Vampire Night
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Vampire Night is a light gun
game produced by Sega
, Wow Entertainment, distributed through Namco
and released in 2000 for video game arcades. It was later ported to PlayStation 2
in November 2001.
Albert and Michel rescue a 12-year old girl named Caroline who witnessed a couple of villagers held hostage by the vampire sarcoma
. After rescuing the villagers and Caroline, the vampire hunters proceed into the castle to destroy the remaining forces of dark.
Although the forces of evil reveal that they created Albert and Michel to kill themselves, they became afraid of death and tried to stop them. It is important to note the hunters are in fact Dhampyrs (half-vampires)
, due to their glowing eyes and sunglasses
. The outcome is a pyrrhic victory
for the forces of good as the forces of evil are stopped, at the expense of the lives of the Vampire Hunters.
The game ends with Caroline paying her respects to the Vampire Hunters at their graves.
, leaping ability and vampiric traits such as golden-glowing eyes.
. He sits on his throne while his accomplices carry out footwork for him and spread the evil across the land. He created Albert and Michel to destroy him when he could no longer bear immortality
but became afraid of dying and tried to stop them. During the final battle, he becomes a demonic vampire with clouds of bats flying around him to both protect him and attack his enemies.
His accomplices are as follows:
There are also normal vampires who attack the players and even villagers who are in the mercy of the vampiric sarcoma, which must be shot carefully or the human will turn into a vampire if another part of their body is shot.
Light gun
A light gun is a pointing device for computers and a control device for arcade and video games.Modern screen-based light guns work by building a sensor into the gun itself, and the on-screen target emit light rather than the gun...
game produced by Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
, Wow Entertainment, distributed through Namco
Namco
is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...
and released in 2000 for video game arcades. It was later ported to PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
in November 2001.
Plot
A struggle between light and dark, from 300 years back, is about to ensue. The parties involved are Albert and Michel, the two vampire hunters representing light, and the vampires representing dark. The story takes place in an alternate version of the year 2006, when progress looks stuck in the late 19th century.Albert and Michel rescue a 12-year old girl named Caroline who witnessed a couple of villagers held hostage by the vampire sarcoma
Sarcoma
A sarcoma is a cancer that arises from transformed cells in one of a number of tissues that develop from embryonic mesoderm. Thus, sarcomas include tumors of bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, vascular, and hematopoietic tissues...
. After rescuing the villagers and Caroline, the vampire hunters proceed into the castle to destroy the remaining forces of dark.
Although the forces of evil reveal that they created Albert and Michel to kill themselves, they became afraid of death and tried to stop them. It is important to note the hunters are in fact Dhampyrs (half-vampires)
Dhampir
A Dhampir in Balkan folklore is the child of a vampire father and a human mother. The term is sometimes spelled dhampyre, dhamphir, or dhampyr. Dhampir powers are similar to those of vampires, but without the usual weaknesses...
, due to their glowing eyes and sunglasses
Sunglasses
Sunglasses or sun glasses are a form of protective eyewear designed primarily to prevent bright sunlight and high-energy visible light from damaging or discomforting the eyes. They can sometimes also function as a visual aid, as variously termed spectacles or glasses exist, featuring lenses that...
. The outcome is a pyrrhic victory
Pyrrhic victory
A Pyrrhic victory is a victory with such a devastating cost to the victor that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately cause defeat.-Origin:...
for the forces of good as the forces of evil are stopped, at the expense of the lives of the Vampire Hunters.
The game ends with Caroline paying her respects to the Vampire Hunters at their graves.
Vampire Hunters
No one knows the background or age of the two player characters, although the people entrust themselves to the pledge of Albert's and Michel's determination of wiping out the vampires for good. While Albert is capable of socializing, both share the commitment to destroy the forces of dark once and for all. They are half-vampires created by Count Auguste, evident by their superhuman strengthSuperhuman strength
Superhuman strength, also called superstrength, super-strength, or super strength, is an ability commonly employed in fiction. It is the ability for a character to be stronger than humanly possible...
, leaping ability and vampiric traits such as golden-glowing eyes.
The survivor
The vampire hunters meet Caroline, a young pre-teen whose traumatic experiences of her childhood "ages" her before her years. Appearing to be the only survivor of the vampire onslaught, she is protected by the vampire hunters allowing her to face the perils that lie ahead.Vampires
Count Auguste or Sir Vampire, leads the army of vampires in the battle between light and dark and serves as the game's chief antagonist. He is clearly based on Count DraculaCount Dracula
Count Dracula is a fictional character, the titular antagonist of Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula and archetypal vampire. Some aspects of his character have been inspired by the 15th century Romanian general and Wallachian Prince Vlad III the Impaler...
. He sits on his throne while his accomplices carry out footwork for him and spread the evil across the land. He created Albert and Michel to destroy him when he could no longer bear immortality
Immortality
Immortality is the ability to live forever. It is unknown whether human physical immortality is an achievable condition. Biological forms have inherent limitations which may or may not be able to be overcome through medical interventions or engineering...
but became afraid of dying and tried to stop them. During the final battle, he becomes a demonic vampire with clouds of bats flying around him to both protect him and attack his enemies.
His accomplices are as follows:
- Bathe'lemy, a vampire knight who searches for the meaning of life. He can phase through trees and walls and is also capable of teleporting and invisibilityInvisibilityInvisibility is the state of an object that cannot be seen. An object in this state is said to be invisible . The term is usually used as a fantasy/science fiction term, where objects are literally made unseeable by magical or technological means; however, its effects can also be seen in the real...
. In the boss fight, he shapeshifts into a deadly horned, knight-like golemGolemIn Jewish folklore, a golem is an animated anthropomorphic being, created entirely from inanimate matter. The word was used to mean an amorphous, unformed material in Psalms and medieval writing....
with a lance in each hand. After his defeat, he asks the vampire hunters why they protect the humans before being destroyed. - Guillaume, a demented scientist and genius who was banished from his home-land because of his sick experiments. He is a vampire with power to control firePyrokinesisPyrokinesis, derived from the Greek words and , was the name coined by horror novelist Stephen King for the ability to create or to control fire with the mind that he gave to the protagonist Charlie McGee in Firestarter...
and the stereotypical mad scientistMad scientistA mad scientist is a stock character of popular fiction, specifically science fiction. The mad scientist may be villainous or antagonistic, benign or neutral, and whether insane, eccentric, or simply bumbling, mad scientists often work with fictional technology in order to forward their schemes, if...
who thinks vampires are superior to humans and they are not made for defeat. He kidnapped Caroline and uses his vampire henchmen to fight the vampire hunters. During the boss battle with him, he shapeshifts into a massive bat and after his defeat, he returns to his human form, and not bearing to accept defeat, he commits suicideSuicideSuicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
by jumping from a cliff while laughing maniacally. He has a strained relationship with fellow vampire Raoul, evident when Diane warned Guillaume's death and Raoul told her that he got what he deserved. - Raoul, a dark-minded fencerFencingFencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
who wants to avenge his love interest Sophie (mistaken by Caroline) by killing humans. He is somewhat annoyed by Guillaume. Like Bathe'lemy he can also teleport and become invisible, but he is capable of some feats of telekinesis and generating copies of himself to confuse and attack the player's character. In the boss fight, he drags Albert and Michael to a dream-like realm where he sacrifices his human energy to become a vampire. Although his vampire form doesn't change much like any other vampire boss, his body becomes more muscular and he can levitate around the arena and summon a giant demon to battle against the duo. After his defeat, he asks to Caroline, mistaken for Sophie, to forgive him. However she begs Albert and Michael not to kill him and Raoul realizes he has become human again. - Diane, a mermaid who fell in love with the Count Auguste and he turned her into a vampire and now she serves the forces of darkness as an ice queen. She is willing to do anything to please her master and several times she attacks the vampire hunters in her human form with ice projectiles. In the boss fight, she shapeshifts into a feral siren with power over ice and upon been defeated she considers the possibility of humans and vampires living together and says goodbye to her beloved vampire before expiring into dust.
There are also normal vampires who attack the players and even villagers who are in the mercy of the vampiric sarcoma, which must be shot carefully or the human will turn into a vampire if another part of their body is shot.
External links
- http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/481081.asp
- http://www.vampire-night.com (Official Site)