Stephen King's F13
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| Developer(s) | Presto Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Blue Byte |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Macintosh |
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| Genre(s) | Casual game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Stephen King's F13 is a collection of casual games developed by Presto Studios and released in 1999-2000 by Blue Byte. The title F13 suggests a function key that would follow F12 on standard PC keyboards.[2]
Overview
[edit]The minigames include No Swimming, Bug Splat, and Whack-A-Zombie. The "Frightware" bundle also includes a set of "Screamsavers", "Bump and Thump" sound effects, "Deathtop" backgrounds, and a digital copy of Stephen King's short novella Everything's Eventual.
Reception
[edit]| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | 28%[3] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| AllGame |   [4] |
| EP Daily | 3.5/10[5] |
| GameSpot | 2.6/10[6] |
| IGN | 2.1/10[7] |
| PC Zone | 13%[8] |
The game received unfavorable reviews. PC Gamer strongly criticized the game, describing it as "Crap, rubbish, claptrap, idiocy, poppycock, twaddle, brainless, dazed, deficient, dense, dim, doltish, dopey, dull, dumb, foolish, futile, half-baked, half-witted, idiotic, ill-advised, imbecilic, inane, irrelevant, laughable, mindless, moronic, nonsensical, obtuse, pointless, puerile, senseless, shortsighted, stupid, stupefying, thick, thick-headed, trivial, unintelligent, unthinking, witless, fetid, foul, cack-handed and really not very good at all."[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "News". Blue Byte. Archived from the original on March 1, 2000. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ Michael L. House. "Stephen King's F13 - Overview". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "Stephen King's F13 for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 8, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ Jason White. "Stephen King's F13 - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ Chris Hudak (February 8, 2000). "Stephen King's F13 (PC)". The Electric Playground. Greedy Productions Ltd. Archived from the original on July 5, 2003. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ Steve Smith (February 7, 2000). "Stephen King's F13 Review (PC)". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on November 1, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ Mark Asher (March 20, 2000). "Stephen King's F13 (PC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ Mark Hill (May 2000). "Stephen King's F13" (PDF). PC Zone. No. 89. Dennis Publishing. p. 93. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ Cobbett, Richard (2020-07-18). "Crapshoot: The Stephen King 'game' that will take you to a dark place". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
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