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Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (video game)

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This article is about the video game. For the character, see Cassandra Peterson. For the 1988 film, see Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.
Atari ST cover art of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Developer(s)Horrorsoft
Publisher(s)Accolade
EngineAberMUD (modified)
Platform(s)Amiga, Atari ST, C64 and MS-DOS
Release1990
Genre(s)Horror role-playing video game, point-and-click adventure game
Mode(s)Single-player

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark is a horror role-playing video game starring the actress Cassandra Peterson (as the character Elvira). The game was created by Horrorsoft and released by Accolade in 1990.

Elvira was Horrorsoft's second published game after 1989's Personal Nightmare.[1] The game was followed by the sequel Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus in 1992.

Gameplay

Combat mode

Elvira is a first-person perspective mix of a role-playing game and point-and-click adventure game.

Plot

The game begins following events of the 1988 film Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. After the death of the evil Uncle Elmo, the witch Elvira inherited Castle Killbragant and restored it its former glory, planning to turn it into a tourist attraction for horror fans. However, while doing this, Elvira has inadvertently returned to life her ancient ancestor, the Satan-worshipping sorceress Queen Emelda the Evil, along with several hundred of her monstrous followers. The player's character has been called upon to help by Elvira to help her prevent the full resurrection of Queen Emelda, who died before she could take over the world after obtaining ultimate magic and now plans to rule it again. In the beginning of the game the player is captured by Emelda's minions then rescued by Elvira and asked to help get her powers back and to find a way to send Emelda back to hell before it's too late.

Reception

Elvira was generally well-received, including the ratings of 84% by Computer + Video Games (PC),[2] 93% by Zero (Amiga, Atari ST, PC),[3] 90% (Amiga) and 81% (C64) in Zzap!,[4] and 84% in CU Amiga,[5] 4 out of 5 stars in Dragon,[6] and won Computer Gaming World's 1991 Role Playing Game of the Year award.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Elvira: Mistress of the Dark". The House of Games.
  2. ^ Computer + Video Games 112 (Mar 1991)
  3. ^ Zero 17 (Mar 1991)
  4. ^ Zzap 71 (Mar 1991)
  5. ^ CU Amiga (Dec 1990)
  6. ^ Lesser, Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk (May 1991). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (169): 61–65.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Staff (1991). "Computer Gaming World's 1991 Games of the Year Awards". Computer Gaming World (88). Golden Empire Publications, Inc: 38–40, 58. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)


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