Rosco McQueen Firefighter Extreme
North American cover art
Developer(s)Slippery Snake Studio
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)PlayStation
Release
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player

Rosco McQueen: Firefighter Extreme (simply titled Rosco McQueen in Europe) is an action-genre video game for the PlayStation console.

Rosco McQueen, a firefighter, is the protagonist of the game and he is visible from a 3rd-person perspective. McQueen must stop the game's villain Sylvester T. Square and his robotic minions. The overall objective of the game is to put out all fires before the building burns down.

In the game, Rosco McQueen goes through 15 towering infernos, fighting fires along the way. During normal gameplay, McQueen puts out the fires with a hose attached to a carry-on waterpack and refills are gained by collecting water bottles. An axe is used to destroy robots, Deactivate Power Boxes, Activate switches and break down doors which hinder the path to the goal. The player must also watch out for the temperature: if it gets too hot, then the game ends.

Stephen McFarlane was the lead games designer for the project and also contributing to Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts later in his career.

Reception

The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[3] Josh Smith of GameSpot wrote in an early review that it "warrants a rental at best."[10] GamePro said of the game: "Conceptually cool, Rosco McQueen ultimately goes up in smoke."[13][b] Game Informer gave it a negative review nearly two months before the game was released Stateside.[8] In Japan, where the game was ported and published by SCEI under the name Fire Panic: Mac no Rescue Daisakusen (ファイヤーパニック 〜マックのレスキュー大作戦〜, Faiyā Panikku 〜Makku no Resukyū Daisakusen〜, lit. "Fire Panic: Mac's Epic Rescue Battle") on 30 July 1998, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Four critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game each a score of 2/10, 4/10, 4.5/10, and 5/10.
  2. ^ GamePro gave the game 3/5 for graphics, 3.5/5 for sound, and two 1.5/5 scores for control and fun factor.

References

  1. ^ a b "Rosco McQueen". Official UK PlayStation Magazine. No. 27. Future Publishing. 25 December 1997. p. 126. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  2. ^ Muldoon, Moira (9 October 1998). "videogames.com's Calendar". GameSpot. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 16 January 2000. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Rosco McQueen: Firefighter Extreme for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  4. ^ Ham, Tom (10 November 1998). "Roscoe McQueen: [sic] Firefighter Extreme". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  5. ^ Gia; Switch (October 1997). "Rosco McQueen". Consoles + (in French). No. 69. pp. 106–7.
  6. ^ Hsu, Dan; Boyer, Crispin; Davison, John; Smith, Shawn (October 1998). "Rosco McQueen [Firefighter Extreme]" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 111. Ziff Davis. p. 266. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b "ファイヤーパニック 〜マックのレスキュー大作戦〜 [PS]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Rosco McQueen [Firefighter Extreme]". Game Informer. No. 65. FuncoLand. September 1998. Archived from the original on 21 September 1999. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  9. ^ Cooke, Mark (March 1999). "Rosco McQueen: Firefighter Extreme Review". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  10. ^ a b Smith, Josh (10 September 1998). "Roscoe McQueen: Firefighter Extreme Review [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000"] [Japan Import]". GameSpot. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on 20 March 2005. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  11. ^ Fish, Eliot (November 1997). "Rosco McQueen". Hyper. No. 49. Next Media Pty Ltd. pp. 66–67. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  12. ^ Perry, Douglass C. (2 November 1998). "Rosco McQueen Firefighter Extreme". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  13. ^ Boba Fatt (October 1998). "Rosco McQueen Firefighter Extreme". GamePro. No. 121. IDG Entertainment. p. 176. Retrieved 21 November 2020.

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