{"id":26195,"date":"2025-10-31T00:01:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T00:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26195"},"modified":"2025-10-25T08:37:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T08:37:58","slug":"halloween-1985-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/31\/halloween-1985-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween 1985 (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/halloween_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-26184\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HALLOWEEN_BOX-150x106.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HALLOWEEN_BOX-150x106.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HALLOWEEN_BOX.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A vampire, witch, mummy, werewolf, and more have taken Jack O Lanterns from a pumpkin head man\u2019s shop.\u00a0 Now you must play as that pumpkin head guy and get them back in this arcade style throwback that plays like a mishmash of titles such as Donkey Kong, Bomb Jack, Arabian, and more.\u00a0 Halloween 1985 is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n<p>When you start you can first choose to play an easy mode or harder modes if you\u2019ve unlocked them.\u00a0 The easy mode has you do one round of each stage before it ends, and harder modes let you loop a few times.\u00a0 The object in each stage is to collect all the pumpkins.\u00a0 When you do, you can choose the next stage.\u00a0 But you must climb ladders and jump to avoid monsters and creepy critters.\u00a0 If you get hit, you\u2019ll lose a life.\u00a0 Lose all lives and it\u2019s Game Over.<\/p>\n<p>Each stage has a theme and different monsters and objects you can interact with.\u00a0 In the vampire\u2019s castle, you can jump to open up curtains to let in light.\u00a0 If the vampire or other monsters touch it, they\u2019ll be destroyed. \u00a0You can drop rocks on the werewolf in the mine, dump caldrons on the witch in the forest, hit the evil clown with boxing gloves in the circus, and so on.\u00a0 You can also get bonus points if you collect the pumpkins in order.<\/p>\n<p>I love how this game looks and feels like an arcade title you might\u2019ve been able to play in 1985.\u00a0 My only problem is that it\u2019s way too hard, even on the easy mode.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t get through a couple of stages!\u00a0 Mainly because your guy moves pretty slow, and the monsters can go twice as fast as you if not more.\u00a0 But if you want a classic styled game to play this Halloween, you might want to scare this one up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/halloween_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26185\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HALLOWEEN_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HALLOWEEN_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HALLOWEEN_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HALLOWEEN_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Halloween 1985 is rated E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 Defeated enemies just get dizzy stars over their heads and disappear.\u00a0 If you get hit, you just fly off the screen.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Younger gamers may find it too difficult, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vampire, witch, mummy, werewolf, 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