This reminds me of that meme showing Pac-Man as a man in a space suit and the ghosts are fallen space explorers.

I love the exploration of other genres you covered here, some great points.

Here is that meme if anyone is wondering.

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Edit to add - if you get a chance, check out Robowarrior by Jaleco for the NES. I love that game but it has some serious survival horror elements to it as well. Everyone calls me various colorful names for bringing it up in the same genre as Resident Evil but no one has proven me wrong yet. Lol