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The House of the Living Dead is cut off from the outside world by swamp and woods, but the game turns out to be just another maze chase. The object is to collect four parts of a cross, each at a corner of a storey of the house.

Take each part in turn to the centre of the floor, avoiding evil creatures such as bats, skeletons and moving hands. As soon as the cross is assembled, its divine power destroys the nasties and you graduate to the next floor.

On the first floor, there's just one nasty, on the second two, etc. House Of The Living Dead has clear graphics and eerie sound effects. The idea, however, could have been developed further - for example, a variety of floor plans instead of one.

The scoring system works strangely as well, more points being given the longer you stay on the floor. A decreasing time bonus would have encouraged speed and increased the challenge.