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Last year, we explored the NES era's few horror games and ranked them on their general spookiness levels—given the standards of the time. And now we're back to do the exact same thing for a whole new generation of consoles! This week on Retronauts, join Bob Mackey, Kole Ross (of Duckfeed.tv), Diamond Feit, and Drew Mackie (of Gayest Episode Ever and Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games) as the crew unites to discuss a magical time when horror games could have evocative titles like "Decap Attack" and "Zombies Ate My Neighbors."

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Joseph

I love the transition at 1:09:50 from Bob's Super Mario esque upbeatness, to screaming death and industrial existential dread track "And the score for this iiiissss 21! 😃" *dread*

littleterr0r

I was just about to post how the screaming score guy got me every time right before Drew made the same comment.

Rasheen Jordan

Zombi 2 talk always welcomed. Also, it looks like the zombie is doing capoeira when it’s fighting the shark.

Andrew O.

Between creating a Decap Attack comic and the Amiga classic It Came from the Desert, not having Stu present was a slight bummer.

Nuno Amaral

Should we, would we, could we consider Super Metroid a spooky Halloween game? I mean, that atmosphere, the loneliness, our sweet melty boy, Crocomire.

Gayest Episode Ever

Fun Zombi 2 tidbit that Bob will probably appreciate: One of the actresses who meets a particularly unpleasant end was the wife of Arthur Rankin of Rankin/Bass fame

Ned Mulka

I can guess Nosferatu got its name because all the Castlevania games are named after Dracula in Japan.

Michael Castleberry

Apparently in Zombi 2 they just.... drugged a shark and that's how they kept it from killing the zombie actor. It was a different time lol

GameBoyJames

Howie Scream > Wilhelm Scream