Gakkou de atta Kowai Hanashi
| Gakkou de atta Kowai Hanashi | |
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Super Famicom cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Pandora Box |
| Publisher(s) | Banpresto |
| Platform(s) | Super Famicom, PlayStation |
| Release | Super Famicom
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| Genre(s) | Adventure, survival horror |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Gakkou de atta Kowai Hanashi (Japanese: 学校であった怖い話; "Schoolhouse Horror Story") is a Survival Horror text-based visual novel for the Super Famicom that was released in 1995 by Banpresto exclusively in Japan. The in-game graphics make use of digitized photographs.
In 1996, a remake for the PlayStation, "Gakkou de atta Kowai Hanashi S", was released. It featured improved graphics, full motion video, and a drastically expanded story.
The game was developed by Pandora Box, a studio founded by game designer and scenario writer Takeo Iijima. The characters and setting would later be used in the Apathy franchise of Visual and Sound Novel games.