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===''Night Trap'' controversy===
{{see also|1993 congressional hearings on video games}}
On December 9, 1993, the [[United States Congress]] began hearings on video game violence and the marketing of violent video games to children.<ref name="night trap">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Steven L.|title=The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World|publisher=Prima Publishing|year=2001|isbn=0-7615-3643-4|location=Roseville, California|pages=461–480|chapter=}}</ref> The Sega CD game ''[[Night Trap]]'', an FMV adventure game by Digital Pictures, was at the center of debate.<ref name="1UP" /> ''Night Trap'' had been brought to the attention of United States Senator [[Joe Lieberman]], who said: "It ends with this attack scene on this woman in lingerie, in her bathroom. I know that the creator of the game said it was all meant to be a satire of ''[[Dracula]]''; nonetheless, I thought it sent out the wrong message." Lieberman's research concluded that the average video game player was between seven and twelve years old, and that video game publishers were marketing violence to children.<ref name="night trap" />

In the United Kingdom, ''Night Trap'' was discussed in [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]].<ref name="Eurogamer" /> Former Sega Europe development director Mike Brogan noted that ''Night Trap'' brought Sega publicity, and helped reinforce Sega's image as an "edgy company with attitude".<ref name="Eurogamer" /> Despite the increased sales, Sega recalled ''Night Trap'' and rereleased it with revisions in 1994.<ref>{{cite news|last=Burgess|first=John|title=Sega to Withdraw, Revise "Night Trap"|date=January 11, 1994|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> Following the congressional hearings, video game manufacturers came together in 1994 to establish a unified rating system, the [[Entertainment Software Rating Board]].<ref name="night trap" />