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i'm thinking about every week (AKA, when i feel like it) post some signifigant game that rocked the world and with the issues of Manhunt 2 coming around... i thought it would be good to see another example of AO censorship.

Come with me now to the year 1998.  this year had one hyped game that was coming out for the PSX (hence why this edition is in the Sony section).  That game was Thrill Kill...  the best way to describe this game was a 4 player smash fest in the vein of Mortal Kombat.

Players would fight in a ring and instead of damage in the normal sense, the meter above your character would grow fro every bit of damage he delt... if it got full, look out other players cuz one was about to get eleminated... in a gruesom fassion too.

the game lasted 3 rounds with each round missing a player (due to said execution in a previous round).  and what happened when one player was charged and there were only 2 left???  THRILL KILL...  this game's version of the Fatality.  these were gruesom to say the least.

So, what happened?  EA bought the company and decided not to release this mature game.  also, they kept the rights to make sure this game would never see the light of day.

This game has an underground following, however...  after EA said it would not release the game, a copy of it "Mysteriously" appeared on the web.  this copy could run in a Modded PSX or one with an exelent Action Replay.

Looking back today, the game should have been released as an AO title.  EA censored a title that could have made money.  on the flip side, however, there could have been court procedings... Colombine was still fresh in our memories at the time.

If anyone here want's to try the game, however... a word of warning...  Thrill Kill is Abandonware...  the game was given up on but all the copyright laws remain the same.  i do wish, however, there were more AO titles for a game system... that would show that the consols have come of age.

Here are some pictures... with a little comentary
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typical battle scene

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battle scene

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Thrill Kill anyone?

i will not post any of Belladonna's moves to show on here, they are a little to risque.

Well that's it for this edition of Time Machine, all feedback would help out greatly.
Very interesting, though I'm not sure why a game company would buy the game publisher and keep the rights to only not release the game. I'm guessing EA seriously thought about selling the game themselves but decided that era of gaming had post. After Mortal Kombat and a couple other brutal fighting games, we went to some more realistic styles that in my opinion were better.
thats really wierd, i was just reading about this game the other day ( i wanted to know about some of the other AO games out there)

I'd kinda like to play this, it seems like a fun game
First article of Time Machine is done with most bugs worked out.  Love it?  Hate it? let me know how to make these articles beter in the future.

also, if there is a controversial game that you want to talk about, the rule is it has to be older than 5 years for an effective retrospective... no GTA San Andreas hot coffee for a while.

Possible games in next issue:
Night Trap:Sega CD
Bubble Bath Babes:NES
Tengen Tetris:NES
Mortal Kombat:Cross Platform
Duke Nukem 3d: PC
I really like it Big Grin Keep up the good work man!
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