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1987 Japanese video game From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laplace no Ma (ラプラスの魔, Rapurasu no Ma, literally "Laplace's Demon") is a Japanese video game released in 1987 for the NEC PC-8801 and NEC PC-9801.[1] The game was also ported to the Sharp X68000, MSX, Super Famicom and TurboGrafx CD. It is part of the Ghost Hunter dungeon crawler series, which also includes Kurokishi no Kamen for the 3DO and Paracelsus no Maken for the NEC PC.
| Laplace no Ma | |
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TurboGrafx CD cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Group SNE, Vic Tokai (SNES) |
| Publisher(s) | HummingBirdSoft (PC-8801, PC-9801) Human Entertainment (TG-CD) Vic Tokai (SNES) |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | NEC PC-8801, PC-9801
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| Genre(s) | Survival horror Role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
This video game is a mixture of the role-playing video game and survival horror genres and set in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts, in a town called "Newcam"; it is modeled after the fictional city Arkham created by H. P. Lovecraft.
The horror part of the game lies in the exploration of the fictional Weathertop Mansion, whose owner dabbled in black magic. The game's CRPG features include its character classes—Dilettante, Medium, Detective, Scientist, and Journalist—and that the player can leave the mansion to walk around the town to go to shops to buy items needed to defeat the monsters and complete the game.
On release, Famicom Tsūshin scored the Super Famicom version of the game a 26 out of 40.[2]
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