Last week, you’ll no doubt recall I did a quick rundown of a few games I’d love to see ported to the Wii Virtual Console. Chief among them was a port of Splatterhouse 3, the horror-themed beat-em-up on the Megadrive. Considering how well known the games were at the time, however, they seem to have vanished into obscurity in the years since. Even with a remake on the horizon, the series is still something of an unknown quantity. Time to rectify that situation, don’t you think?
Splatterhouse – Turbografx
Original Release – April 21st, 1990
Virtual Console Release – March 16th 2007
It starts with a man and a mask. Rick Taylor and his girlfriend Jennifer visit the West Mansion, home of the (currently missing) Dr. West. The place has a history of strange happenings, and the couple go along to see if the rumours are true. During a storm, Jennifer is kidnapped and Rick is left for dead. When he reawakens, he finds himself wearing the Terror Mask, a powerful artefact West was working on, that will allow him to take on the monsters that have kidnapped his girlfriend…
