Waxworks is a 1992 Horrorsoft first-person dungeon crawl style role-playing video game. It was originally an Amiga game but was also released for DOS. It is infamous for its still-startling depictions of gore (in 256 colors) and its difficult gameplay. This was Horrorsoft's last game before they became Adventure Soft, a company renowned for their Simon the Sorcerer series. Many years ago, a witch named Ixona stole a chicken from an ancestor of the player, who chopped off her hand as punishment for the theft. Ixona retaliated by placing a terrible curse on the ancestor that would take effect whenever twins were born in his family line; one twin would grow up to be good, while the other would become evil. This continues to the present day, and the player's twin brother, Alex, is next in line to inherit the curse. At the start of the game, the player's uncle, Uncle Boris, has died and left them with his waxworks, as well a crystal ball through which his spirit communicates with the player...