"C.E. Forman" wrote:
>
> "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.
I've seen that cover and I don't think that picture came from a party --
Ken is clearly dressed for the role and nobody is smiling, they're
staring directly at the camera. It was an intentional shoot.
> "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.)
Yep, all true. You can read a full account in Halcyon Days (only $10
from www.dadgum.com). His game is also notorious for proving piracy
true. It only sold about 12,000 copies if memory serves, which wasn't
enough to sustain the programmer and he stopped making (quality) games
-- yet Bilestoad was one of the most copied games I can ever remember.
Here's some I can add to the list:
Daikatana: An uproar over John Romero's "crossing the line" advertising
remark that he's going to "make you his bitch".
Postal: Play a vigilante taking justice into his own hands, leaving a
bloody trail. Not a great game, but the US Post Office took great
offense naming the game "postal".
Battlecruiser 2000 AD (or whatever that Derek Smart game was) -- An okay
game made mediocre by an originally muddled interface and bugs, and made
much worse by Derek Smart's public chastising of people who didn't like
it on Usenet. He has released several patches that help, and I think
that 2000 AD is free now, but still...
Those are just off the top of my head, I'll try to add more later.
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