| Stephen King's F13 | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Presto Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Blue Byte |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Macintosh |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Casual game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Stephen King's F13 is a collection of casual games developed by Presto Studios and released in 1999-2000 by Blue Byte. The title F13 suggests a function key that would follow F12 on standard PC keyboards. [2]
The minigames include No Swimming, Bug Splat, and Whack-A-Zombie. The "Frightware" bundle also includes a set of "Screamsavers", "Bump and Thump" sound effects, "Deathtop" backgrounds, and a digital copy of Stephen King's short novella Everything's Eventual .
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | 28% [3] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| AllGame |   [4] |
| EP Daily | 3.5/10 [5] |
| GameSpot | 2.6/10 [6] |
| IGN | 2.1/10 [7] |
| PC Zone | 13% [8] |
The game received unfavorable reviews. PC Gamer strongly criticized the game, describing it as "Crap, rubbish, claptrap, idiocy, poppycock, twaddle, brainless, dazed, deficient, dense, dim, doltish, dopey, dull, dumb, foolish, futile, half-baked, half-witted, idiotic, ill-advised, imbecilic, inane, irrelevant, laughable, mindless, moronic, nonsensical, obtuse, pointless, puerile, senseless, shortsighted, stupid, stupefying, thick, thick-headed, trivial, unintelligent, unthinking, witless, fetid, foul, cack-handed and really not very good at all." [9]
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