Sega 32X: Night Trap
October 4, 2008 - 10:35 am - Posted by Sean
Night Trap for the Sega 32X is not only innovative and fun, but a significant piece of video game history.
Night Trap was one of the two video games that convinced Congress to establish ratings for video games (Mortal Kombat being the other).
In addition, it also starred the late Dana Plato, the Different Strokes sitcom star who later turned to a life of crime. Whatcha talkin’ about Willis? LOL.
The game is composed entirely of video footage, and plays like an interactive movie.
The object is capture intruders trying to infiltrate a house full of scantily clad teenage girls. Sounds good so far huh?
There are cameras installed in 8 rooms of the house, so you can look in any room at any time.
When you find intruders, you can trap them by triggering a trap at the right moment.
You also need to occasionally change the trap code (a color), which is revealed in the dialog.
It’s fun to flip through the different cameras, particularly since things are happening in more than one room at a time.
It’s an ingenious idea, and I’m surprised it’s never been duplicated.
Although normal Sega CD games suffer from grainy video, the video in this 32X version looks pretty good.
As you would expect, the acting is really bad, but that just adds to the fun.
This game really does a good job of utilizing CD technology, and it’s very entertaining.
Dana Plato use to be one good looking woman as seen from the screen capture.
I love your “what you talking about Willis” line. The TV show “Different Strokes” was a huge part of my TV watching youth, that and “The Facts Of Life”.
Anyway, I never played this game on my 32x. A few of my friends owned this game but it didn’t look too fun, so I passed it up.
@Michael: Yeah, this game isn’t for everyone. I’ll be reviewing a lot better Sega 32x games in the near future.