![]() ![]() Through the rest of the mansion, you’ll find a gremlin, a mummy, a werewolf, and a pig cook who’ll decapitate you and stick your head in the oven if you answer him incorrectly. Said poop is illustrated in detail, and it’s not the only puzzle involving feces. When you knock on the door, it’s answered by a gigantic dung beetle in a suit, who requests that you go and deliver him some poop. You’d better say yes, because he’ll give you a few essential items and some words to remember for when you face off against Dracula. Right before you enter the front door, you encounter a priest who asks if you believe in God. The mansion is full of strange creatures and bizarre scenarios – it’s similar to ICOM’s Uninvited, which was released a year earlier in 1986, though with quite a bit more gore and a bit more nudity. Still, even though it’s more comfortable to navigate that other adventure games, it’s still filled with dead ends and instant deaths, with a couple main endings. It also utilizes text input, which is necessary to solve a handful of puzzles. ![]() It makes interaction fairly easy since there are no incorrect commands that the game won’t understand. Dwelling is a little bit different in that your selections are custom tailored to the specific situation – walking in certain directions, using certain objects where they can be used, or selecting specific dialogue options. In most Japanese adventure games, there’s a menu of commands that allow you to interact with the environment. Seemingly willing to risk life and limb for an old school acquaintance, you hope on board on a plane and begin your perilous journey. The protagonist is drafted by the ghost of his old college professor to rescue his daughter Anya, who has been kidnapped by Count Dracula in his castle in Europe. Please note this is a horror game and so a few of the images are quite gory!ĭwelling: Maou no Yakata (“Mansion of the Demon Lord”) is a horror adventure game made for Japanese PCs in 1987. We put out a whole book about them, which is available as both a full color hardcover and a Kindle ebook from Amazon! If you’d like to see more of these features, please check out the book and if you enjoyed it, leave a five star review so we can do a follow up with even more interesting, offbeat, or historically important Japanese games! This article is part of our Japanese Obscurities feature.
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