<s>
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1982	O
adventure	B-Application
video	O
game	O
programmed	O
by	O
James	O
Andreasen	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Video	I-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
(	O
later	O
renamed	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
an	O
avatar	O
shaped	O
like	O
a	O
pair	O
of	O
eyes	O
who	O
explores	O
a	O
mansion	O
seeking	O
out	O
parts	O
of	O
an	O
urn	B-Protocol
to	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
entrance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
was	O
among	O
the	O
first	O
games	O
to	O
use	O
player-controlled	O
scrolling	O
between	O
large	O
portions	O
of	O
the	O
visual	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
contemporary	O
video	O
game	O
publications	O
such	O
as	O
The	O
Space	O
Gamer	O
and	O
Electronic	O
Games	O
while	O
others	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
How	O
to	O
Win	O
at	O
Home	O
Video	O
Games	O
,	O
noted	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
difficulty	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
intuitiveness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
seen	O
several	O
releases	O
across	O
consoles	O
and	O
formats	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Atari	O
compilation	O
packages	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
follow-up	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
(	O
2010	O
)	O
and	O
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
:	O
Cryptic	O
Graves	O
(	O
2014	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	O
game	O
critics	O
such	O
as	O
Christopher	O
Buecheler	O
of	O
GameSpy	O
have	O
called	O
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
examples	O
of	O
the	O
survival	O
horror	O
video	O
game	O
genre	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
elements	O
of	O
creepy	O
themes	O
,	O
limited	O
item	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
monsters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
studies	O
of	O
the	O
genre	O
have	O
suggested	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
lacked	O
the	O
specific	O
elements	O
that	O
later	O
games	O
like	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
(	O
1992	O
)	O
and	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
(	O
1996	O
)	O
had	O
to	O
establish	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
unique	O
game	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
is	O
a	O
single-player	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
recover	O
three	O
pieces	O
of	O
a	O
magic	O
urn	B-Protocol
that	O
are	O
randomly	O
placed	O
throughout	O
24	O
rooms	O
of	O
a	O
mansion	O
and	O
return	O
them	O
to	O
the	O
entrance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
How	O
to	O
Win	O
at	O
Video	O
Games	O
described	O
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
storyline	O
"	O
game	O
,	O
comparing	O
its	O
gameplay	O
as	O
being	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Atari	O
's	O
previous	O
games	O
Superman	B-Application
(	O
1979	O
)	O
and	O
Adventure	B-Application
(	O
1980	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tim	O
Onosko	O
of	O
The	O
Capital	O
Times	O
also	O
compared	O
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
to	O
the	O
two	O
previous	O
games	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
adventure	B-Application
game	O
that	O
requires	O
players	O
to	O
learn	O
rules	O
and	O
requirements	O
and	O
gathering	O
items	O
to	O
reach	O
a	O
goal	O
as	O
they	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Atari	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
video	O
game	O
system	O
,	O
then	O
named	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Video	I-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
sound	O
and	O
graphics	O
,	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
had	O
its	O
Television	B-General_Concept
Interface	I-General_Concept
Adaptor	I-General_Concept
(	O
TIA	O
)	O
which	O
authors	O
Nick	O
Montfort	O
and	O
Ian	O
Bogost	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
programming	O
challenge	O
,	O
allowing	O
for	O
only	O
a	O
relatively	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
unique	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
did	O
not	O
allow	O
for	O
such	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
graphic	O
rendering	O
,	O
forcing	O
programmers	O
to	O
draw	O
the	O
entirety	O
of	O
each	O
frame	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
other	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Raiders	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Ark	I-Application
(	O
1982	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
environments	O
in	O
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
are	O
hard-designed	O
and	O
loaded	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
small	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
other	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
was	O
among	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
games	O
to	O
use	O
player-controlled	O
scrolling	O
between	O
large	O
portions	O
of	O
the	O
visual	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
save	O
further	O
memory	O
for	O
the	O
randomly	O
placed	O
items	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
locations	O
of	O
the	O
urn	B-Protocol
pieces	O
are	O
generated	O
through	O
polynomial	O
counters	O
,	O
creating	O
numbers	O
that	O
are	O
counted	O
in	O
unusual	O
orders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sound	O
effects	O
were	O
common	O
in	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
games	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
frequencies	O
that	O
the	O
TIA	O
could	O
generate	O
would	O
miss	O
most	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
chromatic	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
various	O
compilation	O
formats	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Atari	O
80	O
in	O
One	O
for	O
Windows	O
in	O
2003	O
and	O
the	O
Atari	B-Application
Anthology	I-Application
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
portable	O
devices	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Application
Greatest	I-Application
Hits	I-Application
release	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arnie	O
Katz	O
and	O
Bill	O
Kunkel	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Games	O
found	O
the	O
game	O
similar	O
to	O
Atari	O
's	O
previous	O
game	O
Adventure	B-Application
(	O
1980	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewers	O
commented	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
much	O
more	O
atmospheric	O
"	O
than	O
Adventure	B-Application
,	O
and	O
found	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
intriguing	O
and	O
novel	O
video	O
game	O
cartridges	O
to	O
appear	O
in	O
some	O
time	O
"	O
calling	O
its	O
audio	O
and	O
visuals	O
excellent	O
,	O
while	O
finding	O
the	O
scoring	O
system	O
a	O
bit	O
difficult	O
to	O
parse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
Flux	O
magazine	O
ranked	O
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
#68	O
on	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
Video	O
Games	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christopher	O
Buecheler	O
of	O
GameSpy	O
included	O
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
into	O
the	O
website	O
's	O
"	O
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
"	O
in	O
December	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brett	O
Weiss	O
included	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
honorable	O
mention	O
"	O
in	O
his	O
book	O
The	O
100	O
Greatest	O
Console	O
Video	O
Games	O
1977-1987	O
(	O
2014	O
)	O
,	O
recommending	O
it	O
for	O
Adventure	B-Application
fans	O
who	O
were	O
"	O
hankering	O
for	O
something	O
creepier	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
her	O
writings	O
on	O
the	O
genre	O
,	O
Laurie	O
N	O
.	O
Taylor	O
traced	O
the	O
origins	O
of	O
the	O
genre	O
to	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
(	O
1992	O
)	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
genre	O
was	O
expanded	O
on	O
by	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
(	O
1996	O
)	O
while	O
stating	O
that	O
survival	O
horror	O
was	O
"	O
Like	O
most	O
genre	O
definitions	O
 [ ... ] 	O
a	O
loose	O
category	O
and	O
one	O
unevenly	O
applied	O
by	O
players	O
,	O
journalists	O
,	O
designers	O
and	O
scholars	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matthew	O
Wiese	O
in	O
2009	O
similarly	O
said	O
that	O
labeling	O
all	O
horror-themed	O
games	O
as	O
survival	O
horror	O
was	O
problematic	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
term	O
not	O
existing	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
(	O
1996	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bernard	O
Perron	O
,	O
in	O
his	O
book	O
The	O
World	O
of	O
Scary	O
Video	O
Games	O
,	O
agreed	O
with	O
this	O
statement	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
could	O
not	O
have	O
in	O
mind	O
the	O
mise-en-scène	O
of	O
fear	O
that	O
would	O
become	O
possible	O
in	O
later	O
decades	O
and	O
chose	O
to	O
regard	O
games	O
like	O
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
for	O
"	O
what	O
they	O
were	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
follow-ups	O
to	O
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
have	O
been	O
published	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
released	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
for	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
(	O
via	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
)	O
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
Nintendo	I-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
published	O
another	O
version	O
of	O
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
,	O
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
:	O
Cryptic	O
Graves	O
,	O
by	O
Italian	O
studio	O
Dreampainters	O
for	O
Windows	O
on	O
November	O
24	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digital	O
Eclipse	O
made	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
titled	O
Haunted	B-Application
Houses	I-Application
featuring	O
3D	O
voxel-based	O
graphics	O
which	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Atari	O
50	O
(	O
2022	O
)	O
compilation	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
