Night Trap
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Original North American Sega CD cover art, note the content advisory on the far right.
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| Developer(s) | Digital Pictures |
| Publisher(s) |
Sega (Sega CD and 32X) Virgin Interactive (3DO) Digital Pictures (DOS and Mac OS) |
| Distributor(s) | Hasbro Interactive |
| Director(s) | James Riley Don Burgess |
| Producer(s) | Tom Zito Ric LaCivita Kevin Welsh |
| Designer(s) | James Riley Rob Fulop |
| Programmer(s) | Gene Kusmiak David Crane |
| Writer(s) | Terry McDonell |
| Platform(s) | Sega CD, Sega 32X, 3DO, DOS, Mac OS |
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| Genre(s) | Interactive movie |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 72.5% (3DO) (1 review) 60% (PC) (1 review) 40% (SCD) (1 review) |
| Defunct Games | 65% (SCD) (8 reviews) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| CVG | 71% (SCD) |
| Dragon |
  (SCD) |
| EGM | 24/40 (SCD) 29/40 (3DO) |
| GameFan | 273/400 (SCD) |
| GamePro | 14.5/20 (3DO) 11.5/20 (32X) |
| Electronic Games | 89% (SCD) |
| HonestGamers | 4/10 (SCD) 6/10 (PC) |
| Mean Machines Sega | 78% (SCD) |
| Mega Zone | 59% (SCD) |
| Next Generation |
(SCD) |
| Sega Force | 167/200 (SCD) |
| Sega Zone | 58% (SCD) |
| Wizard | A+ |
Night Trap is an interactive movie video game developed by Digital Pictures for the Sega/Mega-CD and first released in North America on October 15, 1992. It was later ported to the Sega 32X, 3DO, MS-DOS, and Mac OS. The game is composed of over 90 minutes of full-motion video (FMV) sequences, only possible with the storage capabilities of the new CD-ROM format. The plot concerns a group of young women who are the targets of the Augers, vampiric beings who wish to take the women's blood. The player must switch between various hidden cameras, activating traps that capture the Augers and prevent the women from being harmed.
Night Trap is notorious for the controversy it brewed in 1993 due to the game's mature content. This controversy led to withdrawal of the game from the market, hearings on violent video games at the United States Senate, and contributed to the creation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).Night Trap was given a 15 certificate by the British Board of Film Classification.
A group of young women are staying at Mr. and Mrs. Martin's house for the night. The Martin family seems like a normal American family; however, odd things have been occurring at this house. Five girls who previously stayed there had disappeared, so the "Sega Control Attack Team" ("Sega" changed to "Special" once the game was ported to other consoles) is called upon to protect the new guests and find out what happened. As the new wave of girls arrive for a slumber party (one of whom is undercover SCAT agent Kelly (or Kelli) Medd, played by Dana Plato), the vampiric Augers begin to invade the Martin family house, and it's up to the player to save the girls.
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