The discovery of the 'Hot Coffee' minigame resulted in intense legal backlash for Rockstar Games and their parent company, Take-Two Interactive. He released this modified code online under the name 'Hot Coffee'. Modders discovered the code on the game's PlayStation 2 release, and when San Andreas was released for Windows, modder Patrick Wildenborg disabled the controls around the code.

Rather than removing the content, the developers made it inaccessible to players. The development team was forced to curtail the nudity and sexual content of Houser's original vision, however, to obtain a 'Mature' rating from the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). Rockstar Games president Sam Houser wanted to include more role-playing elements in San Andreas while also pushing the Grand Theft Auto series' controversial reputation.

While it was not playable in the official game release, the modding community discovered hidden code that, when enabled, allows protagonist Carl 'CJ' Johnson to have animated sexual intercourse with his in-game girlfriend. ' Hot Coffee' is the unofficial name for a minigame in the 2004 action-adventure video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas by Rockstar Games. The player, as CJ (right), engaging in the 'Hot Coffee' minigame