. WW: August 31, 2014Mode(s)Alone in the Dark is a video game designed by and developed and published by for the PC.

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Alone in the Dark was released for MS-DOS in 1992, ported for the by in 1994, and ported for iOS by in 2014. Set in 1920s, the game challenges the player to guide the player character out of a haunted mansion, advancing by solving puzzles while either banishing, slaying, or eluding various ghosts and monsters. The player can collect and use weapons, manage a weight-based inventory system, and explore a partially nonlinear map.Alone in the Dark received critical acclaim upon its release, and is considered a breakthrough and influential title, as it was the first game. Among the accolades which followed its release, Alone in the Dark received the European Computer Trade Show awards for Best Graphics and Most Original Game in 1993. In 2009, included Alone in the Dark on their list of 100 greatest video games of all time.Alone in the Dark is considered a forefather of the survival horror genre, and its influence can be seen in the franchise.

Alone in the Dark has also spawned four follow-up games as part of, as well as two films loosely based on them. Main articles: andAlone in the Dark was supposed to be the first part of Infogrames' Call of Cthulhu series, and later of the Virtual Dreams series (the original French cover included the Virtual Dreams logo), but ended up starting its own franchise. The game was followed by five more games in the series: (1993), (1994), (2001), (2008) and (2015), and inspired two live-action films. It is widely considered to be a forefather of the game genre, setting the standard for later rival popular survival horror games such as. References.