Space aliens are infiltrating the U.S. from a sleepy little town on the Texas/Mexico border, snatching bodies and paving the way for a greater invasion. Those they abduct return as Pod People-like drones, normal in appearance until they reveal themselves. The government's response is you - a technician driving custom-built gun cameras mounted around the town. Similar to Night Trap or Double Switch, you must monitor the town for alien activity, and respond to protect the lives of the citizens and your agents.
I'd already seen the work and vast improvements in picture quality with Screaming Villain's re-releases of Night Trap and Double Switch, so I was itching to get my hands on Ground Zero Texas! As a fan of this on SegaCD back in the 90's, it is super fun to re-visit this again and see this game in all its glory, as it was probably intended (and not 64...
It's broken.
* The mouse cursor goes invisible at random times, good luck navigating any menus.
* There's very little in the way of settings, not even fullscreen / windowed.
* The title screen looks like it was thrown together out of random Unity assets.
* One video in particular has the slogan "Hot Tacos" painted over the top digitally with "Combat"...
This game is broken. For me it runs fine, sure, but watch that ESC button as it'll just quit your game, no menu. Bigger issue, though, is the major game-breaking bug of the hit-boxes being woefully inaccurate near the edges of the screen, as in you can have the crosshair smack dab in the middle of the box, fire away for hours, and not register as hitting...
Great FMV game, horrible release. The game is broken and prone to crash and include several game breaking bugs that make it impossible to complete without starting a new game and praying it won't happen a second time. For the absurd asking price just watch a youtube play through and move your mouse around and you can say you beat it
This seems to be a remastered version of Ground Zero Texas, an old and goofy sci-fi western full-motion video (FMV) shooter. The FMV shooter genre was popular in the 90s, but it something we don't anymore these days. Sure, the acting is bad, story is silly, repetitive scenes, and there are a few technical glitches like mouse cursor disappearing, but...
