Sunday 16 September 2012

Ed Hunter Boxset (1999)

Ed Hunter was Iron Maiden's first computer game and was released on the 17th of May 1999. It was produced in a deluxe 3 CD package. the 2CD double album features the soundtrack to the game itself whereas the third contains Iron Maiden's first computer game. the soundtrack was voted for by fans on the official Iron Maiden website.
Just as Iron Maiden were the first to release a promotional video, the first to have released a full length concert video and one of the first to have released their entire back catalogue of albums as enhanced CDs they are one of the first bands to have released a video game.
Ed Hunter is a shoot 'em up game in the style of "Time Crisis" and "Virtua Cop" game where you use your PC mouse to control the shooting. it has 8 levels ranging from the streets of London to the pyramids of Egypt and even into the future.
The first CD contains 14 songs, the second CD contains 6 songs and the installation program for the game, and the third CD contains the game data..the US version also contained a hidden bonus track of a new vocal version of "Wrathchild" with Bruce Dickinson.
The album was released alongside a tour of the same name, in which the band only played songs which were featured in the compilation. The tour itself was also notable for marking the return of former vocalist Bruce Dickinson and former guitarist Adrian Smith, who had left the band in 1993 and 1990 respectively.
                        cd booklet.instruction how to play this game

  The game passes through various levels, starting in London's East End before progressing to a psychiatric hospital, hell, and other various locations, all of which are lifted from the covers of past Iron Maiden albums. While the gameplay itself consists of shooting the appearing enemies with the mouse cursor, it acts as a rail shooter, meaning that the player has no control over movement apart from occasionally choosing the route he will take through the levels. In spite of this, the user can select which tracks play in the background, although only one song can be chosen for each level, which led to critics complaining about the soundtrack's repetitiveness.
And the level from this game :
1.London's East End (Killers)
2.The Shady Pines Asylum (Piece of Mind)
3.The Pits of Hell (The Number of the Beast)
4.The Graveyard (Live After Death)
5.The Pharaoh's Tomb (Powerslave)
6.Blade Runner (Somewhere in Time)
7.Futureal
8.Finale
Tracklisting :
Disc one.
1.Iron Maiden (live)
2.The Trooper
3.The Number Of The Best
4.Wrathchild
5.Futureal
6.Fear Of The Dark
7.Be Quick Or Be Dead
8.2 Minutes To Midnight
9.Man On The Edge
10.Aces High
11.The Evil That Man Do
12.Wasted Years
13.Powerslave
14.Hallowed Be Thy Name



Disc two
1.Run To The Hills
2.The Clansman
3.Phantom Of The Opera
4.Killers
5.Stanger In The Strange Land
6.Tailgunner
Just another one of my maiden collection,but i didnt play the game..haha.

                                   Ed Hunter gameplay

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