The Evolution of Strip Poker Video Games

EVOLUTION OF TR Strip Poker VideoGames Krr Jr 10 INTRODUCTION For as long as there have been video games, there has been a concentrated effort to allow people to live out their fantasies in digital form. Considering that in the beginning video game design and use was dominated by men, it was a natural progression that "adult" games like strip poker were developed. THE COMMODORE 64 ERA Surprisingly, strip poker and erotic video games were very popular in the early days of computing and the Commodore 64 had a variety of strip poker games. The strip poker genre has had a surprisingly long lifespan on platforms ranging from the Commodore 64 to the Nintendo Wii. Here's a look at the most "important" strip poker games released. Artworx Strip Poker Apple II, Commodore 64, 1982 Widely considered the grandfather of strip poker games, Strip Poker by Artworx was originally released for the Apple 2 but was quickly added to other platforms including the Commodore 64 and later the Amiga. The game was Five-Card Draw, as was standard in that era, and you could compete against Suzi and Melissa. 1980 Strip Poker Core Amstad CPC, 1985 Core's Strip Poker was unique in that there was no betting, raising or folding. In fact, no money was involved at all. After you were dealt your hand you could change your cards once but only if you had an ace. Then you simply compared hands with opponent Marilyn. Nudity Level: Nudity Level:Topless SAMANTHA FOX Topless Stie THE AMIGA ERA The successor to the Commodore 64, the Amiga heralded a new era of strip poker video games that took advantage of 16-bit graphics. Samantha Fox Strip Poker Commodore 64, 1986 English singer, actress and model Samantha Fox provided her name and image to one of the most famous strip poker games ever made. Once again the game is Five-Card Draw and winning all of Fox's chips meant getting to see her topless. Interestingly, famed video game music composer Rob Hubbard produced the music for the game under the alias John York. This also marked the switch to photo-based graphics for strip poker games. Interest in strip poker video games started to wane in the U.S. but games were still very popular in Europe. 1985 Nudity Level:Topless Teenage Queen (Amiga, Amstrad CBC, Atari ST, DOS/EGA, 1988) Teenage Queen is widely regarded as one of the best 16-bitstrip poker video games because of itsunique visual style. Instead of going with photos or anime style drawings it featured stylish art by Jocelyn Valais. Nudity Level: 305 Hager Bet Artworx Strip Poker II (Amiga, DOS/EGA, 1988) Seminal strip poker video game maker Artworx released a photo-enhanced version of its original Strip Poker game in 1988. The game was little more than a re-release of the original game but the graphics were vastly improved Nudity Level: FULL Poker Ladies 1990 (Neo Geo, 1989) Likely the only strip poker to come outin the arcade, there's still a good chance you didn't find Poker Ladies in yourlocal arcade as ithadavery limited release.This game was much more similar to a casino video poker game as you won points if you could beat a pair of jacks Nudity Level: FULL |HollywS00 FOT 150 000 Topless 050 Peek-A-Boo Poker (Nintendo, 1991) Panesian released three "adult" games for the original Nintendo including Bubble Babes, Hot Slots and Peek-A-Boo Poker. Peek-A-Boo Poker featured a rudimentary Five-Card Draw game with delightfully named opponents including Full House Francine, Double Dealing Debby and Pok-er Penny. Its limited release has Artworx Strip Poker III Hollywood Poker Pro (Commodore G4, Amiga, Atari ST, 1989) Hollywood Poker Pro shook things up in the video game strip poker world by switching your hand to the right side of the screen so that there was more room for pictures of the female opponents in the middle. This allowed models to pose in a variety of ways instead of just laying down. (Nintendo, 1991) A barrage of re-releases of Artworx's Strip Poker series was made for a variety of s oft different platforms 1995 Finally in 1991, Artworx released the third edition of the game. This was the first strip poker game that digitized speech and also offered three different female opponents. By this point graphics had progressed to the point that the women in the Nudity Level: Topless CD-ROM ERA made it one of the most expensive NES games in history. Nudity Level: CD-Rom changed the strip poker video game business for good and a sudden glut of high-resolution games became available for both PC and Macintosh Computers. By this point video game makers could easily include photo-realistic models. Towards the end of the 90s there also started to be some Texas Hold'em games instead of the usual Five-Card Draw. None game were starting to look more and more like photographs. Nudity Level: FULL Cheny Poker Party (Windows/Macintosh, 1994) 2000 Not to be confused with modern online poker site PartyPoker, Poker Party was the first poker video game that featured short video clips of your opponent undressing. The AI was significantly better than most games and it was a bit tougher to beat your opponent. Amazingly, you can still order the CD-Rom online. Nudity Level: WinSP (Windows 3.1, 1993) German game WinSP was unique for a couple was the first game that was actually a DIY strip poker game. The package came with a number of files but it was up to the player to actually put the game together. Second, it was also the only strip poker game that came out for the short-lived Windows 3.1. reasons. One, FULL Artworx Strip Poker Pro (DOS, 1995) This game was just a remake of Strip Poker 3 with better graphics but it was noteworthy for being the first game that showed an avatar of the player in various states of undress. Nudity Level: Nudity Level:C FULL FULL LARRY'S CASINO 2005 SIERRA Mick's Strip Poker (DOS, 1998) Mick's Strip Poker was available as freeware for DOS and its graphics were outdated from the moment it was released. It did offer one addition to the strip poker genre, hơwever. The ability to take screen shots. Leisure Suit Larry's Casino (РC, 1999) Leisure Suit Larry's Casino was not an entirely memorable game in itself but the Leisure Suit series by Sierra is worth noting in strip poker video game culture. Nudity Level: FULL MODERN ERA In a surprising turn of events, advanced graphics and the Internet led to fewer strip poker video Leisure Suit Larry captured the spirit of adult-themed computer games in the early '90s and while it was mostly all tongue-in-cheek, the series did feature women in various stat games. s of undress Nudity Level: The novelty had apparently worn off or been replaced by poker games with actual women (or men) via Webcam. None There are hundreds of flash strip poker games that you can play in your browser but they are all fairly amateur compared to the fully-fledged games The Wii - home video 2010 game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006 that came out in the '90s. Games for modem video game consoles such as the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii have to pass the strict ESRB ratings so there have never been any true strip poker games for those systems. There have been a few notable exceptions, however. The Xbox 360 was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, and later that year released worldwide. Video Strip Poker Supreme (PC, 2006) Probably the last legitimate strip poker game that Swank Poker OR TION! (PC, 2008)* t before in-browser mini-games became came Not a strip poker video game per se, Swank Poker was a short-lived online poker site where you could trade your frequent player points (or Swank points as they were called) for various pictures and videos of naked women. Nudity Level: prevalent, Video Strip Poker Supreme is the logical end product of the games Artworx started more than two decades earlier.Made by Torquemada games in Poland, Video Strip Poker Supreme is arguably the pinnacle of strip poker video games with interactive opponents, 720p video and full sound. Nudity Level: o oror the pol plove SWANK POKER FUL Sexy Poker (Nintendo Wii, 2009) Sexy Poker (2009) for Nintendo Wii allowed players to compete in Texas Hold'em (a rarity for strip poker games!) and your female opponents would strip down to their underwear. Nudity Level: NOTES AND TRIVIA: On the Commodore 64 a video game model (or sprite) was made up of a few hundred pixels. These days 3D video game characters can be made up of more than 20,000 polygons. Dead Rising 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, 2010) Dead Rising 2 had a secret strip poker game where you played against fellow zombie apocalypse survivors. The game is No-Limit Hold'em and players lost clothing based on the amount cash you won. Interestingly, you could also compete against male characters Nudity Level:Cnderwear It was very rare for any games to feature males but Finnish game Strip-Tease Ventti let players choose between men and women. It was technically blackjack but still notable for its gender options and being made entirely of Ascii art. Strip Poker video games are almost exclusively Five-Card Draw and many implemented systems that would see you hit your hands more often. Poker is hardly the only "strip" video game as many games offered a variety of casino strip games and in Japan strip mahjong is popular. There was even a strip fighter game, loosely based on the classic video game Street Fighter. POKERLISTINGS ECEE