Return to Haunted House

Return to Haunted House

A demake of the Atari 2600 game by Activision, released in 1982.

NOTE: this is a BETA. Bugs will haunt you.

Z - light a match.
X - drop what you're carrying.
A - peer into the Crystal Ball.

(Floor #, lives left, matches used)

Winning

Find all three pieces of the magic urn and escape out the front door before you lose all four of your lives. (In the old game  you had 9 lives, but you've been through a lot since then.)

Relics

  (Three pieces of the urn, master key, scepter and crystal ball.)

You can only hold one object at a time.

In addition to the key (which can open any door), scepter (which wards off all creatures), and the urn, there is a crystal ball lost somewhere in the mansion. Using the crystal ball will give you a psychic view of the entire floor you're on, and everything in it. Be careful, though: there is a small chance using the crystal ball will draw the attention of the ghost of Zachary Graves.

Creatures

You will encounter bats, spiders, and possibly the ghost of Graves. Bats are swift, the ghost can walk through walls, and spiders are slow, but can creep under doors.

Score

If you live and escape from the house, your score is based on the number of lives you have left, and the number of matches you used (the fewer matches used, the higher your score).