If you know your video game history, Night Trap is a game that you should have heard about. Released on the Sega CD add on back in 1992, the game was a B-Movie grade game where you took control of a home security system that attempts to capture killers out to kill the members of the Slumber Party. The game, along with Mortal Kombat, Lethal Enforcers and Doom, lead to the creation of the ESRB when it was cited for being “shameful”, “ultra-violent”, “sick”, and “disgusting”, encouraging an “effort to trap and kill women”. Despite scenes in which the girls are grabbed or pulled by enemies, no nudity or extreme acts of violence were ever filmed or incorporated into the game.
As one of the first games to use Full Motion Video Capture, the game did quite well financially and was ported to the 3DO and Sega 32X, and for PC and Mac in 1995 after the controversy died down.
The game’s director, James Riley, has stated that he would like to come back to the game and has plans to re-release it on modern consoles. “I do plan to re-release Night Trap and have been talking with a number of interested parties to do so,” Riley revealed in a comment at the game’s closed-access Facebook fan page. “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.” He later stated “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 is great news for fans of the game and those interested in this bit of history, now whether this comes as a full remaster or remake with new footage, we’ll just have to wait.