Which Splatterhouse Games Are Worth Playing Today? - Segadrunk 

The 8-bit Famicom entry is also worth seeing. The level where you go into a church and find a ritual where a goat demon is the boss is unexpected for such a chibi-style game.

Worth noting: All three games (no Wanpaku Graffiti unfortunately), including an actual port of the arcade game, are included with the 2010 game. It's worth picking up just for that as the game itself is love it or hate it. 1 is a little more classic but 2 is probably my favorite. The closest you could get to playing an 80's horror movie in the 16-bit era.

I will say the 2010 remake is definitely worth checking out. It's a cross between a 3D and 2D brawler, in a similar vein to God of War. The combat's nowhere near as deep as that, but it still has some surprising depth to it, and the story and writing's really good. You can also unlock the original 3 games as bonuses, which has the completely uncensored Arcade original of the first game instead of the Turbo port.

The Xbox360/PS3 remake has some flaws, but overall, a pretty decent game. And it has all three old games, as unlockable extra.

I've never owned a Splatterhouse so I appreciate the reviews. How about a Drunk "Games You Should Play on Halloween" list? Seems like a logical next step.

The arcade version of the original is arguably the best game in the series. There’s way more gore and the soundtrack is awesome.

I wish you had talked more about the 2010 Splatterhouse game which is not only a blast to play but includes the original trilogy.

The 2010 game is a decent with mid-upper difficulty. It doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it combines modern 3D beat 'em up with 2D throwback style. Also, it includes all the original games (except wanpaku graffiti, unfortunately)

Man, thank you for this review! Literally THE most underrated series of all time, which is a true crime! We can sure use a sequel for that reboot, someday, too!

I regret that I had to wait until my 20's to play the Splatterhouse games. I still enjoy the heck out of them, but I can only imagine how I would've reacted playing them as a child when they first came out. Nothing quite like the Splatterhouse games. I haven't played the remake, but most people tell me it's good, just not great or similar enough to the originals.

Let's not forget Splatterhouse 2010 for Xbox 360/PS3. It's no God of War or Devil May Cry, but it's much better than people give it credit for.

Cronenberg parallel is spot on, but there is little of Lovecraft in the series. Just shows how popular culture absolutely twists whatever phenomenon that becomes trendy. Lovecraft was never about straight up gore and his wierd in not visceral but fantastical. Splatterhouse is splatterpunk to the bone, relying on sharp gruesome visuals, while Lovecraft is often abstract. The Mask is probably the only relatively lovecraftian thing in those games, being an evil artifact with its own pocket dimension.

This is a great series of games. They are simple but so much fun. The remake is enjoyable. It got a bad wrap for the camera but I still enjoyed it. As well you unlock the original games with it.

You should play the 2010 remake for PS3 or Xbox 360. Easy way for people to play the original 3 games as follows: Beat the following Phases on any difficulty to unlock the original Splatterhouse trilogy. Beat Phases 1-2 - Unlock Splatterhouse Beat Phases 1-4 - Unlock Splatterhouse 2 Beat Phases 1-8 - Unlock Splatterhouse

The second game was brutally hard. The boat chase with the Octopus particularly

I think just presenting the first two games as "beat em up strictly on a 2d plane" because it plays like something, you gotta take your time with, learn patterns, be cautious, have quick reflexes. I mean its one of those games where touching the enemy hurts you, so fighting the enemies is closer to castlevania than to Final Fight. I'm just saying, there is really more to the gameplay, if you wanna advance, than "beat the crap out of everything". You really gotta pick well when to punch and when not.

Play the 360 version. Crazy as hell, more than just a beat them up, an arena mode, and you can save it. Plus ripping enemies in half and tearing their heads off is great.

First heard about this series from Derek Alexander (Happy Video Game Nerd/Stop Skeletons From Fighting) and Ben Hall (Video Game Take-Out) years back. Since then, I've gotten my own physical copy of Splatterhouse 2 and have unlocked the first and third games in the Splatterhouse remake. I haven't had the time to dive into the third game too much and I've never even touched Wanpaku Graffiti or however you spell that but the rest of the series (including the remake) are must own games for definite! My favorite is SH2 and I make sure to make it one of the three games I play through every Halloween. For anyone interested in playing these classics, I strongly suggest buying the Xbox 360 and PS3 remake. You have to unlock the classic games as you go along but the remake is also a blast to play (save for those awful load times) and it's a hell of a lot cheaper than paying $40+ for each individual cartridge.

Splatterhouse 2 is ridiculously fucking difficult because everything else moves so much faster than Rick does and it’s impossible to dodge shit sometimes.

My introduction to the series was actually through the remake. It's a fun game and pretty over the top with the gore and the humor. As others have pointed out it does have it's flaws and could be a little glitchy sometimes but it was great fun. I've played the originals some but need to give them more attention soon! Great video!

Splatterhouse is life.

That's actually one of the most creative story lines I've heard it's pretty dope

Huuuuuge Splatterhouse fan here. Great reviews of the games, I appreciate mentioning the soundtrack of the original, which isn't mentioned nearly as often as I'd like it to. Oh, and have you played the arcade version of the original game? Definetily check it out, personally it's much, much better than the TG-16 version.

2 is my personal favorite, despite the difficulty, but I like all of the games in the series (including the two you didn't mention, Wanpaku Graffiti and the 2010 remake). The time limit in 3 is a bit too frustrating for it to be truly great, though.

I remember being a kid and falling in love with splatter house first because the name sounded like the coolest name for a game i have ever heard of (even though i didnt understood what it meant back then) and also for being so gory and scary for me as a child

I've only played Splatterhouse 3 but I loved it. I couldn't believe it was on a 16 bit system.

Splatterhouse was one of the first Sega games I played, and man did it disturb me in my youth. Not really so much the monsters or gore, but the story and it's presentation... yes, for a simple Sega game. 2 was the main game I remember (I played all 4 later), and in that chapter Jennifer was a trapped soul constantly saying "help me" and screaming in a digitized voice while getting grabbed and dragged through demonic portals... whole thing was fugged. 😁👍

I love the entire series. I own the remake for the Xbox 360 and I enjoyed it. I felt like instead of trying to change the series, they embraced it. I couldn't believe it when they had a finishing move where you pull the spine out of a monster's asshole. It's unfortunate that the remake ended on a cliff hanger and they haven't made another.

It's amazing how well the mood and atmosphere of the Splatterhouse games hold up. I'm a big horror fan, but I find most horror impossible to take seriously. It just lacks that kind of impact... the kind that the Splatterhouse games have. There's something about the foggy, decaying, slime and organ drenched environments... the deformed monsters that are all tumors and fangs... and a mask that's simultaneously untrustworthy, evil, and your only guide through this hellscape to save a loved one who is probably going to end up possessed, tortured, and mutilated anyway. It's just such a profoundly nihilistic game. It doesn't let up. That design direction just pervades every aspect of the game in a way that you rarely see anywhere else.

Great video !! I just beat part two & three on the genesis (everdrive with cheats enabled) and had a damn good time doing it. I recommend these games highly. I will definitely be revisiting these games come Halloween time 🎃

Simple gameplay but hard, Creepy, Gore, Lovecraft ... I love these game gotta get Splatter house 3 still tough

Possibly my favorite game series of all time, and yes I really liked the ps3 game too

Great video, and i love all the Splatter houses and to me personally the 2010 remake is awesome to 😄.

Remember, the original Splatterhouse had an arcade perfect port on the FM Towns/Marty.

The remake was Ok. The load time could’ve been better, and the gameplay’s a bit repetitive, but I personally enjoyed it. It also have all three original games as bonus content.

Kudos to Slatterhouse for not letting the main character falling face first like a poor demented Taito style

The arcade SplatterHouse was also released on the Wii Virtual Console,but only in japan alongside many other arcade games. Also,i'm sure someone else has already clarified this,but SplatterHouse 3 wasn't released for the Megadrive(the european Megadrive)It was released for the japanese Megadrive oviously though.

Always been a big fan of the first two Splatterhouse games. I first saw it in the arcade as a child. Scared the hell out of me😄

The music is so good, too!

The entire series is fantastic from beginning to end. The remake gets shit on a lot but it is a fun game, though it has a lot of flaws for a 2010 game. Sure, for the most part it is style over substance, but the total package, like you said, is what makes them great

Love these games! Great Work as ALWAYS brotha 👍

You really need to play the remake. I was going to avoid , but then I found out that the original Arcade game and the 2 Genesis followups were unlockable, I was sold. It turns out the renake isn't all that awful either. Not brilliant, but I did enjoy it quite a bit.

I spent so much money on the splatterhouse arcade machine as a kid. love it. love all of the games including the ps3 reboot. very underrated.

Splatterhouse 3 is the best one hands down I was straight up addicted to that one game when I was a child another good one was Ninja: Shadow of Darkness

My local video store had the arcade cabinet right next to the horror section . It was incredible.

Dude, fucking Cronenberg is one of my top 5 favorite directors! Videodrome, Scanners, and Dead Ringers are three of my favorites films ✌❤

All of them, including the 2010 remake (which the originals are included)and Wanpaku Graffiti.

I love all 4 games!!

The ps3/360 remake is worth it. It's dirt cheap and while the gameplay isn't fantastic and it's riddled with bugs, its atmosphere and story are great. Oh, and it has all 3 of the original games on it, including the superior Arcade version of the first game.

I'm not too big a fan of the 3rd game...2nd game is hard but I believe the 3rd one pushes it too far. However the 2010 Splatterhouse game is worth it, it has its problems but the core of the game is fantastic. It also has all 3 original Splatterhouse games as unlockables

This series is so awesome that it inspired a Japanese fan game called "Splatter Beach" with rather interesting graphics 🙂

Gonna play the Mame version on my Pie tomorrow thank you

Greetings Earthlings! ✌👽✌ This series was pretty Gory and entertaining to game.

they are all very good, and scared the shit out of me when I was a kid.

As a kid, this game scared the fuck outta me on Turbo Grafx...I was a little bitch lol

I agree that the grotesque monsters in splatterhouse are inspired and shocking

3:04 - These ropes say "FU". XD XD XD They should take Rick from Splatterhouse 3 and put him into Streets of Rage also. That would be cool.

You should definitely check out Splatterhouse for ps3/360 I had for 360 it was a lot of fun, challenging but not too difficult, over the top blood and gore. Sometimes it flashes buttons to press and you do something awesome and kill them in some gruesome way, pop there head, rip out there colon. Not too long probably beat it in a day or two. Story is the same save jenn, There's time travel human sacrifices. And bonus you can unlock splatterhouse 1, 2, 3 and play them.

I had the honor of owning a TB-16 and Splatterhouse back in the day. I never finished it back then. I tried and I tried. Last year I finished it with the help of youtube and I'm a bit pissed because I remember the stuff at the end of the game. Apparently got really close back then. I remember beating Keith Courage so there's that. I am a boss at the stupid basketball game and the wrestling game and the hockey game and the football game. I had R-Type too but I'm never going there again. Rage....nothing but rage.

Thanks for this, that difficulty sounds....difficult. I love me some Dark Souls though so who knows. I just picked up a Repro of 3 for $1.75 on ali express shipped lol

This deserves a good remake.

The 360 version is amazing I strongly recommend you play it...and would enjoy a review on it because I don't think it got enough credit for what it has to offer

Loved the Arcade and Genesis games.

Honestly you can't go wronge with any of them there all fun

There's also a really fun Japanese exclusive splatterhouse called Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti which had a chibi style but was still great

You should check Spatterhouse for famicom - japan exclusive. Gorgeous game!

Dr. West, obvious nod to Dr. Herbert West in H.P. Lovecraft's Reanimator series... though I'm sure the game creators were referencing the '85 film.

the remake is epic

Wow, so i was just watchin this and i cant believe i didnt think of this til now. The game is called Splatterhouse. Guy in a jason mask. Eminem had a pic wearin a jason mask and overalls. Years later calles his team the Slaughterhouse. He couldve gotten the name from somewhere else, but if so that's one big coincidence i didnt even know. Well onto the next snes video

That weird Chibi nes splatterhouse is a blast

The new version includes the first three games on the disc, worth a pick up just for that.

Dr. West is clearly a reference to "Re-Animator". Awesome. If I ever meet Jeffrey Combs again I'll ask if he got royalties 😂.

With all the Saga collection games that came out for PS2, 3&4 splatter house never was added but it should have been

The ps3/360 game is a 3d action game in the vein as God of War or castlevania lords of shadows, but splatterhouse. I found it fun, but mot as good as the original, which is included with 2 and 3... so overall worth it

Great video as always!

Soooo awesome bro 👍🍒👊

Have you covered rolling thunder?

My fav game series!!!!

do a review on the battle of olympus!! focus on the music!!! and how its a the love child of only 3 developers!!! please! its my favorite game ever!

I’d say this series is a little more Cronenberg meets Lovecraft. Also I really liked the remake!

Apart from clunky combat (not too clunky but definitely noticeable) and awkward camera movement, the 2010 remake is definitely worth a try if you are a fan of Splatterhouse.

You mentioned PS3/Xbox 360 so I'm wondering if you ever checked out Hard Corps: Uprising. It's Contra with a different title and it's by far the best Contra of them all. I think it's still available for like less than 5 bux.

The evil Jason mask

I loved this game

The first one really embodies the Splatterhouse atmosphere for me. I will never forget some of the crazy bosses they had like fighting a possessed room. I enjoyed the 2nd just wasnt as good as 1 and 3 got really scary with the cutscenes and gory but the gameplay seemed to get too technical

At 3:12 do those ropes say F U???

Got the one on PS3 for $10 CIB, good deal!

The splatterhouse games kick ass. 😀👍🎮

Aside from the Evil Dead movies (especially Evil Dead 2), the original Splatterhouse trilogy also draws inspirado from 'House' from 1986, possibly also 'House' from 1977 (aka 'Hausu'), definitely 'The Deadly Spawn', possibly also 'The Kindred', and lots of others. It wears its inspirado on its sleeve just like the original Flashback. 2:51 Probably inspired by Ash *APPEARING* to return to the cabin in Evil Dead 2. Of course, anyone who's not a complete idiot can see that Evil Dead is *NOT* a remake of 'The Evil Dead'. Ash didn't "return" to the cabin. Sam Raimi and company just had to cobble together a quick prologue because they couldn't get the rights to their own movie. 3:37 Here's something I've never understood about video game logic. If your character is wielding a melee weapon, then why should they bother to kick? Standing or crouching doesn't matter. If you've got a melee weapon, then that's what you use. Maybe if your enemy is close enough to you to grapple your weapon in an attempt to take it from you, then you could kick them or plant your foot in their torso and try to push them away. But that's not applicable to games from this era. Or maybe it is. I don't know. Just because I never played a beat-em-up that was that complex doesn't mean at least one didn't exist. It wouldn't be too farfetched either. After all, plenty of beat-em-ups have enemies that can latch onto you and slow you down until you shake them off. In the NES version of Trojan, your character had a functional shield that you could actively use to block attacks. He could even lose his sword and shield, and scrounge up new ones, resorting to martial arts while disarmed. 4:57 I've always hated time limits! Time limits are for speedrunners. Some of us prefer to take our time to enjoy freeform exploration.

The splatterhouse games are great fun for an October month lineup and zombies are my neighbors and lollipop chainsaw and on and on

Nothing beats the arcade original (which runs like a dream on Snes Mini via MAME 2003, by the way). I'll always love the PC Engine dearly but nowadays a lot of the outstanding arcade ports it made its name on are kinda redundant with such easy access to high quality arcade emulation.

Love your videos bro

Funny I remember the game being called Slaughterhouse

Anybody getting into game design should look up some of the 8-bit conversions of many heavy metal songs that have been done.pointless rabbitholes and Thor high heels...small RU-vidrs you should check out if you are here..

So awesome. 😄👍

spin kick!

uncensored PC Engine for Part 1 uncensored Mega Drive for Part 2 uncensored Mega Drive for Part 3 all the North American versions have censorship.. but there are patches available

If Rick is controlled by the mask, them the player is the mask, not Rick?

The 2nd and the 3rd one, was kind of hard to beat

The 360 version has 1, 2 and 3 on it, you just have to unlock them