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Chris' Survival Horror Quest has a feature article on some early survival horror games. Well... I am ashamed to say... I didn't know any of them, except for one, Clock Tower: The Lurking Horror, Shadowgate, Uninvited, Sweet Home, Alone in the Dark. I found this article pretty interesting, not only from a "historical" point of view, but also for the corrolaries that Chris establishes with the modern horror games like Resident Evil and Silent Hill. Resident Evil II is still the best game ever IMO, but I wouldn't be surprised if it had drawn much from its predecessors: "Alone in the Dark in particular seems to be the direct parent of the Resident Evil game design: fixed cameras, static backgrounds, a character-centric control scheme, pivot-in-place combat mechanics, Victorian mansions, rationing of ammunition and health, and two playable characters (one male, one female), just to name a few obvious similarities."
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