Haunted House

1982

Videogame
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Haunted House is an Atari 2600 video game written by James Andreasen and published by Atari, Inc. in February 1982. The player, represented by a pair of eyes, must navigate the haunted mansion of the late Zachary Graves to recover the three pieces of an urn. The game has been identified as one of the earliest examples of the survival horror genre.

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1982

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ACMI Identifier

igdb-4909

Format/platform

Atari 2600

Subject categories

Action

Adventure

Horror

Puzzle

Single player

Stealth

Survival

IGDB

4909

Collected

59 times

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