How a forgotten ’80s gem created the formula for video game horror

Conventional wisdom tends to ascribe the birth of survival-horror to Alone In The Dark. Infogrames’ 1992 Lovecraftian adventure bore practically every hallmark of the genre and proved a major influence on its two most prominent series, Resident Evil and Silent Hill. What’s often omitted from history books is how Dynamix’s Project Firestart, a much less conspicuous title, had been released for the aging Commodore 64 three years earlier and provided the genre’s formula.
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