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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/haunted_halloween_85.png]]
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3	-->''Let me tell yinz about''\
4	''Halloween.. In 1985..''\
5	''The things I saw and''\
6	''creatures I battled.''\
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8	-->''My name is Donny -''\
9	''Donny Johnstown -''\
10	''at least that's what''\
11	''my friends call me...''\
12	''cause I'm Donny...''\
13	''from Johnstown.''\
14	''I just moved here to''\
15	''Possum Hollow and I'm''\
16	''the reason the town is''\
17	''no longer haunted!''\
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19	-->''I saved everyone from''\
20	''the haunts that were''\
21	''destroying this town.''\
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23	-->''This is how it all''\
24	''went down......''
25	--->'''Intro scroll.'''
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27	''Haunted Halloween '85'' is a Homebrew [[ActionGame Action]] BeatEmUp PlatformGame by Retrotainment Games.
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29	The year is 1985, and Donny is the new kid in the town of Possum Hollow, having moved there from Johnstown. It's the Halloween season, and the Halloween Dance is coming up at school. Donny plans to ask Tami to it, the first step in his plan to ultimately hook up with her. Unfortunately, he woke up a little late, and had to rush to school to avoid getting in trouble, and running the risk of being barred from the dance.
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31	When he reaches the school, however, the place looks like a war zone. Not knowing what happened, he investigates the school and finds it overrun with ghosts and zombies. Now he needs to fight off these horrors, get to the bottom of this, and save the town.
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33	The game was released on October 30th, 2016. It also has a sequel, ''VideoGame/HauntedHalloween86TheCurseOfPossumHollow''.
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36	!!''Haunted Halloween '85'' contains examples of:
37	* TheEighties: The game is set in 1985.
38	* AlliterativeName: The soda that acts as VideoGameLives is called '''S'''erum '''S'''oda.
39	* CreepyCemetery: Naturally, one of the levels Donny explores is a graveyard.
40	* FeatheredFiend: Enemies in the game include black birds who will dive-bomb onto Donny from above if he's underneath them.
41	* FloatingPlatforms: Part of its 8-bit [=NES=] inspiration.
42	* GoodOldFisticuffs: Donny's primary weapons in the game are his two fists.
43	* HomebrewVideoGames: The game was made for the [=NES=] and ported to Steam.
44	* HyperactiveMetabolism: Donny can eat pieces of candy corn to regain health.
45	* UndeathlyPallor: The zombies in the game have green skin. Donny also gains green skin if he runs out of health, [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie resulting in zombification]].
46	* VideoGameLives: Serum Soda acts as this.

Context VideoGame / HauntedHalloween85