SUPER NOAH'S ARK 3D


Of course, they had to throw the Z in there to let you know Mr. Goat is just sleeping. Because we all know that when good Christian kids are exposed to violence, it makes them unstoppable killing machines.


The original DOS version. I don't think Klaus here is sleeping...

This one's actually got an interesting "behind the scenes" story that I uncovered while bored on the internet one night. Before we get to that, though, I must say that this game is quite screwed up on its own merits. You play Noah (the Bible guy) and all of the animals in the Ark have escaped their cages. It's your job to put them to sleep by shooting food into their mouths with a slingshot. Alrighty. Maybe they aren't sleeping... Maybe they choked to death. But anyway, now on to the interesting part.
Look at the screen shot at the top of the screen. Look familiar? Look at the shot to the right, and you'll see why. You see, when ID Software got a deal to put the innovative Wolfenstein 3D on the SNES, the strict Nintendo content restrictions pretty much ruined the game. All the realism was eliminated, from the absense of blood and Nazi references, to the attack dogs being replaced with less cuddly giant rats. And as a way of saying "up yours" to the Nintendo pigs, ID went ahead and sold the game engine to Jeebus-freak video game company Wisdom Tree, who turned around and released the only known unlicensed Super Nintendo game. The funny thing here is how the good Christian types paid to use a bloody, violent "leading our children down a moral sewer" kind of game as a model for their own, which was released illegally. The Lord works in mysterious ways, I guess...

JUDGEMENT:

Judge not, lest ye be judged.