[Night Trap and/or Digital Pictures FMV Games] The chopper's waiting!

cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm RegentBears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
edited January 2021 in Games and Technology
I can't believe this is happening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsRTQUjYfXI

http://www.nighttrap25.com

Night Trap is an (in)famous Sega CD game partially responsible for the formation of the ESRB because Nintendo and then-Congress were a bunch of silly geese about an interactive b-movie game.

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(Congress would have liked you to think you're actually killing poor Lisa instead of failing at protecting her.)

But that's another story.

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It's also a crazy story of a house plagued by ignorant special operatives("I'll check out the house, alone! Unannounced!"), bubble-headed co-eds("What's the first thing you think of?" "PARTY!"), half-dead vampire ghouls hunting for blood("They're just hungry!"), and the crafty family of vampires that brings them altogether. (They're either Ventrue or Tremere if you ask me.)


Night Trap's often reviled as a waste of the Sega CD, but if you know where to look, there's a scary amount of depth hidden in that non-stop action of 1 1/2 hours of video footage.

Mm, homemade cherry popsicles.

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Comparison of the remaster. Night Trap's literally never looked this good:
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  • BetsuniBetsuni UM-R60L Talisker IVRegistered User regular
    You missed the chance to put this in the title, "ESRB Rated PA".

    Since I missed the originals due to the time it was released (I was preparing heavy for college so stopped playing video games) I do want to get this game when it comes out. Thanks for the great OP as well as your link to your NeoGAF post (which is also awesome).

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    To be fair to then-Congress:
    You actually could kill a woman in this game if you played it perfectly to the end!

    But it was super cheesy and not really anything to get worked up about.

  • BetsuniBetsuni UM-R60L Talisker IVRegistered User regular
    edited April 2017
    To be fair to then-Congress:
    You actually could kill a woman in this game if you played it perfectly to the end!

    But it was super cheesy and not really anything to get worked up about.

    Did not know this! Although Mortal Kombat was also out at the same time so there was that. To be honest, the ESRB was a necessary evil since we also had a similar system for movies. Some people do want to know what they're getting into before getting a game or movie.

    Edit: By the way cj, your posts were the ones that made me want to buy this game!

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACaiDd4Cv08

    Release date very soon, apparently. No more missed Aug sound effects!

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Date's been pushed back to Julyish to match the LR release.

    Speaking of which...

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    Most impressive.

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  • BetsuniBetsuni UM-R60L Talisker IVRegistered User regular
    I was wondering what happened to this since the original eta was June. Good to know that it is still coming out.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Theater mode:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9doNKii75Es

    Looks like you can watch any given camera feed the whole way through.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Sorry to make this an echo chamber, but yet another new mode:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA-slJRWlpQ

    Survival. Looks like nonstop Augs, for score attacking.

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  • BetsuniBetsuni UM-R60L Talisker IVRegistered User regular
    Sorry I don't post in here between your posts. I am enjoying all of your updates and posts on the game since I don't remember to go look.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Tyler said the game's going to have like 30 trophies and a platinum, and none of my guesses were accurate. I've beaten the game too many times, so I'm looking forward to whatever insanity they cooked up.

    There's also an hour+ documentary being done for the release.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    This one is insane.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW5v6HrGyMY

    Deleted scenes, including what happened to the previous victims, and a cut of Danny being killed.

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  • BetsuniBetsuni UM-R60L Talisker IVRegistered User regular
    Drat, will have to watch that video after the game comes out since I never played it before.

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  • BetsuniBetsuni UM-R60L Talisker IVRegistered User regular
  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Release date confirmed for 8/15/17.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKfEqOhk1d0

    And the documentary is out, and it's fantastic.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df2zptiviBo

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  • QanamilQanamil x Registered User regular
    That doc is pretty good, yup. Thanks!

  • BetsuniBetsuni UM-R60L Talisker IVRegistered User regular
    I just saw this in a LR email.
    We're proud to announce that the Night Trap -25th Anniversary Remaster- is launching on Friday, August 11th at www.limitedrungames.com. Don't miss it!

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    On my birthday, no less.

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  • LBD_NytetraynLBD_Nytetrayn TorontoRegistered User regular
    ‪Man, this comes out soon. But between Sonic Mania & Yakuza Kiwami, my game budget for August may already be spoken for. =(‬

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  • DranythDranyth Surf ColoradoRegistered User regular
    You know, I never had really looked into Night Trap until this thread about the ReVamp came up. I knew of it's release (remember the GamePro TV show? God damn) and I remember it being involved in the video game violence controversy, but I had never looked into the game itself ever until about a month ago.

    Extremely interesting history with it, and the game itself is pretty neat for the time. I don't think it deserves its place in the video game violence controversy at all... that bathroom scene is absolutely laughable, even at the time. Hell, the corpse hanging in the other fridge is worse than that and yet that's the scene they chose?

    That documentary is definitely very cool and has even more information I wasn't aware of after my delving into it a bit last month, and especially how this ReVamp is even coming about after the Kickstarter failed in 2014. What a long, weird road it has been to get to this point. And then they're working on a Night Trap 2? So bizarre.

  • UselesswarriorUselesswarrior Registered User regular
    Night Trap being 25 years old is a grim reminder of my own mortality. I've never felt so old.

    Hey I made a game, check it out @ http://ifallingrobot.com/. (Or don't, your call)
  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited August 2017
    Night Trap being 25 years old is a grim reminder of my own mortality. I've never felt so old.

    Never?

    There are kids soon to be graduating from High School that were not alive during 9/11.

    You're welcome!

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  • Mr RayMr Ray Sarcasm sphereRegistered User regular
    I can't get over the fact that there is currently a fucking Night Trap thread on page one of these forums. 2017 is going to go down in history as "the year that everything stopped making sense".

  • Mr_GrinchMr_Grinch Registered User regular
    I saw the trailer for this the other day (I've had no need to watch it, I know I'm going to buy it!), it just popped up on YouTube. I can't believe the quality of the footage, it looks fantastic for its age.

    I'm used to the MegaCD version, so obviously anything is an improvement but still, I'm very looking forward to this.

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  • UselesswarriorUselesswarrior Registered User regular
    Mr Ray wrote: »
    I can't get over the fact that there is currently a fucking Night Trap thread on page one of these forums. 2017 is going to go down in history as "the year that everything stopped making sense".

    I love that this drops a day after the Starcraft remake.

    Everything old is new again.

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    Anyone remember Mad Dog McGree? It was a FMV game that I had on my Gateway 2000 back in like mid 90s.

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  • DonnictonDonnicton Registered User regular
    MagicPrime wrote: »
    Anyone remember Mad Dog McGree? It was a FMV game that I had on my Gateway 2000 back in like mid 90s.

    It was a very jank game control-wise, difficult to play in the best of circumstances and the pauses to load the reaction videos would yank you right out of the game's flow. But the production put into the actual video was great and I'd love to see the Night Trap remaster pave the way for other FMV remasters. A Mad Dog McCree with better controls and more fluid reactions would be something special.

  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    MagicPrime wrote: »
    Anyone remember Mad Dog McGree? It was a FMV game that I had on my Gateway 2000 back in like mid 90s.

    The sequel's even better. I have the DVD version that Digital Leisure did, but its hardly perfect.

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  • Mr_GrinchMr_Grinch Registered User regular
    Give me Ground zero Texas. I still own it despite not having a mega cd anymore. I never finished it either.

    Look at this box art:

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  • BetsuniBetsuni UM-R60L Talisker IVRegistered User regular
    Limited Release Games is selling a PC disc (comes with a Steam Key) and a Blu-ray of the documentary along with the two PS4 versions.

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  • Mr RayMr Ray Sarcasm sphereRegistered User regular
    Donnicton wrote: »
    MagicPrime wrote: »
    Anyone remember Mad Dog McGree? It was a FMV game that I had on my Gateway 2000 back in like mid 90s.

    It was a very jank game control-wise, difficult to play in the best of circumstances and the pauses to load the reaction videos would yank you right out of the game's flow. But the production put into the actual video was great and I'd love to see the Night Trap remaster pave the way for other FMV remasters. A Mad Dog McCree with better controls and more fluid reactions would be something special.

    The Last Bounty Hunter was I think the third game in the same series, I played the hell out of it as a kid courtesy of an old demo CD. Its pretty much just more Mad Dog McCree, only a lot less janky since they'd had a bit of practice making them at that point. Game Grumps played all three recently as they were sold as some sort of compilation thing and I'm sad they spent so much time on Mad Dog and hardly any on Bounty Hunter.

  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited August 2017
    Mr_Grinch wrote: »
    Give me Ground zero Texas. I still own it despite not having a mega cd anymore. I never finished it either.

    Look at this box art:

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    Time has not been kind to it. It's extremely repetitive and you can die way too fast in the final area.
    Mr Ray wrote: »
    Donnicton wrote: »
    MagicPrime wrote: »
    Anyone remember Mad Dog McGree? It was a FMV game that I had on my Gateway 2000 back in like mid 90s.

    It was a very jank game control-wise, difficult to play in the best of circumstances and the pauses to load the reaction videos would yank you right out of the game's flow. But the production put into the actual video was great and I'd love to see the Night Trap remaster pave the way for other FMV remasters. A Mad Dog McCree with better controls and more fluid reactions would be something special.

    The Last Bounty Hunter was I think the third game in the same series, I played the hell out of it as a kid courtesy of an old demo CD. Its pretty much just more Mad Dog McCree, only a lot less janky since they'd had a bit of practice making them at that point. Game Grumps played all three recently as they were sold as some sort of compilation thing and I'm sad they spent so much time on Mad Dog and hardly any on Bounty Hunter.

    Bounty Hunter is great. It's the final game in the series, though doesn't really have any connections to Mad Dog. It's just a fun send off to American Laser Games and their silly westerns.

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  • BetsuniBetsuni UM-R60L Talisker IVRegistered User regular
    Whoo! Managed to snag one of the PS4 (standard) versions this morning. Seriously thought of picking up the PC version or the Collector's but left them for those who really want it.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Very nice. I'm at work, so I had no chance, lol.

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  • BetsuniBetsuni UM-R60L Talisker IVRegistered User regular
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Very nice. I'm at work, so I had no chance, lol.

    Aw man, that sucks! I hope you get a copy since you were the reason I even knew about this game. Everything is sold out right now except for the PC version. Even the t-shirt... You going to be able to snag the next upload?

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Betsuni wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Very nice. I'm at work, so I had no chance, lol.

    Aw man, that sucks! I hope you get a copy since you were the reason I even knew about this game. Everything is sold out right now except for the PC version. Even the t-shirt... You going to be able to snag the next upload?

    I get off at six. Not likely. If anything I'd try for the blue box since I still have the red SCD original.

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  • DonnictonDonnicton Registered User regular
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Betsuni wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Very nice. I'm at work, so I had no chance, lol.

    Aw man, that sucks! I hope you get a copy since you were the reason I even knew about this game. Everything is sold out right now except for the PC version. Even the t-shirt... You going to be able to snag the next upload?

    I get off at six. Not likely. If anything I'd try for the blue box since I still have the red SCD original.

    I work from home, I can try to order it on your behalf if you want to PM me some shipping info.

  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Donnicton wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Betsuni wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Very nice. I'm at work, so I had no chance, lol.

    Aw man, that sucks! I hope you get a copy since you were the reason I even knew about this game. Everything is sold out right now except for the PC version. Even the t-shirt... You going to be able to snag the next upload?

    I get off at six. Not likely. If anything I'd try for the blue box since I still have the red SCD original.

    I work from home, I can try to order it on your behalf if you want to PM me some shipping info.

    Appreciate the offer. What do they charge for shipping?

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  • DonnictonDonnicton Registered User regular
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Donnicton wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Betsuni wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Very nice. I'm at work, so I had no chance, lol.

    Aw man, that sucks! I hope you get a copy since you were the reason I even knew about this game. Everything is sold out right now except for the PC version. Even the t-shirt... You going to be able to snag the next upload?

    I get off at six. Not likely. If anything I'd try for the blue box since I still have the red SCD original.

    I work from home, I can try to order it on your behalf if you want to PM me some shipping info.

    Appreciate the offer. What do they charge for shipping?

    The last two times I've ordered from them(Vita games) they've charged $5.50 for first class.

  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Donnicton wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Donnicton wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Betsuni wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Very nice. I'm at work, so I had no chance, lol.

    Aw man, that sucks! I hope you get a copy since you were the reason I even knew about this game. Everything is sold out right now except for the PC version. Even the t-shirt... You going to be able to snag the next upload?

    I get off at six. Not likely. If anything I'd try for the blue box since I still have the red SCD original.

    I work from home, I can try to order it on your behalf if you want to PM me some shipping info.

    Appreciate the offer. What do they charge for shipping?

    The last two times I've ordered from them(Vita games) they've charged $5.50 for first class.

    I might be able to give it a go from a CPU here at six. Fingers crossed.

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  • DonnictonDonnicton Registered User regular
    Ha, most titles don't move this fast, but this game dumped its entire second wave inventory within 2 minutes of going live. Ultimately decided on the normal edition after waffling back and forth for a bit, and managed to get an order through.

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