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The Official HDC Gaming Top 100
Hello gamers of HDC and beyond,
This has been a long (read: overdue) project of our forums for which we had sat down together many times to zero in on Top 100 horror games, as chosen by members of HDC. Big thanks go to everyone involved in this - Vodstok (who started the project WAY back in January 2007), Cheebacheeba/Phalanx (HDC's most ardent gaming fan), Despare (BIG gamer, and a big contributor to the final 100), The Flayed One (for the inspiration and the contribution), Newb, VampiricClown, and many others who contributed to the Master List. So here we go...after a really long deliberation by 5 Judges, and a long-gestating period of over 4 years. |
Alien Crush (Pinball console) (1988)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Alien vs. Predator (1994) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Alone In The Dark (1992) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Amber: Journeys Beyond (1996) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.gif American McGee's Alice (2000) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg |
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...GL._AA300_.jpg Arkham Horror (Board) (1987) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...r_1987_box.jpg BioShock (2007) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...RL._AA300_.jpg Blackthorne (1994) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Blood (1997) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Blood_logo.jpg |
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (1996)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg BloodRayne (2002) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Breakdown (2004) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Broken Sword (1996) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...IL._SX385_.jpg Call Of Cthulhu (RPG) (1981) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...st_ed_1981.jpg |
Carmageddon (1997)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Castlevania (1986)/ Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Clive Barker's Undying (2001) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...9L._AA300_.jpg Clock Tower (1995) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Condemned: Criminal Origins (2005) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...HL._AA300_.jpg |
Cryostasis (2008)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg D (1995) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...D_Coverart.png Dark Wizard (1993) http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/image....L._AA300_.jpg Dark Seed (1992) http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/image....L._AA300_.jpg Darkstalkers (1994) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg |
Darkwatch (2005)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...9L._AA300_.jpg Day of the Tentacle (1993) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Dead Rising (2006)/ Dead Rising 2 (2010) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ing_boxart.jpg Dead Space (2008)/ Dead Space 2 (2011) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...kL._AA300_.jpg Deception (1996) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...SX_Box_Art.JPG |
Demon's Crest (1994)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...HL._AA300_.jpg Devil May Cry series (2001-present) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Diablo (1996)/ Diablo II (2000) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...BL._AA300_.jpg Doom series (1993-present) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Dungeon Keeper (1997) http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/image....L._AA300_.jpg |
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Evil Dead: Regeneration (2005) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...9L._AA300_.jpg F.E.A.R. series (2005-present) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...aL._AA300_.jpg Fahrenheit (aka) Indigo Prophecy (2005) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...6L._AA300_.jpg Fatal Frame series (2001-2005) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...fL._AA300_.jpg |
Forbidden Forest (1983)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Gabriel Knight series (1993-1999) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.gif Gargoyles (1995) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...s_Coverart.png Gargoyle's Quest (1990) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...yles_Quest.jpg Ghostbusters (Commodore version) (1984) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...DL._AA300_.jpg |
Ghosts 'n Goblins series (1985-present)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lins_flyer.jpg Grim Fandango (1998) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...go_artwork.jpg Half-Life (1998) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Cover_Art.jpg Haunted House (1982) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ouse_atari.jpg Haunting Ground (2005) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg |
Hexen (1995)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...x-Hexenbox.jpg The House of the Dead series (1997-2006) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Killer7 (2005) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...YL._AA300_.jpg Kuon (2004) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Kuon.jpg Left 4 Dead (2008)/ Left 4 Dead 2 (2009) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...dows_cover.jpg |
Luigi's Mansion (2001)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Maniac Mansion (1987) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Monster in My Pocket (1991) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71pyosWkV8L.jpg Monster Party (1989) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Party_Box.JPG Mutant League Football (1993)/ Mutant League Hockey (1994) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg |
Mystic Defender (1989)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nder-Cover.png Nightmare Creatures (1997) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Night Stalker (1982) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lker_cover.jpg Nocturne (1999) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg ObsCure (2004)/ ObsCure II (2007) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...aL._AA300_.jpg |
Out Of This World (1991)
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/image....L._AA300_.jpg Pac-Man (1980) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../Pac_flyer.png Painkiller (2004) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...r_Coverart.png Parasite Eve (1998) http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/image....L._AA300_.jpg Penumbra: Black Plague (2008) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg |
Phantasmagoria (1995)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Postal (1997) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Prey (2006) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...NL._AA300_.jpg Quake II (1997) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-Quake2box.jpg Realms of the Haunting http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg |
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (2010)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...ZL._SY300_.jpg Resident Evil series (1996-present) http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/image....L._SX385_.jpg Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...AL._AA300_.jpg Revelations: Persona (1996) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Rule of Rose (2006) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg |
Sanitarium (1998)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Shadow Hearts (2001)/ Shadow Hearts: Covenant (2004) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Shadow of the Beast (1989) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Shadowgate (1987) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...e_Coverart.png Shivers (1995) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ers-PC-Box.jpg |
Sid Meier's Darklands (1992)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...landscover.jpg Silent Hill series (1999-present) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Siren (2003) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Soul Blazer (1992) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Splatterhouse (1988) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg |
Sweet Home (1989)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...56px-Shpic.gif System Shock (1994)/ System Shock 2 (1999) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...x-Sysshock.jpg The 7th Guest (1993) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg The Haunting: Starring Polterguy (1993) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._cover_art.jpg The Suffering (2004)/ The Suffering: Ties That Bind (2005) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...4L._AA300_.jpg |
The Thing (2002)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-The_Thing.jpg Twisted Metal: Black (2001) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...etal_Black.jpg Vampire: The Masquerade (1991) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...x-Vampmasq.jpg Veil of Darkness (1993) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg Zombies Ate My Neighbors (1993) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg |
HONORABLE MENTIONS Anchorhead (1998, Interactive/Published) Cold Fear (2005, Multi Platform) Dead Island (2011, Multi Platform) Deep Fear (1998, Sega Saturn) Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1990, Amiga/Atari/Commodore/DOS) Project Firestart (1989, Commodore 64) Resistance: Fall of Man (2006, PS3) Scratches (2006, Windows PC) Singularity (2010, Multi Platform) The 3rd Birthday (2011, PSP) |
Damn fine job, some amazing games up there... horror games have come a long way but some of the earliest examples of the genre are still some of the best!
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V you put so much work into this forum. I really commend you on that and all the others involved for that matter. Great list and some great games.
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Awesome list... Really :D
I've never heard of many of these titles. Need to keep up. Thank you so much. Btw are they in chronological order from scariest to nonscary (If that is even a word) just because alice in wonderland can't be scarier than amnesia is it? Never tried it myself. So it would be great with some replies :D
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I've just discovered this topic and it's awesome. Thank you so much V - I remembered a lot of games that I played or wanted to play. Hope my PS2 still works :).
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Might want to add Vampire:Bloodlines, one of the best games I've ever played.
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Wait a second... How the heck is Pac-Man a horror game?! ::big grin::
Also I'm glad to see that Siren made the list. That is one of my favorite horror video games of all time but I feel like nobody has ever played it or heard of it besides me. |
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