1983 · Xonox · Action · Adventure

Ghost Manor

Atari console exclusive

You (either a girl or boy, your choice) stand in a lonely graveyard outside Ghost Manor. A friend is trapped inside. You must find a way to enter the Manor and rescue the prisoner through 5 game screens. But beware!

Released: 1983
Platforms: Atari 2600 Commodore C64/128/MAX Commodore VIC-20 VIC-20
Genres: Action Adventure Arcade Horror Puzzle
Developers: Xonox
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action Horror
Country: United States

About

Ghost Manor is a horror video game released by Xonox in 1983 for the Atari 2600 and VIC-20. It was packaged in a double ended cartridge and a cassette tape along with one of three other games in an effort to appeal to budget conscious buyers who would purchase two games for the price of one cartridge and one cassette tape. There was also a more limited release of single ended cartridges and cassette tapes containing Ghost Manor by itself. The double ended cartridges and cassette tapes paired Ghost Manor with the platform game Spike's Peak, the fighting game Chuck Norris Superkicks, and a strategy game called Artillery Duel.

Keywords

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mummy
bats
skeletons
pick your gender

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Gameplay

Most of the items in Ghost Manor help the character out, but one will end the game.

Hourglass: Counts down with the game timer. If the character cannot rescue their friend within four minutes, the game is lost.

Story

There are two options available to play as, the Girl or the Boy. The Girl is playable on both the 2600 and the 7800. If playing as the Girl character, the goal of the game is to rescue the helpless boy from Ghost Manor. To play as the Girl, the players must set the 2600's TV Type switch to "Color".

The Boy is playable on the 2600 only. If playing as the Boy, the goal of the game is to rescue the girl from Ghost Manor. To play as the Boy, the players must set the 2600's TV Type Switch to "B/W" to play as the Boy. Atari 7800 users cannot play as the Boy, since the 7800 does not have a TV Type switch.