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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Culture concept

44
games
4
characters
14
platforms

Characters

Death, War, Pestilence, Famine
(view all the 4 "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" characters)
GnomeHack (Linux)
GnomeHack
LIN 2001
Darksiders (PlayStation 3)
Darksiders
PS3 2010-01-05
Afterlife (Windows)
Afterlife
WIN 1996
NetHack (Linux)
NetHack
LIN ? *
Darksiders (Windows)
Darksiders
WIN 2010-06-24
Afterlife (MS-DOS)
Afterlife
DOS 1996
UnNetHack (Linux)
UnNetHack
LIN 2011
Nethack: Falcon's Eye (Linux)
Nethack: Falcon's Eye
LIN 2000-10
NetHack (MS-DOS)
NetHack
DOS 1985
NetHack (GP2X-F100)
NetHack
GP2X 2006-07-20
NetHack (Windows)
NetHack
WIN 200?
Darksiders II (Windows)
Darksiders II
WIN 2012-08-14
Related:
* Seven deadly sins
* Tangible abstracts / personifications
Commonly generals or other greater henchmen of some ultimate evil representing various abstracts or traits. Regardless if they actually ride horses (or any other creatures) or not.

In the original Christian canon, the four horsemen were Pestilence/Conquest, War, Famine, and Death. These are also colored white, red, black and pale respectively.

Popular tags

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Parent group

Tangible abstracts

Games by year

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The first Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse video game was released in 1985.

DevTeam, THQ and LucasArts published most of these games.

Related site

Wikipedia article

Platforms

Linux 13
Windows 7
MS-DOS 3
BeOS 3
Mac OS Classic 3
Solaris 2
PS3 2
X360 2
OS/2 2
NeXT 2
Unix 2
BSD 1
GP2X 1
GamePark 32 1