Socks the Cat SNES Presidential Video Game
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 3:33PM
W. R. in Bill Clinton, Cat, SNES, Socks, Socks the Cat, Super Nintendo, Video, Video Game

It's not often that political satire makes its way into the video game industry, but that's exactly what almost happened in 1994 with "Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill". The Super Nintendo game was to feature President Clinton's first-feline as the hero pitted against villians such as Richard Nixon and other Republicans.

Sound partisan? Its release was cancelled when Kaneko closed shop in the US, but a blurry video of the game can be found here:

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