| Night Trap was a controversial
video game released on October
15, 1992 by SEGA for their Sega CD and Sega 32X game console add-ons. Night Trap was originally called Scene of the
Crime, and cost $1.5 million to make. It was originally developed for Hasbro and
their NEMO system, which used VHS tapes instead
of ROM cartriges. However, once Hasbro stopped production of the NEMO, Night Trap was ported to the Sega CD console. It
was one of the first video games to use the concept of live action scenes and
it created a lot of controversy because of its alleged glorification of violence.
The reaction to this game and Mortal Kombat (1992) is usually
cited as leading to the development of the ESRB game industry ratings system and other similar organizations in the mid 1990s.
Despite its controversy and perceived quality (or lack thereof), Night Trap is considered a pioneering title in video
game history, as the first successful game to incorporate gameplay with live action video, which would become a major subgenre of
the video game industry for the next decade.
Night Trap was later ported to the 3DO game system, with much better picture quality in the video sequences.
The company that developed Night Trap was Digital Pictures, who was notable for their use of interactive live action video
sequences in all of their games. Some other noteworthy Digital Pictures games include Sewer Shark and Corpse Killer.
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