Older gamers, especially those who owned a C64 and an Amiga, will have fond memories of Sensible Software. Think Wizball, Cannon Fodder and, of course, Sensible Soccer – happy days indeed. But one Sensible game we never got to play was Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll. Sensible co-founder Jon Hare now tells the story of what happened..
This was a multi-million pound deal, which was almost unheard of in the UK at this time, and amazingly in its eagerness to sign up the new version of Sensible's perennial best-selling Soccer game, Warner had agreed to pay a seven-figure sum for Sensible's ultimate joke game: the over-indulgent fantasy with very British humour that was Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll.
Sadly for Hare the good times didn't last:
Warner had decided to bow out of the games business and sold its publishing arm to GT Interactive. Unfortunately for us, GT Interactive was backed by the people behind Walmart, which is run by the strictest most down-the-line bible belt Americans that you could ever wish to meet. What happened next we should have seen coming from the moment the ink dried on the Warner/GT agreement. Let us just say that an 18+ game about snorting cocaine and shagging girls in cars was not GT's idea of family value. But the blood-drenched excesses of Duke Nukem was fine, apparently...
The full article is well worth a read. Hare also talks about a new concept album (ask your dad) based around the game idea.
Anyway, what do you think? Sound like a good game? And go on then, what was your favourite Sensible game?
