| Laplace no Ma | |
| Developer: | Group SNE, Vic Tokai (SNES) |
| Publisher: | HummingBirdSoft (PC-8801, PC-9801) Human Entertainment (TG-CD) Vic Tokai (SNES) |
| Released: | NEC PC-8801, PC-9801 MSX Sharp X68000 TurboGrafx-CD SNES |
| Genre: | Survival horror Role-playing game |
| Modes: | Single-player |
is a Japanese video game released in 1987 for the NEC PC-8801 and NEC PC-9801.[1] The game was also ported to Sharp X68000, MSX, the SNES and TurboGrafx-CD. It is part of the Ghost Hunter dungeon crawler series, which also includes Kurokishi no Kamen for the 3DO and Paracelsus no Maken for the NEC PC.
This video game is a mixture of the role-playing video game and survival horror genres and set in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts, in a town called "Newcam"; it is modeled after the 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.
On release, Famicom Tsūshin scored the Super Famicom version of the game a 26 out of 40.[2]