Crypt of the Undead for the Atari 8-bit family
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Game description:
Ever wonder what goes on in cemeteries after dark? Unless you're really superstitious or easily frightened, you can find out by playing Crypt of the Undead. In Crypt of the Undead, werewolves, vampires and other creatures of the night freely roam the grounds and you are the poor lost soul who must escape from the cemetery before dawn... or remain there forever.
As the game begins, it's dusk and you are standing in the middle of a cemetery. Locked gates and high walls cut off all means of escape. Your only hope of getting out is keys which are scattered around the grounds. These open the doors to such structures as the crematorium, mausoleum and private tombs where additional exit clues (and more ghouls) await.
Feel free to wander as you please, collecting treasures and food. Pay close attention to your route as you'll frequently find the need to retrace your steps as you roam through the night. The graphics, which scroll both vertically and horizontally, are wonderfully eerie as you stroll past rows of graves, buildings and a lake. You aren't safe though - the monsters are roaming too and they attack the unwary without warning.
What I think:
Okay game, but I wish there would be more action and that the fights would be based on skills, rather than luck.