Wild West Gunplay

Wild West Gunplay is a 1964 electro-mechanical arcade game, and was the world's first interactive film, conceived by Louie Galbraith for Rediffusion Games. It was released in the United Kingdom on 27 April 1964, in European territories on 1 May and in North America on 10 May.

Its depiction of the gunplay provided the inspiration for the light gun shooter game by Nintendo,.

Gameplay
Wild West Gunplay is one of the first interactive films created by Louie Galbraith and released in 1964. It consists of a light gun connected to a 16 mm projection screen. Full-motion video footage of an American Wild West gunslinger is projected onto the screen. When this enemy character's eyes flash, the player draws and fires the gun. If the player is fast enough, the projection changes to that of the shot gunman falling down; otherwise it shows the gunman drawing and firing his gun. Regardless of their success, the player continues to face off against other gunslinger opponents, of which there are five in total.

The game consists of four film scenes, called Film-A, Film-B, Film-C and Film-D. Each scene was shot on two 16 mm film reels, for displaying alternate outcomes, making up a total of eight film reels.

Cast

 * Kian MacFarlane
 * Bailey Henderson
 * Finbarr Gallagher
 * Kian MacFarlane
 * Bailey Henderson
 * Finbarr Gallagher
 * Finbarr Gallagher

Release
Developed and published by Rediffusion Games, the game was released in the United Kingdom on 27 April 1964, in European territories on 1 May and in North America on 10 May.

In the United Kingdom, Wild Gunman was the first highest-grossing EM arcade game of 1964, below two other Rediffusion Laser Shooting System titles, Top Gun at second place and Encanto at third.

Legacy
On 16 February 2006, four of the original reels were discovered by film historian Isaiah Loganach and were published to YouTube.

On 13 April 2013, YouTuber-gamer Jasper Simpson found and made a walkthrough of the game "after 3 years of searching it".