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 :-)
@@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.
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.
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!!!
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 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.
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!
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 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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 ~
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
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.
@@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]
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
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.
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 ☺️
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!!
The comments about the 3DO version were pretty much completely incorrect. The cursor moves EASILY fast enough, hold B to move double speed, and C to 4 times speed. It is written in the book, probably need to read it before you claim it controls poorly. It controls just fine. The Game Gun was not only available for the 3DO, it was also made in two other variants, for Mega CD, and for PC, all 3 variants were essentially identical internally, and were simply wired differently for different machines. Externally the only variation was the sticker, all 3 were called "Game Gun", but had "PC Game Gun" or "3DO Game Gun" etc on their respective stickers... Any one of them can be made to work on any of those 3 formats. The 3DO based arcade versions were Mad Dog 2 and a couple other later ALG games (Drug Wars was another), not the first Mad Dog, which was ported to the 3DO by Crystal Dynamics. Whether the 3DO home disc would work with an Arcade BIOS present in the 3DO console i don't know, it may do. The rest of the ALG games were put on 3DO by ALG themselves and generally were of a higher standard. The 3DO was only used in the 25" cabs, and was used primarily due to the significantly reduced cost, nothing to do with the laserdisc players failing. All the larger ALG cabs still used the Amiga with a commercial grade laserdisc player. On the 25" screen the video quality of the 3DO was good enough and clear enough, but the 3DO FZ-1 was used, and the laser was not up to the task of Arcade life.
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
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
@@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.
The ALG lightgun games are great on the 3DO. Mad Dog II, Crime Patrol, Drug Wars, Space Pirates, and The Last Bounty Hunter are really good. Mad Dog McCree, though, is not programmed as well as the others, but it was the first one to be released on the system. Haven't played much of Who Shot Johnny Rock? yet. I would never want to play these games without a lightgun, or with a modern TV and wii type controller. The CD-i version does look great. I have it and the lightgun but no CD-I player yet. Its's interesting to hear about that slight pause. Sega CD seems way too pixelated, to me.
The Sega CD was extremely pixilated but that's due to the 64 color palette on the Sega Genesis. I have never played who shot Johnny rock but I always wanted to
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.
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 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!
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
Lethal enforcers was really when the lightgun shooter genre took off. Mad dog McCree and other laserdisc-based lightgun games were okay diversions until then. ... Even thought Mad Dog Mcree and it's sequel are alvaible on the PSN.
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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
I remember the DAY this hit the arcades in Philly.. so exciting. We knew it was laser disc tec similar to Dragon's Lair BUT with actual video. The resolution was 'hi def' by VHS/TV/Cable standards... very fun to play... I could beat level except the last one with the showdown with mad-dog. This was indeed a 'lul' time in arcade history... very dead times... a mere year or 2 later would bring a revolution... SF2, MK, VF, VR, etc... etc... this was indeed a tough time... during this time (1990) the arcades actually put the PINBALL games in the FRONT because the arade games were lackluster... thankfully there was TMNT/moonwalker/spimpsons arcade...
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.
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!!
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
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.
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
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...
I can attest to the 3DO version working very well with the light gun. The 3DO was preferred platform for American Laser games: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Laser_Games
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 :-)
Larry Bundy just informed me that there was a cops arcade game that featured full-motion video And also use a light gun and a steering wheel so that could be the one you are thinking of
I'm curious to hear about the arcade game Time Traveler. It was pretty cool in that it was projected onto a parabolic surface allowing you to see it in 3d. I remember playing it in the 1990s and I remember there being a skull guy that appears right when you are about to die and then after you die, a guy in the game reminds you "Remember, turn before you shoot". I did not get very far in this game. Anyone else remember this game?
