The infamous 1990s video game Night Trap is seeing a new release in 2017 for its 25th anniversary. But did you know the controversial history behind this title?

The game released originally on October 15, 1992 for the Sega Mega CD, and was later ported to the 32X, 3DO, and Mac OS. More of an interactive film than a true traditional video game, Night Trap used 90 minutes’ worth of full-motion video to tell its story. It followed a group of ladies who become targets of Augers – essentially vampires – who stalk them throughout a large house. It’s up to the player to save them by following them around via hidden cameras and trapping the Augers.

The game itself was pretty terrible, but the mature content seen in the videos stirred quite the controversy, and actually contributed to the creation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). Night Trap, along with Mortal Kombat, was specifically mentioned in the congressional hearings on objectionable content in video games that led to the ESRB’s founding. Interestingly, while the game originally received a “Mature” rating, its anniversary rerelease was downgraded to a “Teen” rating.

While Night Trap wasn’t a notable critical or commercial success, the fallout from its release lives on with the ESRB rating system. Those wishing to play the game these days and don’t happen to have an old school Sega console lying around will get a chance once the HD remaster arrives in spring 2017.

To learn more about Night Trap and other horror video games, look for The Overstreet Guide to Collecting Horror, out in the fall of 2017.