[Retro] Night Trap Game

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2 total messages Started by Rin Stowleigh Sat, 11 Jan 2014 05:52

#350863

Author: Rin Stowleigh
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 05:52

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It was originally a Sega game, apparently later appeared on PC.  I was
a busy guy at the time it apparently came out (1992?) that I don't
remember it.

I was recently watching a biography of Dana Plato, and it mentioned
she starred in this game during her decline.  It described the game as
so violent and degrading that it led to congressional hearings about
rating/banning video games (etc... same old political nonsense).

Does anyone remember this title or actually playing it?  I'm just
wondering what all the scuttlebutt was about.  Painfully I tried to
endure some videos of gameplay and basicially concluded the show I was
watching was over dramatizing the situation.  I think if anyone
researches this deeply today they will probably be disappointed at
both the degradation and violence if measured by today's standards :)

I would mostly like to hear someone who can comment about the impact
back in '92 or so since I missed it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plV5l_uKzDo

Re: [Retro] Night Trap Game

#350864

Author: stuart.feldhamer
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 04:06

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On Saturday, January 11, 2014 12:52:18 AM UTC-5, Rin Stowleigh wrote:
> It was originally a Sega game, apparently later appeared on PC.  I was
> 
> a busy guy at the time it apparently came out (1992?) that I don't
> 
> remember it.
> 
> 
> 
> I was recently watching a biography of Dana Plato, and it mentioned
> 
> she starred in this game during her decline.  It described the game as
> 
> so violent and degrading that it led to congressional hearings about
> 
> rating/banning video games (etc... same old political nonsense).
> 
> 
> 
> Does anyone remember this title or actually playing it?  I'm just
> 
> wondering what all the scuttlebutt was about.  Painfully I tried to
> 
> endure some videos of gameplay and basicially concluded the show I was
> 
> watching was over dramatizing the situation.  I think if anyone
> 
> researches this deeply today they will probably be disappointed at
> 
> both the degradation and violence if measured by today's standards :)
> 
> 
> 
> I would mostly like to hear someone who can comment about the impact
> 
> back in '92 or so since I missed it.
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plV5l_uKzDo

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