Sex and nudity in video games to the eight-color palette of the NEC PC-8001 computer. It became a hit, helping Koei become a major software company. Also in 1982, the video game company Mystique released three unlicensed games for the Atari 2600; "Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em", "Custer's Revenge", and "Bachelor Party". The games were noted for their negative reception, particularly "Custer's Revenge" for its depiction of (what was perceived as) General Custer raping Native American women. Despite the increased sales (due to one of the first instances of video game controversy), Mystique went out of business after only releasing these three games. A company named
Nolan Bushnell restaurant executive and focused on Catalyst Technologies. Through 1981 and 1982, Bushnell concentrated on PTT subsidiaries Sente Technologies and Kadabrascope. Sente was a reentry into the coin-operated game business. Arcade cabinets would have a proprietary system and a cartridge slot developed by Data East Corporation, so operators could refresh their games without having to buy whole new cabinets. Kadabrascope was an early attempt at computer assisted animation. In 1983 as the restaurants started to lose money, Sente, though profitable, was sold to Bally for $3.9 million and Kadabrascope was sold to Lucas which became the beginnings of what became Pixar.