History VideoGameCrueltyPotential / ArcadeGame

* In ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'', you drive a [[CoolCar cool car full of gadgets like machine guns, oil slicks, and missiles]], while you battle with a slew of enemy agents in their own cool cars trying to kill you. There are also numerous civilian cars and motorcycles, and you're free to machine gun the civilians or run them off the road to your heart's content. Every time you take out a civilian, however, the computer [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment prevents you from earning points for a few seconds]].

* In ''Motorway'', one of the games from ''VideoGame/Cassette50'', the player can run over people to earn points.

* In ''Motorway'', one of the games from ''VideoGame/Cassette50'', the player has to run over people to gain points.

* ''VideoGame/{{Paperboy}}'': The game where everyone on the block who doesn't subscribe to your newspaper is a target for unchecked vandalism. Smash their windows, shatter their porch lights, knock over their statues, destroy their shrubs and planter boxes, or run over their flower beds... don't worry, you won't get in trouble, and will actually get bonus points for it! Complete all of your assigned deliveries successfully and they may take out a subscription themselves, even if you broke every window in their house yesterday.
** There is [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse a strong implication]] that the subscribers on your route are not so much interested in the newspaper as interested in ''not'' having every window in their house broken on a daily basis.
* ''VideoGame/AngryBirds Space'' involves a lot of orbital bombardment, especially on asteroid-heavy levels.

* ''VideoGame/{{Paperboy}}'': The game where everyone on the block who doesn't subscribe to your newspaper is a target for unchecked vandalism. Smash their windows, shatter their porch lights, knock over their statues, destroy their shrubs and planter boxes, or run over their flower beds... don't worry, you won't get in trouble! Complete all of your assigned deliveries successfully and they may take out a subscription themselves, even if you broke every window in their house yesterday.

** There is a strong implication that the subscribers on your route are not so much interested in the newspaper as interested in ''not'' having every window in their house broken on a daily basis.

* Many arcade games from the mid-80s allow players to use vehicles to run over mooks -- some examples include ''IkariWarriors'' (tanks), ''[[VideoGame/{{Jackal}} Top Gunner]]'' (jeeps), and ''Speed Rumbler'' (modified sports car). The ur example is ''TNK III'', a tank battle game where not only are you allowed to run over enemy soldiers, you have an incentive to do it because running them over actually refills your LifeMeter.

* In ''SpyHunter'', you drive a [[CoolCar cool car full of gadgets like machine guns, oil slicks, and missiles]], while you battle with a slew of enemy agents in their own cool cars trying to kill you. There are also numerous civilian cars and motorcycles, and you're free to machine gun the civilians or run them off the road to your heart's content. Every time you take out a civilian, however, the computer [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment prevents you from earning points for a few seconds]].
* ''{{Paperboy}}'': The game where everyone on the block who doesn't subscribe to your newspaper is a target for unchecked vandalism. Smash their windows, shatter their porch lights, knock over their statues, destroy their shrubs and planter boxes, or run over their flower beds... don't worry, you won't get in trouble! Complete all of your assigned deliveries successfully and they may take out a subscription themselves, even if you broke every window in their house yesterday.

* AngryBirds Space involves a lot of orbital bombardment, especially on asteroid-heavy levels.

* Many arcade games from the mid-80s allow players to use vehicles to run over mooks -- some examples include ''IkariWarriors'' (tanks), ''Top Gunner'' (jeeps), and ''Speed Rumbler'' (modified sports car). The ur example is ''TNK III'', a tank battle game where not only are you allowed to run over enemy soldiers, you have an incentive to do it because running them over actually refills your LifeMeter.

* ''{{Paperboy}}'' The game where everyone on the block who doesn't subscribe to your newspaper is a target for unchecked vandalism. Smash their windows, shatter their porch lights, knock over their statues, destroy their shrubs and planter boxes, or run over their flower beds... don't worry, you won't get in trouble! Complete all of your assigned deliveries successfully and they may take out a subscription themselves, even if you broke every window in their house yesterday.

* In ''{{Phoenix}}'', there are stages featuring large birds that hatch out of eggs, grow to full-size, and come swooping down trying to crash into you and kill you. When the birds are full-sized, you can earn points by shooting them in the body, killing them instantly, or shooting out their wings, which wounds them for a few seconds until the wings regenerate. Whereupon you can shoot out their wings again for more points, and again, and again....

* In ''Phoenix'', there are stages featuring large birds that hatch out of eggs, grow to full-size, and come swooping down trying to crash into you and kill you. When the birds are full-sized, you can earn points by shooting them in the body, killing them instantly, or shooting out their wings, which wounds them for a few seconds until the wings regenerate. Whereupon you can shoot out their wings again for more points, and again, and again....