Fanmade port of Splatterhouse for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis gets its first public demo
Halloween is upon us once again, and to celebrate the occasion, one developer has released a fan port demo for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis of one of his favourite games, the original Splatterhouse.
Game developer Chris from Monster Bath Games Inc. has been working on an unofficial fanmade port of the original Splatterhouse, which was originally released back in 1988 by Namco for arcades. The game later saw ports to the PC-Engine/Turbografx-16 (albeit with censorship and other modifications), and the rather obscure Japanese exclusive FM Towns Marty console. Other ports came later on, but as far as consoles from the time, only those two received ports of the original game, with the game being absent entirely from the more popular 16-bit consoles of the time, like the Super Nintendo or the Sega Genesis or Mega Drive.
However, with the current evolution and interest in homebrew and game development for retro consoles, that will change soon, as developer Chris took the opportunity to port over the original Splatterhouse to the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, titled "Mega Splatterhouse", while remaining faithful to the original artwork and aesthetic of the original Arcade release.
The demo for this fanmade port "Mega Splatterhouse" is now available on Itch.io for anyone interested in trying it out.
Mega Splatterhouse on Itch.io Monster Bath Games Inc. X profile
