Caper in the Castro

Caper in the Castro
A picture of a gray floppy disk, whose label shows the game's title and a silhouette of a person in a coat leaning against a streetlight
Floppy disk for the original version; the edited re-release's label is identical save for its title.[1]
Developer(s)C.M. Ralph
Platform(s)Mac OS
Release1989
Genre(s)Point-and-click adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Caper in the Castro is a murder mystery video game developed by C.M. Ralph and released in 1989. It is the earliest known computer game to focus on LGBT themes.[2][3][4][5] The game was originally released for Mac computers and distributed freely on bulletin board systems as charityware to raise money for the AIDS epidemic.[1][6]

  1. ^ a b "Caper in the Castro". LGBTQ Video Game Archive. 23 August 2015. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. ^ Shaw, Adrienne; Friesem, Elizaveta (2016). "Where Is the Queerness in Games? Types of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Content in Digital Games". International Journal of Communication. 10: 3885. ISSN 1932-8036. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
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  5. ^ Henley, Stacey (July 7, 2020). "Never Mind The Last Of Us, Here's The Real Game With The First LGBT+ Protagonist". USGamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  6. ^ "Gay Computer Game Available Free". Bay Area Reporter. Vol. 19, no. 23. BAR Media, Inc. 8 June 1989. p. 22. OCLC 26378505.