Here's What John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN Would Look Like as an 8-Bit Video Game

My dad had an Atari when I was growing up, but I'm not old enough to have any personal experiences playing video games on that system. But when I saw that 8-Bit Cinema had dedicated their newest episode to John Carpenter's 1978 classic Halloween, I checked to see if the movie had ever actually been adapted into a game before. Much to my surprise, it has: way back on the Atari 2600. Check out some footage from that game, and then watch the much more entertaining 8-Bit Cinema episode (in which you basically play Punch Out as Michael Myers/The Shape) below.

Halloween for the Atari 2600 Played on Stella emulator for Atari 2600 ROMS. Everyone has probably seen a Halloween film in their life time. The series made famous in 1978 by John Carpenter and Debra Hill is still going strong today, 27 years later.

Get ready for Halloween with a digital dose of Michael Myers in glorious 8-bit arcade form. Who would have thought that all of the killing in the classic horror film "Halloween" could be interpreted as "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!" 8-bit Cinema "gamifies" your favorite Hollywood Blockbusters into 80's arcade and NES inspired action!