Once again this is going to be about
something I used to do in Ingoldmells. In the fabled BJ's amusements
once stood a game so awesome you frequently died just from playing
it. Cause of death – being shot by a ropey old actor in a cowboy
outfit -
Mad Dog McCree was a live action
shooting game, released by American Laser Games in 1990. Essentially,
it was a movie you interacted with. This interaction came in the form
of killing loads of people (or getting killed if you were me).
Here is a clip of one of the
aforementioned ropey old actors -
Your character, I can assume, is
something like Sid James' 'Rumpo Kid' in Carry on Cowboy. Your
mission, should you choose to accept it, is to shoot the fuck out of
any and all bad guys you encounter, while attempting to miss women
and children. Because there are no female baddies ever.
What
was great about Mad Dog McCree was that it was live action – real
film as opposed to shooting at pixels. The baddies you shot had real
bodies and real personalities, and probably wives and kids at home.
Thus, the power of the universe was in your hands, and it was you who
got to decide whether these poor saps lived or died. This, of course,
only applies if you are actually good at this game. If you're me
you'll just get shot straight away.
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