Night Life (video game)

This article is about the 1982 Japanese erotic game. For the Sims 2 expansion pack, see The Sims 2: Nightlife.

Night Life
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Developer(s)	Kōei
Publisher(s)	Kōei
Platform(s)	NEC PC-8801
Release date(s)	JP 1982
Genre(s)	Adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player

Night Life was a 1982 erotic^[1] graphic adventure game by Kōei,^[2] released for the PC-8801 computer.

Summary

It was the first commercial erotic computer game, featuring sexually explicit images,^[1] and a precursor to the modern bishōjo game genre.^[2] It was released in April 1982. Night Life was marketed as an aid for the sex life of couples. It included such features as a schedule to determine a woman's period, and a catalog of possible sexual positions, with artwork consisting of black-and-white outlines.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Retro Japanese Computers: Gaming's Final Frontier, Hardcore Gaming 101, reprinted from Retro Gamer, Issue 67, 2009
2. ^ ^{a b} Jones, Matthew T. (December 2005). "The Impact of Telepresence on Cultural Transmission through Bishoujo Games" (PDF). PsychNology Journal 3 (3): 292–311. ISSN 1720-7525. http://www.psychnology.org/File/PNJ3(3)/PSYCHNOLOGY_JOURNAL_3_3_JONES.pdf.