When people think of controversy and video games, titles like Mortal Kombat or Grand Theft Auto typically come up, but one of the most controversial may have been the FMV based Night Trap for systems like Sega CD and the 3DO. The game grew notoriety due to its voyeuristic nature and watching the trapping of women, even if you may be trying to stop it from happening. As a result, one would expect us to never see the game again, but that might not quite be the case according to the game’s creator.
James Riley, director of the original game, had the following to say in a post from the closed Night Trap Facebook group:
I appreciate your on-going interest, but please understand I do plan to re-release Night Trap and have been talking with a number of interested parties to do so. However, the specific platform(s) have not been confirmed (including online) and I will let you know once we have a definite plan and release schedule.
Night Trap will come back, in better resolution and game play than before, we just want to be sure it’s the best strategy for all involved.
This would certainly be interesting to see try to be brought back, but with gaming much more mainstream and many worse controversies over the years, this may seem like nothing at this point.
