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Top 13 Scariest Video Games

It's October. The leaves are falling, pumpkins are being smashed and video game nerds are breaking out all their scary video games from the past. Which are the scariest though? In this list we will go through what video games frightened the gamer to the core of his being while trying to find their way through the game. Some games just plain nailed the spooky quality needed to make a game scary by accentuating the moody soundtrack and making the enemies horrifying to look at. Some of the choices on this list may not be obvious, but on second look the reader will understand what could make a simple game like Pac-Man for so scary.
MountainMaverick - contributor
Published: 446 days 5 hours ago | News | Gaming
 
 

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Son of Odin - 446 days 5 hours ago
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this is the most unique top scariest video games list i've ever seen...but where's resident evil???
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MountainMaverick - 446 days 5 hours ago
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im glad resident evil isnt on there.
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DDP - 446 days 5 hours ago
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I 100% agree! LOVED this list. LMAO!!!
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OldWizard - 446 days 4 hours ago
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yeah me too.
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Volvobug - 446 days 5 hours ago
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perfect timing for this list!
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Kriller - 445 days 20 hours ago
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Dead Space?
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MountainMaverick - 446 days 5 hours ago
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this article brought back so many memories
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Son of Odin - 446 days 5 hours ago
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festers quest!?!?!

bald men running around sure do scare me. but not fat cuddly old men. they make me feel happy. good list though
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Stoneroses6300 - 446 days 5 hours ago
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funny list. brings back tons of memories.
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Faelt - 446 days 5 hours ago
6 - lamest list I've ever seen...
if this was ment to be funny then Ok
if not its stupid and not reading worthy
just from looking at the list I didn't feel like spending time on that article
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Kriller - 445 days 20 hours ago
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Yet you felt the need to comment on it, you have too much time on your hands
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OldWizard - 446 days 5 hours ago
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lots of memories. lots of scary games!
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Beast_Master - 446 days 3 hours ago
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You didn't read the article did you? Should say that about most post here. You do realize Zelda 2, and Castlvainia 1 and 2 are on the list?

We should make up a real list!!!

4. RE 4
3. RE 1
2. Siren: Bloodcurse
1. Silent Hill 2

I am not a horror game fan but I know for a fact that Silent Hill 2 would be #1 or 2 on any horror game list
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Volvobug - 446 days 3 hours ago
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zelda 2 might not have been SCARY, but it sure as hell was CREEPY.
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Beast_Master - 446 days 3 hours ago
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What are you guys Morman or something?
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OldWizard - 446 days 2 hours ago
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how old were you when u first played zelda 2. thats the real question.
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Strife Lives - 446 days 5 hours ago
8 - Lmao
Let me say.Resident Evil 2.was a kid.and the screams and chomping sounds from the game kept me awake many many nights.and then. . .there was playing Silent Hill 2 with the lights out in my room with the sound up.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .that. . .was just. . .
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MountainMaverick - 446 days 5 hours ago
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LOL
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kydrice - 446 days 5 hours ago
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This is the most pathetic list ever...Ghosts and Goblins is the #1 scariest game because it's "HARD"? seriously..wtf is this list about? scary or hard? I think the author totally lost focus on what the heck he was writing about. Wheres Silent Hill 1 and 2? Fatal frame? Resident Evil wasn't all that scary so I'll let that pass but good god it's like this list supposed to be published 20 years ago and someone just forgot to hit the publish button until now.
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Son of Odin - 446 days 5 hours ago
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hard games scare me too.
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Volvobug - 446 days 5 hours ago
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really, are there are games that really SCARE you? i think u need to take the list for what it is, a funny list and some good/bad memories.
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Rich1631 - 446 days 5 hours ago
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LOL @ Pacman being on the list!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Panthers - 446 days 5 hours ago
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I still have friday the 13th and it scares me everytime jason pops out and makes that noise
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DDP - 446 days 5 hours ago
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yeah spooky game.
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 446 days 5 hours ago
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It's E.T. It scared the crap out of me! Trying to return that thing was a nightmare!
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Stoneroses6300 - 446 days 4 hours ago
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LMAO. Me too.
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OldWizard - 446 days 4 hours ago
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NES games were much scarier than today's video games.
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Stoneroses6300 - 446 days 4 hours ago
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agreed.
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Volvobug - 446 days 4 hours ago
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i'll agree to a point, but there are a handful of modern scary games. not many though.
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Son of Odin - 446 days 4 hours ago
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dont think i've ever been scared by a new game.
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Homicide - 446 days 4 hours ago
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What a sh*t list! No Silent Hill 2 = fail!
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Son of Odin - 446 days 4 hours ago
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i highly doubt the Old Wizard even knows what that game is.
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OldWizard - 446 days 4 hours ago
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we do, it just wasnt as scary as pac-man.
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Stoneroses6300 - 446 days 4 hours ago
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i think some people are taking this too seriously.
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Volvobug - 446 days 3 hours ago
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is it meant to be?
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Steven Colbert - 446 days 4 hours ago
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Unlimited SaGa is the scariest game of all time.How did that game get passed testing with its annoying combat and paper graphics.The only game scarier than Unlimited SaGa is Run Like Hell.RLH is the worst RPG ever created
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AuToFiRE - 446 days 4 hours ago
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this
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fails
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MountainMaverick - 446 days 4 hours ago
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This list succeeds.
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DDP - 446 days 3 hours ago
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LOL thats a new one.
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Stoneroses6300 - 446 days 3 hours ago
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success!
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Kratos215 - 446 days 3 hours ago
20 - An atari game called
Tunnel runner should be on here. If anybody played that game they would why.
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Gambit07 - 446 days 2 hours ago
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THAT list was scary.
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Figboy - 446 days 2 hours ago
22 - that list was NOT what i expected
so i thank the person who crafted it.

it's VERY easy to make a top 10 or whatever list of the scariest games, and throw in a Siren, or Silent Hill, or Resident Evil, or Fatal Frame, etc, etc, but for an old timer like me, seeing these old games brings back a lot of memories.

i'm not ashamed to admit that i STILL have my Friday the 13th cartridge, and it still works in my NES from back when i was 9 years old (that'd be 1988).

fun list.

what's the point of rehashing the same "Top Scariest Games" that we've read countless times before? at least this one was unique. hell, i'm tempted to fire up the ol' NES now...
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MountainMaverick - 445 days 23 hours ago
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100% agree with this comment.
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Kriller - 445 days 20 hours ago
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Condemned is the scariest game, ever.
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