History Trivia / NightTrap

** At one point the game was planned to be released on the ill-fated SNES CD-ROM. As production was stalled on that hardware however, the publishers decided to switch it over to Sega. Considering how Nintendo lambasted the game at the Congress hearings [[HilariousInHindsight this can come off as amusing.]]

* AllStarCast: The Japanese dub of the game sported a quite notable cast even for its time, considering the game was one of the first non-Japanese multimedia games dubbed to that language, featuring Creator/KikukoInoue (Kelly), Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Lisa), Creator/MitsuakiMadono (Jeff), Creator/AkiraIshida (Danny), Creator/AkemiOkamura (Megan), Creator/AkioOtsuka (Lt. Simms), Creator/RokuroNaya (Victor Martin) and many others.

* NoDubForYou: A curious aversion happened in Japan, as this game had a Japanese dub, and also the only Creator/DigitalPictures game dubbed into a foreign language, other than ''Supreme Warrior'', who was dubbed to Chinese. Also, this game was one of the first, if not the very first, Western-developed games dubbed to that language, and with a AllStarCast to boot, even for its time. The trope is still played straight in the newer editions.

* CreatorBacklash: Downplayed. Tom Zito, the CEO at Digital Pictures, disapproved of the grainy graphics on the Sega CD version of the game. ''Night Trap'' was intended for the Control-Vision and the cancelled SNES add-on, both of which had 256 colors compared to the Mega Drive's 32.

* OldShame: Dana Plato reportedly made little effort to hide the fact that doing this project was a huge step down in her career.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The reason that the game features primarily "augers" instead of normal vampires (see TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot on the YMMV page) is that Hasbro, the game's original producers, were concerned about "imitable violence", and thought that showing vampires biting people would [[ViewersAreMorons inspire players to do the same]]. Thus, the writers had the augers extract blood with a mechnical device rather than do it themselves, which many would argue actually made the game even more disturbing. Of course, this ended being AllForNothing considering the controversy the game managed to kick up anyways when it was eventually released.

* AllStarCast: The Japanese dub of the game sported a quite notable cast even for its time, considering the game was one of the first non-Japanese multimedia games dubbed to that language, featuring Creator/KikukoInoue (Kelly), Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Lisa), Creator/MitsuakiMadono (Jeff), Creator/AkiraIshida (Danny), Creator/AkemiOkamura (Megan), Creator/AkioOhtsuka (Lt. Simms), Creator/RokuroNaya (Victor Martin) and many others.

* DawsonCasting: Dana Plato in particular was 22/23. Justified in that she's not supposed to be a teenager even in-game; she's a police officer posing as a teenage girl for a sting operation. Less justified with the other party-goers, who ARE supposed to be teenagers, despite mostly being about the same age as Plato.

*** At one point the game was planned to be released on the ill-fated SNES CD-ROM. As production was stalled on that hardware however, the publishers decided to switch it over to Sega. Considering how Nintendo lambasted the game at the Congress hearings [[HilariousInHindsight this can come off as amusing.]]

* ExecutiveMeddling: The reason that the game features primarily "augers" instead of normal vampires (see TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot on the YMMV page) is that Hasbro, the game's original producers, were concerned about "imitable violence", and thought that showing vampires biting people would [[ViewersAreMorons inspire players to do the same]]. Thus, the writers had the augers extract blood with a fictional device rather than do it themselves, which many would argue actually made the game even more disturbing. Of course, this all ended being AllForNothing considering the controversy the game managed to kick up anyways when it was eventually released.

* DawsonCasting: Dana Plato in particular was 22/23. Justified in that she's not supposed to be a teenager even in game, she's a police officer posing as a teenage girl for a sting operation. Less justified with the other party-goers, who ARE supposed to be teenagers, despite mostly being about the same age as Plato.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: A consequence of having the footage shot in 1987-- it shows. The game was fortunate enough to be released in October 1992 when the cultural hangovers from the previous decade were still mostly present, but within the next few years it ended up aging like damp bread.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: One of the more infamous examples. During the Senate hearings, they claimed the game's objective was to "trap and kill young women", while in reality, it was the opposite. Digital Pictures execs actually called them out on this, saying that if they at least saw the ''opening cutscene'' explaining the player's mission, they'd realize their mistake. However, since those who brought this case to the Senate were MoralGuardians who resorted to [[AppealToFear fear mongering]] to draw in support, they refused to do so.

* AllStarCast: The Japanese dub of the game sported a quite notable cast even for its time, considering the game was one of the first non-Japanese multimedia games dubbed to that language, featuring Creator/KikukoInoue (Kelly), Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Lisa), Creator/MitsuakiMadono (Jeff), Creator/AkiraIshida (Danny), Creator/AkioOhtsuka (Lt. Simms), Creator/RokuroNaya (Victor Martin) and many others.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: ''Night Trap'' was created for a cancelled 1989 Hasbro console. In 1990, it was then moved to the also cancelled Sony add-on for the Super Nintendo. The game was finally released on the Sega CD in 1992.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The reason that the game features primarily "augers" instead of normal vampires (see TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot on the YMMV page) is that Hasbro, the original producers of the game, were concerned about "imitable violence", and thought that showing vampires biting people would [[ViewersAreMorons inspire players of the game to do the same]]. Thus, the writers had the augers extract blood with a fictional device rather than do it themselves, which many would argue actually made the game even more disturbing. Of course, this all ended being AllForNothing considering the controversy the game managed to kick up anyways when it was eventually released.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The reason that the game features primarily "augers" instead of normal vampires (see TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot on the YMMV page) is that Hasbro, the original producers of the game, were concerned about "imitable violence", and thought that showing vampires biting people would [[ViewersAreMorons inspire players of the game to do the same]]. Thus, the writers had the augers extract blood with a fictional device rather than do it themselves, which many would argue just made the game even more disturbing. Of course, then all ended being AllForNothing considering the controversy the game managed to kick up anyways when it was eventually released.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: One of the more infamous examples. During the Senate hearings, they claimed the game's objective was to "trap and kill young women", while in reality, it was the opposite. Digital Pictures execs actually called them out on this, saying that if they at least saw the ''opening cutscene'' explaining the player's mission, they'd realize their mistake. However, since those who brought this case to the Senate were conservative MoralGuardians who resorted to [[AppealToFear fear mongering]] to draw in support, they refused to do so.

* CreatorBacklash: Downplayed. Tom Zito, the CEO at Digital Pictures, disapproved of the grainy graphics on the Sega CD version of the game. ''Night Trap'' was intended for the Control-Vision and the a cancelled SNES add-on, both of which had 256 colors compared to the Mega Drive's 32.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game started out as a prototype called ''Scene of the Crime'', a game about a player who follows suspicious characters around a house to find out who stole a stash of money. The player switches between cameras to observe the characters and eavesdrop on their conversations (all the characters have a plot to steal the money). At the end of the game, the player must guess who stole the money. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDPToA4rto Footage of the prototype was released on the game's 25th-anniversary re-release in 2017.]]

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: One of the more infamous examples. During the Senate hearings, they claimed the game's objective was to "trap and kill young women", while in reality, it was the opposite. Digital Pictures execs actually called them out on this, saying that if they at least saw the ''opening cutscene'' explaining the player's mission, they'd realize their mistake. However, since those who brought this case to the Senate were conservative MoralGuardians who resorted to fear mongering to draw in support, they refused to do so.

*** At one point the game was planned to be released on the ill-fated SNES CD-ROM. As production was stalled on that hardware however, the publishers decided to switch it over to Sega. Considering how Nintendo lambasted the game at the congress hearings [[HilariousInHindsight this can come off as amusing.]]

** The original planned console debut for ''Night Trap'' and ''Sewer Shark''? Not the Sega CD, but the ill-fated SNES CD-ROM. As production was stalled on that hardware however, the publishers decided to switch it over to Sega. Considering how Nintendo lambasted the game at the congress hearings [[HilariousInHindsight this can come off as amusing.]]

** At one point the game was a film license for ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', but the deal fell through.

** In an early draft with elements from the prototype, a billionaire has left an extremely large sum of money alone in a large house, guarded by a state-of-the-art security system. In this concept, the billionaire's daughter is staying at the house with her teenage friends when the house is attacked by ninja burglars who are attempting to steal the money. Through much deliberation, the game evolved into the final vampire concept seen in the final game.

** An early draft with elements from the prototype, A billionaire leaving an extremely large sum of money alone in a large house, guarded by a state-of-the-art security system. In this concept, the billionaire's daughter is staying at the house with her teenage friends when the house is attacked by ninja burglars who are attempting to steal the money. Through much deliberation, the game evolved into the final vampire concept seen in the final game.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game started out as a prototype called Scene of the Crime, a game about a player who follows suspicious characters around a house to find out who stole a stash of money. The player switches between cameras to observe the characters and eavesdrop on their conversations (all the characters have a plot to steal the money). At the end of the game, the player must guess who stole the money. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDPToA4rto Footage of the prototype was released on the game's 25th-anniversary re-release in 2017.]]

** At one point the game was a film license for Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet but the deal fell through.