# Video Game Rape **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 30, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135 "2005-05-30T21:36:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DuhCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@DuhCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DuhCow)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/1 "2005-05-30T21:36:28Z")
Have any video games allowed the player to simulate rape? If so, what button combinations were used for the act? ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/2 "2005-05-30T21:54:35Z")
The incredable (not in a good way) [Custer’s Revenge](http://www.gamespy.com/articles/492/492996p4.html) for the Atari system depicted General Custer navigating various hazards to engage in sex w/ tied down Indian Women. As I recall, it was an animated sequence, so you didn’t have to hit any buttons during the actual act. ---
**Author:** ![DuhCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@DuhCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DuhCow)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/3 "2005-05-30T22:23:23Z")
> [@Malodorous](#): > > The incredable (not in a good way) [Custer’s Revenge](http://www.gamespy.com/articles/492/492996p4.html) for the Atari system depicted General Custer navigating various hazards to engage in sex w/ tied down Indian Women. As I recall, it was an animated sequence, so you didn’t have to hit any buttons during the actual act. How do we know she didn’t want it? Many people enjoy being tied down for sex. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/4 "2005-05-30T22:25:21Z")
**Malodorous** Having played Custer’s Revenge on a 2600 emulator, you’re wrong. The player must move the joystick left and right to make Custer thrust. Back To The OP IIRC, some time in the eighties, several news programs had morally indignant reports on MacPlaymate. The game included bondage and rape options. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/5 "2005-05-30T23:58:47Z")
Wasn’t there something like that in Grand Theft Auto, or was that just offing the prostitute after sex? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/6 "2005-05-31T00:46:13Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Wasn’t there something like that in Grand Theft Auto, or was that just offing the prostitute after sex? Yes it’s prostitute sex but afterwords he beats the bitch up rather than pay her. So it’s almost as bad really. As an aside I rember when Custer’s Revenge first came out. It was all over the local news in my area. Man! if they only knew… ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/7 "2005-05-31T00:49:37Z")
> [@DuhCow](#): > > Have any video games allowed the player to simulate rape? If so, what button combinations were used for the act? While I think your choice of topics is offensive, I’ll allow the first part of the quesion. BUT…if anyone posts button combinations here, I’ll delete them and lock the thread. If you really need to know this, take it to a gaming board. I’m sure someone there can answer your question. And I get tired of scrubbing our board clean some nights. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/8 "2005-05-31T02:16:20Z")
> [@SHAKES](#): > > Yes it’s prostitute sex but afterwords he beats the bitch up rather than pay her. So it’s almost as bad really. > > SNIP The “protagonist” in Grand Theft Auto III, IV and V does have sex with hookers. The “protagonist” pays them, and then they leave. The “protagonist” in said games can try to kill anyone in town. The individual chosing to electronically simulate murdering a virtual hooker does so because he thought the idea up. It’s not suggested anywhere in the plot of the game. The prostitute-murdering is a pathology of the gamer as much as of the game. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/9 "2005-05-31T02:19:15Z")
OK won’t give away the button combinations, but let’s just say it involved a joystick. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/10 "2005-06-06T18:16:40Z")
I remember that in the original Leisure Suit Larry game, Larry got to shag a hooker. If he didn’t wear a rubber, he dropped dead from the clap about 10 moves later. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/11 "2005-06-06T20:24:48Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I remember that in the original Leisure Suit Larry game, Larry got to shag a hooker. If he didn’t wear a rubber, he dropped dead from the clap about 10 moves later. BWAHAHAHA!!! I really need to get back into gaming. ---
**Author:** ![Stonebow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Stonebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stonebow)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/12 "2005-06-06T20:33:40Z")
I’m feeling like there are quite a few Japanese software houses that can answer the OP’s question. Just a hunch. ---
**Author:** ![beergeek279](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/13 "2005-06-06T21:43:24Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I remember that in the original Leisure Suit Larry game, Larry got to shag a hooker. If he didn’t wear a rubber, he dropped dead from the clap about 10 moves later. More importantly, if you didn’t remove the condom then you got arrested for being a pervert and letting the goods swing free!! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/14 "2005-06-06T21:52:26Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I remember that in the original Leisure Suit Larry game, Larry got to shag a hooker. If he didn’t wear a rubber, he dropped dead from the clap about 10 moves later. Wait. I seem to remember that his penis started glowing first, then he dropped dead, right? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/15 "2005-06-06T21:55:33Z")
… The indian maiden is not tied down in Custers Revenge. Atleast not in the original someone might have tweaked an emualted version. ---
**Author:** ![CateAyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@CateAyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CateAyo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/16 "2005-06-06T22:00:31Z")
so we have video games where hookers are being raped and offed, and NDN women are being raped, and this is a selling point. I have more to say, but I will have to let being totally pissed by this phenomenon, on so many levels, pass. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/17 "2005-06-06T22:06:47Z")
> [@DuhCow](#): > > How do we know she didn’t want it? Many people enjoy being tied down for sex. In future, when you make a joke like this, you might want to use a smiley to prevent confusion. It _was_ a joke, wasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/18 "2005-06-06T22:49:24Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Wait. I seem to remember that his penis started glowing first, then he dropped dead, right? 🙂 You are correct sir. His penis would flash a new and exciting color with each step. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/19 "2005-06-06T22:58:03Z")
> [@CateAyo](#): > > So we have video games where hookers are being raped and offed. No. \*\*Grand Theft Auto \*\* doesn’t have rape in it. And the killing hookers part is merely a side effect of the open-ended gameplay of the game. You can potentially kill **anyone** in the game, although if the police see you doing so they will chase you and try to either arrest you or kill you. One of the reasons GTA is so powerful an experience is because of the freedom granted to players to make their own moral choices. > [@](#): > > NDN women are being raped, and this is a selling point. I have more to say, but I will have to let being totally pissed by this phenomenon, on so many levels, pass. Your outrage is a little late. **Custer’s Revenge** came out 25 years ago. The utter lack of sequels or copycat games is evidence of how little interest there is in this sort of pointless shock game. ---
**Author:** ![Corii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Corii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corii)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135/20 "2005-06-06T23:03:50Z")
> [@Stonebow](#): > > I’m feeling like there are quite a few Japanese software houses that can answer the OP’s question. > > Just a hunch. Er yes, Something Awful’s website has a lot of reviews of Japanese Hentai video games that are just stunning… in a bad way. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-rape/306135.md?page=2)