Clock Tower (1995 video game)
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Super Famicom box art
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| Developer(s) | Human Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Human Entertainment Sunsoft |
| Director(s) | Hifumi Kono |
| Producer(s) | Hiroyasu Ichizaki |
| Programmer(s) | Naoki Sonoda Nobuhiro Fujii |
| Artist(s) | Akiyoshi Iijima |
| Composer(s) | Kōji Niikura |
| Series | Clock Tower |
| Platform(s) | Super Famicom, PlayStation, Windows, WonderSwan |
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| Genre(s) | Survival horror, point-and-click adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Clock Tower is a survival horror point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Human Entertainment for the Super Famicom in 1995. It is the first installment in the Clock Tower series. The story follows orphan Jennifer Simpson soon after she is adopted by the Barrows family along with other orphaned girls. With the introduction of Scissorman, the game's antagonist, one of the other children is killed. Jennifer must then explore the Barrows Mansion to find a way to escape while evading Scissorman, leading to one of the game's multiple endings. Clock Tower utlizes a point and click interface with the player controlling a cursor to direct Jennifer's actions.
Much of Clock Tower's plot and artistic style are inspired by the works of Italian horror film director Dario Argento, most notably Phenomena. Director Hifumi Kono loved horror films like this and wanted the game to feel like one. Many of the game's character graphics were digitized from photos of real people. Jennifer's movements were constructed from a woman in Human's planning division acting out the scenes. Her design was inspired by Jennifer Connelly's character in Phenomena.
The game sold "fairly well" upon release. An updated version, titled Clock Tower: The First Fear was ported to the PlayStation, WonderSwan, and Windows. Many years later, it was re-released again on the PlayStation Network, as well as Wii and Wii U Virtual Console. The game has never been officially released outside Japan, although fan translations exist. In retrospective reviews, the puzzles and exploration were found to be tedious. However, Clock Tower has been praised for its haunting atmosphere and is considered a predecessor to other horror video games and the survival horror genre.
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