Laplace no Ma

Laplace no Ma
Laplace no Ma
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Developer(s) Group SNE, Vic Tokai (SNES)
Publisher(s) Group SNE (DOS)
HummingBirdSoft (PC-8801, SNES)
Human Entertainment (TG-CD)
Platform(s) NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, Sharp X68000, PC (DOS), TurboGrafx CD, Super Famicom
Release date(s) 1987 (PC-8801, PC-9801, Sharp X68000)
1993 (DOS)
March 30, 1993 (TGCD)
May 14, 1995 (SNES)
Genre(s) Survival horror
Role-playing game
Mode(s) Single-player
Media/distribution Cartridge

Laplace no Ma (ラプラスの魔 Rapurasu no Ma?, literally "Laplace's demon") is a Japanese computer game released in 1987 for the NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801 and Sharp X68000.[1] The game was also ported to MS-DOS, the SNES and TurboGrafx-CD. This game is a mixture of the CRPG and survival horror genres and set in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts in a town called "Newcam", it is modeled on fictional city Arkham created by H. P. Lovecraft.

The horror part of the game lies in the exploration of the fictional Weathertop Mansion, whose owner dabbled in black magic. The game's CRPG features include its character classes—Dilettante, Medium, Detective, Scientist, and Journalist—and that the player can leave the mansion to walk around the town to go to shops to buy items needed to defeat the monsters and complete the game.

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