Age Rating: 12+ (we think)
What is it?
2001 emulation of a 1983 Scorpion-8 console game (No, I’ve never heard of the Scorpion-8 console either, if it ever existed at all?) as reviewed by Burnt Face Man
Is it fun?
Yes, for about 1 minute, then it gets a bit repetitive.
Is it worth the money?
Its free!
Why?
The graphics are a bit dodgy and the game design is basic at best. Move Mel “Passion of The Christ” Gibson, shoot elephant, move, jump over big spike, shoot Aborigine.
Err, that’s about it.
You are also treated to some truly appalling sampled speech during the game.
I laughed and then I cried when playing this game. Ok, I just stopped playing rather than crying.
1983 - Brilliant (if it was around at this time - ?fake)
2005 - Nostalgic, but a bit rubbish.
It is worth playing (briefly) just to see your Mel Gibson character shooting Aborigines and Elephants! [And they explode! Woohoo! - Weefz]
Links:
Screenshots:
Popularity: 23% [?]
March 20th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
My version keeps freezing up! What is wrong? Do I need a better .rar reader???
March 26th, 2006 at 2:56 am
I had a look at the site and the game itself and it made me wonder how much time and effort the programmer put into this joke. From Mart Poom’s comments it makes it seem as though Mel Gibson actually got involved in this game!
The game has nothing to do with Mel Gibson or any movie he’s been in that I know of and it’s completely unbalanced, unstructured and random. I mean, for Christ’s sake, you fight elephants and aborigines which explode in a shower of blood!
The site also says it took 4 years to programme the game!
There are perhaps 3 or 4 sound bites in it and none of them sound like Mel Gibson.
The game has been heavily edited (if there ever was an original). I seriously doubt any pre 90’s console game would have expletives in it. Also one of the frames has ‘foyf’ written in the background, which is a reference to David Firth (his stuff is excellent! Go watch it!) who featured this game in Burnt Face Man 5, so I’d say that he was involved in this somehow. If you do watch his stuff, you’d see that Firth likes to poke fun at the older gaming systems.
Anyway, these are just my opinions because I found the whole idea interesting and was amused by the comments that it has generated.
It is a funny little fake. Everyone should check it out.
April 20th, 2006 at 5:29 pm
If you find the secret area past the small underground staircase, you will see the name “FOYF” scratched on a wall. This is another name that David Firth goes by, so the game is indeed made by Firth.
June 3rd, 2006 at 3:50 pm
http://martypoom.tripod.com/
kind of proof of this game’s 1983 existence, unless it’s all an elaborate hoax…
try google next time
June 3rd, 2006 at 9:14 pm
Uh… we know about that - that’s why it’s under the “links” section.
I don’t think that a single Tripod page from 2001-2003 constitutes undeniable proof of a 1983 game. And if you check further into it, every mention of this game on the web can be traced back to that one page. There’s nothing earier than that - no pics, nobody who remembers playing it on a Famicom. Nothing.
Verrrrrrry suspicious…
June 4th, 2006 at 12:43 pm
yes, after some prgress through the game i’ll agree, what i was thinking at 3am this morning is anyones guess.
most definetly a hoax
July 3rd, 2006 at 9:59 am
The game is most definately fake. For a start Mart Poom and Franz Carr are soccer players, not games programmers.
http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=8100
http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=336
July 3rd, 2006 at 10:02 am
Some info on the Scorpian 8. It is infact a “Famiclone”, a clone of the Nintendo Famicom (NES).
http://hawanja.com/scorpion_8.htm
November 7th, 2006 at 1:19 pm
i like cheese puffs
March 3rd, 2007 at 3:51 am
I find this game rather fun but a little to complex for me. I found that i spent more time tying to figure out the puzzles rather then just playing. the graphics are o.k but the sound clips are awesome. It sounds like mel is standing right beside me yelling better luck next time mate. It was awesome. I just started to run around because of the awesomeness until i ran into the wall and broke my nose. then i had to go to the hospital to get it reset. at the hospital there was another guy there with a broken nose and we started talking and it turns out the exact same thing happened to him. it was totally awesome. the sad thing was is that the doctor told me i couldn’t play “MEL GIBSONS SAFARI 3″ until my nose has healed again incase i start freaking out from awesomeness. my hospital bill was even covered by insurance due to the awesomeness freak out clause but ya bye bye
and cheese puffs are so totally awesome!!!!
April 22nd, 2007 at 1:05 am
hello people!
the game is just amazin! we love it! its the best game we ever played! but is there no way to get further than to the big prickles with an Aborigine in front of them? we´re trying and trying and it doesn´t get boring to us, its great fun! anyone has an idea how to finish the level?
help us please!
S O S
-> ICQ: 261 440 493
thx
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:04 pm
of course it existed!
http://www.geocities.com/s_h_3/nintendo/scorpion8/scorpion8.htm
http://martypoom.tripod.com/
November 20th, 2007 at 2:27 am
I cannot beat the first level! The game crashes everytime I beat the level (at least I think i do…). It also crashes if i lose all of my lives. Did I set it up wrong?
December 10th, 2007 at 3:21 am
The game was made with the clickteams games factory, its also made to appear as if it crashed. Game Factory games don’t crash like that if your familiar with the games factory. the cncs32.ddl and the .gam files are dead give aways of its production, the game is a joke and its designed so you can’t beat the first level. David Firth I believe has a lot to do with the production of this game.
May 7th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
What are you on about repetive; every levels different, you get different amounts of elephants and aboriganese people (or are they monkeys) every level; what more do you want
May 7th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
im not havin any slagging off of burnt face man’s favourite game when im around.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:31 am
lol, that game looks crazy
August 29th, 2008 at 9:04 am
It’s fake. Mart Poom is a former Arsenal goalkeeper. Fake name.