Haunted: Halloween ’86 - Spirit Edition

 

RETURN TO POSSUM HOLLOW
October 31st 2025: On a quiet evening in Possum Hollow, two kids are looking for the perfect Donny and Tami costumes. On a quest to dress up as their heroes, Steven and Kym venture into a Spirit Halloween, but just as they put on the costumes, they’re surprised by Jack the Reaper who plummets them through a vortex back to 1986 to relive the infamous nightmare that Donny and Tami endured

Jack the Reaper has taken over Possum Hollow with a few old friends and they are having so much fun, it’s scary. To find their way home our heroes must battle all sorts of evil and there is nowhere to hide…

SAVE HALLOWEEN!
Teamwork is the key to returning to 2025 in time to trick-or-treat. Steven and Kym must work together to overcome spooky obstacles, climb through chaos, dodge pumpkins and destroy enemies before they come face to face with Spirit Halloween’s finest. With exciting challenges, insane surprises, and a sweet soundtrack…

Are you ready to return to Possum Hollow? Join the fun and grab a limited-edition physical copy of the game while online-only supplies last! This game is compatible with the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and select Retron consoles.

I will freely admit that I rarely ever buy anything from Spirit Halloween. It's nothing against them, I just don't have a need for any of the horror tchotchkes or cartoon-y animatronics that they sell. Of course, this never stops me from hitting up the local Spirit each October just to see their offerings...

But in this case, I think I'm going to make an exception. Because Spirit recently released Haunted: Halloween ’86 - Spirit Edition, a full retro-inspired 8-bit (Spirit) Halloween game for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. This is absolute marketing genius. 

I'm definitely a sucker for anything "nostalgic Halloween" and by the looks of the fun gameplay below, I'll be heading over to mom's house to dig out the old original NES system from her basement and dropping this one in to give it a try!

Haunted: Halloween ’86 - Spirit Edition is back in stock after selling out the first batch and available here.