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3 images of the Nightmare Ned cast of characters. Photos of the Nightmare Ned (Game) voice actors. A decent walkthrough of the game can be found here. 1 Tropes featured in the intro/ end/ throughout/ and by the game itself: 1.1 Tropes featured in the Graveyard Nightmare: 1.2 Tropes featured in the Medical Nightmare: 1.3 Tropes featured in the Alcatraz Elementary School: 1.4 Tropes featured in the Bathroom Nightmare: 1.5 Tropes featured in the Attic, Basement, and Beyond Nightmare: Abnormal.

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Nightmare Creatures is a great horror action/adventure game in the same vein as Resident Evil, but with much more emphasis on action than puzzles.

1. The main character of both the Nightmare Ned video game and TV show. He is a bald-headed, glasses-wearing, 10-year-old boy who has a hyperactive imagination, using it to deal with his fears, troubles, and anxieties through dark and quirky nightmares. He lives with his mother, his father, and baby sister.
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Aside from some annoying quirks, such as the lack of proper save game feature (a remnant of the Sony Playstation version, which was the original for this PC port), the game is a very enjoyable action fest with more depth than many FPS titles. Brett Todd of The Games Domain sums up the good and bad about this fun game very well in his review:

'Blending spectacular 3D- accelerated graphics, smooth flowing action, and an immersive back story, this game is one of the best that I've played in some time. The atmosphere of gothic horror is perfectly captured with a flawless blend of evocative visuals and moody sound, and the game is a worthy heir of such classics as the first Alone in the Dark and the early Castlevania titles for the old Nintendo.

The story behind Nightmare Creatures is simple, but very engaging if you have any interest in gothic horror. It all begins way back in 1666, when a devil worshiping cult called the Brotherhood of Hecate was conducting sinister experiments in London. In order to take over the city, and then the world, the Brothers tried to develop a potion that would turn them into supermen. [But] instead of creating the master race, the Brotherhood cranked out a bunch of, well, nightmare creatures instead.

Fast forward to 1834, when evil doings again envelop London. Citizens start turning into monsters. The dead walk. Nobody knows what to do until an old book is dropped off at the home of Ignatius Blackward, a priest and occult expert. He soon discovers that the tome is the secret diary of Pepys, which records all the nasty doings of the Brotherhood. Knowing he needs help, Iggy then mails the diary to an expert immunologist (in 1834!) named Dr. Jean F. Showing up with his hot daughter Nadia in tow, the good doctor is promptly murdered and the book stolen. At the funeral, Iggy and Nadia are approached by a man who gives them a note reading: 'Know about Adam Crowley, Brotherhood of Hecate --- HVHJ'. On Oct. 17, 1834, the two of you head out to an address listed on the note, hoping to have a word with Mr. Crowley and maybe kick a little monster ass along the way.

When everything is set up to your liking, all that remains is choosing between Ignatius and Nadia before hitting the streets of London. Choosing between the two is really a matter of personal preference, as they aren't all that different in gameplay. Ignatius is bigger and stronger, but Nadia is much quicker and more agile. Their attacks reflect this appropriately, with the big priest being better at wading into the fray with his longstaff, and the smaller gymnast excelling at staying on the fringes until she leaps in with sword or feet flying. Special attacks individual to each character also show these differences. Both regular and special moves can be performed with various button combinations and none are of the impossible variety.

A wide selection of power-ups can be found throughout Nightmare Creatures. Some are hidden in conveniently marked boxes, while others are tucked behind windows, and others still will pop out after you kill off a monster. These range from health bonuses to a variety of useful weapons. Single shot Guns are good for taking out most individual enemies, while the Multi-Gun, which fires a round in all directions, is great when you're being gooned by a crowd. Other items there for the picking include Firebombs, Dynamite, and Repulsive Smoke, which repels monsters. Everything remains in your inventory until you use it, so you can stockpile useful trinkets like those Multi-Guns.

Even with [some] adventure-type elements, Nightmare Creatures is really all about combat. While this game may be following in the footsteps of Tomb Raider, the influence of pure fighting titles like Virtua Fighter is very recognizable as well. All of the game's levels feature a menagerie of beasties that have to be kicked, bludgeoned, and stabbed into submission before you can resume your hunt for Crowley. The sheer number of creatures is very impressive, and all thirteen feature very different methods of attack. Common enemies like Zombies just stagger forward and flail away, while Werewolves leap around you and slash with their claws. The Hulk-like Dockers pack a wicked roundhouse punch and will also smash the ground, sometimes bringing the ceiling down on you.

This impressive amount of variety means that Nightmare Creatures never gets repetitive even though the majority of game time is spent walloping one bad guy or another. To really succeed --- particularly in the later levels --- you need to handle each one differently. If you just wade in every time, and try to take out a Docker the same as you would a Spider, you're going to spend more time loading saved games than actually playing. There are also special boss monsters, such as a giant multi- headed snake and a yeti, that have to be outsmarted every few levels as well.

I have no hesitation recommending Nightmare Creatures to anyone interested in arcade action of the Tomb Raider sort. The lack of a true save game feature, the occasionally erratic controls, and that adrenaline time limit keeps this one out of the awards category, but I do hope that people will still give it a try. For atmosphere, gameplay, and eye candy, this one is hard to beat.'

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evilkingnightmare2021-04-150 point

if anyone is having trouble with the music, go to this link and follow its instructions.
https://archive.org/details/nc-pc

Sorcerer2021-03-250 point

03/25/2021 downloading all the links from this page... Amazing! great memories from this clasical horror game, as old as good, thanks myabandonware.com!

.2021-03-202 points

Preconfigured installer for modern pc:
archive.org/details/NightmareCreatures-ZombsLair

Bijuklich2021-02-05-2 points

i'll skip this, i thought it will work fine on win10, but apparently it's not, messy graphics/resolution, no music....who ever wanna play best version of this game i suggest ps1 emulator epsxe with pete's ogl2 renderer + custom shaders...looks beautiful and plays perfectly with any gamepad...tested both games 1 and 2

oldgamer2020-10-261 point

Great game, it works perfect so far. I played it when I was younger and now my kid loves it.

EKN6662020-08-101 point

I download it and install it. without the patch the resolution looks messy and i have music. with the patch on the resolution looks great but there is no music anymore. how do i fix this?

Haz2020-06-110 point

Other than the Glide fix, I haven't found any of the patches/fixes do anything (it seems that the windows fix file is the same as the 1.2a patch). The glide fix allows you change the resolution via the in game display options. I reccomend renaming the old .exe and replacing it with the fix.

james_lovecraft2020-03-280 point

thanks so much for this game, if you have no music burn the iso on disc and play the game form there, it worked for me

Nour2020-03-180 point

The Game Not Working

khalidismayl2020-03-16-1 point

this game is good but for some reason it has a problem being too fast but it is working fine that is all and it has a egyptian audio files try to type in google nightmare creatures egyptian edition and download the game and try it you would like the game this way i am egyptian though

Musad2019-07-06-4 points

This game is total awesome. This game is old too. But it gives all the fun and horror which a child needs to play this game. One of the best horror game in my life. By the way, can you guys please develop the graphics of this game. Make it look real. PLEASE!!!

tota2019-06-210 point

nice game

kvachu2019-06-172 points

@LINK
Yo pal. Most often the reason for no music in old games is, when the cd is not inserted/mounted in the first CDROM device. It doesn't matter if the device is physical, or virtual(daemon. If your first cdr device is physical, but you don't want to burn the cd, but you have the image, mount it in the first virtual device, and after you will have to disable the physical cdr for the time of playing this game. I do like that, since I never use physical cdr in my laptop. To turn off your physical cdr right click on 'my computer' icon/properties/device manager, then click on CD-ROM/DVD devices. Right click on the proper one, and select the second top option(win10), which should be 'turn off' or somth like that. I you aren't sure which one is the physical one, then disable all the virtual cdr devices in daemon tools gui. If you disable them, you should see only the physical one in device manager.
You probably know most of it, but in case you didn't know I wrote all this.
Have fun man.

LINK2018-01-190 point

I love the game and everything and I installed, but the soundtrack doesn't work. I installed in 'work pc' It was fine. But in home, nothing.

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♪♪Special Agent Page♫♪♫2017-04-191 point

i took the zipped ISO and it comes with both mac and pc. i used the pc ISO. without using fixes or updates there are no conceivable issues except the resolution being locked. with windows 10 i did not have to use any compatibility or restart my pc after the install as the game suggested. it runs fine. i have not tried a controller i just stuck with the keyboard configuration it came with. it's not a modern game so the keys aren't exactly intuitive however they are not counter intuitive either.
the sound was fine, the video was smooth. unlike most modern games this one works without a 'day one patch'. if you ever played this title, i highly recommend getting it again. it's original, it's playable, it's unique and it's quite addictive. i flew through the first level but that is to be expected since that last time i played was 18 years ago on a Ps1. abandonware simply means it's no longer supported or under protection (most of the time) for copyright. think of it like a newspaper on the floor, nobody cares if you take it and burn it. the ISO works great with daemon tools. if you've never had a digital disc before, just look online for a how-to-guide, it wont take long.
i've not found any malicious content in the files provided. as far as i can tell it is safe. i took the ISO version so i can't say anything about the rest of the links here. if you take the game, enjoy it.

Axe2016-12-191 point

Played this game for countless hours with friends. Try it in the dark. Its fun to play with all the different weapon upgrades. Good challenging game, especially towards the end. Look everywhere to get all the upgrades or you will be sorry and die a messy death lots. Great puzzles for this era. The monsters will make you laugh when they kill your friends. Could be scary a little if played alone on a dark and stormy night.

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FroggerMs. Pac-ManMany of you probably never heard of Nightmare Ned. The game was based on a TV show that only ran for twelve episodes, and it was a game that desperately needed an ESRB rating! I swear, this thing fueled my nightmares as a child, and I'm sure a few of my readers can relate. It was also one of the few games I had on my computer at the time. So if dad was watching TV, I was playing Nightmare Ned.

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Nightmare Ned follows the adventures of Ned as he ignores his parents and stays up late past his bedtime. You did it too! When he's forced to go to bed, after a thunderstorm kills the power, he enters the realm of nightmares and drags you along with him. The game included such fun environments as a graveyard, hospital, school, and bathroom. I'm starting to wonder if this game contributed to my current mental issues.
The game was mainly logic-based. I mean the old adventure-game logic by the way. Ned used his yo-yo, and other items he found along the way, to solve puzzles. If Ned completed an area, he would get a nice scene showing him that his fears were all in his head. I, being a very young child at the time, did not get many nice scenes. Again, this does explain a lot of my issues. More than half of them in fact.
Now, let's get to the part you guys were curious about. How screwed up was this game? The answer: very screwed up. Nightmare Ned included such memorable lines as 'Don't worry, I only need four Gallons of blood!'. It includes a scene of rotting teeth, drawn in disturbing detail. Even better, the game features a lovely scene of a ghoul with an exposed, and beating, heart. All of this wrapped up with friendly, 2-D animation on a compact disc. Also, it had no rating and parents didn't bother to play it themselves before giving it to children.

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