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Inherent Evil - The Haunted Hotel

31 December 1999

Inherent Evil - The Haunted Hotel is a point-and-click developed by Eclipse Software, released 31 December 1999 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Inherent Evil - The Haunted Hotel is

Inherent Evil - The Haunted Hotel is a point-and-click game developed by Eclipse Software and released in 1999. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

It¹s been 20 years since your parents were murdered at the Reed Hotel; only you and your brother escaped. Your brother returns to the hotel your parents owned, hoping to re-open it. Now he is suddenly missing. Are you next? You rush to the hotel to investigate, but mysterious sounds and gruesome events from that frightful night 20 years ago plague your efforts... and so do your dead parents! It's up to you to make your way through the hotel, finding clues to unlock the dark secrets of Inherent Evil.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Inherent Evil - The Haunted Hotel launched on 31 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Little Fighter 2.

Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Little Fighter 2.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Inherent Evil - The Haunted Hotel was released on 31 December 1999 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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