³: Resurrection of Evil
Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
Dracula: The Resurrection
Dracula Unleashed
Dr. Chaos
Frankenstein: The Monster Returns
Frankenstein's Monster
Gargoyle's Quest II: The Demon Darkness
Ghostbusters -(Genesis)
Ghost House
Ghoul Patrol
Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Grabbed by the Ghoulies
Halloween
Haunted House
Haunted House II 3D
Hellboy: Dogs of the Night
Indigo Prophecy
Jaws
Jaws: Unleashed
Kagero: Deception II
Killing Time
KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child
Koudelka
Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2
Legacy of Kain: Defiance
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2
Luigi's Mansion
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Master of Darkness
MediEvil
MediEvil II
Mr. Bones
Night Trap
Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge
Nosferatu
Operation Logic Bomb
Psychic Detective
Shadow Hearts: Covenant
Shadow Man
Shadow Man: 2econd Coming
Silverload
Skeleton
Spawn: In the Demon's Hand
Super Castlevania IV
Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Swamp Thing
Tecmo's Deception
The Adventures of Dr. Franken
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Toxic Crusaders
The Typing of the Dead
Vampire Night
Warlock
Werewolf: The Last Warrior
Wings of Wor
Zombie Nation

Yeesh! That ought to keep you busy for awhile sorting them out.
I think they left out Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun and I'm suprised they didn't include Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton's The: Oogie's Revenge.

By the way, It Came From the Desert was never actually released on the Genesis other than in ROM form according to Wikipedia. It also noted that the game was inspired by the 1954 B-movie mutant-ant classic Them! My own personal mutant-ant favorite has been released over here on the Xbox360 as Earth Defense Force.

And isn't Sweet Home a Japanese famicom game?

[modest9797]

I definitly need to make a criteria. I will attempt to play more of the games I have on the list and buy or atleast watch gameplay videos of others.

I am going to be more strict about the Horror aspect then the survival. So basicly FEAR in, Grabbed by the Ghoulies out.

[Damaramu]

If you're going to include Area 51 for the XBox, you might as well include BlackSite: Area 51 for the 360/PS3.

[lendelin]

I definitly need to make a criteria. I will attempt to play more of the games I have on the list and buy or atleast watch gameplay videos of others.

I am going to be more strict about the Horror aspect then the survival. So basicly FEAR in, Grabbed by the Ghoulies out.

There you go. :) You need orientation guidelines for survival horror games when it comes to gameplay. (not an all-agreed definition, even with a definition you end up with borderline cases) A good orientation would be the gameplay of Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Alone in the Dark.

An eerie horror setting isn't enough, and the proposals of Castlevania, Onimusha or Devil May Cry are just plain nonsense, not to mention Baroque. :) This way you'd end up with 30% of all games ever released, and the lists would be meaningless.

[walrusmonger]

zombies ate my neighbors is snes not nes, just an fyi.

[modest9797]

Keep the ideas coming. I will create a master list whenever this thread dies and pick out the ones that don't fit my criteria.

[kaedesdisciple]

May not count for you in this case because it's C64, but Project Firestart always comes to mind for me.

[Zoe F]

Deep Fear (Saturn)
Soul of the Samurai (PSX)

Those are the only ones that popped into my head that don't seem to have been mentioned.

[izarate]

Ghould Patrol (SNES)
SOS (SNES)

[Rob2600]

Regarding the N64, if Nightmare Creatures counts, then what about Shadow Man and Castlevania? In all three games, the player runs around killing or avoiding monsters and collectng items.

[MachineGex]

Hey Rob2600-
Nice xmas ornament, where did u get it?

Also to the OP-
If you are serious about this project, you might want to do this by system. Do one system at a time and get everyone's thoughts. You can check out youtube or play the games that are on the edge. Then move to the next system and so on...

This is just too big to do all at once, imo. Cheers!

[Rob2600]

Hey Rob2600-
Nice xmas ornament, where did u get it?

Thanks! I bought it at Urban Outfitters in Manhattan a couple of weeks ago.

[Leo_A]

Should Disaster Report and Raw Danger be listed? They're survival games no doubt, though the horror aspect of it isn't something we traditionally think of as horror.

But trying to survive a natural disaster certainly fits portions of the definition of horror, which can be desribed as "an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting".

[bcks007]

The X-Files, for the ps1 needs added to the list.

[fcw3]

How about Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre for the Atari 2600 ?

[Misto]

Some new releases you might want to add.

360:
Left 4 Dead 2

Wii:

Cursed Mountain
Silent Hill:Shattered Memories
Dead Space: Extraction

[Nonplus]

The Atari 2600 had a game called Frankenstein's Monsters. I'm not really sure if that counts, but you had Haunted House so I decided to throw it out there.
The Dreamcast and PS2 both have Typing of the Dead, and Pinball of the Dead was released for the Gameboy Advance.
The Wii has House of the Dead: Overkill.
EDIT: Denis Leary reminded me of something: the ports of Doom and all of its various incarnations. Quite a few.
EDIT EDIT: While browsing the forum, came across Touch the Dead. If RPGs count, the Persona and Shadow Hearts series...serieses? Series'? Just the way it is?
Castlevania series.

[Jorpho]

Yes sir, the plural of Series is Series. :hmm:

[refan]

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare was not on PS2 in america. I dont know if that is the kind of list you are doing. This list is pretty much complete. good work.

I own soooooo many of these games!!!

[refan]

if you are doing an international thing here then Siren 2 was only released in PAL regions

[Emperor Megas]

Adding Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller for the 3DO to this list is really a stretch. It's a point and click adventure, and it doesn't really have a horror theme, even.