One of the best things about Halloween, next to candy corn and horror movies, is video games. Games are all over the place so someone could easily do a list of 100 themed games for your Halloween frenzy. Obviously this means there will be some games missing from this list. However, I have chosen games that I think of every year I and think it is a great list.
1. Ghouls and Ghosts (Genesis)
Right here is the best of the best. Ghouls and Ghosts for the Sega Genesis is not only the most playable and appealing game in the franchise, it is pure Halloween greatness. I watched a friend beat this on Halloween once and I think about how great it is all the time. It is for me, better than the snes version.
2. Bloodrayne
Bloodrayne is probably an obvious choice. Insert jokes of its ridiculous sexuality or the bad Uwe Boll movie all you like, but there is a lot to love. You run around as a blade wielding, gun toting vampire and killed tons of nazis. One of the best things is that sucking blood is pretty important as a game mechanic and bad guys serve as health. Too cool, but this games is in no way perfect. It is for a specific kind of crowd as well.
3. Eternal Darkness
It seems like forever ago when I was a lone dude, talking about just how great this game is. Now everyone seems to know about it. The hallucinations, the action, the puzzle solving, and the scares. This game is nothing short of a masterpiece, and quite honestly one of the best Cthulhu Mythos games ever made.
4. Halloween Forever
I supported this game even before it came to Steam. Back then it was just a short, entertaining little distraction. Now with all the recent updates, it feels like a decently polished NES throwback with plenty to find, a nice difficulty, and a good amount of replay value. This game is worthy of sitting among other titles like Ghosts and Goblins as a Halloween classic.
5. Blood
If Doom is too obvious a choice, try out Blood. The game is full of violent and crazy imagery. You go around killing undead things, cultists, etc. Really awesome. It reminds me of Duke Nukem 3D in graphic style, but with enough of its own flare to be great in itself. This is sadly an overlooked classic.
6. Diablo 1
I put the first game on the list over the other ones for one simple reason, atmosphere. In many ways, Diablo's simplicity is it's best feature. The slowness of the game that some people complain about only adds to the atmosphere when you really give it a chance. I played this one first and I still play it to this day.
7. Doom
Let's talk about the obvious here. Doom is absolutely one of the best games ever made. Even if you don't like the style of game, there is no denying the effect it has had on gaming over the years. The thing I find fascinating is how few FPS games get the formula right. Doom does it the best. Don't believe me? Spend time on the internet. The game has endless replay value as well due to it's large and dedicated community of modders. For an added bonus, try Doom 64.
8. Castlevania Bloodlines
For Halloween, nothing beats Castlevania. My favorite may be Super Castlevania IV, but Bloodlines is nothing short of a masterpiece. Easier than 3, Longer than 1, better than Dracula X, and gory as hell for a Castlevania game. This is a perfect Genesis game and really shows off the awesomness.
9. Ghost Master
This game has had a rough life. No matter how much people talk about it, no one pays attention. It is a great game. Kind of Sims like, but full of strategy and hilarious happenings. Really this game is just too fun and it is cheap as well so go get it on Steam or GOG right now.
10. Fatal Frame
This is one of my favorite horror games of all time. Truly scary and a lot of fun to play. It's problems seem to help the mood and keep you in a box of controls that makes it hard to really get a ghost. This adds to the scary factor, but some people find this game boring and problematic. There are a lot of fans out there for this one and for good reason too.
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