In 1982, Japan's Koei, founded by husband-and-wife team Yoichi and Keiko Erikawa (and later known for strategy video games), released the first erotic computer game with sexually explicit graphics, Night Life, an early graphic adventure game for the NEC PC-8801. ( March 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īn eroge ( エロゲ or エロゲー, erogē pronounced a portmanteau of erotic game エロチックゲーム, erochikku gēmu) is a Japanese genre of erotic video game. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations.
