Geisha (video game)

{{Short description|1990 video game}}

{{Infobox video game

| title = Geisha

| image = Geisha (video game) cover.jpg

| developer = Coktel Vision
MDO

| publisher = Tomahawk

| writer = Muriel Tramis

| composer = Frédéric Motte

| platforms = Amiga, Atari ST, DOS

| released = 1990

| genre = Adventure

}}

Geisha is an erotic adventure video game developed by Coktel Vision and MDO and published by Tomahawk in 1990 for Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. The game uses a point-and-click interface, and features several minigames including a card game and an action sequence.

Plot

A mad scientist kidnaps the player's girlfriend Eva, and wants to transform her into a futuristic geisha. The player travels to Japan to prevent this from happening.

Reception

Joystick praised the game's original design,{{Cite magazine|date=December 1990|title=Geisha|url=https://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Joystick/joystick_numero011/Joystick%20011%20-%20Page%20210.jpg|url-status=live|magazine=Joystick|language=French|issue=11|page=210|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330080419/https://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Joystick/joystick_numero011/Joystick%20011%20-%20Page%20210.jpg|archive-date=30 March 2018}} while Generation 4 felt the game's graphical quality was unexceptional.{{Cite magazine|date=November 1990|title=Geisha|url=https://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Generation%204/generation4_numero027/generation4%20-%20N027%20-%20novembre%201990%20-%20page108%20et%20page109.jpg|url-status=live|magazine=Generation 4|language=French|issue=27|page=108|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330080231/https://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Generation%204/generation4_numero027/generation4%20-%20N027%20-%20novembre%201990%20-%20page108%20et%20page109.jpg|archive-date=30 March 2018}} Tilt described Geisha as a children's game for adults due to its simple gameplay and mature themes.{{Cite magazine|date=February 1991|title=Geisha|url=https://archive.org/details/Tilt087/page/n69|magazine=Tilt|language=French|issue=87|page=70|via=Internet Archive}} Amiga Power questioned whether it was the worst full-price game the magazine had ever reviewed,{{cite magazine|date=November 1991|title=Geisha|url=https://archive.org/details/Amiga_Power_Issue_07_1991-11_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n121|magazine=Amiga Power|issue=7|page=123|via=Internet Archive}} while also commenting the title was as "user-friendly and sexy as a rotten anchovy".{{cite magazine|date=October 1991|title=Geisha|url=https://archive.org/details/Amiga_Power_Issue_06_1991-10_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n79|magazine=Amiga Power|issue=6|page=80|via=Internet Archive}}

References

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Further reading

  • {{Cite news |last=Cobbett |first=Richard |date=2022-04-23 |title=1990's Geisha was the most unfair erotic game ever |language=en |work=PC Gamer |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/saturday-crapshoot-geisha/ |access-date=2022-04-24}}