History VideoGame / NightmareCreatures

* BodyOfBodies: Pepys Creatures.

''Nightmare Creatures'' is an ActionAdventure BeatEmUp released in 1997 by Kalisto Entertainment for UsefulNotes/PlayStation, Windows, UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} and Cellphone. Set in the 19th century, UsefulNotes/{{London}} is threatened by a horde of creatures released by [[MadScientist Adam Crawley]]. Now it's up to [[WarriorMonk Ignatius Blackward]] and [[SheFu Nadia Franciscus]] to combat these threats and stop Crawley and his monster invasion.

A second game was released in 2000. Set in 1934 London and Paris, it tells the story of Herbert Wallace, a man who was captured as a young kid by Crowley, whom tortured and experimented on him. After many years, he decide to take [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge revenge on Crowley]]. A third game, ''Nightmare Creatures III: Angel of Darkness'', was planned but it went to DevelopmentHell after Kalisto went out of business. In late 2004, the game's development and release were officially scrapped.

* ActionGirl: Nadia
* AllThereInTheManual: Everything concerning the game's history, the creatures created by Crowley and what happened after.

* LudicrousGibs: High levelled weapons or the Chainsaw item will allow you to cut enemies to ribbons one limb by one.

* NintendoHard: The first game for its [[ScrappyMechanic adrenaline system]] (which thankfully can be turned off in the [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 N64]] port) which requires you to constantly kill monsters to keep the bar high so you don't die, awkward controls, and levels that require you to jump precisely into platforms (also improved on the N64 port), [[ScrappyMechanic since the jump system is awkward in this game]], and the sequel for its [[DemonicSpiders hard to kill monsters]] and items being in less supply than the first game, requiring wise use of them.

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: SamuelPepys was a member of the first Brotherhood of Hecate and recorded the process of creating the monsters in his diary. He also became a DefectorFromDecadence and destroyed them.

* AllThereInTheManual: Everything concealing the game's history, the creatures created by Crowley and what happened after.

* BladeOnAStick: Ignatius uses a SimpleStaff, but it can be upgraded to a DoubleWeapon halbeard, Morningstar, and later Axe.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNoWhere: All the bosses except the last one. Seriously, will you expect to face a fire-breathing multi-headed serpent near a sewer, or a Yeti in a church, or UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper in a storehouse?

* HeartContainer: A literal heart. No, not a pink, heart-shaped talisman, but a pulsing red organ with white stripes and blue veins protuding from it.

''Nightmare Creatures'' is an {{ActionAdventure}}/{{BeatEmUp}} released in 1997 by Kalisto Entertainment for UsefulNotes/PlayStation, Windows, UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} and Cellphone. Set in the 19th century, UsefulNotes/{{London}} is threatened by a horde of creatures released by [[MadScientist Adam Crawley]]. Now it's up to [[WarriorMonk Ignatius Blackward]] and [[SheFu Nadia Franciscus]] to combat these threats and stop Crawley and his monster invasion.

* NintendoHard: The first game for its [[ScrappyMechanic adrenaline system]] (which thankfully can be turned off in the [[{{Nintendo64}} N64]] port) which requires you to constantly kill monsters to keep the bar high so you don't die, awkward controls, and levels that require you to jump precisely into platforms (also improved on the N64 port), [[ScrappyMechanic since the jump system is awkward in this game]], and the sequel for its [[DemonicSpiders hard to kill monsters]] and items being in less supply than the first game, requiring wise use of them.

''Nightmare Creatures'' is an {{ActionAdventure}}/{{BeatEmUp}} released in 1997 by Kalisto Entertainment for UsefulNotes/PlayStation, Windows, UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} and Cellphone. Set in the 19th century, {{London}} is threatened by a horde of creatures released by [[MadScientist Adam Crawley]]. Now it's up to [[WarriorMonk Ignatius Blackward]] and [[SheFu Nadia Franciscus]] to combat these threats and stop Crawley and his monster invasion.

''Nightmare Creatures'' is an {{ActionAdventure}}/{{BeatEmUp}} released in 1997 by Kalisto Entertainment for {{PlayStation}}, Windows, {{Nintendo 64}} and Cellphone. Set in the 19th century, {{London}} is threatened by a horde of creatures released by [[MadScientist Adam Crawley]]. Now it's up to [[WarriorMonk Ignatius Blackward]] and [[SheFu Nadia Franciscus]] to combat these threats and stop Crawley and his monster invasion.

''Nightmare Creatures'' is an {{ActionAdventure}}/{{BeatEmUp}} released in 1997 by Kalisto Entertainment for {{PlayStation}}, Windows, {{Nintendo 64}} and Cellphone. Set in 19th century, {{London}} is threatened by a horde creatures released by [[MadScientist Adam Crawley]]. Now it's up to [[WarriorMonk Ignatius Blackward]] and [[SheFu Nadia Franciscus]] to combat these threats and stop Crawley and it's monster invasion.

* BattleAmongstTheFlames: The final boss of course.
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: SamuelPepys was a member of the first Brotherhood of Hecate and recorded the process of creating the monsters in his diary. He also became a DefectorFromDecadence and destroyed them

* BladeOnAStick: Ignatius uses a SimpleStaff, but it can be upgraded to a DoubleWeapon halbeard, Morningstar and later Axe.

* HeartContainer: A literal heart. No, not a pink, heart-shaped talisman but a pulsing red organ with white stripes and blue veins protuding from it.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Nadia uses a thin sword, which can be upgraded to a spiked blade, then to a falchion and then to a broadsword.

* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: Averted, you can smash said Waist Height Fences, but the other walls are really tall.

* MonsterMash: Werewolves, Zombies, Gargoyles, Harpies, Giant Spiders, Snow Monster and Jack the Ripper (sort of).
* NewGamePlus: And you can play with infinite items, or as a monster [[CrazyAwesome or both!]]
* NintendoHard: The first game for it's [[ScrappyMechanic adrenaline system]] (which thankfully can be torned off in the [[{{Nintendo64}} N64]] port) which requires you to constantly kill monsters to keep the bar high so you don't die, awkward controls, and levels that require you to jump precisely into platforms (also improved on the N64 port), [[ScrappyMechanic since the jump system is awkward in this game]], and the sequel for it's [[DemonicSpiders hard to kill monsters]] and items being in less supplie than the first game, requiring wise use of them.

* OffWithHisHead: Crowley's eventual fate. [[spoiler: But he comes back in the sequel in a more powerful form.]]

* OneWingedAngel: A cornered Crowley use his last potion to turn himself into a large, powerful demon who can be damaged only with full combo attacks. Have fun.
* OnlyAFleshWound: Don't be surprised if you see a monster still trying to mauling you after losing his arms and jumping on one leg.

* SimpleStaff: Ignatius start with this one.

* SuperDrowningSkills: Your characters can't swim. Neither the monsters. Since the waters are infested by large tentacled monsters with huge jaws, it seems justified...

* BossArenaIdiocy: All the bosses save the final one decide to pick a fight with you in some very convenient locations. The Sewer Snake is surrounded by trees that injure it when they're chopped down, the Snowman is standing under an ancient roof that could collapse at any minute, and [[JackTheRipper Jose Manuel]] is standing in a chamber where the walls have ''retractable spikes''.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNoWhere: All the bosses except the last one. Seriously, will you expect to face a fire-breathing multi-headed serpent near a sewer, or a Yeti in a church, or JackTheRipper in a storehouse?

* JackTheRipper: A.K.A. Jose Manuel, described as a KnifeNut psycho who slaughtered many people. And Crowley has infected him with a strange serum, turning him into a monster.

* NintendoHard: Both games, the first for it's [[SomeDexterityRequired unintuitive]] combo system, and the second for it's [[DemonicSpiders hard to kill monster]] and items being in less supplie than before, requiring wise use of them.

''Nightmare Creatures'' is an {{ActionAdventure}}/{{BeatEmUp}} released in 1997 by Kalisto Entertainment for {{PlayStation}}, Windows, {{Nintendo 64}} and Cellphone. Set in 19th century {{London}} where a cult called ''The Brotherhood of Hecate'' seeks to create a race of [[SuperSoldier powerful humans]] that could rule London and later [[TakeOverTheWorld the world]].The experiments [[GoneHorriblyWrong went wrong]], however, so the brotherhood decided to release ThePlague into the streets, but were thwarted by SamuelPepys. Some years later, a mysterious plague is released which turns people into grotesque monsters, so now it's up to [[WarriorMonk Ignatius Blackward]] and [[SheFu Nadia Franciscus]] to stop this invasion and it's leader, [[BigBad Adam Crowley]]

A second game was released in 2000. A third game, ''Nightmare Creatures III: Angel of Darkness'', was planned but it went to DevelopmentHell after Kalisto went out of business.

''Nightmare Creatures'', a 1997 game made by Kalisto Entertainment for PlayStation, Windows, {{Nintendo 64}} and Cellphone. It was a third person adventure/beatemup set in 19th century London where a cult leader named Adam Crowley uses alchemy to make all manners of nasty (and usually lankey) creatures to go bump in the [[AlwaysNight night]]. Now it's up to [[WarriorMonk Ignatius Blackward]] and [[SheFu Nadia Franciscus]] to run around and fight monsters... Yeah.

** You can do this to the zombies and the chainsaw-wielder guys as a fatality in the sequel.

''Nightmare Creatures'', a 1997 game made by Kalisto Entertainment for PlayStation, Windows, {{Nintendo 64}} and CellPhone. It was a third person adventure/beatemup set in 19th century London where a cult leader named Adam Crowley uses alchemy to make all manners of nasty (and usually lankey) creatures to go bump in the [[AlwaysNight night]]. Now it's up to [[WarriorMonk Ignatius Blackward]] and [[SheFu Nadia Franciscus]] to run around and fight monsters... Yeah.

* HeroicSociopath: The hero of the sequel was a former victim of Crowley, and now looks for him in order to kill him again.

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: SamuelPepys was a member of the first Brotherhood of Hecate and recorded the process of creating the monsters in his diary. He also became a DefectorOfDecadence and destroyed them