Haunted House Re-Imagining Screenshot

Atari has announced that they are releasing this coming September a re-imagining of the 1981 classic Atari 2600 game, “Haunted House”! For those that are old enough to remember this title, which may be the first ever survival horror video game title, a entirely new generation of players will be able to experience this new version via digital download on the Xbox LIVE Arcade, Nintendo Wii, and PC platforms.

Developed by children’s game studio ImaginEngine, players will play as the grandchildren of the ghost hunter from the original game. Returning to Graves Mansion to solve puzzles, hunt for treasure, and battle bosses while trying to recover pieces of a magical urn.

Based on screenshots and supplied trailers, the game isn’t going for a blood and gore aspect, as most typical horror titles do, but more of a spooky cartoonish experience that makes it’s suitable for the entire family.

Original Press Release

Enter the Haunted House, if you dare. Atari’s classic groundbreaking game has returned with more chills, cool new unlockables and plenty of spooky new enemies. The terrifying fun that lies within Graves Mansion is back as Atari, one of the world’s most recognized publishers and producers of interactive entertainment, scares up its legendary classic, Haunted House – re-imagined for a new generation of gamers in celebration of the title’s 30th anniversary. Haunted House will take control of Wii^®, Xbox LIVE^® Arcade for the Xbox 360^® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Windows PC Download this fall, with suspense filled challenges, new chilling environments and more frightful enemies than ever before.

Haunted House pays homage to the classic favorite as players fight for their lives in Graves Mansion as the grandchildren of the original character that disappeared without a trace in the evil mansion over 30 years ago. Chased by pesky poltergeists, haunted by scary skeletons and exhausted from battles with creepy creatures, players are in a goosebump-educing fight to explore the dark and creepy depths of Graves Mansion in search of the four lost pieces of the magical urn. The player’s goal is to reassemble the urn and defend their family’s legacy with the aid of mystical tomes, powerful light sources and multiple keys.

“The glowing eyes and mysterious urn of Haunted House still resonates with gamers who made the original franchise a blockbuster hit,” says Jim Wilson, President of Atari. “Atari looks forward to introducing a new generation of gamers to the fun and suspense of Graves Mansion and bringing families together with the magic that is Haunted House.”

The pick up-and-play arcade-style adventure allows players to jump right in and begin battling for their family’s legacy and explore the dark and mysterious levels. An eerie, 3D rich environment of towers, basements and catacombs draws players into the haunted world and cursed story. Find hidden treasures, solve puzzles, fight bosses, and navigate through the spooky mansion and multiple levels on the way to a showdown with Zachary Graves.