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Duelin' Firemen.

Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 9:52 pm
by 3DOKid
Another cancelled game methinks. Anyone know anything about it?

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:54 pm
by Gunstar
For some strange reason, becuase of the name, when I try to envision a game behind that name, it makes me think of FMV like 'Plumbers DWNT.' My guess is gay interactive soft-porn. :shock:

J/K :lol:

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:57 pm
by 3DOKid
I can see where you are coming from.

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:24 pm
by Vance
Duelin' Firemen was indeed a cancelled game, developed by a company that went on to make a few hit GBA games. It was likely to be really bad, but the FMV promised cheesy goodness. It starred Rudy Ray Moore of Dolemite fame, and another extremely talented and charismatic actor as his... rival, I think. It's unclear. Also featured are Timothy Leary, that dude from Devo, and a bunch of other notables.

Years later, the director cobbled together the footage into a long trailer. Be warned, this involves planes crashing into big buildings (still a sensitive topic in the States) and general brain-diddling weirdness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msp2xO_TdQ4

I don't think they ever got to the gameplay portion of things, as the only other footage that exists is a mock-up of a side-scrolling stage, not even real gameplay. The story... such as it was, at least, involved your firefighters trying to find a building still standing in this horrible inferno in Chicago... and staging a hoe-down with their rivals. This is second-hand and may not be accurate, but when I e-mailed the director I never got a response.

Mysteries abound.

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:36 am
by BryWI
man... i dont know what to say about that clip. lol.

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:00 pm
by 3DOKid
Vance wrote:Duelin' Firemen was indeed a cancelled game, developed by a company that went on to make a few hit GBA games. It was likely to be really bad, but the FMV promised cheesy goodness. It starred Rudy Ray Moore of Dolemite fame, and another extremely talented and charismatic actor as his... rival, I think. It's unclear. Also featured are Timothy Leary, that dude from Devo, and a bunch of other notables.

Years later, the director cobbled together the footage into a long trailer. Be warned, this involves planes crashing into big buildings (still a sensitive topic in the States) and general brain-diddling weirdness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msp2xO_TdQ4

I don't think they ever got to the gameplay portion of things, as the only other footage that exists is a mock-up of a side-scrolling stage, not even real gameplay. The story... such as it was, at least, involved your firefighters trying to find a building still standing in this horrible inferno in Chicago... and staging a hoe-down with their rivals. This is second-hand and may not be accurate, but when I e-mailed the director I never got a response.

Mysteries abound.
God - I'm a d**k-head. I sent you a link about your own post. :shock: For some reason I thought this was posted by Gir Draxa. In my defense I've been working hard last week (5:00am to 10:00pm for 4 out of the 5 days) and on the last day I was completely drunk. So, erm, why am I so dumb? Never mind. :) Rhetorical question :)

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:35 pm
by Vance
That doesn't make you a d**khead, friend. Easy enough mistake, right?

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:12 pm
by 3DOKid
Vance wrote:That doesn't make you a d**khead, friend. Easy enough mistake, right?
It's a cumulative running total. Today's mistakes are sponsored by a cocktail of Hay Fever drugs. (none of which seem to be working [sniff] )

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 12:01 am
by Vance
Why no I don't mind resurrecting a three year old dead thread.

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Okay, here's what I can make out... my eyes don't hold up to this for long stretches, so I'll write more later.

"It's warped. It's wild. It's maybe a little bit perverted and it's coming to your 3DO next year. It's probably the strangest game ever to be conceived by a human mind {misread?}, and it's called Duelin' Firemen!

Duelin' Firemen! is the brainchild of Chicago-based filmmaker Grady Sein and his partner in crime, Tony {can't read his name}. Together - along with a cast of {illegible} Windy City lunatics- they formed RUNANDGUN!, Inc., perhaps the..."

giving up for now. DAMN MY EYES!

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 1:18 am
by GameCubed
It looks like it would have been the game that would have saved the 3DO.

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 2:56 am
by Trev
:lol:

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 3:02 am
by Vance
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This is some kind of archaic logic path. It indicates that you could play as either Rudy Ray Moore or John Los' characters, instead of being stuck with one. Two player would have been possible, but the switch off comment is weird. Why wouldn't it just be simultaneous play?

Here's Trip Hawkins trying to figure out where Runandgun Inc. hide their SuperWeed.

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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 6:25 am
by 3DOKid
You know when you are important when you get a pretty blond to carry your coke and novelty dwarf body guard.

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 10:58 pm
by 3DO Experience
awww you think I'm pretty? how sweet!

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 11:07 pm
by 3DOKid
No kidding?

You're kidding?

Right?

Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 11:40 pm
by mattyg
I hope you are not referring to the short one :wink:

Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 2:01 am
by Trev
3DO Experience, you've just set yourself up for a load of private messages ...

Half will be asking you out on a date, the other half will be asking to see your goodies ...

by which I mean, of course, rare 3DO betas, promo material and the like, etc...

What'd you think I meant gutter heads? :P

P.S. Since I am married, you can guess which pm you'll be getting from me. :wink:

Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 2:38 am
by Vance
Whatever. The magic ain't doing nothing for me. If that was 3DO Experience, I'd have this uncontrollable urge to go back in time 15 years and hump some serious leg.

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Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 11:47 am
by 3DOKid
If that is 3DO Experience I swear, I'll eat my FZ1 mpeg plugin adapter.

She is the biggest wind-up since Lord Wind went to Mt. Everest.

Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 11:56 am
by Vance
The magic never fails, sonny jim. That blonde ain't posting on the intertubes, she's at a power luncheon on a blimp somewhere. Or sleeping.

Now if only the magic could help me kick my insomnia.

Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 3:35 am
by 3DO Experience
3DOKid wrote:No kidding?

You're kidding?

Right?
Yes, I'm only kidding. :twisted: I just wanted to see the reactions of those who read it. OMG I'm laughing so hard there is a tear in my eye!@ You guys crack me up *calming sigh* that was good.

I'm actually a brunette and my hair is longer than her's, even after I got it cut. It used to be down to my butt, but I had it chopped off to my mid-back. :(

Oh and Vance, if that was me I don't know how I would take that comment.

Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 6:24 am
by Vance
Whatever. It's not like I'm allowed to cross state lines without informing a federal marshal anymore.

Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 12:38 am
by 3DO Experience
:lol:

Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 6:39 am
by 3DÖ

Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:18 am
by Vance
I may have the opportunity... nay, the civic duty... to talk to John Los, star of this little interactive movie that never was.

Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:45 am
by 3DOKid
Get a picture will you?