MadCap's Game Reviews - "Fright Night"

So...Amiga game emulated onto Windows 10? Amiga game emulated onto Windows 10.

Weird, right?

So, you might be thinking - "Well, Fright Night seems like an easy property to make a game out of, Madcap! Surely this would be easy to follow the movie and be a hit!". Unfortunately, you're thinking about an Amiga game in 1988. This ain't exactly the bleeding edge of next gen...although it kind of was when it was new.

Remember, this was back in the day when we'd need five or six more lines of code in order to have what we in this the year 2021 (adjust as necessary for when you're reading this) would consider a functional video game. No, indeed, the plot of Fright Night The Game is pretty simple.

You are Gerry Dandridge (note the misspelling), cool as ice slick ladies man vampire who is on a quest to go through his entire house and drink dry all the various other characters in the film - namely Charley, Amy, Peter Vincent, Evil Ed, Charley's mother, and the prostitute Jerry kills at the beginning of the movie. You have to kill them all and then get back to your coffin before the sun rises.

An easy feat? Don't be so sure. Your opponents are armed with a variety of weaponry such as crosses and holy water, which are more powerful (or "have more faith') depending on their brightness. Dark items won't do much damage, but brighter ones could spell the end for our villainous vampire!

However, even in death your opponents are a problem. While you can drink the blood of a human, ghosts have no blood to drink and a vengeance spirit is something even Jerry isn't ready to deal with...but they sure will be ready for him! Ready to drag him kicking and screaming into the afterlife, that is!

But really, the game isn't that much more complex than that. You go through Jerry's house, avoiding dangers and biting all the necks before returning to your coffin. You do this for seven days and...you get to start again on Monday once again, all fresh and new.

Isn't unlife just a drag?

No, really, that's it. I presume an ending would have required yet another line of code.

I joke, of course. Fright Night The Game is actually a hell of a good game for its time. Apart from Chris Sarandon's bit-crushed greeting of "Welcome to Fright Night!", you're not likely to find too many chills in this game, but it's a fun little time-killer and is pretty challenging to boot. What more can you ask for?

. . .maybe a next gen remake? Stranger things have happened.