History VideoGame / DareToDream

* IceCrystal: In the third game Tyler finds a crystal that lets him get through a certain barrier, but it's so cold he has to keep passing it between his hands.

* LightDarknessJuxtaposition: The second and third games. The second one takes place in Tyler's happy thoughts, where everything's bright and colorful, downright cartoony. It segues into the third game which takes place in his personal hell, where everything he's afraid of lives, and which is full of blood, monsters and dead bodies.

Developed for Windows 3.1 running with 16 colours, and written in Visual Basic 1.0, Dare To Dream was one of Creator/EpicMegagames' first games released for Windows.

* CatDogDichotomy: Barth and Jazz, a cat and a dog met in the second game. Arch-enemies locked in a Mexican standoff for the duration of the game.

The three episodes of this AdventureGame take the player inside the mind of the 10-year-old main character, Tyler Norris, whose inability to cope with the recent death of his father has brought something evil to life in the depths of his troubled psyche.

* ProductPlacement: Assorted adverts for ''Jill Of The Jungle,'' ''Zone 66,'' and other games from "number uno shareware game company" Epic Megagames.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Clicking on the traffic pylons found in the street gives this description: "These cones are -nothing- compared to the ones in the window...", referring to a SexySilhouette.
* GuideDangIt / SolveTheSoupCans: Using a fish to open a locked door is certainly not obvious.
** [[LampshadeHanging How absurd!]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Clicking on the traffic pylons found in the street gives this description: "These cones are -nothing- compared to the ones in the window..."

Developed for Windows 3.1 running with 16 colours, and written in Visual Basic 1.0, Dare To Dream was one of EpicMegagames' first games released for Windows.

If you're running 64-bit versions of Windows [[note]]this is most likely true if you bought your PC preinstalled with Windows 8 or later, although certain [=PCs=] from the Windows 7 era also came preinstalled with 64-bit Windows 7. 64-bit Vista and XP, however, are extremely rare and usually only appears on built-to-order systems where the owner specifically requested for said OS[[/note]], you won't be able to run it due to Microsoft removing support for 16-bit software. The good news is that for those running the more recent versions of Windows (or Linux, Mac OS, etc.) is that the game works just great under Windows 3.1 running under ''{{DOSBox}}''. Other alternatives include virtualizing a Windows 95 PC inside a compatible emulator like [=VirtualBox=], [=VMWare=] or [=VirtualPC =]if your PC is beefy enough.

If you're running 64-bit versions of Windows [[note]]this is most likely true if you bought your PC preinstalled with Windows 8 or later, although certain PCs from the Windows 7 era also came preinstalled with 64-bit Windows 7. 64-bit Vista and XP, however, are extremely rare and usually only appears on built-to-order systems where the owner specifically requested for said OS[[/note]], you won't be able to run it due to Microsoft removing support for 16-bit software. The good news is that for those running the more recent versions of Windows (or Linux, Mac OS, etc.) is that the game works just great under Windows 3.1 running under ''{{DOSBox}}''. Other alternatives include virtualizing a Windows 95 PC inside a compatible emulator like [=VirtualBox=], [=VMWare=] or [=VirtualPC =]if your PC is beefy enough.

If you're running 64-bit versions of Windows [[note]]this is most likely true if you bought your PC preinstalled with Windows 8 or later, although certain PCs from the Windows 7 era also came preinstalled with 64-bit Windows 7. 64-bit Vista and XP, however, are extremely rare and usually only appears on built-to-order systems where the owner specifically requested for said OS[[/note]], you won't be able to run it due to Microsoft removing support for 16-bit software. The good news is that for those running the more recent versions of Windows (or Linux, Mac OS, etc.) is that the game works just great under Windows 3.1 running under ''{{DOSBox}}''. Other alternatives include virtualizing a Windows 95 PC inside a compatible emulator like VirtualBox, VMWare or VirtualPC if your PC is beefy enough.

If you're running 64-bit versions of Windows, you won't be able to run it due to Microsoft removing support for 16-bit software. The good news is that for those running the more recent versions of Windows (or Linux, Mac OS, etc.) is that the game works just great under Windows 3.1 running under ''{{DOSBox}}''.

If you're running version 5.2 or later of Windows, you won't be able to run it due to Microsoft removing support for 16-bit software. The good news is that for those running the more recent versions of Windows (or Linux, Mac OS, etc.) is that the game works just great under Windows 3.1 running under ''{{DOSBox}}''.

The three episodes of this AdventureGame take the player inside the mind of the 10-year-old main character, Tyler Norris, who is being hunted by a literal demon of his troubled psyche.

* FridgeLogic: The game centers around a magic key that turns any door into a portal to the user's psychological landscape. Said key was created by Native Americans, who aren't known for having doors or locks to use it in.

* NightmareFuel: Despite the cartoony look, these games are not for kids...

* CerebusSyndrome: The game takes on a distinctly darker tone after Part 2. In fact, the final instalment takes place in spooky forests and cemeteries full of bones and blood. The earlier goofiness is quite forgotten.

* CatapultNightmare: [[spoiler:At the end of part 1.]]