The History of Mad Dog McCree arcade console documentary
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2020
- The history of the very first LaserDisc interactive full-motion video light gun shooter
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I had the PC version of this game back in the day. Seriously, though, this is one of those games that you REALLY need the actual arcade machine to get the real experience. All these ports just had a cursor that you just moved around the screen, put on the bad guys, and clicked or pushed a button. All you had to know was where the guy was going to pop up, and put the cursor there ahead of time. In the arcade game, you actually had a pistol in your hand, that also had a motion sensor in it, so that if you pointed the gun down and shook it, it would re-load the bullets. There was no aiming cursor on the screen. It was all about how fast you could whip that gun to point down, and then whip it back up and shoot accurately. The duels were pretty intense this way, and that adrenaline rush is completely lost on the computer and console ports as all you had to do was put the cursor on the guy, and rapidly hit the "reload" button and then click on the guy. The arcade unit that we had in our local arcade was this big, giant, projection screen that made all the guys you were shooting actual life size. Me and my friends got a huge kick out of this game, and had a good laugh at all the characters and dialog. We were quoting this game and imitating the characters of this game for years. They were like inside jokes and memes for me and my friends at the time. I still remember all the dialog from this game because of it. Haha!
You said it exactly as I would have about the experience because of the life-size especially. Except I didn't know the game later was in other game systems. I recently searched for it on Google but no success and then found it on my recommendations. Feels like a gift from the gods or something, the game itself too was one of a kind.
Will certain ports of the game had light gun support which helped but to get the best experience was to use an actual working arcade unit.
Thanks for sharing your memories :-)
There was a wii version you could download. That is probably the closest you can get
@@JustUsProduction Or just buy the compact disk for your Wii as long as not over pay it.
@@Nestalgba92023 oh I play light shooters on my PS3 or switch. I was just giving out options out there. Even to this day you can still play it on the Wii u also.
I spat out my tea when I heard Larry's voice!
RaspCast That guy just shows up everywhere I swear
Me too.
Hello you
LOL, it was very nice of him to do that for me
2:01
I will never forget when this made it to the local arcade. CROWDS
Absolutely same with my arcade
I can still remember waiting in line to play this. Still worth it.
Yep, and of course Dragon's Lair was insanely popular (for a while) too. My brother was one of those people who could complete the entire game with one quarter, so people would gather around whenever he was playing. Once everyone discovered the secrets, though, the game's popularity plummeted.
Wait, a Larry Bundy voiceover? This is the collaboration I never knew I needed, but so glad I got! Well done!
LOL, thank you
But hello youuuuu
I never had the chance to play this game..... great story as alwyas😊
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OMG! I've been looking for the name of this game since my childhood! It's hard to describe a game you played when you were 5 to people that don't play games!
Thank you thank you thank you!!!
Thanks for having me on again dude, t'was a pleasure :)
I'll have to return the favour soon!
Any time! Thank you for taking the time to do it
I remember seeing these games at Kennywood Park with the 2nd game being in the nice big cabinet. I was amazed by it. Left a lasting impression on me and became one of my all time favorite arcade games.
The huge cabinet was the only way to play it in my opinion
I remember this game very well. I grew up near a couple of seaside towns, but my favourite arcade was Olympia in Weston Super Mare. They always had the latest games including this one. They also had Time Traveller, Mortal Kombat, Virtua Fighter. All very new at the time when they got them. Now I make retro arcade machines, who would have though it, eh?
That is awesome. I never thought I would get to talk about videogames when I was a kid either. It's amazing how the passions from our childhood helps define us as adults.
I remember when we got this at the arcade I worked at. We had a deluxe model with an extra large screen and a panel attached about 2 feet from it with holsters for the guns. Really brought that Old West gunslingin' feeling to you!
That sounds fantastic, I would love to see that
Love these videos - they're being posted so frequently now, total awesomeness.
I usually post one every week . Thank you for the nice words
Greetings from the UK, always enjoy your posts....this certainly brought some nostalgia feels! Cheers mate for all your work you put into your channel 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
Glad you enjoyed it , Greetings back from the USA :-)
Thanks for making the video, Mad Dog McCree was a game I used to always play as a kid and loved seeing it (and the other tiles by American Laser Games) both in the arcade and covered on TV and magazines. Sadly none of the ports capture the magic of the original arcade machine (LD version). This video has been shared over at the American Laser Games Fan Group on Facebook.
I discovered MDM in an arcade on the boardwalk in Atlantic City when I was little. Summer of 91 maybe. Obviously with the video it was unlike any other game as it was like you were interacting with a movie. But it was also on a big screen a few feet back from where you got the guns so it really stood out from everything else. I stunk but I always remembered it. I bought the DVD version that Digital Leisure put out maybe 15 years ago, I assume it's the same as the PS3 release. I felt true accomplishment after finally beating it all those years later lol.
You are my favorite channel. Keep up the good work
Yes! One of my favorite games as a kid. Thanks for showing this game some love! Keep up the great work!
I always enjoyed it as well, thank you very much :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Will you do Mad Dog 2?
I've been racking my brain about the name of this game since 2002!!
I can't believe you just uploaded this!
Thanks so much
Glad I could help! Hope you enjoy the content :-)
2:02 Hearing Larry caught me off guard.
Great video yet again. Fantastic guru larry impression lol.
I have to admit, I loved this game in the arcades!!! I was never any good at it - Think I used to make it to the second level if I was lucky... This and Lethal Enforcers 1 & 2... DAMN the memories!
I like lethal enforcers as well but only the arcade version
Always wonderfully researched and presented.
Thank you very much :-)
Glad your putting out vids again! Great job once again.
Thank you, I never stopped doing videos. I usually put out at least one a week
You know you've made it not only when you do guest voice work for other gaming channels, but you get one of them to do a guest spot on yours. Congratulations.
That is very nice of you to say, Thank you. it was nice of Larry to do a few lines (of dialogue) ;-)
Excellent! Keep em' comin'!
great!!!! loved it! thanks for making this.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you
Loved this. Fantastic work.
Thank you :-)
I'd completely forgotten about this game, you're making me nostalgic for my long shut local arcade.
@TheDeadlyAvenger thank you.
awesome video, love this arcade history series
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you very much
This is one of my favorite games back in the day. We had an arcade at on Chestnut Street that had Mad Dog McCree. I spent many quarters on that thing.
Yay!! New video!! Love this dudes videos and I absolutely love to hear him talk. I’m from the south so hearing the northern accent just thrills me to no end lol. You the best, Patman! Keep them videos coming please ☺️
Awesome! Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the content :-)
It’s great to see your channel growing. Your knowledge of retro games is impeccable & I love your narration. Ground Zero Texas for the Sega CD reminds me of this game. Sega CD made a lot of games similar to this style: Night Trap, Double Switch, etc.
The full-motion video craze was definitely on when the Sega CD first came out. Just take a look at the Marky Mark Sega CD title as an example :-) thank you for the nice words, hopefully my channel continues to grow
This channel is so fucking genuine and wholesome! I remember seeing this at MAGfest once and thought it was the craziest shit! Clunky as hell, but it was cheesy fun! Thanks for the vid!
Just for info, the title has an error is the McCree spelling :) - Hope this helps! Just want to make sure people find this video! Going to watch this now!
Wow, Can't believe I missed that. Thanks for the correction as I'm going to fix it right now.
PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentaries nice thank you
Thanks for the video!
You're welcome!
PATMANQC is the man! Its awesome reliving all this stuff from my childhood. Fun showing my boys how far things have come. and they are thinking xbox 360 is old school! Thanks Patman!!
Absolutely, thank you so much for the nice words :-)
Mad Dog always got a HUGE crowd when someone played it, for a simple reason.
For the price of one game of Mad Dog, you could get 20 games of turtles. And you KNEW how to play turtles, as every arcade had turtles, everyone played turtles, and they played it a lot. So you could expect to last LONGER in a game of turtles. Most people never got the guts (or money) to play Mad Dog, so they knew if they gave it a go, it would be thier first go, and they had no idea how easy/hard it was - plus as it was rarely played, you rarely had the chance to watch others play to get hints.
Never the less, arcade owners loved Mad Dog as it was VERY easy to turn a profit with it. One guy who ran an arcade told me, a Mad Dog machine with only 1 game played every 30 minutes, made more money than a turtles machine with 4 players playing constantly 50 minutes of each hour.
Another awesome video!
Thank you so much glad you enjoyed it
I'm a simple man. I see a McDog McCree and give a like
LOL thank you
Oh man I used to love playing this in the arcade. Thanks for an amazing video!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much
Keep up the good work, man. When I subscribed I think you had like 15k subscribers. That didn't seem that long ago. Hope the subs keep coming.
I hope so too! Thank you very much
I had no idea there was re-releases and an arcade of this game. I was only aware of the sega cd version. Great job with the vid, very informative as always and I look forward to more great content!
Thank you very much
Love your channel
Thank you very much :-)
You cover the games I love that no one else does! I had no idea they released it for the Wii and I'm going to see if I can track down a copy
Thank you, when I started the channel I wanted to cover games that didn't get a lot of love which is why I haven't done Mario or streetfighter.
another brilliant arcade documentary, sir!
Glad you enjoyed it Thank you so much
Excellent video!
Thank you very much
Always love it when my favourite you tubers colab
That's very nice of you to say, thank you
This is awesome stuff, I am a fan of your channel.
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you very much
I was so bad at this game my mother made me go for an eye test and they found out I was colour blind. It wasn't the same as graphics so it highlighted an issue. However the only bit about being colour blind that makes me sad is burnout paradise. As I can't see the gaps to turn into. Another great video and another great memory from the arcades
Holy moly, I can't believe it took a videogame for them to find that out. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the nice words
Guru Larry!
Also, please do the history of Wild Gunman!
when I was 9, 10 years old, I played mad dog 1 and 2 a lot in the arcades...and back then ( 1990-1992) these games were REALLY cool........great video ~
My friend had this game and we played it non stop all summer! It was a great game and I wished I could get my hands on one now to add to my home arcade
Congratulations on having Larry do a voice over!
Thank you
3DO = One of the most underrated machines of its time. I wish people would reassess and give it much more love. The diversity and titles has been unparalleled by any other system including its ability to play Photos CDs, Audio CDs, light gun laser disk games, etc. They were even programs for children. A program that used artificial intelligence to create classical music on the fly that I used every day as I studied for my medical school exams! And of course the versions of dragons layer and Street fighter two were unparalleled by any other system at that point. I could keep going on. Please do a thorough review of the 3-DO please!
A system is only as good as it's library. The 3DO had SOME gems and a few definitive ports, but most of its library was either crap, or games you could play better versions of on other systems.
Thank you for responding but I could not disagree more. The selection and variety and software was astounding. That was my point. And the quality was Exceptional. Like I said, the dragons layer port was the best of any system at its time. As well as Street fighter two. They even had “games” that were the equivalent of exercise videos where are you could program your own routine. A video series on the psychology of playing golf with famous sport Psychiatrist! Games like missedperiod and a whole independent game development team called 3VO studios which came out with fantastic gaming titles.
The real problem was that the system was ahead of its time and the price point was $700 back in 1991! Without the brand recognition this was too steep for most people. The kitties were still playing Nintendo and waiting for the new PlayStation system to come out. Three Gio was lost in between these two systems and, as I said, without any brand recognition.
I remember being 6 years old and thinking this was the most advanced technological advancement the world would ever achieve. It was truly impressive in comparison to other giant box machines arcades were filled with.
I thought so as well, it was a big technological leap
Also, now that I thought about it, a 3-in-1 full size cabinet was released. It included Mad Dog I & II along with Who Shot Johnny Rock
I've never had a chance to try who shot Johnny rock
How did I miss this game growing up. Thanks I'm definitely trying this game out.
I don't think a lot of arcades carried it because of the massive size of the cabinet
fantastic video! played this on my ps2 no less.
I remember seing this in only a couple of arcades that had the space nessesary for it,it blew me away,the Huge screen and impressive style would really stand out.
I only saw it in a couple of arcades but yes, it was massive and took up a lot of space
Memories and informative... I never realized this was released for Wii and iOS. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you
Broooooooooooo i loved this game growing up for msdos thanks so much for this blast from the past!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you very much
Excellent vídeo!
Thank you very much :-)
This was AMAZING. i have played this so often in the arcades and tried to recreate the experience at home, for which i bought a cdi. I had the exact same experience as you described, it hangs too often and the aim is wacky. I thought something was wrong with my setup! No game in the world has such sweet memories for me, i even remember on cdi almost doing a perfect run, trying to save right before the end and then accidentally hitting "load" instead of save. Hours of work gone. But hey thanks a lot for comparing all these editions, i am going to get myself a ps3 with lightgun!!
Oh that would suck. Sorry to hear that about the load instead of save. I always enjoyed the game. Glad you liked the video :-)
I'm also a big fan of Fast Draw Showdown and The Last Bounty Hunter. The former is pure quick draw hardcore, and the latter is a massive loveletter to ALG wackiness.
LOL, I agree hundred percent
Nice video, I never got to play this only played the last bounty hunter on a 3d0. I almost want to try to find a wii now to play this on. Games like this were fun and unique. The acting was what it was but it also made then fun.
Yoooo you actually used my suggestion!!!! Thank you!!!!
Thanks for the idea!
Dear PatMan I shared this in To the American Laser Games Group in FB. I always enjoy your videos, like other times I would only advice to use some Background stock music to your videos, your voice is awesome.
Thank you for the share, I appreciate it. Anything that helps get the word out I am all for :-) as far as background music, I've been thinking about that more and more does not quite sure what type to use. Thank you for the nice words
Damn guru Larry is everywhere
Great video. I own the 3DO light gun and it works perfectly with the American Laser Games. Very accurate and makes it a good arcade port. I wouldnt dare try to play without though
Thank you,I don't know who would want to play this game without an actual light gun
Very informative still play this on my Wii
Thank you very much
Love these games. I had the Msdos versions of Mad Dod 1 , 2 ,Crime Patrol and Drug wars , the video quality was not so good, later had the windows versions and was more enjoyable with better quality and full screen. For me Crime Patrol was the best. Nice video man!!
Thank you very much, I don't have a whole lot of experience with crime control but the others I have played and enjoyed
I have at one point in my life purchases every single version of this game from the cd-I to 3DO, to iOS, to Wii and PS3. I absolutely LOVED this game as a kid, probably dumped enough quarters into this game that I could have probably bought the game and cabinet from the arcade. Greatest gaming FMV series of all time
It was so unique for its time and also just a lot of fun
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries with all the quarters I popped in those arcade games (MDM 1&2, shoot out at old Tucson, Drug Wars, Space Pirates, Crime Patrol, Fast Draw, The Last Bounty Hunter, Corpse Killer, etc.) heck even games like the Wavy Man from 2011 I loved. My dream arcade would be an entire section of nothing but those types of games. If I kept every single quarter i ever dropped in one of the above mentioned machines, I’d be able to have bought them all outright and still had money leftover to play them. Easily. I am addicted to this Genre. I’m fact I’m currently searching for an Eye camera for my PS3 so I can play MDM 1&2 and Fast Draw again. Lol I’m also VERY disappointed they removed MDM 1 from the apple iOS store and never came out with MDM 2.
Fun storytime, as a pre-teen I visited a old west town historic park in North Carolina (it could have been south, my grandparents live on the border) and there they had a Mad Dog McCree arcade machine which was extremely fitting for the setting XD but I blew all my money on it before I figured out how you play and was left standing around it waiting for my mom to get done souvenir shopping when I noticed the only thing the unit uses to detect the gun is holstered is a small tab at the bottom, I found out one begged for quarter later, that you can really cheese the game if you hold it down yourself and let go before firing, allowing you to keep the gun drawn at all times
LOL, that is hilarious. Thank you for sharing
The American Laser Games light gun worked very well on 3DO. I had one. It came with both Mad Dog games and Crime Patrol. I later bought Space Pirates.
Thank you for the info
I'll tell you where this game was popular (and the only places I ever saw it): truck stops.They'd have a few arcade games, along with quarter games and whatever betting kind of games (if allowed in that state), but they almost always had various gun games. Mad Dog McCree was really common, along with games like Big Buck Hunter.
I saw it in a couple of casinos in the early 90s as well. Never knew about the truck stop though
I admit, I only ever saw/played this when I finally put together my multi-TB emulation package, which included everything I could get my hands on, particularly including those fascinatingly (mostly) awful laserdisc games. Didn't know there was a Wii version. Since the Wiimote had some 250ms of lag in its aiming system, and was strikingly inaccurate to boot, I imagine it was a lot more frustrating than earlier lightgun solutions. Also yeah, always fun to see Larry pop up all over the place.
Strikingly inaccurate? Dunno what Wii remotes you've been playing with...
@@SomeOrangeCat the wii remotes were horribly inaccurate and unreliable as controllers for anything....
point and shoot? should be easy yet in evetry shooter in Wii all I ever did was spin in a circle for 1 minute as enemies kill me, can't speak to the Wii Mad Dog but if there was lag in button press or you movement then that'd be an issue cus reaction time was a factor....kinda like a Voight Kamph test
tell me....
you're walking along the desert, you see a tortoise lying on it's back...it's belly balking in the hot sun, it's trying to turn itself over but it can't without your help but you're not helping....why is that Andrew??
uhhm, tell me is simple terms only the good things about your mother.....
[get's a hole blown in my chest]
@@darthXreven Sounds like a you problem.
Great video as always. Would love to see you do a video on Ninja Gaiden someday.
Great suggestion! That may be a two-part video if I do. Not sure yet, thanks
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Your welcome. Two part that would be cool just like the Shinobi one which you did a very great job on.
@@sprnightfire Thank you very much
I had mostly forgotten MDM as just another light gun game from that era, but this brought back memories. It was actually an impressive game at the time, and devoured many of my quarters (or was it tokens?) at the local arcade, which was also home to Sega's now obscure hologram cowboy game "Time Traveler".
I've had a couple of requests for time Traveler so I will eventually look into it. Never played it a lot growing up
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries The hologram technology was fun to look at, but aside from that the game itself was pretty lousy, imo.
thank you for this memory
My pleasure, thanks for watching
Mad Dog McCree is the jam. I own the PC Version, DVD Version, Wii Version and Sega CD Version. What a fun game. I also have all the other ALG games from the DOS era.
Excellent, you sound like a true fan. I only had the Sega CD and PC versions growing up
Nice shootn’, try another one!
Keep it up!
Thank you
Though I never played this game, I still liked ur video. The only arcade shooters I've played are Namco's Time Crisis series & Sega's House Of The Dead series
Those are fantastic shooters as well, Thanks
As a kid, I thought the game was called Mad Dog McGree. I had the DOS version!
I’m curious my man-I’m sure the answer is yes, but have you ever read “The Ultimate History of Video Games” by Steven Kent? It’s a little dated now. Maybe almost 20 years old. Steven was a regular writer for Next Gen ( Next Generation) magazine. Your videos remind me of the charge I got out of his books and articles. As much as I love games and grew up with them (1974) I’m fascinated to know as much as I can about the back story! Thanks for all your hard work!
I have not read the book but I was a huge fan of the magazine. Every month I would buy gamefan, next generation and EGM regardless of what was on the cover.
Thank you so much for the nice words and regarding my content. I'm glad you enjoy it :-)
Omg I’m just walking into work but I’ve never been so excited to watch a video when I get off! THANK YOU amigo!!!
Hope you enjoyed it! Thank you very much for the nice words
Played this in an arcade in the late 90's. Must have been the deluxe cabinet, big projection screen, heavy guns, loud speakers. Set up to cost $2, I sunk a fortune into it. Bought the Windows version as soon as it came out. Did not know there was a PS3 version, definitely have to pick that up with a Move set.
The PS3 version is really good and the video is really clear
Haha love the Larry bundy voice over
It was very nice of him to do that
Great video, thank you!
I had no idea Mad Dog was an arcade game but by the 90's I was pretty much done with quarter-munchers. But I did have this game on my computer, Mad Dog flooded bargain bins and usually free or shareware.
The very first light gun game I played was in the 70's. It was a screen projection game with a .50 caliber like machine gun where you shot down enemy WWII airplanes. I can't remember the name of it, if anyone knows please reply.
Thank you. I played a huge light gun game in the late 70s as well which was at a resort we were staying at up in Minnesota. They had four or five standup arcade games and then in this one room they had a giant light gun projector on the wall that you shot birds at. I have never seen anything like it since. I can recall the name of this one either LOL
The gas station in my little home town got one of these cabinets around '91 or so. I still remember how friggin' HARD it got about 3/4 of the way through.
It did get extremely hard and cheap towards the end
I love this game. It’s a true arcade classic.
I remember they release the arcade version here in Brazil but with Brazilian Portuguese dub for the videos, such an amazing thing to see this huge arcade cabinet on my language...
That is interesting, thanks
wow i only knew this as a PC game. "nice shootin' try another one" still stuck in my head
LOL, it's ingrained forever in mine as well
I remember always seeing these games at a resort in Ontario, Canada when I'd go there for vacations. Seems like such a leg time ago....whole different world now.
Absolutely, I wish arcades were still around like they used to be
Larry Bundy cameo was a nice surprise.
Very nice of him to do that
We were a SEGA family growing up. Sega, Game Gear, Menacer Light Gun, Sega SD, Sega Channel. We almost pulled the trigger on a Saturn but opted to get a PS1. I liked this game on the SCD with the light gun.
It was fun with a light gun
We had that old lightgun game at the start of the video here with the light flash to pull and shoot
Very cool, I've never seen it in person
There was a version of this game, Mad Dog II and Who Shot Johnny Rock released for stand alone DVD players. But don't bother. You had to use the directional arrows on the remote to move your cursor towards the enemies and press the OK / Enter button to shoot. By the time you got the cursor to the right spot, you were already killed.
Yes, I did not include the DVD versions because they were so poor. Perhaps I should have
I saw this at a six flags in Atlanta with large screen. Very cool
I've heard of that but never have seen One. I went to Six Flags back in 1988 and they had a bunch of arcade games we never got around here such as return of the Jedi
I just love ALG so much. Ben Zeller unfortunatly died not a long ago. I'm planning to do a doc about ALG productions. Did you findo some making-of footage?
There is no behind-the-scenes footage that I'm aware of
This game brings back so many good memories for me there was another symilar game called crime patrol.
There were about seven or eight other LaserDisc games produced by the same company
Guru Larry in the house