20 Arcade Games That Prove 1986 Was A Landmark Year For Gaming

18. Chiller – Exidy

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Exidy

I bet you all thought that Sega’s House Of The Dead was the first horror themed gun game? Well you would be wrong as Exidy visited the genre some 10 years earlier. Chiller shocked audiences so much with its adult themes that it was actually banned across most of the US and so never saw the wider audience that it most definitely deserved. 

The game saw you shooting you way out of a blood soaked dungeon, to escape a creepy mansion and basically avoid being murdered by what lurked there.

 
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Kieren is from England and is a well known figure in gaming circles. As a writer he is probably best known for his work on the award-winning Retro Gamer magazine but over the years he has written for numerous publications and websites. A keen games collector himself, he is also the organiser of several UK-based gaming events and has a big social media presence.