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Texas Chainsaw Massacre
From: Wizard Video Games
Year: 1983
Format: Atari 2600
Leather Face goes a huntin'
Comments:
The people who brought you the gory horror movie tie-in Halloween also made this slasher cash-in of dubious taste. In a novel twist you play the chainsaw wielding Leatherface on a mission to hack down as many unfortunate teens as possible before the fuel in your saw runs out. Sick but fun! Supposed to be based on the climax of the film.
Notes:- Apparently on it's release this game was very hard to get. This was due to many shop keepers and retailers refusing to stock it. Those who did kept it hidden away, behind the counter and out of the way of children. Wizard video games also faced protests from moral groups for releasing the game as they saw that it encouraged violence. They may not have been too wrong, this is the blurb from the back of the box:
"Put
aside your childish pass times. Stop eating dots and chasing ghosts! A ripping,
revving chainsaw is at your command as you wear the leather mask of a madman!
Your victims come face-to-face with a living nightmare as you wield the ultimate
weapon- an unrelentless chainsaw!
Let your most wicked fantasies go wild! Know the total pleasures of destruction
as you pursue your victims with the razor sharp teeth of a hungry chainsaw!
The story is true, the movie is chilling, the game is horrifying!"
