Mad Dog McCree coming to 3DS in 2D

Ah, nostalgia! Remember that old thing? From olden times? You know, Mad Dog McCree. The live-action laserdisc 'classic' cowboy showdown game is being dragged out and dusted off once again, this time for a downloadable release on Nintendo 3DS.

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Ah, nostalgia! Remember that old thing? From olden times? You know, Mad Dog McCree. The live-action laserdisc 'classic' cowboy showdown game is being dragged out and dusted off once again, this time for a downloadable release on Nintendo 3DS.

It's being handled by Engine Software, who actually approached Mad Dog publisher Digital Leisure wanting to do it. Engine VP of development Ruud van de Moosdijk told Nintendo World Report, "We got in touch with them and said you know, Mad Dog McCree, you guys own the license, how about a 3DS version?"

Sadly, it won't be in 3D. "It's all full motion video," Moosdijk said, "there's really no 3D in the 3DS version because how were you gonna do that?" We would like to point out that there are ways to convert 2D footage to wonky, slightly unpleasant 3D--surely a perfect fit for Mad Dog.

Mad Dog McCree was re-released for Wii in 2009 in a pack with Mad Dog 2: The Lost Gold and The Last Bounty Hunter too. Happy days. Of course, the greatest cowboy FMV game to grace consoles in recent years was the astounding Wavy Tube Man Chronicles DLC for The Gunstringer on Kinect.

[Story image from the Mad Dog pack on Wii.]

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    March 12, 2012 10:30 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Mad Dog McCree coming to 3DS in 2D.

    Ah, nostalgia! Remember that old thing? From olden times? You know, Mad Dog McCree. The live-action laserdisc 'classic' cowboy showdown game is being dragged out and dusted off once again, this time for a downloadable release on Nintendo 3DS.

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      March 12, 2012 10:32 AM

      The ios port sucks, you have to fire like 10 times to kill anything making it impossible.

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        March 12, 2012 11:10 AM

        go figure, it's a light gun game. tapping the screen takes no skill compared to aiming and shooting. seems silly that they'd even bother with any touch screen ports

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          March 12, 2012 11:12 AM

          What if they were using the gyro for aiming on the 3ds like aiming the binoculars/cannon in mario?

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        March 12, 2012 11:14 AM

        Tangent: The free-DLC for The Gunstringer ("Wavy Tube Man Chronicles") is a perfect modern light-gun game. Perfect send-up of Mad Dog McCree.

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      March 12, 2012 11:33 AM

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      March 12, 2012 12:42 PM

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        March 12, 2012 5:35 PM

        ^-this

        They should port The 7th Guest or 11th Hour next..

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      March 12, 2012 1:52 PM

      Great, but what about Space Pirates, or Corpse Killer, or Sewer Shark? Why hasn't anyone brought Sewer Shark back yet?

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      March 12, 2012 2:10 PM

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        March 12, 2012 3:13 PM

        First CD-ROM game I ever played on PC.

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      March 12, 2012 3:17 PM

      Everyone else can stop making games now. We've peaked.

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