Publisher Nightdive Studios and developer The Dreamers Guild have announced a modern console re-release for I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, the classic horror game based on the classic 60’s novel of the same name.
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is set to be re-released for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PS4, and PS5 on March 27th. This is the first time the game is being ported to home consoles.
Originally released for MS-DOS back in 1995 and co-developed by Cyberdreams and The Dreamers Guild with original novel/creator Harlan Ellison co-designing the game, it was later ported to modern PC’s (via Steam) in 2013 by Nightdive Studios and for smartphones in 2016.
Here’s a rundown on the game, plus a new trailer:
The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the Master Computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing, compelling. An adventure you won’t easily forget !!
FIVE DAMNED SOULS: Buried deep within the center of the earth, trapped in the bowels of an insane computer for the past hundred and nine years. Gorrister the suicidal loner, Benny the mutilated brute, Ellen the hysterical phobic, Nimdok the secretive sadist, Ted the cynical paranoid.
ONE CHALLENGE: The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of the five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the Master Computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing, compelling. An adventure you won’t easily forget !!
Features:
- Assume the roles of five different characters, each in a unique environment
- Challenging dilemmas dealing with powerfully charged emotional issues
- Provocative psychological and adult-oriented themes
- Based on Harlan Ellison’s short story “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream”, one of the ten most reprinted stories in the English language
- Full digitized speech with over 40 different characters and state of the art animation
- Harlan Ellison as the voice of the insane master computer, AM.
