Alone in the Dark (series)

Alone in the Dark is a series of survival horror computer games from Infogrames (now Atari). In most of the series, the gamer plays as private investigator Edward Carnby, who usually goes to investigate a haunted mansion or town that is full of undead creatures. more...

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The story is based on the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, although later games in the series drew inspiration from other sources including Voodoo, the Wild West, and the works of H.R. Giger. Though many credit the popular Resident Evil game series for creating the 3D survival horror game genre, Alone In The Dark was actually the first 3D survival horror game when it first appeared for the PC in 1992.

In 2005, an Alone in the Dark movie was released. A direct sequel to the fourth game in the series, Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare, the movie has little to no relation to the original trilogy from the 1990s. The movie contains plot elements that directly contradict those in The New Nightmare, thus it is unable to be considered canonical.

Production on a fifth installment of Alone in the Dark was confirmed when screenwriters of the movie stated that the director, Uwe Boll, looked over preliminary monster art from the new game to get inspiration for the film's creatures. However, the game was delayed and Darkworks the development team behind Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare, eventually worked on another survival horror game, Cold Fear, released in early 2005. Atari confirmed in 2006 the production of Alone in the Dark: Near Death Investigation by Eden Games development studio.

Game list

The series, as of 2006, contains the following games:

(*) Port of Alone in the Dark 2 for PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

(**) Version of Alone in the Dark 3 for Windows 95.

The Games

Alone in the Dark

The original game in the series, and one of the first two games to use polygonal characters over pre-rendered backgrounds. The game is considered to be one of the first survival horror games.

Created by Infogrames and released for PC in 1992, Interplay made a port for 3DO in 1994 that was only released in USA.

Jack in the Dark

Jack in the Dark is a small game made during Alone in the Dark 2 production. It was used as a promotional game distributed at Christmas 1993 (just before Alone in the Dark 2 release). The game was on a single floppy in a golden wraping featuring a Jack-in-the-box illustration on the top. It is a short adventure featuring the young child Grace Saunders. During halloween, she enters a small toy store after dark and gets locked in it. There, the toys are alive, and Grace must save Santa Claus from an evil Jack-in-the-box. Jack in the Dark is a pure adventure game that focuses purely on puzzles and has no combat.

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