Politically incorrect Amiga games...

[Zak]

Nuclear War is somewhat politically incorrect.

[TCD]

Nuclear War reminded me of this gem: Spitting Image

[Solskogen]

I'd say Badlands Pete is somewhat not PC.

[Thorham]

Originally Posted by Seiya

i don't think that these games are politally incorrect because are simply videogames.

A black man in a bin smoking weed isn't just politically incorrect, it's downright racist.

[gimbal]

Originally Posted by Thorham

A black man in a bin smoking weed isn't just politically incorrect, it's downright racist.

Dunno, I'm not going to make assumptions about the reasoning for it to be created.

Until I do see some proof of intent I'll go with stereotypical dipshittery.

[SquawkBox]

Road Rash, Rampage, Smash TV
Also, always thought Beastlord could be considered a "survive in the medieval times being a hobo" simulation (of sorts )

[matt3k]

Here is my vote:

Libyans in space:
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Sound effects still make me laugh. Cows and other stupidity.

Enjoy.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by matt3k

Here is my vote:

Libyans in space:
[ Show youtube player ]

Sound effects still make me laugh. Cows and other stupidity.

Enjoy.

Damn, how could I forget that one

[Cobe]

Originally Posted by Thorham

A black man in a bin smoking weed isn't just politically incorrect, it's downright racist.

So some white trash smoking weed in bin would be fine...

Mods better close this thread.... Amiga already has enoungh polticians...

[modrobert]

Originally Posted by Cobe

Mods better close this thread.... Amiga already has enoungh polticians...

That would be a shame. I've been surprised so far how many oddly weird titles there are for Amiga, several which went under my radar back in the day.

Berra broke every core ethical rule possible, damn, that game is something else, I mean WTF, still, somehow it captures the hormones and frustration of a raging 13 year old kid back in 1994. Almost feels like it could pass as modern art, a cacophony of rebellious attempts to break apathy by shocking the public.

[dreadnought]

Originally Posted by Cobe

So some white trash smoking weed in bin would be fine...

Mods better close this thread.... Amiga already has enoungh polticians...

Yes, please. If I want to see virtual virtue signaling, in all its tedious and hypocritical glory, then there's plenty of this stuff elsewhere. In fact, trying to have a little respite from it, and other real/online world nonsense, is the reason I frequent a few retro gaming boards, thanks to their no politics/religion/... rules.


Ah, wait, "it's not politics, it's about ethics!". Sorry, but this is just another childish cop out used in such instances. Ethics and politics are inseparable, and in any case you can just throw them up there with "things I'd rather not hear about here".

[gimbal]

Or... just let it go.

[Paulee_Alex_Bow]

Originally Posted by dreadnought

Yes, please. If I want to see virtual virtue signaling, in all its tedious and hypocritical glory, then there's plenty of this stuff elsewhere. In fact, trying to have a little respite from it, and other real/online world nonsense, is the reason I frequent a few retro gaming boards, thanks to their no politics/religion/... rules.


Ah, wait, "it's not politics, it's about ethics!". Sorry, but this is just another childish cop out used in such instances. Ethics and politics are inseparable, and in any case you can just throw them up there with "things I'd rather not hear about here".

Personally, I don’t believe in the concept of virtue signalling, but I agree that this is the kind of thread that could end up in a bad time for all, and we come here to chill and talk Amiga, right? And share in our common humanity?

[SquawkBox]

Originally Posted by Fiery Phoenix

just look at Frank Bruno's boxing and their depiction of different nationalites

Played that one BitD on my CPC. Depiction of opponents are Ok by me (were and still are), I mean, they even had fun of us French by including "Frenchie".

Back to Amiga, Running Man, the since in order to survive, our hero gets to kick a whole bunch of dogs (german shepperd, most likely) in the snout all through the game. Also, Theme Park could qualify IMHO. I would argue that it does since adding salt to chips in order to have your customers rush to soda fountains (all for greater financial reward) is a pretty nasty thing to do .

[kremiso]

Shadow of the Beast (1)
your final purpose is to defeat a giant foot that suffers from boils and has an ingrown toenail

[nikosidis]

Originally Posted by modrobert

I was thinking about "politically incorrect" games for the Amiga, trying to remember some of them, on the top of my mind.

The Persian Gulf Inferno
Deluxe Strip Poker

There are probably more, or better examples of games that didn't age well, feel free to add more titles.

I would never bought Amiga without Deluxe Strip Poker :P

[Megalomaniac]

I think the worst thing about Frank Bruno Boxing was that the characters were all from a country, except Tribal trouble who was from 'Africa' as if its all one country. Was Frank really okay with this?

Similarly, sports games where all the players were white was a grievance of some people back in the day, but it probably came down to only having one player sprite ingame, which realistically had to represent the majority. It was unfortunate when they relicensed Graham Gooch Cricket to Brian Lara though.

[Weasel Fierce]

A few comes to mind::

Dreamweb (depicts sex, which is traumatizing to Americans)

Gloom (Straight up satan on the intro screen, lucky they were released after the satanic panic)

Syndicate has lots of mass murder of civilians.

You can play Civilization as Mao and nuke the United States.

All the D&D games are of course offensive to the folks that wanted that kind of thing banned in the 70s.


Edit: "Lamer" as hacker group slang would be ableist today. I'm trying to remember if any games had like outrageous outfits for female characters but it didn't seem that bad. Golden Axe I guess but thats just Conan style artwork and the dude is rocking his fur underpants too.
Mortal Kombat 2 had some tit-ninjas but thats still a thing in Japan.

The problem with "not politically correct" is that its dependent on time and place. Americans faint at the notion of a pair of hooters which doesn't bother Europeans. Meanwhile Cannon Fodder got savaged over the inclusion of the poppy in the UK which would mean nothing to us in Denmark (where the weird introduction screen did not make any sense).

[Fermix]

Check this one

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[SquawkBox]

One of the area to clear in Operation Wolf is a concentration camp. You even get to see detainees in rags running away from danger.