Every now and then, a EULA (End User License Agreement) makes the rounds on the Internet, showing the types of things you can and cannot do with your copy of a video game. Such was the case with Ubisoft, and its requirement that gamers destroy copies of their game upon termination.
However, absolutely no one was prepared to find out the kind of stipulations that exist in SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton’s Robotic Revenge, a 2013-era game that appeared on every console from PlayStation 3 to Wii.
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Because, as one SpongeBob fan shared on social media, the game really doesn’t want you making nuclear missiles. No, we’re not joking.
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It’s unclear why exactly there are so many stipulations that also revolve around weapons, but that’s apparently the case.
“Activision shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes outside Activision’s reasonable control,” part of the EULA reads before going into things like acts of God, war, terrorism and riots, among other causes. You know totally normal things.
But the craziness doesn’t stop there. It only gets more wild and unhinged the more you read.
“In particular, but without limitation, the product may not be exported, re-exported or downloaded into (or transferred to a resident of) (a) Cuba, North Korea, Kira, Syria, Sudan, any U.S. embargoed countries or any country against which the U.S. Government maintains comprehensive economic sanctions,” the next bit of the EULA reads in part.
Then, we finally reach the part about nukes.
“You also agree that you will not use the product for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture or production of nuclear missiles, or chemical or biological weapons,” the statement also reads.
Again, we need to remind you that this is a SpongeBob game. You know the talking yellow sponge who works as a fry cook? A game that was almost certainly played by kids. Now we’re curious to find out if any EULA can top this.
- Release Date
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May 1, 1999
- Network
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Nickelodeon
- Showrunner
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Vincent Waller, Marc Ceccarelli
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