Alone in the Dark - Infogrames, 1992 - IBM PC (4K)

A playthrough of Alone in the Dark, developed and published by Infogrames for the IBM PC in 1992.

Alone in the Dark was one of the first Survival Horror games and the first to utilize 3D models superimposed on pre-rendered backgrounds, an approach that would inspire upcoming horror games, like the Resident Evil franchise.

In 1989, Frédérick Raynal, a programmer at Infogrames, was assigned to port the early 3D game Alpha Waves. Working on the game inspired him to develop tools for the creation and animation of 3D characters, with help from Franck De Girolami. In 1991, Infogrames CEO Bruno Bonnell proposed a game in which the player would use matches to gain snapshot views of an otherwise completely dark environment. A fan of horror films such as Dawn of the Dead, Raynal grabbed the opportunity to turn Bonnell's idea into a horror-based game and was given permission to lead the project.

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