The history of the Survival Horror genre (It started way before Resident Evil)

Gothic Girl | July 03, 2008 | Blog | Playstation 2 Playstation 3 Misc

Many survival horror fans may know that Resident Evil wasn't the first game in the genre (though it was Capcom who coined the term "survival horror"). But where did horror games begin? It started way before Resident Evil, and even way before Alone in the Dark.
Chris, from Chris's Survival Horror Quest, takes a look at some of the first-ever horror games and how they have (majorly) influnced today's survival horrors...

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Though it's about 20 years old now, Uninvited is still a great game. The adventure opens with your character regaining consciousness in a wrecked car. It seems that while traveling with your kid brother at night, a shadowy figure appeared on the road in front of you, causing you to swerve off the highway and crash your car. With your brother missing, you have no choice but to explore the mansion next door to find him. If you think this intro sounds suspiciously familiar, get used to it: throughout this article you will notice common events and themes that repeat throughout the history of horror games.

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chautemoc | July 04, 2008

Yeh, I remember Clock Tower. Solid game.
Games like Shadowgate I think were influenced by the genre and subsequently influenced other games as well..ahh, I love Shadowgate.
Cool article, also.
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Deathsythe | July 05, 2008

Clock Tower was the shit - hard to believe it debuted only a year before the first Resident Evil.

Can't forget the SNES version of Friday the 13th, that scared the pants off me when I was a kid.
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  chautemoc | July 07, 2008
  
  Nah, we mean the SNES/PSX re-release Japan-only versions.