There was a game that caused quite a stir back in 1985-87. It involved the
holocaust, but for the life of me, I cannot recall the name. I never played the
game, but saw a story about it on the TV news. Given the typical sensationalism of
those stories I can only guess about the truthfulness or reality level of the
claims.
One title I do recall (from an ebay ad I put together) is Floor 13, which is a
somewhat disturbing RPG of sorts. Your character is the head of England's secret
police and your job is to extract information to preserve crown and country. It's
not graphic at all, but very cold and remorseless, as you order the torture and
possible deaths of a variety of "prisoners" in your quest.
"C.E. Forman" wrote:
> Hey gang,
>
> I'm in the process of a new YOIS column and this time around am taking a
> look at early controversial games: Titles that, for one reason or another,
> got a large group of people or a particular special-interests group pissed
> off. Here's a quick list off the top of my head (I haven't gone through my
> archives yet), but I wanted to get some of your favorites as well. Don't
> worry, you'll get credit for your contribs. I'd define early as pre-1984,
> so nothing like "Postal", and I do computers only, so no "Custer's Revenge"
> for the 2600.
>
> Here's my list so far:
>
> "Softporn" by On-Line Systems
> The first computer adventure to generate hate-mail due to its (rather bland)
> all-text depictions of sex. A lot of religious types bombarded Ken Williams
> for this one. On-Line / Sierra was pretty wild, back in the day -- lots of
> hot tub parties at Ken's, the most famous of which involved a photoshoot
> that splashed naked Roberta Williams on the cover of this very game.
>
> "The Bilestoad" (I forget the company)
> Criticized for its violence, some magazines even banned it from reviews.
> Gameplay consists of two opponents hacking each others' limbs off with axes.
> Quite realistic graphics for its time, especially for the Apple II. (This
> was 10 years before Mortal Kombat and Time Killers.)
>
> "Firebug" by Muse
> The game's tagline in ads ("Make an ash of yourself!") made some people
> upset, because "ash" sounds like "ass", and saying words that sound like
> "ass" is apparently as bad as saying "ass" itself. Ass, ass, ass, ass, ass.
>
> "Lucifer's Realm" by Med Systems
> You start out in a hospital bed, but soon die and go to hell, where you
> interact with the likes of Stalin and Hitler. Many sources credit it as the
> first game to be banned in the U.S., though I've never been able to
> positively confirm this. One of the late Jyym Pearson's close friends
> assures me that Jymm himself was delighted upon hearing the news.
>
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