Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill

Infobox VG| title = Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill


developer = Kaneko Co. Ltd.
publisher = Kaneko USA, Ltd.
modes = Single player, multiplayer
designer =
engine =
released = Cancelled
genre = Platform Game
platforms = Super NES, Sega Genesis
media = 8-megabit cartridge

"Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill" is an unreleased video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Genesis. It stars Socks, the pet cat of 42nd US President Bill Clinton, and his family, in a platforming adventure in which he has to make his way past spies, crooked politicians and the media to warn the White House of a stolen nuclear missile. Scheduled for a release in the Fall of 1993, the game was complete and ready to be shipped to retailers, but was suddenly cancelled following the closing of publisher Kaneko's US branch.Fact|date=January 2008

The game's bosses were made out to be caricatures of former Republican leaders such as Richard Nixon and George H. W. Bush. Nintendo's own censorship policies during the late 1980s and early 1990s condemned games that had "subliminal political messages" or "overt political statements". [ [http://www.filibustercartoons.com/Nintendo.php Nintendo Censorship ] ]

In a pre-release review of the game, "Nintendo Power" openly questioned the reason that such figures were in the game, and deemed the title as politically controversial.Fact|date=January 2008 This, coupled with the fact that Kaneko's US branch was closing down, prevented "Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill" from ever being shipped, and no known ROM has been found on the Internet.Fact|date=January 2008

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* Video game controversy