With all the controversy about violent video games from Grand Theft Auto to Mortal Kombat, it's hard to believe that a crude game from 16 years ago outsplatters them all. In 1986, Exidy, who brought you arcade classics like Crossbow, Mousetrap, and Venture, released Chiller, truly the most sick and perverse mainstream videogame to ever be released!

Many games involve shooting things up. Bad guys and zombies coming at you deserve to have their brains blown to bits. But for some reason in Chiller, your targets are nearly naked tortured prisoners who are already chained up! As you can see from the picture above, they're kept in a variety of devices. You can shoot the top of the guillotine to decapitate the poor lady held witin. Or perhaps you'd like to shoot the crank on the wine press so you can squash the unlucky sap's head that's stuck there. You can literally shoot ever piece of their body until there's nothing but bone and tissue left. And of course, you hear their bloodcurdling screams all the while.