Paradise Café

Damatta · 1985

Released in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum, Paradise Café is a historic and highly controversial milestone in Portuguese video games. Despite pioneering criminal simulation and resource management mechanics long before Grand Theft Auto, the title became infamous for its transgressive adult content, focused on violence and sexual abuse, and for capitalizing on a destructive, defamatory rumor that affected public figures in 1980s Portuguese society.