Tropem pierwszych francuskich survival horrorów
Tracing the first French survival horror games

Summary/Abstract: Survival horror games are stereotypically dated back to the 1990s. This article aims to trace the origin of this genre in the 1980s. The author examines selected games created in France in that decade. Then he argues that titles such as Infernal Runner, Le Pacte and Zombi had already shaped the poetics of survival horror games. This poetics relies on the iconography of literature and horror movies, the terror directed against the controlled avatars, the confrontation with objects evoking the effect of horror and the simulation of mental states of the characters.

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