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| Developer(s) | Human Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Human Entertainment |
| Platform(s) | SNES |
| Release | September 14, 1995 |
| Genre(s) | Survival Horror |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Clock Tower is a game for the SNES published by Human Entertainment in 1995. The game was released in Japan but a fan-translated version is available on the Internet. Later sequels have been available overseas.
Gameplay
Clock Tower is a point and click horror game, with the player controlling a cursor to direct Jennifer and give commands such as to investigate objects. The interface is akin to 1990-era computer adventure games, but simplified to work better with a gamepad.
Clock Tower was unique to other adventure games of the era in that it had a stalker pursuing the main character, this delayed puzzle-solving and required the player to run, finding objects or hiding places to fend off the attacker. The stalker was a typical slasher villian wielding a large pair of scissors, dubbed Scissorman.
If directly confronted by the Scissorman. The player engages in a "panic" phase and must repeatedly pound the "panic button" to struggle with the attacker. If Jennifer is low on health, or the player has not tapped the panic button fast enough, Scissorman will attack Jennifer and the player will be presented with a game over screen.
Plot
Jennifer Simpson is a child from the fictional Granite Orphange in Romsdal, Norway. Her and her friends (Laura, Anne and Lotte) were adopted in september of an anoynmous year (coincentally, the game was releasted in september) by a middle-aged woman named Mary Barrows. Mary, and her husband Simon, live in a mansion known as the "Clock Tower", named after its predominant clock tower.
The game's introduction immediately begins with these characters walking towards the Barrows mansion and settling in the main foyer. Mary leaves to get her husband to meet the four girls, but she takes an unusually long time. Jennifer offers to investigate, and so the player takes control of her. Upon leaving the room, a scream is heard from main foyer.
Jennifer returns to find the lights off and the girls are missing...
Development history
Clock Tower can be considered one of the pioneers of survival horror games. It was also one of the first to incorporate multiple endings. It contains more endings than most modern day games. Clock Tower was later released only in Japan on PlayStation, WonderSwan, and Windows 95. Other games in the series have been released in America and other countries since.
Details
The game seems to be heavily inspired by Phenomena (known as Creepers in the US), a horror movie by Italian director Dario Argento in the characterization of the protagonist and villain, and they also share some very similar situations.
See also
References
External links
- Clock Tower Game
- Clock Tower English Patch
- Clock Tower - FAQs & Guides - GameFAQs
- Clock Tower at MobyGames