Sweet Home (Famicom) and Clock Tower (snes & ps1) were nightmare fodder for a young lad. Silent Hill 2 was average scary at first, but the story and imagery began to affect me psychologically. I played it a second time 10 years later and the game was much more terrifying due to life experience. SH2 was created to affect the player on a subconscious level, just as the protagonist 's subconscious is affecting Silent Hill. I should also mention Shadow of the Comet, Blackstone Chronicles and the Dark Fall series for all those adventurers out there.