Way back in 1995, Human Entertainment released a little game called Clock Tower on the Super Famicom (Super Nintendo in North America). Over the years, Clock Tower would make the rounds on popular platforms of the time such as PlayStation, PC, and even not so popular ones such as WonderSwan. Now, unofficially at least, fans can enjoy Clock Tower on the go in English, and on their Game Boy Advances. The interesting part is the sheer amount of work that went into making this port possible.

Horror Is Not Limited to Zombies

What separated Clock Tower apart from later horror titles such as Resident Evil was, it didn’t feature zombies. Don’t take that wrong, I enjoy a good zombie flick and game just as much as the next person but, there are other horror options. In Clock Tower we find a demented, deformed creature armed with, well, giant scissors.

Considering his name is Scissorman (No, not Billy Gunn in AEW) it fits he armed himself with that weapon.

What is wild about Clock Tower is just how often that little freak pops up. Often out of nowhere, other times you get hints he is there, or could be, but is it real or a red herring?

That uncertainty is what keeps you on edge more than 1,000 zombies ever could.

Not Just a Port

According to the Team C.U.T.S. Twitter, this is half-homebrew and half port. I cannot imagine the amount of work and effort that went into making this port happen.

Time Extension go into detail a bit with what went into this version. New graphics tiles for instance, a ton of work on the soundtrack and English manual among many other things.

If you want an original horror game to play this Halloween, Clock Tower is definitely unique and worth playing if you have not played it yet.