| Year | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Platform | DOS |
| Released in | United States (1988) United States (1990) |
| Genre | Action |
| Theme | Arcade, Horror, Platform, Vampires |
| Publisher | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software |
| Perspective | Side view |
| Dosbox support | Fully supported on 0.70 |
Description of Night Hunter
One of the best-loved underrated games on the C64, NightHunter is a neat vampire action-adventure featuring a vampire's daily business like blood-sucking and smooth transformations into a bat or werewolf.
In contrast to most games based on Bram Stoker's Dracula, NightHunter lets you play the Count himself in a quest to steal enough holy medallions to create chaos on Earth. Of course, Professor Van Helsing knows about your quest, and has recruited an army of vampire-hunters to hunt you down.
The game features 30 different levels of 20 screens each, played from a standard side-scrolling platform perspective. To pass from one level to the next, you must pick up eight objects - three parchments and five keys - and find a magical door (blue and red). Every fifth level the magical door is replaced by a medallion. Each key allows you to open a door which gives way to other screens on the same level. The fun is in the many neat elements that are true to the vampire mythos. For instance, you can transform into a bat or werewolf, and must enter a crypt at daybreak to avoid sunlight.
Overall, a great game that is unfortunately not as well known on PC as on the original C64 release. For what it's worth, the C64 version had a very cool intro-tune by Jeroen Tel, which is unfortunately missing in this PC conversion. Two thumbs up!
Review By HOTUD
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Comments and reviews
Robob 2026-03-15 0 point DOS version
I was obsessed with vampires as a kid and I loved this game. This was the first computer game I learned how to launch myself.
You don't need a joystick to play! The keyboard controls are just really weird. Most things require you to hold Q.
Suck blood = With proper spacing, press and hold Q when facing towards an enemy
Enter a door = Hold Q and press up
Transform to bat = Hold Q and press right then down
Transform to werewolf = Hold Q and press left then down
Press the same combination again to end both transformations.
The fact that I still had muscle memory for this at nearly 40 years old probably says a lot about how much I played this game lol
Joe Mama 2024-11-23 0 point
You must need a joystick to play this game properly. Just using the keyboard didn't do much. I was able to move back & forth and pick up the key in the first screen, but that was about it.
MechantCerbere 2022-07-13 1 point
To JANA KÖHLER : you need to use dosbox (or a frontend of dosbox). You will find plethora of documentation about ho to configure it and run it. And even how to launch old games with it.
Pecks.
Jana Köhler 2018-10-15 -2 points
I can´t play Night Hunter. PC says I need a version that is compatibe with 64 bits in Windows?
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DOS Version
446 KBAmiga ROM
- Year: 1990
- Publisher: Ubi Soft Entertainment Software
Amstrad CPC Version
- Year: 1990
- Publisher: Ubi Soft Entertainment Software
ZX Spectrum Version
- Year: 1990
- Publisher: Ubi Soft Entertainment Software
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