SCARING CHILDREN FOR LAUGHS - Haunting: Starring Polterguy (Genesis): Part 2
7I used to be pretty terrified of Pennywise The Clown, but I'm pretty sure I would straight up die if the foot of my bed started waving its tongue at me.
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Haunting Starring Polterguy is a 1993 video game released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis by Electronic Arts. It took advantage of Sega's Video Game Ratings Council to include various horror themes, including blood and gore. Haunting also includes comedic elements that take form in silly ways of haunting the family in the game.
The main protagonist and player character, Polterguy, is a rebellious punk teenager who was killed in an accident involving defective skateboards manufactured by business mogul Vito Sardini and his corporation. Polterguy seeks revenge by haunting Vito's home and tormenting him and his family from beyond the grave by effectively being a Poltergeist.
The player's task is to scare each family member out of the house by possessing various household objects through the use of colored indicators called "Fright 'ems". These are shiny indicators on objects that allows the player to know what objects in the houses are available to haunt. To activate these, Polterguy must jump into the object that has a Fright 'em glowing on it to "load" the object for a jump scare to one of the family members. There are three different types of Fright 'ems to interact with, though they can be tied to virtually any object in the game you see.
Polterguy uses these Fright 'ems to interact and possess objects in different rooms of the house until every family member's fear level reaches "Very Scared", at which point they'll possibly run out of the house if you're in a room that leads to an exit door. Once every family member runs out of the house, a level is completed.
During gameplay, Polterguy's "ecto" energy bar gradually depletes over time, which can be partially recovered after successfully frightening a family member out of a room, or using certain spells at Polterguy's disposal. When Polterguy's ecto tank is depleted, he is sent to the underworld stages of the game to recover the ecto he lost during the house stages.
Haunting Starring Polterguy met with positive reception upon release. GamePro stated that it was "One of the most unique vidgames (sic) of the year!", while Game Players stated "This game's so fun, it's scary!", with both quotes being printed as blurbs directly on the North American release's box art.
The game retains a small cult-like status today, being one of the few comedy/horror games from the 16-bit era. It is also highly regarded by fans for its sometimes bizarre and disturbing use of blood and gore.
Wikipedia contributors. Haunting (video game). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. September 22, 2016, 17:15 UTC. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haunting_(video_game)&oldid=740689663.