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Dead Man's Hand

by Human Head Studios·published by Atari, Inc.

3 March 2004Teen24
PCWindowsXbox

Reader score

6.4/ 10

23 votes

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About

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.

Ways to play

Modes

Single playerMultiplayerCo-operative

Perspective

First person

Engine

Unreal Engine 2

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Drivers/APIs Supported

Hardware TNL

Media Type

CD-ROM, Download

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard, Mouse

Additional Hardware Required

3D Accelerator

Multiplayer Options

Internet, LAN

Multiplayer Game Modes

Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS), Team

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium III

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 98

Min. RAM Required

256 MB

Min. DirectX Version Required

DirectX 9.0

Min. CD-ROM Drive Speed Required

8X (1.2 MB/s)

Min. Video Memory Required

32 MB

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Facts

Publisher

Atari, Inc.

Released

3 March 2004

Platforms

PCWindowsXbox

Age ratings

ESRBTeenPEGI16USK16

Standing

Top 15% by want to play

Tags

1st-personShooterDirect controlWestern