Some of my fellow Addicts will be aware that, in five short months time, I will be moving back to Japan. Naturally, I’m hugely excited and, having lived in Japan for several years previously, know just how wonderful a country it can be. However — there’s always a however —…
Do you like buying Sega games? Do you often find yourself buying games for your collection in replace of food and then eating the paper manuals because you’re so hungry? Well, my new regular feature “$5, $10 and $20” can help you out! Every month, I’ll be highlighting three games…
Splatterhouse is definitely one of the more obscure Sega’s franchises, so when the announcement of the reboot happened, I was both surprised and confused. The game didn’t have a very straightforward path to the shelves, as the developer, BottleRocket, was cut from the project in 2009. The rest of the…
If you have been following our Splatterweek in full, you will have the impression that we think All Hallow’s Eve is a celebration of little more than Namco’s early ‘90s excesses. Nothing could be further from the truth. Sega have been a vehicle for a wide variety of experiences based…
Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti, despite being the first game in the series to appear on a home console, is somewhat of a left-field oddity for the series. The shock and ultra-gore of the arcade original finds itself replaced by super-deformed chibi characters wielding the cutest little axes you ever did see….
Splatterhouse 3 is an interesting beast. If you have played either of its precursors, you will expect an unfair game covered in gore and questionable content, and rightly so. The third iteration in this bloody homage to horror does a few things different while still maintaining the gross theme that…
The third title in the mainline Splatterhouse games marked a dramatic departure for the series. There was both refinement and revolution as greater emphasis on the cinematic roots and an overhaul of the play style brought Splatterhouse 3 up-to-date with competing titles in the genre. These comprehensive changes marked the…