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This game can best be described as a compendium of games put together as an arcade adventure.

On entering the house, at the start of the game, the player finds himself in a reception hall, referred to as Room one, which gives access to the other nine rooms each represented by a numbered door. Behind each door is a different arcade adventure. The player controls the character's movements by using a joystick.

Each game gives the player three chances to find the secret of the House of Usher and thereby leave. To enter a room from the main reception hall the character must stand in the doorway whilst the joystick is pushed forward and the fire button pressed. It should be noted that the door used to enter a specific room cannot be used to leave as the room entered must be successfully negotiated before the player is permitted to leave and therefore enter another room.

Once all nine rooms have been entered the player is then permitted to enter the final two rooms X and Y (the final room).

This compilation of games can best be compared to that of Nightmare Park where, similarly, a series of simple tasks have to be completed before the player is returned to the main playing area to choose another path for yet another challenge. Though it should be said that graphics and sound effects provided by the House Of Usher are far superior and provide a greater degree of entertainment.