I agree, Calibrator. Six-Gun Shootout and Broadsides (and to a lesser degree Computer Ambush) were always games from the cover art to the screenshots to the concept that I always coveted as a kid, but never purchased. It took me quite some time to get both Six-Gun Shootout and Broadsides as part of my collection without spending a fortune. I'm not sure if either one came in SSI's big box (bookshelf) versions, which I vastly prefer, but I have both in the small box versions. I still haven't genuinely played them, but it is one of the many games that I'm anxious to. It's certainly not something for a casual playthrough though. If I do it, I want to devote many hours over several days to it.
There haven't been many games properly set in the Wild West (though I suppose it can be argued that gaming is a reflection of popular culture and the Western is kind of a cyclical thing, with only fleeting popularity here and there these days). Accolade's Law of the West is certainly a somewhat contemporary example to Six-Gun Shootout (though an entirely different genre), and of course there were all the Boot Hill arcade variations, but you would think that such a potentially fertile gaming landscape would have been explored more. There are so many possibilities.
The newest Wild West-based game I have is Gun for the Xbox 360 (one of the launch titles that was the same as the last gen versions, just rez'd up). It's actually quite good, though I haven't played too far into it.
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*************************** Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
I agree, Calibrator. Six-Gun Shootout and Broadsides (and to a lesser degree Computer Ambush) were always games from the cover art to the screenshots to the concept that I always coveted as a kid, but never purchased. It took me quite some time to get both Six-Gun Shootout and Broadsides as part of my collection without spending a fortune. I'm not sure if either one came in SSI's big box (bookshelf) versions, which I vastly prefer, but I have both in the small box versions. I still haven't genuinely played them, but it is one of the many games that I'm anxious to. It's certainly not something for a casual playthrough though. If I do it, I want to devote many hours over several days to it.
There haven't been many games properly set in the Wild West (though I suppose it can be argued that gaming is a reflection of popular culture and the Western is kind of a cyclical thing, with only fleeting popularity here and there these days). Accolade's Law of the West is certainly a somewhat contemporary example to Six-Gun Shootout (though an entirely different genre), and of course there were all the Boot Hill arcade variations, but you would think that such a potentially fertile gaming landscape would have been explored more. There are so many possibilities.
The newest Wild West-based game I have is Gun for the Xbox 360 (one of the launch titles that was the same as the last gen versions, just rez'd up). It's actually quite good, though I haven't played too far into it.
Wii: 1345 2773 2048 1586 | PS3: ArmchairArcade
Bill Loguidice, Managing Director | Armchair Arcade, Inc.
***************************
Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.