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Night Trap is back: Original producers revive controversial full-motion video game via Kickstarter

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Night Trap is back.

The original creators of the 1992 game plan to bring it back through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. Night Trap prompted a virulent reaction among politicians like former Sen. Joseph Lieberman, who characterized the game as “ultraviolent, sick, and disgusting.” It was a horrid interactive movie video game where monsters chased and killed young women at a slumber party. While Night Trap sold a million copies, the controversy around the game made it one of the most memorable titles in video game history. Now the creators want to know if a remake of the “classic” title will stir new interest.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.