Awesome Steven Beats the Evil Admins (video game)

Awesome Steven Beats the Evil Admins is an infamous unlicensed adult beat 'em up video game released by Robert Stainton Games in 1994. It was made in protest to Robert being banned from a Usenet forum by an admin from Portugal.

It received a lot of controversy when it was released due to its graphic content, and has become known as one of the strangest video games ever made.

The game was so graphic that even Fred Rogers declared it a game that kids should not play.

Plot
You play as an Raggedy Andy doll named "Awesome Steven" who goes around Ribeira Grande killing Usenet admins with a pistol.

Reception and Controversy
Awesome Stevens Beats the Evil Admins quickly gained notoriety upon its release. Sold in a cardboard package with print-out artwork labeled "NOT FOR SALE TO MINORS" and selling for $14.95, it acknowledged that children might nonetheless see the game. The game's instructional booklet stated "if the kids catch you and should ask, tell them Awesome Stevens is just defeating aliens from another planet."

The game gained controversy after Fred Rogers (of all people) said "This game is not one children should play." Robert eventually apologized to Rogers. People actually petitioned to get this game pulled from stores and even from being shipped to towns.

Trivia

 * The cartridges of the game (which were official gray NES cartridges acquired on the cheap) don't even have labels. The cartridges just have index cards with the name of the game and "Do not play, kiddos!" and info added on it with a typewriter glued to them. The reason for this was Robert Stainton Games had a very low budget and had to cut back costs as much as possible.
 * The music was stolen from the 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog.