Do you miss the times of bodily magazines filled with demo discs? Would you prefer to see it perverted in sinister methods? PC Cursed 98 gives you the entire expertise you’ve been on the lookout for, it’s free, and it’s obtainable for PC now.

PC Cursed 98 is a compilation of quick indie video games within the framework of the type of demo disc that got here with magazines within the ’90s and ’00s. This makes it adjoining to Haunted PS1 and its number of PS1-styled cursed demo discs. What makes PC Cursed 98 a bit totally different is that it comes filled with an precise journal. I’m not even speaking a few quick pamphlet, both. It’s 52 pages of articles and twisted ads. That’s dedication. It’s even arrange in such a approach that you would be able to have it professionally printed out. On high of that, there are even covers for a CD case for the demo disc.

The (free) demo disc incorporates 21-ish shortform horror video games from a slew of creators. From the listing, I solely actually acknowledge Jacob Jazz, who made the Baobabs Mausoleum video games. However that’s sort of the purpose of those compilations: you get a glimpse into the minds of quite a lot of small, indie builders. Possibly you’ll like what you see and can kind a brand-new parasocial relationship with them!

The video games are supposedly all horror-themed, however their fashion runs the gamut between lo-fi, jank pop, and retro-inspired. Sometimes, for these jams, quite a lot of the included video games are very experimental. As such, a few of them fail. Others would possibly make you would like you may unsee them. However just a few could echo within the darkest recesses of your soul. It’s value a glance. Jam video games, I assume you may name them.

PC Cursed 98 is now obtainable for PC via itch.io. It’s free, so it most likely doesn’t damage.