custom sprites:
– Friday the 13th: Jason (part III head crush)
– Horror (other): Sadako (the Ring/Ringu)
– Phantasm: Reggie and Rocky (part III outfits)
– Marvel Comics: Carnage
– DC Comics: Swamp Thing
– Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Baxter Stockman
mini-logos:
– Carnage added to Marvel Comics
New custom sprites and mini-logos were added to the main GFX Generator.
Tomorrow’s update drops on Halloween and you won’t want to miss it!
The Newness The Ghoulness is On! Three days of dangerous, terrifying, and horrifying additions to the site begin here!
custom sprites:
– Castlevania: Mummy Man and Phantom Bat
– Devil May Cry (new gallery): Dante (MvC3 fight stance)
– Mortal Kombat: Mileena
– Splatterhouse: “Mutant” Rick
– Saturday Night Slam Masters (new gallery): the Wraith
– Clock Tower: Scissorman (Clock Tower)
mini-logos:
– Dante (DMC) added to Capcom.
– Mileena added to Midway
New custom sprites and mini-logos were added to the main GFX Generator, along with an improved version of the “Arcade of the Damned” background seen in this news post!
Tune in tomorrow for day two of the 2020 DangerTerrorHorrorThon!
In 2006, a small town arcade was forced to close due to machinations of opportunistic politicians and preachers. The arcade’s owner was run out of town and the cabinets, mostly horror games, were ordered to be destroyed in a public ceremony. One of the former employees, Amelia, refused to let this happen. Rallying a crew of fellow misfits, she liberated the coin-op machines, evaded the local police through multiple states until reaching the one place outside the reach of the law: infamous Alexandria Mall.
The legend of the Alexandria Mall is too long to repeat here, but ask any witness of the midnight skirmish that caused the building to be burned to the ground only to reappear the next morning will tell you how that was only the beginning of the weirdness. Amelia used the doomed machines to start “The Arcade of the Damned,” and began to hunt down additional coin-op games with far more sinister histories.
Custom Sprites
– Illmosis/ScrollBoss: Amelia
– Castlevania: Elizabeth Bartley (Bloodlines)
– Night Slashers: Vampire Boss
– Horror: a new Freddy sprite in the same style as the 2018 Horror print, Nancy Thompson (Elm Street 1 style), Sam (Trick ‘R Treat), the Bishop of Battle (Nightmares). Improved sprites of Michael Myers (Halloween 2 lobby card and sheet disguise sprites) and Mike (Phantasm)
Mini-logos: Trick ‘R Treat and the Bishop of Battle added to movies gallery.
All newness added to the main GFX Generators, where you can make pics like the top of this post!
Previous DTHT 2019 updates
DTHT 2019 pt.1 – Death Lives
DTHT 2019 pt.2 – Half-Man, Half-Beast, All-Horror!
DTHT 2019 pt.3 – Beyond Death
Mad science has been blurring the line between the living and the dead in the world of horror for a long time and this update is full of the results (and more than one mad scientist).
Custom Sprites
– Splatterhouse: new sprites of Rick Taylor (part 3) and one of the Revival Dead. Reshaded the 2013 Master Dead sprite.
– Castlevania: added a version of The Creature (a more classic-looking head)
– Resident Evil: added zombie cop
– Horror: added new sprite of Re-Animator’s Dr. Hill, improved Herbert West sprite
Previous DTHT 2019 updates
pt.1: Death Lives
pt.2: Half-Man, Half-Beast, All-Horror!
All newness added to the main GFX Generators, where you can make pics like the top of this post!
Tomorrow features the debut of a new ScrollBoss site character. You know that horror arcade background in the image generators that I made last year? That arcade’s owner, briefly seen in the promo video posted two days ago, makes her debut tomorrow. The party’s at her place and everyone’s invited!
Custom Sprites
– Battle Circuit: Yellow Iris/Yellow Beast
– Castlevania: Werewolf/Wolfman
– Metamorphic Force: Ban
– Night Slashers: Werewolves
– Data East: Werewolf: the Last Warrior
Mini-logos: Werewolf: the Last Warrior added to Data East gallery.
Previous DTHT 2019 updates
pt.1 Death Lives
All newness added to the main GFX Generators, where you can make pics like the top of this post!
The weirdness continues tomorrow!
It’s time again.
The DangerTerrorHorrorThon lives again, but not for long if these participants have anything to say about it!
Custom Sprites
– Castlevania: Death (Castlevania NES and Symphony of the Night designs)
– Ghosts ‘n Goblins: Skeleton Murderer
– Gauntlet: Death
– Kid Icarus: Grim Reaper
– Night Slashers: Boss 6
All sprites have been added to the GFX Generators
The HorrorThon continues tomorrow when things get wild!
The DangerTerrorHorrorThon is finally done, and it’s time for the wrap-up post (and a few extras):
Custom Sprites
Altered Beast: Werewolf (new pose), Neff, Aggar (flying head and whole Aggar), Chicken Stinger
Splatterhouse: Rick Taylor (new pose), Jennifer Willis, Evil Cross & Nightmare, Biggy Man, Nobu
Castlevania: Alucard, Queen Medusa, Sonia Belmont
Gauntlet: Demon
Ghosts ‘n Goblins series: Red Arremer/Firebrand
Mario Series: Boo
Zombies Ate My Neighbors: Stanley Decker
Illmosis/ScrollBoss: Ghost
the Horror gallery:
– Halloween: Michael Myers/The Shape (sheet disguise), Dr. Loomis, Jamie Lloyd, and, added today, an improved version of my 2016 Laurie Strode sprite
– Phantasm: the Tall Man (new version of blade-bearing spheres), Mike
– WNUF: Frank Stewart
Mini-logos: Sonia (Castlevania) added to Konami gallery, Carrie and Phantasm (Remastered) added to movie gallery.
All of these things were added to the GFX Generator, along with that new ominous arcade background.
The horror print (available on the shop page) made a cameo in a Destructoid article about some spooky Nintendo Switch games! Mad thanks to Jonathan Holmes for both buying a print and spreading the word! By the way, if you think the reshading job I did for the Laurie sprite looks like the horror print, well, we’ll have to save that conversation for a later date.
Hardcore Gaming 101 just released a new digest called The Guide to Retro Horror. The book includes material by Rob Strangman, creator of the legendary West Mansion Splatterhouse fan site and artwork by the always-fresh Rusty Shackles.
VGJunk has been on a roll with a wide variety of horror and monster game reviews throughout October, including Splatterhouse 3!
Arcade Quartermaster added new shrines, including Konami’s Haunted Castle, a game that’s considered scary for all the wrong reasons, and, to kick off Karnovember in the right way, the original arcade version of Karnov!
The movie became an instant favorite of mine when I saw it on Shudder long ago and I’m proud to own it on DVD (no VHS version for me… yet). There’s currently a GoFundMe campaign to get a sequel made! Consider helping out and supporting independent filmmaking if you can afford it!
Eddie in the City is having a sale on some cute, horror-themed miniatures, including a few game characters you’ll recognize if you’ve been following the HorrorThon!
This shmuplations.com translation of a 1988 interview with the Splatterhouse arcade team is right on time for the spooky season and full of interesting tidbits about the game’s creation.
Custom Sprites: The following sprites have been added to the Horror gallery:
Halloween: Michael Myers/The Shape (sheet disguise), Dr. Loomis, Jamie Lloyd
Phantasm: the Tall Man, Mike
WNUF: Frank Stewart
All of these things were added to the GFX Generator, even though Aggar is too tall for everything.
“Who is Frank Stewart?” He’s the host for the WNUF Halloween Special, a horror film that starts as the kind of local TV Halloween production that you’d see back in the eighties (and was made to look like it) until things begin to go horribly awry. Is it real? Is it a hoax?
The movie became an instant favorite of mine when I saw it on Shudder long ago and I’m proud to own it on DVD (no VHS version for me… yet). There’s currently a GoFundMe campaign to get a sequel made! Consider helping out and supporting independent filmmaking if you can afford it!
Eddie in the City is having a sale on some cute, horror-themed miniatures, including a few game characters you’ll recognize if you’ve been following the HorrorThon!
This shmuplations.com translation of a 1988 interview with the Splatterhouse arcade team is right on time for the spooky season and full of interesting tidbits about the game’s creation.
Speaking of Splatterhouse, VGJunk saved a great game review choice for Halloween: Splatterhouse 3!
October may end ad midnight tonight, but the DangerTerrorHorrorThon wrap-up is tomorrow!
Yesterday’s HorrorThon update was a haul of assorted candies, but this update moves with a sinister purpose.
30 years ago, arcades around the world were haunted by the twin horrors of Sega’s Altered Beast and Namco’s Splatterhouse. Both games come from the single-plane branch of the beat ’em up family tree, making this even more fitting for a double feature. Not only that, but these brawlers allow you to become the monster instead of just fighting them.
Altered Beast: Werewolf (new pose), Neff, Aggar (flying head and whole Aggar), Chicken Stinger
Splatterhouse: Rick Taylor (new pose), Jennifer Willis, Evil Cross & Nightmare, Biggy Man, Nobu
All of these things were added to the GFX Generator, even though Aggar is too tall for everything.
In case you haven’t heard, Hardcore Gaming 101 just released a new digest called The Guide to Retro Horror. The book includes material by Rob Strangman, creator of the legendary West Mansion Splatterhouse fan site (seriously, which other writer would you get to talk about Splatterhouse?) and artwork by the always-fresh Rusty Shackles (who ALWAYS gets characters of different tones and official art styles to work just right in his own drawing style).
Once again, VGJunk has been on a roll with a wide variety of horror and monster game reviews throughout October. You’ll find new games to try and others to probably avoid. VGJunk suffers the bad games for the people.
Arcade Quartermaster added new shrines, including Konami’s Haunted Castle, a game that’s considered scary for all the wrong reasons.
The DangerTerrorHorrorThon and Halloween. What could go wrong? Find out tomorrow!
The DangerTerrorHorrorThon is back!
Custom Sprites
Castlevania: Alucard, Queen Medusa, Sonia Belmont
Gauntlet: Demon
Ghosts ‘n Goblins series: Red Arremer/Firebrand
Mario Series: Boo
Zombies Ate My Neighbors: Stanley Decker
Illmosis/ScrollBoss: Ghost
All of these things were added to the GFX Generator, along with that new ominous arcade background!
The horror print made a cameo in a Destructoid article about some spooky Nintendo Switch games! Mad thanks to Jonathan Holmes for both buying a print and spreading the word!
In tomorrow’s installment of the Horrorthon, we celebrate 30 years of two gross, monster-filled arcade classics. When you rise from your grave tomorrow, put on your terror mask and come back for more gore than you bargained for. One of the new sprites is so large that it can’t fit in the GFX Generator screenshots!
