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Want things to get weird? Then LSD: Dream Emulator is one of the OGs of weird games. Now, a free fan-made recreation brings all the surreal magic of the game to PC, and you can get hold of it for free. The project is called LSD: Revamped and we\u2019re absolutely obsessed with it.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll forgive you for never having played LSD: Dream Emulator before. The game is a rare PS1 title that up until its release on the PlayStation Store in 2010, was not easy to get hold of.<\/p>\n
LSD: Dream Emulator is a game, or at least an interactive experience, based on dreams. The original creator of the idea, producer Osamu Sato, conceived it to be more like an art piece than a game in the classic sense. With environments based around a dream diary kept by a game designer at Asmik Ace, LSD: Dream Emulator lets you take a stroll through dreams.<\/p>\n
Your actions are fairly limited. You can walk in any direction, and turn on the spot. Most objects you touch will transport you to a new area.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not always a whimsical adventure though. Some dreams take you to dark places.<\/p>\n
There are nightmarish dark cityscapes with dead bodies on the ground, eerie open fields covered with a red mist, and corridors of massive disembodied faces.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re not always alone in your dreams, and the entities that visit you aren\u2019t always friendly. You deal with the constant threat of The Grey Man, a sinister figure in a wide-brimmed hat who casn materialize in your dreams. He will walk slowly towards you. If he touches you, he wipes your dream from replays. It\u2019s not a huge punishment.. so why do I feel so unnerved?<\/p>\n
So what does the remake offer that the original doesn\u2019t? LSD: Revamped has all the strangeness and familiar locations you can find in the original, with some modern comforts.<\/p>\n
You have more graphics options, with resolution and filter options available.<\/p>\n
More interestingly, it is built with mod support in mind, with a view to letting the community build in all kinds of weird and wonderful new content. With any luck this means a long-lived community and tons of all new experiences. Unless they\u2019re anything like The Grey Man. You can keep anything like him. Even one is too many.<\/p>\n
Want to check the project out and download a copy? Head over to the itch.io page. Give the creator some love.<\/p>\n
Want some more weird games? Try our news on False Hero.<\/p>\n