Retronauts Episode 725: The Best and Worst of CD-ROM Horror
Nothing scarier than a scratched disc
Well well well, it's almost Halloween again and this is our spooky gift for you. After covering standalone horror games on 8- and 16-bit hardware in previous Octobers, this time we're talking about the CD-ROM era. That means increased storage capacity, digital audio, and real live actors making everything extra scary.
Bob Mackey sits atop the hosting throne again, welcoming guests Kaye Ross and Michael "Slowbeef" Sawyer to rank these early-90s frights based on a "creepy quotient." That's right, we're assigning NUMBERS to ART and that's a nightmare.
Description: Greetings, you rancid retro revenants! We're knee-deep in the spookiest of seasons, which means it's time once again to crack open the crypt and gaze in fright at a selection of horror games that tried their best to scare our pants off oh so many decades ago. In the past few years, we've covered NES and 16-bit games, so now it's time to move onto the world of multimedia: where pre-rended ghouls and washed up actors alike did their best to make horror thrive in an era beyond floppies. On this week's episode, join Bob Mackey, Kaye Ross (of Duckfeed.tv) and Michael Sawyer as the crew attempts to appreciate the art of fake blood and FMV.
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