Nightmare Ned

Nightmare Ned
Cover art
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Disney Interactive
Director(s)Walt Dohrn
Programmer(s)Michael Sean Clement
Artist(s)Christina Vann
Composer(s)Patrick J. Collins
Jim Owen
Platform(s)
ReleaseOctober 7, 1997
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Sidescroller
Mode(s)Single-player

Nightmare Ned is a 1997 computer game for Microsoft Windows that was developed alongside the animated series of the same name.[1][2] The game was based on a concept by Sue and Terry Shakespeare.[3] It was released on October 7, 1997.[citation needed]

Developed by Creative Capers Entertainment and Window Painters Ltd. and published by Disney Interactive Studios, Nightmare Ned was Disney Interactive's first video game release that was developed by a subcontracted developer.[4] The game was critically acclaimed and received various accolades.

  1. ^ Jackson, Wendy (December 1997). "1997 Gaming Report: The Best of the Bunch". Animation World Magazine. Vol. 2, no. 9. Retrieved 3 February 2018. Nightmare Ned was simultaneously developed as a game and an animated series with Disney.
  2. ^ "Monster Buyer's Guide - The 1997 Holiday Hot 100". Computer Gaming World. No. 161. December 1997. Retrieved 17 December 2017. Saturday-morning cartoon star Nightmare Ned makes his CD-ROM debut in an action/adventure game (with a Nightmare Before Christmas feel) from Disney Interactive.
  3. ^ Fritz, Steve (2 May 1997). "Animated Shorts". Mania Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 January 1998.
  4. ^ Clark, Willie (18 August 2016). "Disney's Many, Many Attempts at Figuring Out The Video Game Industry". Polygon. Retrieved 4 February 2018.