History VideoGame / EvilNight

** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] with the implication that [[spoiler:recent human activity has taken place at the mansion; in this same room, a journal hints that scientists or archeologists were researching the underground ancient ruines on the premises. This also explains the hidden research lab in the underpass level]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:BoomHeadshot! Shooting zombies in skeleton outfits was never this fun!]]

Not to be confused with Creator/{{Sega}} and [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]]'s fellow light gun game ''VideoGame/VampireNight''.

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P2wGZl1rCY Three]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXkGdhKC6SM full]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUV_1v_V_s&list=PLQjyUP11CstOnwL6Zhus3jD0pxirYPEMh single-player walkthroughs]] of the game are available on Website/YouTube, along with [[https://sp.nicovideo.jp/tag/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88?sort=h&order=d&f_range=0&l_range=0&genre= a third]] older playthrough on the Japanese version. Other videos of the game's different endings have also surfaced.

* {{An Axe to Grind}}: The zombies with lumberjack shirts in the fourth stage attack with axes--either on foot, or by throwing them at a distance.

* DestructibleProjectiles: The hanging meats and thrown zombies during the butcher boss, the entrails thrown by blue, limbless zombies coming out of the water and floors in stages 3 and 4, the [[AnAxeToGrind axes]] and knives thrown by lumberjack and cult worshiper zombies in stage 4, and [[spoiler:the fireballs during the final boss's second form.]]

* ChainsawGood: Chainsaw-wielding zombies are encountered in the first two stages, there is also a few weed wacker-wielding zombies. The butcher boss at the end of the first stage also attacks with one, once his life meter is almost completely empty.

* ChainsawGood: Chainsaw-wielding zombies are encountered in the first two stages. The butcher boss at the end of the first stage also attacks with one, once his life meter is almost completely empty.

Thanks to its unreliable Panasonic M2 hardware and being outclassed by the ''House of the Dead'' franchise, ''Evil Night'' faded into obscurity and is extremely rare to find in arcades (much less working properly). Despite this, it has garnered a CultFollowing, especially for its [[BadBadActing hokey voice acting]].

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P2wGZl1rCY Three]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXkGdhKC6SM full]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUV_1v_V_s&list=PLQjyUP11CstOnwL6Zhus3jD0pxirYPEMh single-player walkthroughs]] of the game are available on Website/YouTube, along with [[http://www.nicovideo.jp/tag/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88 a third]] older playthrough on the Japanese version (an account must be created to see it, however). Other videos of the game's different endings have also surfaced.

''Evil Night'' (also known as ''Hell Night'' in Japan) is a {{Light Gun}} [[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame arcade game]] released by Creator/{{Konami}} in 1998. The successor to ''VideoGame/CryptKiller'' from 1995, the game concerns three cops battling legions of TheUndead in an [[HauntedHouse old, decrepit mansion]] in search of their missing friend.

** Some of the zombies fought in the game resemble horror movie antagonists [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] and [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]].

** The butcher boss and ''especially'' the normal chainsaw-wielding zombies also strike similarities with [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre another horror franchise]].

** [[http://evilnight.wikia.com/wiki/Torso_Zombie Torso zombies]]

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