Games showing swatstikas?

[S1500]

After watching gameplay videos of Castle Wolfenstein, were the Castle Wolfenstein games the only ones to show a swatsika? That continued from the first one, all the way up to CW: Enemy Territory, where they were featured in bitmap texture decorations.

[Elerach]

lots of world war 2 games have them.

 

Medal of honour, call of duty, battleground 1942..e.t.c

[+Random Terrain]

Didn't Bionic Commando have Hitler in it? I wonder if it also had a swastika in it?

[2600Lives]

No, no Swastika in Bionic Commando. The American version of the Hitler final boss is named something else, but he sure looks like the rat bastard. Oh, and his head a-splode real good, too.

 

Did Return to Wolfenstein have the swastikas? Been a long time since I've played it.

[shadow460]

Adolf Hitler is featured in Red Alert. I think there were swastikas in that game. Oddly, typing "Hitler" in the Westwood Online chat room would earn you a two hour channel ban, even though he is a a minor character in one of their games.

[Rik]

Adolf Hitler is featured in Red Alert. I think there were swastikas in that game. Oddly, typing "Hitler" in the Westwood Online chat room would earn you a two hour channel ban, even though he is a a minor character in one of their games.

Why?,kind of hipocritical of them to ban for typing hitler,didnt they make the damn game?

[Rik]

I think war themed games are cool,especially if Hitler or associated regalia makes an appearance in them,cus it gives me an eerie spooky feeling.

[darthkur]

A manji (whirlwind) appears in The Legend of Zelda for the NES as the dungeon layout of level three. I've seen this symbol in other games of Japanese origin but can not recall which ones at the moment.

Of coarse, as some know, the manji, swatstika, fylfot or sun wheel, is an ancient symbol reaching back thousands of years. It's present in Buddhist and Hindu religious materials currently as well as found in many other elder cultures, such as Norse, Assyrian, Etruscan and Celtic. It was generally viewed as a symbol of well being and a force of nature. That is why it has appeared on games like Zelda and others since in Eastern cultures it's still viewed in a positive light unlike in Western culture on account of it's vilification due to it's association with the Nazi Party.

[S1500]

A manji (whirlwind) appears in The Legend of Zelda for the NES as the dungeon layout of level three. I've seen this symbol in other games of Japanese origin but can not recall which ones at the moment.

Of coarse, as some know, the manji, swatstika, fylfot or sun wheel, is an ancient symbol reaching back thousands of years. It's present in Buddhist and Hindu religious materials currently as well as found in many other elder cultures, such as Norse, Assyrian, Etruscan and Celtic. It was generally viewed as a symbol of well being and a force of nature. That is why it has appeared on games like Zelda and others since in Eastern cultures it's still viewed in a positive light unlike in Western culture on account of it's vilification due to it's association with the Nazi Party.

 

When I was in Taipei, I saw a neon sign of a Swatstika, reversed from the Nazi version. Asked a couple co-workers who lived there what it was, and they said it was a Bhuddist temple.

 

Still have a picture of a women's hockey team called the Edmunton Swatstikas, from the 1930s. Heh.

[Inky]

The Swastika is just another innocent thing perverted by the nazis

[2600Lives]

I believe the inverted swastika was also an African symbol, possibly of fertility, but I honestly forget.

 

As far as the Norse are concerned (I'm something of a Norse afficionado), originally it was called "Fylfot" and represented Thor in his aspect as the bringer of thunder and lightning. I've seen ancient depictions of the Hammer of Thor (Mjolnir) with the symbol inscribed in the center of it. Odd that the fervently anti-religious Nazis would choose a symbol of such religious importance, eh?

[+Random Terrain]

Odd that the fervently anti-religious Nazis would choose a symbol of such religious importance, eh?

But you turn it upside-down or tilt it so your evil symbol doesn't mean the same thing.

[Rik]

Exactly,Its like the five pointed star or pentagram.Its used in the medical industry,you know,the one with the man standing inside the star.It depends on how its used,or presented.

Edited June 21, 2008 by Rik

[jboypacman]

There is one on the first bosses forehead in the Famicom game Kid Dracula.

[PressureCooker2600]

The Nazis were actually deeply religious........just on the occultish side.

[Rik]

The Nazis were actually deeply religious........just on the occultish side.

They were scary dudes,that why i find games with nazis,scary.Especially that Dr.Mengele,who injected gasoline into prisoners veins just to see the result

Edited June 22, 2008 by Rik

[iswitt]

In the original Doom for PC, there is a room where the walls lower into the floor creating a Swatstika design in blue colors. Scared me when I was younger...

[2600Lives]

The pentagram is also a positive symbol, used for centuries by pagans and Wiccans as a symbol of protection. My roommate used to have a ring with a 'gram on it, but he buried it with a beloved pet some time ago.

[+Random Terrain]

The pentagram is also a positive symbol, used for centuries by pagans and Wiccans as a symbol of protection. My roommate used to have a ring with a 'gram on it, but he buried it with a beloved pet some time ago.

And I bet it came back to life 3 days later as a cute little zombie with a taste for human brains.

[nonner242]

Wolfenstien/3D..............

[Crazy Climber]

The pentagram is also a positive symbol, used for centuries by pagans and Wiccans as a symbol of protection. My roommate used to have a ring with a 'gram on it, but he buried it with a beloved pet some time ago.

And I bet it came back to life 3 days later as a cute little zombie with a taste for human brains.

*singing

I don't wanna be buried....In a Pet Cemetary...

[darthkur]

The pentagram is also a positive symbol, used for centuries by pagans and Wiccans as a symbol of protection. My roommate used to have a ring with a 'gram on it, but he buried it with a beloved pet some time ago.

And I bet it came back to life 3 days later as a cute little zombie with a taste for human brains.

*singing

I don't wanna be buried....In a Pet Cemetary...

 

 

I wanna play with yooooooouuuuuu.

[hex65000]

The Swastika is just another innocent thing perverted by the nazis

Ding! Ding! Ding!

 

We have a winner.

 

Side note: Isn't it odd (or unoriginal) that the Helghast from Killzone have a weird cross between Nazi Germany and well, Uncle Fester. What's up with that one?

 

Hex.

[ Since this isn't even an argument, do we all lose? ]

[+Random Terrain]

[ Since this isn't even an argument, do we all lose? ]

I think the first person to mention Hitler loses, so I guess I'm the winner/loser.

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

The Nazis were actually deeply religious........just on the occultish side.

 

 

That´s a legend! Only a few (five) upper class Nazis joined the Thule society! And this society wasn´t even occultish............

Only Himmler was connected to some strange beliefs....

Edited June 24, 2008 by iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin