![]() ![]() While this makes sense considering the game's target audience was children between the ages of eight and ten, it still seems like a shame that a title that was many '90s kid's first experience with survival-horror games is lost to time. After two rereleases that significantly reduced the difficulty, Haunted Island was removed from the JumpStart roster and replaced with Sapphire Falls - likely the result of negative feedback from parents of terrified children. ![]() (Wikipedia) This is a hybrid Mac/PC disc image, compressed with StuffIt 5.5. However, while nothing of the plot was included in Sapphire Falls, it does include a few games similar to those from Haunted Island. Outside of emulators or CD-ROM copies from the '90s, the game is no longer available. The plot, setting and characters of Sapphire Falls are completely unrelated to this game. It's perhaps because of this that the game is so hard to come by nowadays. The use of then-new 3D art only added to the game's off-putting feel. With a first-person viewpoint, dim lighting, a dreary environment and a villain that's basically an eldritch fae horror set on tormenting them for fun, this is basically a non-violent, gore-less horror game that wouldn't look too out of place next to some Resident Evil titles. JumpStart 4th Grade: Haunted Island didn't just have a spooky aesthetic - it was basically a horror game. RELATED: Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City Reveals a Chilling Easter Egg
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