Barbarian's violent content was also controversial and was banned in Germany by the Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien because of it. Electron User magazine received letters from readers and religious bodies, who called the image 'offensive and particularly insulting to women' and an 'ugly pornographic advertisement'. The cover art of the game, which featured bikini-clad Maria Whittaker, a model who was then associated with The Sun tabloid's Page Three topless photo shoots and Michael Van Wijk, who was only wearing a loincloth, provoked outrage in the United Kingdom. Īcorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum Ī bishoujo game revolving around rape, it ignited a public furor that reached the National Diet of Japan. Although the suit was dismissed, Data East did obtain an injunction to prevent further sales of World Karate Championship, which was subsequently appealed and reversed. Data East USA sued Epyx, the publisher of the game in the United States (under the name of World Karate Championship) due to similarities between International Karate and Data East's Karate Champ. Īmstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore 16, MS-DOS, MSX, ZX Spectrum Numerous instances of racial stereotyping, mainly of the opponent fighters that the players fight against. Nintendo, Next Level Games (2009 version) This quickly lead to controversy regarding whether he was raping her, or if she participated willingly. For surviving, he was allowed to have sex with her, and points for doing so. The game depicts a crudely rendered General Custer dodging arrows to reach a naked, native American woman tied to a pole. Violence (running over stickmen 'gremlins', who then scream). Release dateĬontroversial due to the controls being perceived as pink rubber bulges that were meant to represent breasts and were squeezed in order to control the action. This video game–related list is incomplete you can help by expanding it.

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