Digital Leisure Inc.: The Classic Arcade Shooting Game Mad Dog McCree Released on PC CD-ROM; Unholster Your Mouse or Act-Labs Light Gun and Rid the Town of Mad Dog!Business Editors, Entertainment & High Tech Writers GORMLEY, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2002 Digital Leisure has just let that low down, dirty sidewinder sidewinder, common name for a rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, found in the deserts of the SW United States. This 2-ft (60-cm), pale yellow and pink snake is named for its curious method of locomotion. Mad Dog McCree Mad Dog McCree is the first live-action laserdisc video game released by American Laser Games. It originally appeared as an arcade shooting game in 1990 (see 1990 in video gaming). and his gang of bandits into your sleepy western town! The Mayor and his daughter have been kidnapped and taken to Mad Dog's hideout. The town ain't big enough for the both of you... so who's it going to be? You or Mad Dog McCree?! With all live action video and sound, and real western scenery, you'll feel like you are a part of the Old West! But you'll have to be quick on the draw to survive Mad Dog's gang of bandits to ultimately face Mad Dog himself in the final showdown. Find Mad Dog's hideout and save the sleepy town, but choose your shots carefully partner or they'll be measuring you up for the coffin! American Laser Games American Laser Games was a company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico that created a wide variety of light gun laserdisc video games. The company was founded in the late 1980s by Robert Grebe, who had originally created the system to train police officers under the company name ICAT produced laserdisc-based shooting arcade games in the early 1990s, and Mad Dog McCree is the first to be re-released on PC CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). by Digital Leisure. The game has been completely re-encoded in high quality MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). video and it now plays on the full range of Windows compatible computers including Windows XP. Use your mouse to shoot or, for the full arcade experience, use the Act-Lab USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. light gun (www.act-labs.com). "So few games have the exciting and realistic action video and sound found in the American Laser Games titles," said Elizabeth Foster, president of Digital Leisure. "Mad Dog McCree will bring back memories for a lot of gamers!" Mad Dog McCree is the first of the series of PC games from American Laser Games to be re-released by Digital Leisure; Mad Dog 2: The Lost Gold and The Last Bounty Hunter will also be available early next year. Fully interactive DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. versions are available now for PlayStation 2, Xbox, DVD movie players and DVD-equipped PCs. Digital Leisure is a leading publisher of interactive DVD titles. The company acquires and remasters existing video-intensive titles that would benefit from the superior video and audio quality of DVD. NOTE: Digital Leisure Inc. is not associated with Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. has not endorsed these products. Sony and PlayStation 2 are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc./Sony Computer Entertainment Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment of America and/or other Sony subsidiaries. |
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