The Most Offensive 8-bit Game Ever • Gaming • Retro • Eurogamer.net

stika 9 Aug 2018 20:47:58 978 posts
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Hey everyone,

I have a Small Youtube channel dedicated to retro games and today, I thought I'd take a look at what I consider the most offensive 8-bit game ever made: Paradise Café.

This game has violence, drugs, sex, prostitution and more, all of which in 1985. Seriously, the contents in this game make Custer's Revenge look wholesome by comparison.

So I thought you'd like to see a side of gaming you probably have even heard of before:

stika 9 Aug 2018 21:01:33 978 posts
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@H1ggyLTD The Xbox One X wishes it could pull off these graphics.

SiroccoJetProp 10 Aug 2018 00:16:46 430 posts
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I don't even think it's 8bit...

stika 10 Aug 2018 19:41:10 978 posts
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@SiroccoJetProp

It was developed in 1985 for the 8-bit ZX Spectru, so of course it's 8-bit ^^

stika 10 Aug 2018 19:41:47 978 posts
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shadowdawg wrote:
Is that even a published game? I think its an enthusiast project, though I am not sure what the maker is an enthusiast of; gaming, coding or porn?

It isn't published, but that's most likely due to the market in launched in

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arty 10 Aug 2018 22:54:24 890 posts
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Miami Vice C64?

(Music was epic tho)

Edited by arty at 22:55:26 10-08-2018

Cappy 10 Aug 2018 23:02:31 14,393 posts
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I think Ship of Doom may have the edge on 8-Bit offensiveness, it's possibly the first game to ever get pulled from UK shop shelves.

Dirtbox 11 Aug 2018 00:59:29 92,595 posts
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Your intro is fucking amazing.

stika 11 Aug 2018 11:06:04 978 posts
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@Cappy what games is that? I've never heard of it

@Dirtbox Thank you!

Cappy 11 Aug 2018 23:27:45 14,393 posts
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@stika

Ship of Doom was an early 80s British Sci-Fi text adventure, the protagonist is trapped on the titular Ship of Doom and must escape.

Of course back in the day people would often enter 'colourful' commands into the prompt expecting the parser either not to understand or be admonished for their language.

Ship of Doom accepted those commands though, the problem was that the parser accepted commands such as 'rape' and the characters you encountered included a child. The game was published and on sale for months before a newspaper got word of this, Ship of Doom was subsequently pulled from the shelves of retailers like WHSmith.

Edited by Cappy at 23:28:34 11-08-2018

One_Vurfed_Gwrx 12 Aug 2018 09:40:07 4,467 posts
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I remember WH Smith often getting special covers for games (like Vixen). I never played Ship of Doom deapite enjoying text adventures

spamdangled 12 Aug 2018 09:42:23 31,803 posts
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Love the intro.

stika 12 Aug 2018 10:22:29 978 posts
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@Cappy Oh wow, I never heard of this before. That's a pretty interesting story, from a historical perspective.

@spamdangled

Thank you!

Edited by stika at 10:22:47 12-08-2018

Cadence 12 Aug 2018 15:19:40 2,585 posts
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What an amusing accent you have. Also: great intro.

Rogueywon 12 Aug 2018 15:41:19 12,387 posts
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I never forgave WH Smith for the Private Eye/Diana thing (back from the days when Private Eye was actually worth reading). The entire country seems to spontaneously lose its fucking marbles and they ban the one magazine that takes a stand against the bullshit.

stika 15 Aug 2018 23:52:04 978 posts
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Cadence wrote:
What an amusing accent you have. Also: great intro.

Thank you! ^^

dominalien 17 Aug 2018 13:10:13 10,703 posts
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I don't like you.

dominalien 17 Aug 2018 13:20:51 10,703 posts
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Wow, a spammer that talks back. That's a new one.

dominalien 17 Aug 2018 13:21:15 10,703 posts
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Oh, and now I'm talking to myself.

stika 18 Aug 2018 20:32:04 978 posts
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@dominalien huh... are you okay?

dominalien 19 Aug 2018 08:48:08 10,703 posts
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There was a spammer called nobodylikesme. He then answered me. Got banned right after.

stika 19 Aug 2018 12:01:35 978 posts
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@dominalien oh okay, my bad ^^