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Yesterday, my copy of Mad Dog McCree: Gunslinger Pack arrived in the mail. I played it for an hour or so, knowing that this would probably be the first and last time that I put the game into my Wii.
Sober, I mean.
I have a good deal of sadly misplaced nostalgic affection for Mad Dog McCree, a clunky, silly Western shooter using live-action video that debuted as an arcade game in 1990. It was one of the first really hot games for the emerging PC CD-ROM format, and represented what we all carelessly, wrongly assumed was the Future Of Videogames: live-action video of real human beings.
This week Fred and Jam tackle the wonderful world of light gun shooters. What started as a mere carnival game evolved into one of the more interactive – and for some of us, fun – genres that has not withstood the test of time. With the advent of newer screens, the technology that made light guns possible is now ruined by delays of no more than a fraction of a second. In this episode we discuss the history, technology behind, and our fondest memories of the games that utilized the light gun peripheral.
This was were it all begun for me in terms of light guns..my old C64 http://www.richardlagendijk...
Light gun games are some of my favorite. I played one in collage that that used a sensor to track your body and you had to physically duck behind shelter. Killed your legs but it was fun. Can't remember the name, post below if you know the name.
Do you like cheesy acting? How about continuity errors in between movie clips? Or gameplay that’s mostly based on memorization? If any of that sounds enticing, well then… You’re in for a treat I guess.
Someone actually paid money for this.
I used to have Mad Dog McCree for the 3DO with the orange gun. How far we have come. It was so inaccurate, it made me sad.
