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Selects: Night Trap: The Video Game Failure that Changed the Industry
2025/5/17
Stuff You Should Know
Josh: 我选择了2021年关于视频游戏《夜阱》的一集，它讲述了一个关于不幸的技术的故事，这些技术在新兴时期出现，导致它一诞生就过时了。这是一个关于一款不太伟大的视频游戏的伟大故事。
Chuck: 我认为《夜阱》这款游戏之所以引人注目，是因为它与《真人快打》一起，直接促成了视频游戏评级委员会的成立。另一个让它引人注目的原因是，它是一部真人电影，你可以控制它，但控制效果并不好。尽管如此，它因其酷炫的故事而臭名昭著。
Deep Dive
This chapter explores the origins of Night Trap, tracing its development from a play to a VHS-based video game. It details the game's unique full-motion video format and its initial design as a detective game featuring ninjas, before changes were made to appease Hasbro and avoid showing violence that kids could easily reproduce.
- Night Trap's origins in the play Tamora
- Development by Axalon, a Nolan Bushnell company
- Use of VHS technology for real-time scene switching
- Inspiration from Dragon's Lair
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