Dead Man's Hand
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Atari, Inc.

Developed by

Human Head Studios, Inc.

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Description

The Mexican gunslinger El Tejon once joined the dreaded Nine gang, hoping to become rich and famous. However, as he became disillusioned with the gang's murderous ways and distanced himself from it, he turned into a liability to the criminals. The gang's leader shot him and left him for dead; barely surviving, El Tejon was imprisoned by the authorities. In the prison, he meets a member of a revolutionary movement, and becomes determined to regain his freedom and exact revenge upon those who betrayed him.

Dead Man's Hand is a first-person 3D shooter set in the Wild West. The protagonist is armed with a fairly standard arsenal, which includes pistols, rifles, shotguns, TNT, bombs, etc. The game rewards the player for precise shooting and creative ways of killing enemies (e.g. by shooting a rock that drops on them): as the player practices these activities, the protagonist's "trick meter" is being gradually refilled. A full trick meter allows secondary shooting mode, unique for each weapon. Between levels the player can compete in poker to increase the protagonist's health and ammunition.

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Dead Man's Hand Windows Mission briefing and difficulty selection.

Dead Man's Hand Windows At the start of each level you select one pistol, one rifle and one shotgun. That's all you can carry.

Dead Man's Hand Windows Cinematics are rendered with the game engine but in the style of an old movie.

Dead Man's Hand Windows Riding on a horse and taking out the badguys.

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Alternate Titles

"荒野大镖客" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
"Дикий Запад: Игра со смертью" -- Russian spelling

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User Reviews

I Really Tried To Like This Game.	Windows	null-geodesic (243)
Brief entertainment for the restless.	Windows	Joakim Kihlman (275)

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Critic Reviews

GamePro (US)	Xbox	May 06, 2004	4 out of 5	80
Game Shark	Windows	Apr 01, 2004	B	75
Thunderbolt Games	Windows	Jun 14, 2005	7 out of 10	70
Gameplanet	Windows	May 06, 2004		70
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	May, 2004	67 out of 100	67
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Windows	Apr 21, 2004	67 out of 100	67
GameSpot	Xbox	Mar 08, 2004	6 out of 10	60
Withingames	Windows	Apr 09, 2004	3 out of 5	60
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Xbox	Jul 06, 2004	4 out of 10	40
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows	Aug, 2004		40