EmP's Night Trap review

Ooh, this reminds me. The debate of how video games were ruining America also continued on when Mortal Kombat came to consoles - in particular, in regard to the Genesis version that could have the gore enabled if you used a cheat code. As I recall, those hearings and legal shenanigans also had an element of Nintendo's meddling with respect to providing the supposed "videos" of the Genesis version, which were actually taken from the arcade version that was much more violent and graphic. Makes ya wonder, don't it?

It's funny, because I touched a little on that in the original draft of this review, but Jason "Nintendo is love; Nintendo is life' Venter censored me on the commands of his overlords. (or just edited it out as it was a bit of a ramble). It was actually the same hearing, and what the congress watched -- old people who had never played a video game in their lives, mind, who were very keen to take everything they saw as fact so long as it backed their views that video games were the new Satan -- were all Nintendo made. The Night Trap videos were highly edited, there were Mortal Kombat comparison videos shown between the (mostly) uncut SEGA version and the commercial bomb that was the family-friendly SNES strain of the same game. Night Trap's directer or anyone from SEGA were barred from speaking at the hearing, yet Nintendo employees were inviting to speak freely. It's all really interesting the deeper you dig into it, which is just as well as without all the suspected corporate espionage and misinformation being spread in the most hilarious of fashions, I wouldn't have a lot to say about Night Trap.

Yup. Night Trap was really just a dumb game, and aside from the fact that you get to see some girls in sports bras and nightwear, there's really not a lot edgy about it. It basically just has the look of a campy straight-to-video B movie, which is the exact opposite of terrifying. The only thing that set it apart was the fact that it was presented in video game form, which apparently made all the difference. >.>

I remember being immediately disinterested in the SegaCD when a friend of my mine tried to show his off back in the day. I noticed the music was ... better. Anything else? Smoother animation, sort of.

Anyone remember the Rap video maker title they tried so hard to push in comic ads? Good gravy people. Those games.