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The Spectre Files: Deathstalker

Question. Investigate. Save the girl. SURVIVE! The choices are yours in this retro, wacky, b-class horror, FMV arcade game.

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Developer
Game Refuge, Galloping Ghost Productions
Publisher
Galloping Ghost Productions
Release
October 27, 2020
5 years and 280 days ago
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Positive25 reviews100.0%

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About the Game


In 1984, Brian Colin, creator of Rampage, set out to make an FMV, laserdisc arcade game. The project was never released... until in 2017, when it was resurrected by Galloping Ghost Productions!

Take on the role of Ed Spectre, a sharp witted detective on the case of Buffy McGuffin. She was last seen at the Derhatchett Institute. Its residents are some of the creepiest people you’d NEVER want to meet.

Answer questions and search for clues as to Buffy’s whereabouts and try to find items that will aid you along the way.

WRONG answers will get you knocked out and take you deeper into the Institute.

CORRECT answers will creep you closer to the monsters behind the young lady’s disappearance.


Get ready gumshoes for…. Spectre Files: The Deathstalker!

FEATURING


  • Unseen, recovered film from the 1980s
  • Hundreds of different scenarios. A new game each play through!
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