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Hey! I have been trying to figure out the name of an arcade game I played as a kid. It was a western type game. It was done in the first person, and had one large button to smash which would shoot your gun in whatever scene you were in. For example, I believe you start out doing a quick draw, and if you were too slow, the other guy blew a hole thru you, then it would go to a cut scene with the cowboy walking away on crutches, and then the story would continue. Is there any way that you can find out the name of this game. I have looked everywhere I can think of. Thanks.
Please answer a few questions so I can narrow it down a bit more:
1. Was this game only in the arcade?
2. Did it use a joystick in addition to the button or was the button the only control?
3. Is there anything you remember about the way the machine looked? Also, was it early 80s, mid 80s, etc?
Any more details you can provide will help!
Thanks,
Helen =)
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Helen Joan Casper
Expertise
Ever since I played "Pong" in the early 80's, I've been a video game aficionado. I can answer hardware & games questions about PSP (PlayStation Portable), all PlayStation (1,2,& 3), Wii, Wii Fit, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Nintendo (NES), Super Nintendo, Gameboy/Gameboy Advance, and antiquated systems (ColecoVision, Atari, Sega, etc). I can answer hardware questions about all systems (including PS1 - PS3, Wii, NES, SNES, PSP, DS, GBA, GB, Xbox and Xbox 360). I can also answer PC game questions, especially CounterStrike: Source, Vampire: Bloodlines, Half-Life 1&2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, and all Sims & Sims 2 questions. I am ESPECIALLY knowledgeable in Square-Enix (formerly SquareSoft) games such as ALL the Final Fantasy games (I can even tell you really obscure things about these games). If I haven't played the game yet I will research it and help you find the answer, renting the game if necessary. I can even answer questions dealing with the consoles themselves (hardware questions). I cannot answer questions about Action Replay. I cannot answer questions about football, basketball, or wrestling sports games. I also have very limited knowledge about Xbox & Xbox 360 games unless they are cross-platform. If it is an independent game that has not been widely published and/or a game only released in some countries, I may not be able to help with it either (sadly!)
Experience
I currently am employed as a supervisor for a large, national video game retailer. I am also an expert here in games/roleplaying games, weddings, childbirth, and doulas. My husband is a computer programmer and one of the forefront coders for CounterStrike: Source scripts & mods. He has his own forums for coders/scripters at Mattie.Info. I have been an expert here since 2000 (under the name of Helen Chipman) and also volunteer on numerous other game-related websites and forums.
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