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Life & fun · December 5, 2022

Tenebra game PC port of popular Commodore 64 game

Guide the hapless protagonist to the exit, while keeping in mind that he is afraid of darkness and refuses to walk in the dark areas.

Tenebra game PC port of popular Commodore 64 game launched on December 5, 2022 with 39 votes, #1,055 of 3,688 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

In plain words

Tenebra is a PC port of a classic Commodore 64 game where players guide a protagonist through levels to reach the exit. The character has a fear of darkness and will not walk through dark areas, creating the puzzle mechanic. Players must navigate around shadowed sections to successfully complete each stage. The game is designed for casual players who enjoy retro-style puzzle gameplay.

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From the sources

An atmospheric game about light and darkness

Tenebra is an atmospheric puzzle game with rogue-like aesthetics. Guide the hapless protagonist to the exit, while keeping in mind that he is afraid of darkness and refuses to walk in the dark areas. Move torches around, push lights on rails, find keys to doors, light up cold braziers, pass through archways that collapse behind you, find oil barrels to make your torches brighter, squeeze through cracks in broken walls, fix broken rails with a hammer, illuminate the sensors to open the exits... do whatever it takes to get out of there! This is a PC port of my popular Commodore 64 game. I have tried to recreate the retro feel of the old 8-bit machine. In order to download this game you must…from h4plo.itch.io

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