Clive Barker’s Nightbreed: The Action Game (1990) - DOS Action Game

Clive Barker’s Nightbreed: The Action Game

Review

This side-scrolling action game challenges Boone to fight through Midian, collect three keys, and transform into Cabal to free the Breed.

Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Action Game was developed by Ocean Software and released for MS-DOS in 1990, the same year as the original game's debut on other platforms such as Amiga and Atari ST.

About Clive Barker’s Nightbreed: The Action Game

Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Action Game is a side-scrolling action title set in the world of the Nightbreed film. Players control Boone, who fights through the subterranean realm of Midian against groups like the Sons of the Free and the Berserkers.

The central objective involves a multi-stage quest. Boone must first locate three keys hidden across the levels, with the final key requiring a confrontation with an enemy known as the MASK. Following this, a journey to the deity Baphomet grants Boone the temporary ability to transform into a more powerful and resilient form named Cabal.

Later stages require freeing the captive Nightbreed and learning that the MASK has taken Boone's companion, Lori. This leads to a final descent and battle against this foe. Victory is followed by a return to the surface for a reunion, concluding the adventure.