Games featuring undercover drugs!

Akira · 03 August 2002, 07:08

Talking about Shatterhand's new shmup and his now famous powerpills, I thought about games that seem to have in them a "drug" element.

I mentioned there a PC Tetris clone that "simulated" drug effects... This was quite direct. You could chose LSD, Psylocibin, you name it. The screen would strobe, swirl, get upside down, oo!

:eek :eek

But what about other games, where the thing could be just hinted and not explicit?

Mushrooms that make you stronger, Mario? Some round-shaped object that makes you go crazy, Giana? you're ready for the rave when you grab that thing eh hun?
And I remember seeing you, Yoshi, chomping those fluffy 'shroom things and getting all dizzy in your game Yoshi's Island!

How about the powerpills that Pacman eats? The whole idea of the powerup seems to be like that of a drug. You grab one, you are invincible for 15 seconds, and then you need another "hit" to be invincible again! GIMME MOREEEEE!

Drugs are everywhere. Have you got any other examples? This is fun

Where's my 1up blotter? :eek :eek

Shatterhand · 03 August 2002, 07:28

I have this game.. is called Tetripz... is very fun to play. The longer you play, more doses of the drug you select in the beggining you take, and after getting 10 doses, you get an "overdose", and the game goes completely berzerk.

Playing with an overdose of LSD is very cool, I should say

In Yie ar Kung Fu 2, on MSX and C64 (And probably others systems too), there was a secret "thing" you could get, by making a certain move in a certain area of the screen. That thing would give you invencibility

And in this same game, if you destory 3 of those little guys in the beggining of each stage, you get a leaf. 5 Leafs gives you something I can't remember now what was, but it would give you extra energy if you pressed CONTROL. But what were those leafs? 5 Leafs of this plant would be the recipe of a super drug?

There was an amiga game, I think the name was "Wicked" .. it was supposed to be an anti-drug game, or something. It was a crap plataform game, and there was drugs to be collected, but if you get it, the main hero gets uncontrollable, while the screen flashes and stuff.

The One said something like that about this game: "I think Wicked is actually doing a good merchandising of drugs, because the only way you could enjoy this game is by having a high trip"

Probably doesn't were the right words, but it was something like that.

Fred the Fop · 03 August 2002, 07:47

Remeber N.A.R.C?
I loved killing those drug dealers so much, I bought the NES version.
Then I decided I wanted to kill the guy who sold it to me.

Akira · 03 August 2002, 08:08

Quote:

Originally posted by Shatterhand
In Yie ar Kung Fu 2, on MSX and C64 (And probably others systems too), there was a secret "thing" you could get, by making a certain move in a certain area of the screen. That thing would give you invencibility
And in this same game, if you destory 3 of those little guys in the beggining of each stage, you get a leaf. 5 Leafs gives you something I can't remember now what was, but it would give you extra energy if you pressed CONTROL. But what were those leafs? 5 Leafs of this plant would be the recipe of a super drug?

Ahh, the dealer passing on you some secret thing (perhaps the back of a toad!), and after such a rush, nothing better than a smoke of weed

Quote:

There was an amiga game, I think the name was "Wicked" .. it was supposed to be an anti-drug game, or something. It was a crap plataform game, and there was drugs to be collected, but if you get it, the main hero gets uncontrollable, while the screen flashes and stuff.

OH OH OH OH YOU BAST! We've been looking for this game! Have you got it???? Or did you just read about it in The One!? (I read about it in there too!)

Fred: LOL! Isn;t the re a french Amiga game where you fought drug dealers? Something california, or whatever? you would advance from screen to screen, and beaten up baddies would leave some cocaine. Damn shame you couldn't sell it afterwards, I managed to be loaded with a kilo or more!

Drake1009 · 03 August 2002, 08:18

I'd like to see tetripz.

Akira · 03 August 2002, 09:15

If you want tripz, errr... tetripz, look no forther than here:
http://213.193.146.106/exelsys/mute/tetripz.html

Ahhhh, there you are, 1up!

Paul · 03 August 2002, 11:01

I think MegaWorm could be classed as another example, when eating white pills you grow in size, eating different coloured pills did other things.

TikTok · 03 August 2002, 14:07

In Syndicate you can alter the the levels of three different 'drugs' for your cyborgs (adrenaline, stamina, strength?). The more you use this option, the more your cyborgs get to depend on them, needing more and more just to provide the same performance

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7-Zark-7 · 03 August 2002, 18:46

Add Darkseed to the list too-remember what happened if you didn't take your asprin first thing in the morning!!

Akira · 03 August 2002, 20:47

Yeah, great examples guys!

I loved drugging the Syndicate peeps so they would run faster. go go go go!

Drake1009 · 04 August 2002, 00:47

Non Amiga game again, System shock 1 had a way to handle drugs, just like Ultima Underworld handled effects of herbs.

A drug to allow you to see better would leave you almost blind afterwards. And a drug to boost your physical skills for fighting would end up messing your view for a while with strange colors, and as far as I recall, halucinetic sounds.

Death Rally also featured drugs sending the screen swirling sickeningly if you bumped into a mushroom.

KombatSanta · 04 August 2002, 11:24

The games with most drugs must be Fallout and Fallout 2, you can even get to be a junkie!

7-Zark-7 · 04 August 2002, 13:12

Just thought of another, on the C64. In Ghettoblaster,when you go into the main park to collect the final tape,if you hit the mushroom's the screen starts flashing & you can temporarily hold off the bad guys from hitting you.

Drake1009 · 04 August 2002, 14:27

I never got that hard. But I did bump into the mushrooms a lot of times havint the screen flash.

Shatterhand · 04 August 2002, 22:47

No I don't have Wicked. I only readed about it in The One too.

How could I forget Syndicate, though?

v8juice · 04 August 2002, 23:11

How did I miss this thread? There must be a reason... I can't remember any games like this & I forget why...! God bless the Seventies!

Doozy · 04 August 2002, 23:22

Anyone succesfully get thi sgame to work in WinXP? If so HOW?

Akira · 05 August 2002, 00:42

Quote:

Originally posted by v8juice
How did I miss this thread? There must be a reason... I can't remember any games like this & I forget why...! God bless the Seventies!

You know, I was expecting a lot of feedback from you in this thread

v8juice · 05 August 2002, 00:56

I was afraid. Didn't want to freak anyone out, again... Least of all myself for not being able to actually remember some subliminal drug refrences in nintendo games, 'cause I can, that's what frightens me most! (pops another mushroom...)

Actually, come to think of it, there was an Alice In Wonderland quality to Mario, where was the white rabbit, they left that out I guess...? (one pill makes you...)

BuZz · 05 August 2002, 04:29

"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids,
we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and
listening to repetitive electronic music."

Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.

BuZz · 05 August 2002, 04:34

ok. its sort of off topic since it certainly doesnt just "hint" at
drug taking, but is totally in your face. but maybe you havn't all played this? maybe you have. i enjoyed it when i last played it some years ago , although i couldnt help feeling slightly guilty

It's not a very "nice" game really..

http://www.damagegame.com/

Djay · 05 August 2002, 05:58

If you've ever played Final Fantasy 7 you'll notice buckets and buckets of "uplifting" items which can turn you into frogs etc... now that is a bad trip!!!

and the UK government, went mental over WipEout, because they claimed that the E represented a well known drug of the same name... and it could be taken as "Whip E Out", as in hand out the drugs..

mmmmm

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lets not tread into the amiga demo scene, that was like one huge advert for LSD

---
Wizball had you collecting coloured droplets from the sky, when you got enough the screen flashed, you ended up in outer space, when you came back the world had changed colour.... man, if only that happened in real life

Akira · 05 August 2002, 06:14

Quote:

Originally posted by Djay
and the UK government, went mental over WipEout, because they claimed that the E represented a well known drug of the same name... and it could be taken as "Whip E Out", as in hand out the drugs..

BWAHAHAHA That is one pathetic government move! We see them a-plenty, don't we? Besides, it was Wip3out, with a 3, wasn't it?

Quote:

lets not tread into the amiga demo scene, that was like one huge advert for LSD

Can you say TBL

Akira · 05 August 2002, 06:20

Quote:

Originally posted by Djay
Wizball had you collecting coloured droplets from the sky, when you got enough the screen flashed, you ended up in outer space, when you came back the world had changed colour....

Microdots of the good ones!

Akira · 05 August 2002, 09:50

Quote:

Originally posted by BuZz
http://www.damagegame.com/

WOO! What a game! It's qute hard too, I managed to stay alive for 40 minutes now, getting better

There's one drug that kills me almost instantaneously unless I double-hit :P That happens to me for stealing the drug from the little raver boys and killing them before asking them for directions!

Quite sick!

RetroMan · 05 August 2002, 12:00

What about the Amiga game Berra

You have to make yourself an injection from time to time to stay alive

Another link to a nice little game

----> http://www.beermatsoftware.com/dopewars/

Bloodwych · 05 August 2002, 12:17

My little contribution to this thread would be Ishar III. You could buy loads of drugs at local stores and mix great concoctions (sorry "potions") for different physical effects. I never did find the naked women hallucination mix but I'm sure it's there somewhere.

In one part of the game you even have to go searching through the woods for some special mushrooms just for a vital fix!

This game had compulsory drugs for completion!

RetroMan · 05 August 2002, 12:26

Just came in my mind : SD SNATCHER on MSX2 and SEGA CD also featuring Drugs to restore health

alkis21 · 05 August 2002, 12:36

Well the way you describe it, every power-up can be considered a drug!
In Leisure Suit Larry 3, you could actually chew marijuana leaves when playing as Pattie.. you would die though.

Tim Janssen · 05 August 2002, 13:52

In some stages of that ancient FPS for PC, Rise of the Triad, you can collect a magic mushroom which will make you bounce for a couple of seconds – this is one of the most sickening effects I have ever experienced in any game.
Also don’t forget Motorhead on Amiga where lead singer Lenny takes some pills and sets his enemies literally on fire. In the same game, in level Three I think, you will also meet stoned hip-hoppers who are rolling with their eyes while waggling on and off the screen. Talking about stereotypes…

Fissuras · 05 August 2002, 14:11

I can't remember any name right now, but I am sure there are a lot of race games where you collect an item like a pill or a bottle, and you get high, the car does not respond the way it should, the screen gets hazy or wobble...

Akira · 05 August 2002, 19:39

Quote:

Originally posted by alkis21
In Leisure Suit Larry 3, you could actually chew marijuana leaves when playing as Pattie.. you would die though.

Hehe, what an exaggeration

Dopewars looks fun retro!

RetroMan · 05 August 2002, 19:46

Quote:

Originally posted by Akira
Dopewars looks fun retro!

It is

Try beat my Highscore : 63.044.121 in 30 days

Djay · 05 August 2002, 20:14

Quote:

BWAHAHAHA That is one pathetic government move! We see them a-plenty, don't we? Besides, it was Wip3out, with a 3, wasn't it?

see below for covershot...

Quote:

Can you say TBL

ahhh... The Black Lotus... i think he must grow his own plants

---
... LOOK at Jeff Minter... need i say more

Akira · 06 August 2002, 00:20

Ahh, I think Wipeout 3 was Wip3out.... Anyway, me likes designers republic

Djay · 06 August 2002, 01:41

yepp Wip3out is Wipeout 3.. they were trying to be cool i think

and

yes.. designers republic rock

thinlega · 06 August 2002, 23:01

Designers Republic are ok ....but why did they miss out on such a quality applicant for a job???(me)

"all candidates have been of a high standard.....It has been a difficult but unfortunately on this occasion has not been successful"

damn......maybe it was the fact i listed my amiga in the applications top 10 favourite things section???

Akira · 07 August 2002, 00:45

Quote:

Originally posted by thinlega
damn......maybe it was the fact i listed my amiga in the applications top 10 favourite things section???

Can't be, since Büro Destruct use them

I forgot your hate for DR. have you bought the tDRunk shirts from threadless.com? I think they are perfect for you

alkis21 · 08 August 2002, 07:51

Quote:

Originally posted by Akira

Hehe, what an exaggeration

Well you don't die of an overdose or something, it's just that Pattie gets so stoned she falls of the cliff!

Akira · 08 August 2002, 09:51

Quote:

Originally posted by alkis21
Well you don't die of an overdose or something, it's just that Pattie gets so stoned she falls of the cliff!

That's perfectly possible then

03 August 2002, 07:08	#1
Akira Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: # Posts: 12,584	Games featuring undercover drugs! Talking about Shatterhand's new shmup and his now famous powerpills, I thought about games that seem to have in them a "drug" element. I mentioned there a PC Tetris clone that "simulated" drug effects... This was quite direct. You could chose LSD, Psylocibin, you name it. The screen would strobe, swirl, get upside down, oo! :eek :eek But what about other games, where the thing could be just hinted and not explicit? Mushrooms that make you stronger, Mario? Some round-shaped object that makes you go crazy, Giana? you're ready for the rave when you grab that thing eh hun? And I remember seeing you, Yoshi, chomping those fluffy 'shroom things and getting all dizzy in your game Yoshi's Island! How about the powerpills that Pacman eats? The whole idea of the powerup seems to be like that of a drug. You grab one, you are invincible for 15 seconds, and then you need another "hit" to be invincible again! GIMME MOREEEEE! Drugs are everywhere. Have you got any other examples? This is fun Where's my 1up blotter? :eek :eek

03 August 2002, 09:15	#6
Akira Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: # Posts: 12,584	If you want tripz, errr... tetripz, look no forther than here: http://213.193.146.106/exelsys/mute/tetripz.html Ahhhh, there you are, 1up! Attached Thumbnails

04 August 2002, 23:22	#17
Doozy Doctor Of Style Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Newcastle / Tyne & Wear Age: 33 Posts: 112	Tetripz & XP Anyone succesfully get thi sgame to work in WinXP? If so HOW?

05 August 2002, 00:56	#19
v8juice Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: United States Posts: 86	I was afraid. Didn't want to freak anyone out, again... Least of all myself for not being able to actually remember some subliminal drug refrences in nintendo games, 'cause I can, that's what frightens me most! (pops another mushroom...) Actually, come to think of it, there was an Alice In Wonderland quality to Mario, where was the white rabbit, they left that out I guess...? (one pill makes you...) Last edited by v8juice; 05 August 2002 at 01:37.

05 August 2002, 05:58	#22
Djay breakpointUK.com Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton, UK Age: 37 Posts: 3,063	If you've ever played Final Fantasy 7 you'll notice buckets and buckets of "uplifting" items which can turn you into frogs etc... now that is a bad trip!!! and the UK government, went mental over WipEout, because they claimed that the E represented a well known drug of the same name... and it could be taken as "Whip E Out", as in hand out the drugs.. mmmmm --- lets not tread into the amiga demo scene, that was like one huge advert for LSD --- Wizball had you collecting coloured droplets from the sky, when you got enough the screen flashed, you ended up in outer space, when you came back the world had changed colour.... man, if only that happened in real life Last edited by Djay; 05 August 2002 at 06:05.

03 August 2002, 07:28	#2
Shatterhand Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brazil Age: 30 Posts: 1,637	I have this game.. is called Tetripz... is very fun to play. The longer you play, more doses of the drug you select in the beggining you take, and after getting 10 doses, you get an "overdose", and the game goes completely berzerk. Playing with an overdose of LSD is very cool, I should say In Yie ar Kung Fu 2, on MSX and C64 (And probably others systems too), there was a secret "thing" you could get, by making a certain move in a certain area of the screen. That thing would give you invencibility And in this same game, if you destory 3 of those little guys in the beggining of each stage, you get a leaf. 5 Leafs gives you something I can't remember now what was, but it would give you extra energy if you pressed CONTROL. But what were those leafs? 5 Leafs of this plant would be the recipe of a super drug? There was an amiga game, I think the name was "Wicked" .. it was supposed to be an anti-drug game, or something. It was a crap plataform game, and there was drugs to be collected, but if you get it, the main hero gets uncontrollable, while the screen flashes and stuff. The One said something like that about this game: "I think Wicked is actually doing a good merchandising of drugs, because the only way you could enjoy this game is by having a high trip" Probably doesn't were the right words, but it was something like that.

03 August 2002, 07:47	#3
Fred the Fop flaming faggot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Versailles Age: 44 Posts: 2,794	Remeber N.A.R.C? I loved killing those drug dealers so much, I bought the NES version. Then I decided I wanted to kill the guy who sold it to me.

03 August 2002, 08:18	#5
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	I'd like to see tetripz.

03 August 2002, 11:01	#7
Paul RIP Friends Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UK Posts: 2,157	I think MegaWorm could be classed as another example, when eating white pills you grow in size, eating different coloured pills did other things.

03 August 2002, 14:07	#8
TikTok Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: San Salvador, El Salvador Age: 32 Posts: 642	In Syndicate you can alter the the levels of three different 'drugs' for your cyborgs (adrenaline, stamina, strength?). The more you use this option, the more your cyborgs get to depend on them, needing more and more just to provide the same performance .

03 August 2002, 18:46	#9
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,237	Add Darkseed to the list too-remember what happened if you didn't take your asprin first thing in the morning!!

03 August 2002, 20:47	#10
Akira Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: # Posts: 12,584	Yeah, great examples guys! I loved drugging the Syndicate peeps so they would run faster. go go go go!

04 August 2002, 00:47	#11
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	Non Amiga game again, System shock 1 had a way to handle drugs, just like Ultima Underworld handled effects of herbs. A drug to allow you to see better would leave you almost blind afterwards. And a drug to boost your physical skills for fighting would end up messing your view for a while with strange colors, and as far as I recall, halucinetic sounds. Death Rally also featured drugs sending the screen swirling sickeningly if you bumped into a mushroom.

04 August 2002, 11:24	#12
KombatSanta Pipboy approved Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Karlstad, Sweden Age: 37 Posts: 448	The games with most drugs must be Fallout and Fallout 2, you can even get to be a junkie!

04 August 2002, 13:12	#13
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,237	Just thought of another, on the C64. In Ghettoblaster,when you go into the main park to collect the final tape,if you hit the mushroom's the screen starts flashing & you can temporarily hold off the bad guys from hitting you.

04 August 2002, 14:27	#14
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	I never got that hard. But I did bump into the mushrooms a lot of times havint the screen flash.

04 August 2002, 22:47	#15
Shatterhand Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brazil Age: 30 Posts: 1,637	No I don't have Wicked. I only readed about it in The One too. How could I forget Syndicate, though?

04 August 2002, 23:11	#16
v8juice Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: United States Posts: 86	How did I miss this thread? There must be a reason... I can't remember any games like this & I forget why...! God bless the Seventies!

05 August 2002, 04:29	#20
BuZz Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Oxford / UK Age: 36 Posts: 526	"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.

05 August 2002, 04:34	#21
BuZz Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Oxford / UK Age: 36 Posts: 526	ok. its sort of off topic since it certainly doesnt just "hint" at drug taking, but is totally in your face. but maybe you havn't all played this? maybe you have. i enjoyed it when i last played it some years ago , although i couldnt help feeling slightly guilty It's not a very "nice" game really.. http://www.damagegame.com/

05 August 2002, 12:00	#26
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 40 Posts: 3,704	What about the Amiga game Berra You have to make yourself an injection from time to time to stay alive Another link to a nice little game ----> http://www.beermatsoftware.com/dopewars/ __________________ --~~= RetroMan =~~-- -= AmigA =- -= ForeveR =-

05 August 2002, 12:17	#27
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,699	My little contribution to this thread would be Ishar III. You could buy loads of drugs at local stores and mix great concoctions (sorry "potions") for different physical effects. I never did find the naked women hallucination mix but I'm sure it's there somewhere. In one part of the game you even have to go searching through the woods for some special mushrooms just for a vital fix! This game had compulsory drugs for completion!

05 August 2002, 12:26	#28
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 40 Posts: 3,704	Just came in my mind : SD SNATCHER on MSX2 and SEGA CD also featuring Drugs to restore health __________________ --~~= RetroMan =~~-- -= AmigA =- -= ForeveR =-

05 August 2002, 12:36	#29
alkis21 Zone Friend Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Athens, Greece Age: 38 Posts: 1,117	Well the way you describe it, every power-up can be considered a drug! In Leisure Suit Larry 3, you could actually chew marijuana leaves when playing as Pattie.. you would die though. __________________ Do you like classic adventure games? Check out Diamonds in the Rough!

05 August 2002, 13:52	#30
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Hague / The Netherlands Age: 36 Posts: 1,271	Magic mushroom pills In some stages of that ancient FPS for PC, Rise of the Triad, you can collect a magic mushroom which will make you bounce for a couple of seconds – this is one of the most sickening effects I have ever experienced in any game. Also don’t forget Motorhead on Amiga where lead singer Lenny takes some pills and sets his enemies literally on fire. In the same game, in level Three I think, you will also meet stoned hip-hoppers who are rolling with their eyes while waggling on and off the screen. Talking about stereotypes…

05 August 2002, 14:11	#31
Fissuras Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Brazil Age: 43 Posts: 537	I can't remember any name right now, but I am sure there are a lot of race games where you collect an item like a pill or a bottle, and you get high, the car does not respond the way it should, the screen gets hazy or wobble...

06 August 2002, 00:20	#35
Akira Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: # Posts: 12,584	Ahh, I think Wipeout 3 was Wip3out.... Anyway, me likes designers republic

06 August 2002, 01:41	#36
Djay breakpointUK.com Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton, UK Age: 37 Posts: 3,063	yepp Wip3out is Wipeout 3.. they were trying to be cool i think and yes.. designers republic rock

06 August 2002, 23:01	#37
thinlega .:Part-Time Winner:. Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: UK Age: 33 Posts: 514	Designers Republic are ok ....but why did they miss out on such a quality applicant for a job???(me) "all candidates have been of a high standard.....It has been a difficult but unfortunately on this occasion has not been successful" damn......maybe it was the fact i listed my amiga in the applications top 10 favourite things section??? __________________ .:THiNLEG:.

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