Comments on: Weird Dreams (Rainbird/Microprose, 1990)

By: Frank Cifaldi

Frank Cifaldi — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:38:08 +0000

It’s missing the animation with the little girl coming at you with a knife, which I guess makes the Amiga version slightly better.

By: Esteban

Esteban — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:57:00 +0000

Intriguing!

I have purposely avoided watching any videos of this game because I hope, one of these years, to actually play it.

ASIDE: The Uninvited was a great, unnerving game. Call me crazy, but another game that had a wonderfully eerie atmosphere was The Mansion of Hidden Souls (Sega-CD).

By: HyperCharlie

HyperCharlie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:59:59 +0000

Wow, this was like some kind of fierce acid trip or something.

By: CJ

CJ — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:51:41 +0000

The Amiga game is one of my favorite Longplays, mostly because it’s a game I never want to play myself but love watching someone else have a stab at it.

By: ArnoldRimmer83

ArnoldRimmer83 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:29:41 +0000

I watched the full play through of the Amiga version a couple of years back. I thought it was one of the scariest video games I’d ever seen. The c64 version does seem a bit more unsettling. I guess the 8 bit graphics do make the game seem more abstract and force your brain to fill in the blanks.

And you’re right about that Country Gardens theme. I think I’m gonna have that stuck in my head for a few days. Thanks.

By: Sardoose

Sardoose — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:14:51 +0000

Oh god, Uninvited. The ghost lady at the beginning just terrified me as a kid for some reason, probably because of the way the game graphically described her ripping you apart.

Never played Weird Dreams, but man, I can see it having the same effect.