I still remember the comic book ad for this game from when I was 5 or 6, where the main guy has some weird red featureless mask on instead of the hockey one; it looks like that old Calvin and Hobbes cartoon where Calvin blows a giant bubbles that breaks all over his head and thinks he blew his head inside out.

I loved splatter house 2 on the megadrive so I hope this one will be as good

Isn't this meant to be mega violent? We may have the VC's first 16+ game

How will the Virtual Console stop minors from downloading the game?

It's 11+. Probably too cartoony by today's standards to be considered more mature than that.

always wanted to play this game, and still aint got a TurboGrafx-16 game on my Wii!! think come thursday once my tele is fixed i'll be getting this downloaded

Thing is though, how can you say that he's a rip on Jason just because of the mask?

Because i'm pretty sure Hockey tenders in the NHL wore them for years before Jason did in Friday the 13th.

Yeah sure, but putting together a hockey mask with a hulking, machete wielding murderer is not rocket science when you're searching for influences is it?

I bought this game yesterday and have cained it to death. A real retro gem.

The pictures shown are from the arcade version, ala the white mask. Is the VC download a TB16 port, or an arcade emulation?

The pictures shown are from the Japanese PC Engine version. The Japanese version had the original hockey mask.

Splatterhouse is awesome and all, but is the download the PCE version or the edited TG16 version? I'm aware that both were censored for gore, but the PCE version had most of the other content intact. (Such as the level 4 boss) Playing the TG16 version would be very odd, as I NEED the hockey mask for the game to feel right!

I agree, Morty. I wonder why they wouldn't just do arcade emulations for these games. Must be something to do with licensing I assume. I will still download it tho

very accurate score! It's the one with the red mask (NOT WHITE) It's a shame that they wussed out and went for the less-gory version. I really wish they just had the roms locked with parental controls then we can download 18+ stuff if we wanted. Not a big deal. GREAT GAME!

Great game! Very cartoony and doesn't really feel like a horror game anymore but it is still very fun, I recommend it to everyone!

Jason is from the Halloween movies, Friday the 13th is Freddy.

@TriggerHappy- Freddy is from Nightmare on Elm Street...

I loved part 2, so I got this straight away and wasn't dissapointed. I did find part 2 much more difficult though, and the red mask is a little annoying. Other than that, it's all good! Easily best VC turbografx game available!

@TriggerHappy... Jason Vorhees is from Friday 13th, Halloween is Michael Myers (Halloween 3 is best).

Anyway loved playing this in the arcade back when I was a Spectrum owning kid and such graphics were the thing of dreams - can't wait to give this a try!

Damn! This is the censored version! But even so, I downloaded yesterday and it is still unbelievably fun. Definatly recommended, now to just wait for it's uncensored sega genesis sequels. If you want to know EXACTLY what was censored in the TBG-16 version, go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splatterhouse and check the "Ports" section.

If you look at the screenshots of the arcade version you'll see the graphics are a lot better and there's dead things on the floor

Jason is from the Halloween movies, Friday the 13th is Freddy.
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No, Jason is from Friday the 13th, Freddy is Nightmare on Elm Street, Micheal Myers is from Halloween

This game is great, but I wish they put the arcade version on that one looks so much better

I am really hopin' that nintendo releases Splatterhouse 3 for Genesis. Incredable graphics on that one.

Brilliant game. I hope they bring out the Megadrive sequel soon.

Ugh. I want my money back. I got it because I never played it and always wanted to. I loves me a good beat-em-up, but this ain't even close. Not even worth it for the camp value. Get Streets of Rage 2; that's a legitimate classic. Leave this rubbish in the trashbin of time.

I fell in love with this game in the arcades and prayed for a home conversion on the Snes or MD - Alas it was never to be - I couldnt afford a PC Engine on "grey import" - so now half a lifetime later its here - and Im still impressed with this game not as gory due to the conversion but Id recommend it nevertheless.

I agree with Matt. If you want a good beat em up, Get Streets of Rage 2. The most superior beat em up on the VC.

above posters, don't you realise this game is NOT a beat em up so it's very unfair to rate it as one.
The third splatterhouse was a beat em up but this and the seqal are definatley not.

Splatterhouse was the first game to ever get a parental advisory disclaimer in 1988 (four years before Midway's Mortal Kombat would be released).

So yes it is a very violent game and should have an age limit on it, but did you ever like your parents holding you back when you wanted a kick ass game? And its the TurboGrafx-16 port version due to the pink/purple mask.. Only the arcade had the white mask... It was changed so it did not clash with Jasons mask!

"above posters, don't you realise this game is NOT a beat em up so it's very unfair to rate it as one.
The third splatterhouse was a beat em up but this and the seqal are definatley not." -yoshi175
Well, what IS it(besides arcade conversion)?!

I never played this when it was out the first time, always wanted to though. I was dissapointed by it. I don't know why, i guess that the gameplay was too simplistic. Which is wierd because I love Castlevania and Contra.

That's exactly what I felt when I played it. Splatter House, an arcade port, is a game with a mix bag of good and bad qualities. It's not great, but it's not entirely crappy either. The second has similar gameplaying mechanics while the third game is a sidscolling beat em' up.

"Well, what IS it(besides arcade conversion)?!"
I don't know but the gameplay is nothing like any beat em ups it's like comparing adventures of lolo and tetris I guess...

Ugh. A disaster if you ask me. Nothing about this game could keep me playing more than 10 minutes at a time. I just really don't care for it. The graphics are fine, the music is nice, and the AI suffices, but it lacks the most important part, GAMEPLAY! I found it very uninvolving and shallow. Do yourself a favor, and if you want a good beat 'em up, get... any game but this! I admit I have not tried Streets of Rage, but this game has almost made me lose faith in the entire genre! Steer clear of this!

Meh. It's glitchy, sluggish, tedious to play, therefore not worth the cost.

Incredibly sucks. I agree with Roo - save your money for a better title..

I really wanted to like this all over again. It was fun for about 15 min. Sad. Maybe the sequels will do it for me.

This game was the reason I asked for a Turbografx for xmas. I downloaded this again for the VC and beat it within twenty minutes, so I guess the thrill is gone. I'm a fan of these games, as you can see, but I'd really like to play a modern remake of them as the sidescrolling action/ beat 'em up genre doesn't age all that well. Still, this game was pretty freaky for its time.

Namco is going to make a new splatterhouse.
I hope that game will be as good as the other splatterhouses

Saw a video of this on youtube and it looks and sounds awesome. One question though.

Was the PC-Engine version cut down like the Turbographx version?

The PC Engine version IS the Turbografx version. Only difference is that the mask (For some reason) is still white in the PCE version.

I love this game, but that's 90 percent nostalgia. It's technically proficient, but it is kinda clunky at the same time. It is fun though, and some of the bosses are pretty creative. I mean, how many game do you fight a room full of possessed items. I would only recommend this if you have fond memories of it, otherwise, there are better games really to spend your points on.

Ah ok cheers i thought the gore in the PC:E and TG-16 versions had cut down in gore.

The game have a very short lifetime. The levels are very shorts and there no reason to go back after you finish it. Forget the gore, it's mean nothing today.

The Arcade version is much better, I wish the VC would include Arcade roms in the future.

The atmosphere is amazing for a 80s game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9wx6K12lq0

This was a great game. I loved the punching. I mean when was the last time a fist punched a knife and won?!?!?!!?!?!?

Saying Splatterhouse is a beat-em-up is like saying Castlevania is a beat-em-up. It's a side-scrolling action game. Don't get this game expecting a beat-em-up.

Of course it is a beat-em-up. Just like Vigilante and Kung-Fu are also, despite being fixed on the horizontal plain.

This game was cool when i was 11 and wanted to see "guts"

pretty lame

i am playing this with an NES Advantage. Arcade Game should be played with Arcade Stick. lol..I just played this for the first time! I really really enjoy it. It kicks my a$$ a bit and it's wonderful. : )

I still prefer the FM Towns Marty version of the game the best, but this Turbografx-16 rendition is still pretty solid. Great music, even for a Turbografx-16 huCard title.

One of the best games on the VC.