Space Pirates.

Yo-Ho me hearties. Did anyone notice? Anyone? Someone? I was trying, and I'd like to add emphasis to the word 'trying', to be serious in the last few of my blog entries. We covered 'Hell' and we covered 'Love bites', 'Mad Dog' and 'Bust-a-move' without trying to be witty. I'd tried to inject a little professionalism. I hope you all appreciated that. Being Easter and all. It helps not writing these thing when you are drunk. Ah - well, it looks like it is a bit late for this one.

God I hate that. Professionalism. What was I thinking? Onwards and upwards as my mother always says. Well. Hmmm. To be honest - sideways and back a bit; let us look at 'Space Pirates' - Yet another American Laser games game!

So from my previous American Laser games entries - what do we know about their games?

1. They are made in New Mexico, USA.
2. They usually involve guns.
3. They usually have a veritable psycho's patio stuffed full of bad acting.
4. I like them.
5. Did I mention guns?

So - did Space Pirates break any American Laser games moulds? How can I sum this up? No. No it didn't. You see - You still need to be trigger-happy, cliche loving, murderous, nit-wit to like these games. And I love 'em. This one, in a break from the tradition, is set in space. Hence the title. And no Cowboys - there are Pirates. You still have to shoot them but at least it is different.

The game has you blowing away (with a gun in case you were wondering) Space pirates in a quest to gather the Space Crystals and save princess thingy from the clutches of Captain Talon. He's the bad guy.

That's it. That's all there is too it.

It's a conversion from a 1992 American Laser games arcade machine - it needs a light gun and as usual, completely unplayable without one on the 3DO multiplayer. Sadly.

The old guy is back - the one from Mad Dog McCree and Mad Dog II. You know the one. The one that looks like he was rejected for a part in Grizzly Adams. His name, and yes I looked him up, is Ben Zeller.

Space Pirates was made in '92, so naturally right at the end of this games attract mode, where it tries to convince you as best it can to play the game, Captain Talon turns to you and says, "...and remember - winners don't take drugs!" - having played the game and seen the acting, I have a bad feeling they may help however.

Rarer than Mad Dog I & II - enjoy the screen shots.