Alright, fine. Let's talk about the 1994 lightgun shooter where you have to rescue Aerosmith from fascists
Music is the weapon, apparently
Like a fine wine made from the stupidest grapes you've ever seen - just incomprehensibly thick grapes - Revolution X grows more intensely ridiculous in my memory each year that passes. I got a press email about a game called Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior (Steam) this morning. Voivod are a real band. I don't have time to listen to their music, which I'm sure is lovely and important, because I'm busy thinking about Revolution X again.
Starting life in arcade cabinets by Midway, and later ported to MS-DOS in 1996 by Acclaim, Revolution X is a lightgun shooter that armed you with a chunky plastic SMG and had you shoot special ops bastards that were making the world bad with too many rules. You also shot CDs to collect them, and if you shot real good, you'd be rewarded with Steven Tyler of Aerosmith shouting things like "Hey babe!" and "Kablam!" at you. This might inspire you to shoot badly, depending on your feelings about Steven Tyler.
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