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Title: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: clockwork on January 11, 2007, 09:16:54 am
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker. Something about a robotic Michael Jackson just creeps me out. And yet, I continued playing.  :dunno
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: davieboynj on January 11, 2007, 09:21:12 am
I play it just to watch him scream inbetween the cutscenes. 
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: Flip_Willie on January 11, 2007, 09:22:41 am
  Is this like a thread where we post what we think the most disturbing game ever is?

  If so, then you need to play Chiller.  Much more distrubing than Michael Jackson's moon Walker.

Just as it is,
Flip Willie
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: clockwork on January 11, 2007, 09:26:54 am
Flip, I'm almost terrified to try that one out.
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: Dudeman on January 11, 2007, 10:07:30 am
That game was an omen.

Michael had to touch the children.  :laugh2:
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: Havok on January 11, 2007, 10:39:59 am
Journey. Beats them all hands down...

What's up with that freaky alien head thing?

And, seeing the little journey guys with digitized heads and cartoon bodies?

Freaky!
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: shardian on January 11, 2007, 10:44:07 am
  Is this like a thread where we post what we think the most disturbing game ever is?

  If so, then you need to play Chiller.  Much more distrubing than Michael Jackson's moon Walker.

Just as it is,
Flip Willie

When I first saw that one in MAME, I figured it was a bootleg or something. I was very surprised to find it was a real deal arcade machine. Very cool game.
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: clockwork on January 11, 2007, 10:45:24 am
OMG! I forgot about Journey. *shivers*
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: ahofle on January 11, 2007, 11:56:13 am
Another vote for Chiller.  Disgusting.  Has anyone actually seen a Chiller in the arcades?  I can't imagine that game would have been allowed anywhere that kids could see it.
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: Flip_Willie on January 11, 2007, 11:58:14 am
Has anyone actually seen a Chiller in the arcades?  I can't imagine that game would have been allowed anywhere that kids could see it.

 Yeah, I wondered that myself.

Just as it is,
Flip Willie
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: Oddfeld on January 11, 2007, 12:22:16 pm
Boong-Ga Boong-Ga?

Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: RandyT on January 11, 2007, 12:26:22 pm
Has anyone actually seen a Chiller in the arcades?  I can't imagine that game would have been allowed anywhere that kids could see it.

Not only have I seen it in several arcades, but in a department store as well.  I recall looking at it and thinking to myself "WOW, that one's a bit over the top.  And poorly done"  :)

But yeah, definitely not for the little ones.

RandyT

Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: mvolke1 on January 11, 2007, 12:32:08 pm
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker. Something about a robotic Michael Jackson just creeps me out. And yet, I continued playing.  :dunno
That's funny. I just posted this in the "Best non-classic games" thread:

I was overcome by the irony of "Michael Jackson's Moonwalker" when I played it this morning before heading to the office.

You are Michael Jackson, trying to collect small children as you make your way through streets beating up bad guys with a magical lazer that comes out of your finger and a special dance move that kills all bad guys on the screen. Also, if you collect Bubbles the monkey, you turn into Robo-Michael, and shoot more powerful lazers, all while a clunky version of "Smooth Criminal" babbles in the background.   :police:

A true non-classic classic.

A-he-he! Ow!
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: TOK on January 11, 2007, 12:57:55 pm
There is a shooter from the late 80's or early 90's that depicts what looks like the World Trade Center being destroyed in the intro.
I can't recall the name of it, but it was posted here. Just a very creepy thing to see in a game even though its a total coincidence.
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: clockwork on January 11, 2007, 01:01:15 pm
You are Michael Jackson, trying to collect small children as you make your way through streets beating up bad guys with a magical lazer that comes out of your finger and a special dance move that kills all bad guys on the screen.

Yeah, takes the game to a new level of disturbing when looking back on it. Smooth Criminal. I recognized the music but couldn't remember the name.
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: QuixoteQuest on January 11, 2007, 05:24:58 pm
I rememeber stumbling across SplatterHouse in a Japanese arcade in the late 80s. It was such a shock at the time. Now it seems so tame.

But that was before I became numb to being shocked by other creepy or suggestive games to be found in a Japanese arcade.

What's even more weird: Japanese would probably still find that Moonwalker game more fascinating or entertaining than creepy.
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: edwardvci on January 11, 2007, 10:25:17 pm
Another vote for Chiller.  Disgusting.  Has anyone actually seen a Chiller in the arcades?  I can't imagine that game would have been allowed anywhere that kids could see it.

I played it at my local arcade when I was young. It always seem weird to play it you could almost say it was chilling  ;D
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: Solocade2008 on January 11, 2007, 11:08:43 pm
I remember a game called Slaughterhouse that was kinda creepy for its time.

You were some dude dressed up like Jason with a hatchet and go around slicing up monsters.
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: rosborn on January 11, 2007, 11:44:35 pm
Check out I'm Sorry.  It has got some pretty creepy stuff in it, and it's pretty fun to play.  Michael Jackson is kind of in this one, too.
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: clockwork on January 12, 2007, 08:46:33 am
I checked out Chiller last night. Very weird game, but interesting. Michael Jackson still creeps me out more, though.

online_mn, I love that avatar:
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/avatars/user/avatar_3590.png)

Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: DarkBubble on January 12, 2007, 10:24:58 am
I remember a game called Slaughterhouse that was kinda creepy for its time.

You were some dude dressed up like Jason with a hatchet and go around slicing up monsters.

That was Splatterrhouse, as mentioned in an earlier post.

Sinistar scared the bejeezus out of me.  I first played it in '87, just as Christmas Break was starting.  I know it was old by then, but it really didn't seem like it.  Then again, I was between an environmental Disks of Tron, Sinsistar, and a sit-down Spy Hunter for most of that trip.  They had the volume cranked on the cab.  Sinistar screamed as he flew onto the screen and I was freaked beyond words.  I was shaking like crazy.  But, like a good horror movie or thrill ride, I kept going back.  That was probably the best arcade trip I ever had.  The difference between then and now?  When Sinistar says "Run!", I let him have it. :laugh:
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: ptpeter on January 12, 2007, 11:39:19 am
just played chiller and splatter house. Both are messed up. Chiller is much more sick though, plus it reminds me of maniac mansion which was also kind of disturbing.
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: ChadTower on January 12, 2007, 04:05:25 pm

Splatterhouse for the TG16 is one of the greatest portable games ever, played on the TurboExpress.
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: leapinlew on January 12, 2007, 04:31:56 pm
easily it's - Pretend Prostate Exam

Or, were we talking about video games only?
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: clockwork on January 12, 2007, 05:13:24 pm
easily it's - Pretend Prostate Exam

Dude, I don't wanna know.   :o
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: leapinlew on January 12, 2007, 08:37:57 pm
easily it's - Pretend Prostate Exam

Dude, I don't wanna know.   :o

Like you weren't there. 


 ;)
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: clockwork on January 12, 2007, 10:15:22 pm
Like you weren't there. 

Hey! I wasn't pretending!  ;D
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: BamBam on January 13, 2007, 08:34:30 am
Carmegedon may not have been an arcade game (Old PC Game), but it was a little too disturbing for me.
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: rdagger on January 13, 2007, 03:44:25 pm
I have to nominate Custer's Revenge for the Atari 2600.  I remember people picketing the video store in the mall when this one came out.  I won't go into details of the gameplay because it is not appropriate for this forum.
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: testicle187 on January 14, 2007, 05:02:38 am
Carmegedon may not have been an arcade game (Old PC Game), but it was a little too disturbing for me.

I only had the demo of Carmageddon and I played it for months (even with the time limit).  Nothing quite like the Splatter Bonuses and Impaler Bonuses you get for running over people. 
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: DarkBubble on January 15, 2007, 12:17:48 pm
I have to nominate Custer's Revenge for the Atari 2600.  I remember people picketing the video store in the mall when this one came out.  I won't go into details of the gameplay because it is not appropriate for this forum.

I don't know if that one made it into the headlines here or not.  I was a bit young at the time.  I did get to try it out through the wonders of emulation.  I've got a feeling that my getting pretty good at Custer's Revenge isn't something that qualifies for bragging rights. :dunno
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: rubberpoultry on January 15, 2007, 01:12:01 pm
It's not an arcade game but... I remember when I first played Resident Evil on Playstation (1). I played it at night, everytime something jumped out to kill you, and that gamepad rumbled, I about pissed my pants. It was a combination of great graphics (for the time), creepy music, and stimulating gameplay.

Of course those ghosts in Pac Man were really creepy too :)

Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: jediz on January 16, 2007, 05:53:41 pm
Chiller - nasty game. The bowling alley by my house had it. I used to play it a lot when I was 11 or 12. I still can't believe that was a real arcade game.

It was one the first roms I looked for when I found MAME though.

Same thing with custer's revenge, I never saw it then, but my friend's older brother told us all about it. I had to find it when I found the Stella emu.
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: srabelpawz on January 16, 2007, 06:25:42 pm
Boong-Ga Boong-Ga?


rellay disturbing game right there. poking a finger into a butt to see how much pain you could put the face on the screen in :o
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: ark_ader on January 16, 2007, 07:39:37 pm
Can we add Pinball to this category?

Rudy from Funhouse......
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: clockwork on January 16, 2007, 08:17:19 pm
I think once I get my cab done I'm going to have to have a horror night. Maybe it'll be ready by Halloween.  >:D
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: Texasmame on January 17, 2007, 03:09:58 pm
Carmegedon may not have been an arcade game (Old PC Game), but it was a little too disturbing for me.

Carmageddon 2 for the PC was one of the best PC games ever.  Just greatness.  Yeah, it was a bit gross, tho.   >:D
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: gnateye on January 17, 2007, 05:35:38 pm
I remember a game called Slaughterhouse that was kinda creepy for its time.

You were some dude dressed up like Jason with a hatchet and go around slicing up monsters.

your thinking of Splatterhouse
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: Texasmame on January 17, 2007, 10:58:09 pm
I can't think of a game that ever really bothered me.   :dunno


The only game that ever made me "jump" was the original Doom.  Some of those buggers just leap right out at you from nowhere!
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: Oddfeld on January 18, 2007, 06:08:15 am
easily it's - Pretend Prostate Exam

Or, were we talking about video games only?

I've already mentioned Boong-Ga Boong-Ga:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boong_Ga_Boong_Ga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boong_Ga_Boong_Ga)
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: Lilwolf on January 18, 2007, 09:51:13 am
Chiller is a GREAT game!  It was at my local arcade when I was growing up for a few months.  And it was so out there, that at times I thought it was a figment of my imagination.  Until it popped up in mame!

MichealJackson game is great because people don't believe me that it exists.  Its not that bad of a game (for the age).  And some of the lines are really really bad now (in present day context)

but I remember playing them both in the arcade.
Title: Re: Most disturbing game ever
Post by: clockwork on January 18, 2007, 10:49:13 am
I can see Chiller being fun with a gun. On my keyboard it just plain sucks. :(

Michael Jackson is actually a fairly fun game. Just given his media history since then makes it kind of creepy now. But you sort of enjoy it in a Rocky Horror Picture Show kind of way.