Name this FPS...

July 29, 2007 4:34 PM

Can you name this PC game I remember playing around 8 years go?

I remember playing this game on my Windows 98 machine. I'm guessing it was about 8 years ago. I can only recall a couple things about the game.

1) It was an FPS
2) The game (or atleast the level I remember) took place on a farm
3) There were mosquitos so big that you could kill them with a shotgun

posted by rancidchickn to Computers & Internet (7 answers total)

Best answer: Redneck Rampage?
posted by Ryvar at 4:37 PM on July 29, 2007

Response by poster: That was quick. Thanks!
posted by rancidchickn at 4:41 PM on July 29, 2007

That was one of the more original FPS's out there. It was based on the engine originally developed for Duke Nukem 3D. At the end of each DN3D level, you had to find and hit a self-destruct button. At the end of each Redneck Rampage level, you had to find your dumbfuck cousin and hit him in the middle of the forehead with a crowbar.

Unfortunately, they're all DOS games, and it's non-trivial to get them to work under XP. Alas; my favorite games from the 90's are beyond my reach now for that reason.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 6:19 PM on July 29, 2007

Steven: You should take a look at DOSBox, if you haven't already. It's an emulator for a DOS-based PC and it puts those 90's games back into reach! It works really well for me, anyway.
posted by lou at 7:01 PM on July 29, 2007 [1 favorite]

DOSBox is indeed fantastic. Works great even under OS X.
posted by danb at 7:18 PM on July 29, 2007

DOSBox, w00t. Lemmings!
posted by jammnrose at 8:17 PM on July 29, 2007

Just to pile-on DOSbox, I'm using it to continue running my crusty old Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets on Linux. I can navigate the Lotus menus with my eyes closed. /FSEntR/QY
posted by intermod at 9:34 PM on July 29, 2007