7. Halloween: Atari 2600 1983 Beheading
It may look completely laughable by today's HD eyesores, but back in 1983, this was terrifying. Halloween for the Atari 2600 was released a good few years before I was born, but it was one of the first games I remember. You play as the babysitter which anyone who has seen Halloween would assume it's Laurie Strode but we're never given a real name. The aim of the game is to rack up the most points by saving the children you're babysitting, whilst evading dear old Michael Myers. A simple premise, but that's Atari for you. On the video, skip to 1:22 for Laurie's death. So what could possibly happen in Atari level graphics to make a disgusting death? Well if you're unlucky enough to get caught by Michael, he chops your bloody head off. Not only that, but little sprays of pixelated blood shoot out of your now open neck as you hysterically run around like the cliché headless chicken. I think I'm right in saying and an episode of AVGN has said before but this is probably the first beheading in videogame history. Also, I'm pretty sure it's the first game where you can actively slaughter children. Food for thought.
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