Drive Somewhere

Background Info
Have you ever heard of Duilich Games? Neither did I. Turns out, it was a company that made games for more unknown systems: 3DO, CD32, Jaguar, even the CDTV.

One of their games, and possibly their most infamous, was Drive Somewhere.

Drive Somewhere was released on the 3DO in 1993, around the console's release. The game acts as if it's a legitimate driving game on the cover, with a car driving up a ramp, and a futuristic background, which is how it ripped off (and petrified) 4 out of its 18 customers.

The Game
The title screen is basically a 2D image of a car, with the text "DRIVE SOMEWHERE" above. It gives the player a play/instructions menu, but that's pretty much it.

The game requires the player to drive down a single and very long road, on an orange background. It takes about 8 minutes to complete. Once completed, however, the game goes blank for a second, and goes onto another level, which is basically driving the car down psychadelic color patterns. It, however, is not basic. Those 4 people who played reported static playing throughout, and small clips of laughing, screaming, and all sorts of sounds.

12 minutes in the game, it freezes, and causes the 3DO to crash, and the latter being permanently broken.

Aftermath
Drive Somewhere made it on the news in early 1994, and police began hunting down the 18 players. Those who were unfortunate to see the horror farther in the game were dismissed and simply broke the game disc, the other 14 got worse.

When they claimed ownership of the game, they were either strongly lectured by the police, tried in court or arrested.

Afterwards, a few die-hard video game collectors had been interested in the game, purchasing it illegally through retail sites on the Dark Web. Most of them were arrested as well, others made it through and played the game. There are claims that present ownership of the game would lead to the owner being executed. It was a serious case back in 1993-1994, and was never to be spoke of again.