Herpes the video game, circa 1983
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Stumbled upon an old video clip (from 1983) showing a coin operated game called “Herpes”, no joke.

Pictures here.

Here’s a link to the video I found this in.

It’s in a coin op cabinet that looks pretty custom, and the graphics look similar to Atari 8-bit graphics. My gut says this is a bespoke game, with an Atari buried inside (like the Exidy Max-A-Flex system)

Can anyone provide any more information on this?

  • lordfritoOPEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Are you suggesting it’s Ray Davies from The Kinks?? He would have been 38-40 at the time of the video, the guy in the video looks younger.

    • 14fourEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Yeah, I’m not sure, from the cast list he looks similar.

      • ZardozerEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        It doesn’t look like Ray Davies to me. Very interesting show, it’s kind of like Black Mirror if it was done in a more experimental pseudo-documentary format. It’s about the “Video Age” lol.