Shootout at Old Tucson is a rare live-action laserdisc video game

Laserdisc video game

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, released by American Laser Games

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 , and adapted the...

 in 1994

1994 in video gaming

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 in the arcade. The game was produced for a limited number of systems, and was the only release by the company never to be ported to PC

Personal computer

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. Soon after it appeared on the market, American Laser Games went out of business, which, along with technical issues which limited its popularity in the arcades, further contributed to the title's obscurity. Shootout at Old Tucson was also one of the first games by American Laser Games developed based on 3DO

3DO Interactive Multiplayer

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 technology. The game was filmed at Old Tucson Studios

Old Tucson Studios

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.

Storyline

The action takes place in the old Old West town of Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

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. The game's plot bases on gunfights with villains, much like that of Mad Dog McCree

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....

, Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold

Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold

Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold is a live-action laserdisc video game produced by American Laser Games, released for the arcade, Sega CD, 3DO, CD-i and PC , the first release being in 1992; the quality of the video is the lowest on Sega CD...

and The Last Bounty Hunter

The Last Bounty Hunter

The Last Bounty Hunter is a live-action laserdisc video game released by American Laser Games in 1994. Like almost all of the games produced by the now-defunct company, it was a rail shooter and, like the two installments in the Mad Dog McCree series before it, was set in the Old West...

, some of the company's earlier releases.

Gameplay

The game, like other similar releases, involves aiming a light gun

Light gun

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 correctly in order to eliminate successively appearing villains, simultaneously attempting to avoid hitting innocent civilians. Two-player support is included.