9 Video Games That Were Recalled For Completely Bizarre Reasons

The Hot Coffee controversy is almost as famous as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas itself, and not just within gamer circles. A "hidden" minigame that depicted intercourse between main character Carl Johnson and his girlfriend, Hot Coffee attracted an enormous amount of attention from the wider public, forcing publisher Rockstar to investigate and take action.

In the clean version of the game, players can attempt to woo the ladies by sending CJ on dates. A successful date may see him invited into the woman's house for some "coffee", at which point, the camera would show an exterior view of the building, with only the voices of CJ and his partner being heard while they had a fool around.

But, with the Hot Coffee mod enabled, the pair can be seen in full view of the camera, with the player pressing buttons in order to influence the onscreen action.

This minigame was discovered in both the PC and console versions of San Andreas, and sure enough, the game soon came under fire from politicians, ratings boards, and angry parents. The ESRB quickly changed its rating from "M" (Mature) to "AO" (Adults Only), leading to the game being pulled from sale in many stores across America, while Rockstar worked on developing a Hot Coffee-less version.

This sanitized edition of the game arrived a short while later in the form of a patch that disabled the minigame, as well as crashing players' systems if they attempted to mod any files.