Bacteria Panic

"Never play this game with the real victims of disease."

Arizona Republic - May 3, 1991

Washington Post - May 7, 1991

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Posted By: Alex - Thu May 26, 2016
Category: Games | 1990s

Comments

How many actual complaints vs 50,000 sold.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 05/26/16 at 09:53 AM

Now there's a game you could really get sick of.

Posted by GFinKS on 05/26/16 at 10:18 AM

But just think of all the new STD's the children could find out about.

Posted by Virtual on 05/26/16 at 11:54 AM

Who really thought this idea would fly?? Even in '91 it was too PC for this to last long.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 05/26/16 at 12:52 PM

Now updated with zika and Ebola!

Posted by Jim on 05/26/16 at 01:33 PM

Some time from the late 1970's, I remember a sketch (Cheech & Chong? / Monty Python?) where the premise was a game show and the contestant had to name the disease they had been inoculated with within a short amount of time before being given the antidote.

Posted by KDP on 05/26/16 at 10:38 PM

KDP - Are you maybe thinking of "Beat The Reaper", by The Firesign Theatre? It's on side 2 of "Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him".

Posted by Fritz G on 05/27/16 at 08:03 AM

That's the one, Fritz.

Posted by KDP on 05/27/16 at 11:08 AM

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