Night Trap

Night Trap is a video game released on October 15, 1992. It was released for the Sega CD and was later brought to the 3DO, Sega 32X, and PC (with higher-quality video). It was created by Digital Pictures and cost $1.5 million to make. It was originally titled Scene of the Crime and was developed for Hasbro's NEMO system, which used VHS tapes instead of ROM cartridges. However, Hasbro stopped production of the NEMO, and Night Trap was moved to the Sega CD console. The game uses live-action scenes in full-motion video.

Gameplay

As the game begins, the player is told that they are to work security for the party at the family's house. You play the game by looking around at one of eight house locations (switchable via your "security camera" console). After a bit of story, the house starts getting overrun by the "vampires" (who look like men in black garbage bags and nylon masks

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limping around), who attack the girls and boys attending the slumber party. Then you, as the security guard, have to correctly use the traps in each room to "trap" the vampires. This is done by hitting a button at a time corresponding with the level of a "danger meter". The game is difficult and interesting because you must be constantly switching rooms to be on the lookout for vampires. You cannot get too caught up in watching the slumber party musical or other events. Time always moves forward and if you miss too many vampires, the game will end as the house gets overrun (the game will also end if certain important characters are "taken" or if the hosts of the slumber party disconnect your access to the traps).

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