John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles

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John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles: An Adventure in Terror is an adventure game by Legend Entertainment and Red Orb Entertainment released in 1998.

The game is based on serial novels that were written by John Saul, called Blackstone Chronicles

A sequel to the novels, the game takes place several years after the sixth book, and continues the story of Oliver Metcalf, his family, and the town of Blackstone.

The game starts with Oliver arriving at the Blackstone Asylum, which has been purchased and is being turned into a Museum of Psychiatric History. That doesn't sit well with Malcolm Metcalf, Oliver's father and last superintendent of the Asylum. who died some forty years before. All of the activity involved in transforming the Asylum has awakened its residents. For reasons not yet known to Oliver or the player, his father has taken his son, Joshua, and hidden him somewhere in the Asylum, apparently to coerce Oliver there.

While the game was not a large success, it is highly sought-after by fans of the series, some even referring to it as the seventh 'book'. The game is impressive for its expansion of the novels' plot, its dark and unsettling atmosphere, and the chilling voice acting done by Henry Strozier (Malcolm Metcalf).