GENRE
	Shooter
	DEVELOPER
	Christopher Erhardt
	PUBLISHER
	American Games
	NUMBER OF PLAYERS
	1
	WORTH PLAYING TODAY?
	no
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The NES brought joy and happiness to our childhood. Memories of saving the princess in Mario or whooping your friends at Tecmo Bowl come with a guarantee of bringing a smile to our faces, but what happens when one of these wondrous experiences goes astray? What was it about some of those games that made you wanna puke blood rather than jump for joy? Well, I can’t speak for all of them, but I’ll try to analyze one of those little nightmares in a gray cart. Chiller is one of those experiences better not had. Take my advice on this one; I played it so you don’t have to.

visuals

Chiller is as much of an eyesore as it is a poorly designed game. You’re not really too sure what you’re supposed to be afraid of or glad to see. For some reason a nanny with a baby carriage poses a fatal threat and needs to be shot on sight. On the other hand, the claw (or at least I think it’s a claw. It could be a hand or a really pale turkey) coming up from the ground doesn’t really pose much of a threat at all. Sure, you can shoot it, but the game’s ugly and confusing HUD doesn’t really let you know if that’s the right thing to do. On the bright side, lovers of gray and black will adore the vast color palette this game utilizes! Why Chiller loves black and gray so much that it might as well be on a monochrome display. Worst of all, Chiller’s graphics are the best part of the whole package.

audio

Not much can be said about Chiller’s audio because it doesn’t really have music or sound effects. With the exception of a quiet little beep every second, you'll be hard pressed to find a noise the entirety of the game.

gameplay

With every console there’s a definite lack of light gun compatible games. This is one thing Chiller did have going for it. It worked very nicely with the NES Zapper. On the other hand, you didn’t really know what to shoot or why you were shooting at it. You basically just blindly fired into the horrific landscape until everything disappeared. If you could stand to do this for 10 minutes, then you’d reach the end of this horrid experience. Replay was nonexistent, but maybe it was best left that way. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to sit through such agony again.

multiplayer

N/A

overall

I’ve played thousands of games in my day, and Chiller is honestly by far the worst. I pity all 27 people who actually bought Chiller. For those ill-fated gamers who have experienced the horror that is Chiller, I feel your pain. It is our civic duty to the gaming community to inform others to avoid this monstrosity at all costs. The more people that know to avoid Chiller, the more people who will be saved from the pain and suffering it causes, and, as our good friend GI Joe taught us, “Knowing is half the battle”.

0.1/10