Namco struck gold with the brilliant Splatterhouse - an arcade game that tapped into the horror movie genre that was so popular back in the 1980s. In this DF Retro episode, John Linneman, Audi Sorlie and a special guest revisit the entire series - from its brilliant arcade roots, through its many console ports and its eventual - and unfortunate - demise in the PS3/Xbox 360 era.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:06 Chapter 1 - Act 1 - Horror Meets Games
00:08:22 Chapter 1 - Act 2 - Inspirations
00:12:22 Chapter 1 - Act 3 - Hardware
00:19:26 Chapter 2 - TurboGrafx-16, FM Towns and other ports!
00:39:33 Chapter 3 - Wanpaku Graffiti
00:43:34 Chapter 4 - Splatterhouse 2
00:49:16 Chapter 5 - Splatterhouse 3
00:55:36 Chapter 6 - Splatterhouse PS3/X360
01:03:25 The Finale