Kill all the enemies on the screen and you'll move onto the next monster-packed area filled with hovering masonry. The enemy-balls roll around the screen, hopefully hitting some other enemies along the way and adding insult to injury by killing them too. You do this by repeatedly hitting an enemy with your standard attack until they become a ball, which you can then pick up and throw.

The objective of NitD (and, of course, Snow Bros.) is to clear each single-screen stage of enemies. That's the story, at least - in terms of gameplay, it's a clone of Snow Bros.ДЄnd when I say clone, I mean that it's rare to see a game so obviously and completely copied from another.

A humble gravedigger, shunned by the townsfolk because his face looks like a dog vomited onto a rubber Mickey Rourke mask, saves the world from the depredations of the many grave-robbing ghouls and demons that appear each night. Where was I? Ah yes, Nightmare in the Dark. Is this spontaneous retreat into a nonexistent videogame a sign of underlying mental problems? Probably, but I can't shake the feeling that given their clearly-defined personas, the members of the Village People would make excellent videogame bosses. I must admit, the first time I read this intro text I thought it said 'he kept away from the Village People' and I immediately constructed an elaborate fantasy game in my head, a Metal Gear Solid-style stealth title in which you must help the Gravedigger traverse a late-seventies New York while avoiding the various members of the Village People. There's a reason VGJUNK isn't presented in video format, folks. The Hallowe'en aspect is part of it, but I think it's also something to do with the plot.ДЇinally, a main character I can really empathise with. This is a game that really speaks to me, you know? Like the creators just get me or something. Nightmare in the Dark: a good description of my trip to the local cineplex to watch the Transformers movie, but also the name of a Hallowe'en-themed arcade game by SNK.

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