Zeddas: Servant of Sheol

Zeddas: Servant of Sheol[lower-alpha 1] is an adventure video game developed by Japanese studio Caravan Interactive and published by Synergy Interactive (a subsidiary of Synergy Incorporated) in 1996 for Macintosh, SEGA Saturn, and Windows 3.[1]

Zeddas: Servant of Sheol
Developer(s)Caravan Interactive
Publisher(s)Synergy Interactive
Director(s)Yayoi Yamada
Yoshio Kawasaki
Producer(s)Shigeru Kawamata
Taketoshi Kashiwabara
Designer(s)Hirokazu Sato
Programmer(s)Katsumi Ishida
Composer(s)Keiichi Sugiyama
SeriesZeddas/Horror Tour
EngineMacromedia Director
Platform(s)Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Sega Saturn
ReleaseMac OS/Windows
  • JP: 1994
  • NA: February 1996
Saturn
  • JP: March 29, 1996
Genre(s)Graphic adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay
Gameplay screenshot.

Zeddas: Servant of Sheol is a horror adventure game.

Development and release

The game was developed using Macromedia Director.[2]

Reception and legacy

Zeddas: Servant of Sheol was met with mixed critical reception from reviewers.[6] PC Joker'Markus Ziegler deemed it "shitty".[8] Swedish magazine High Score gave it a positive outlook but recommended users writing their own notes when playing, as the game takes time to complete.[7] PC Gamer's T. Liam McDonald noted the game's weird visual elements.[5] PC Game Center'Al Giovetti commended the hi res pre rendered graphics, campy and unusual character designs, voice acting, film like music score and sound design.[1] Hardcore Gaming 101's Tom Davey felt the game put its visual and technological gimmicks over any semblance of gameplay.[2]

The Japanese Sega Saturn conversion titled Horror Tour was also met with mixed reception from critics.[3][4][9] Fan reception was mixed as well; readers of the Japanese Sega Saturn Magazine voted to give the Saturn version a 4.7368 out of 10 score, ranking at the number 870 spot, indicating a middling following.[10]

A sequel was released entitled Horror Tour 2, which was followed by Labyrinthe (1998).[11] The third game in the series was rediscovered in 2018 in a file from a private collector on a forum.[12][13]

Notes
  1. Also known as Horror Tour (Japanese: ホラーツアー, Hepburn: Horā Tsuā) in Japan.

References
  1. Giovetti, Al (September 1996). "Software Reviews: Afterlife - Zeddas Servants of Sheol". PC Game Center. Vol. 7, no. 9. Joppa Computer Products. Archived from the original on 1998-12-03. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  2. Davey, Tom (May 18, 2014). "Zeddas: Servant of Sheol". Hardcore Gaming 101. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  3. "NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: ホラーツアー (セガサターン)". Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 318. ASCII Corporation. April 5, 1996.
  4. Bannert, Robert (June 1996). "Overseas: Planet Saturn - Horror Tour". MAN!AC (in German). No. 32. Cybermedia. p. 45.
  5. McDonald, T. Liam (July 1996). "Reviews: Zeddas: Servants of Sheol". PC Gamer. No. 26. Future US. p. 86. (Transcription by PC Gameworld. Archived 2001-06-08 at the Wayback Machine).
  6. McCann, Kevin J. (September 1996). "Zeddas: Servants of Sheol". Computer Player. Vol. 3, no. 4. Larry Flynt Publications. p. 96.
  7. "Zeddas: Servant of Sheol". High Score (in Swedish). No. 43. Bröderna Lindströms Förlags AB. July 1996.
  8. Ziegler, Markus (May–June 1996). "Explorer — Games Für Abenteurer: Zeddas - Servant of Sheol". PC Joker (in German). No. 42. Joker-Verlag. p. 42. (Transcription by Adventure Archiv. Archived 2016-09-10 at the Wayback Machine).
  9. "Sega Saturn Soft Review - ホラーツアー". Sega Saturn Magazine (in Japanese). No. 20. SoftBank Creative. April 12, 1996. p. 229.
  10. Dreamcast Magazine [in Japanese] (March 2000). セガサターン (Sega Saturn Magazine): 読者レース Final (PDF). サターンのゲームは世界いちぃぃぃ! ~サタマガ読者レース全記録~ (in Japanese). SoftBank Publishing. pp. 8–15. ISBN 978-4-79731173-0. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  11. "Collection Of Rare Japanese Games Leaks Online Without Owner's Permission". Kotaku Australia. 2018-06-09. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  12. Koebler, Jason; Olsen, Deidre (2018-06-05). "70 Long-Lost Japanese Video Games Have Been Discovered in a 67GB Folder of ROMs on a Private Forum". Motherboard. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  13. Kerr, Chris (2018-06-06). "70 Rare Japanese games rediscovered after 67GB folder leaks online". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
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