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Haunted House is an Atari 2600 video game, first
released in 1981, in which 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.[1] The
game was one of the first home video games to feature scrolling
graphics and a multi-level playing field, and has been identified
as one of the earliest examples of the survival horror genre by a GameSpy article.[2]
Gameplay
Haunted House on the
Atari 2600
The house has three floors and a basement. The player's
character may pick up only one of three items at a time (a key to open doors, a sceptre to ward off evil
spirits, or the urn) and must avoid a bat, a tarantula, and the ghost of Mr. Graves himself. If the player is hit
by the monsters nine times, the game ends. If the player escapes
the house with the urn, the player wins.
The items (and house layout in higher difficulties) can only be
seen when the player uses the 'fire' button on the joystick to
light a match, illuminating a small radius directly around his
character; this can be done an infinite number of times, although
the match only lasts for a limited amount of time before being
snuffed out. If a monster enters the same room as the player, a
howling wind from the monster will blow out any lit match.
Haunted House has a total of nine different levels which make
the game more challenging; in particular, later difficulty levels
make the walls of the house itself invisible unless the player
lights a match.[3]
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