Scandinavian Scandalous.
During the late-’80s and into the early-’90s, computer games got decidedly… horny. Despite the rudimentary visuals of the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, some developers still did their damndest to sneak in pixelated 8-bit nudity, while being a little more provocative with the cover art – see Barbarian (1987), Vixen (1988), and Game Over (1987).
One title that took advantage of gaming’s teen audience was Hewson Consultants’ StormLord (1989), a fantasy adventure game published on a wide variety of home platforms, including Spectrum, C64, Amiga, and Atari ST. Combining Norse mythology with (very soft) explicit imagery, StormLord was essentially a digital take on the sword & sorcery films of the era, themselves renowned for frequent Sins of the Flesh.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
Scandinavian Scandalous.
During the late-’80s and into the early-’90s, computer games got decidedly… horny. Despite the rudimentary visuals of the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, some developers still did their damndest to sneak in pixelated 8-bit nudity, while being a little more provocative with the cover art – see Barbarian (1987), Vixen (1988), and Game Over (1987).
One title that took advantage of gaming’s teen audience was Hewson Consultants’ StormLord (1989), a fantasy adventure game published on a wide variety of home platforms, including Spectrum, C64, Amiga, and Atari ST. Combining Norse mythology with (very soft) explicit imagery, StormLord was essentially a digital take on the sword & sorcery films of the era, themselves renowned for frequent Sins of the Flesh.
Read the full article on timeextension.com