Rosco McQueen Firefighter Extreme

Rosco McQueen: Firefighter Extreme (simply titled Rosco McQueen in Europe) is an action-adventure video game developed by British company Slippery Snake Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. Sony's subsidiary Psygnosis released the game in North America.

Rosco McQueen Firefighter Extreme
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Slippery Snake Studios
Publisher(s)	EU: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe NA: Psygnosis
Platform(s)	PlayStation
Release	EU: September 1997 UK: November 1997[1] NA: 28 October 1998[2]
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single-player

Rosco McQueen, a firefighter, is the protagonist of the game and he is visible from a 3rd-person perspective. McQueen must stop the game's villain Sylvester T. Square and his robotic minions. The overall objective of the game is to put out all fires before the building burns down.

In the game, Rosco McQueen goes through 15 towering infernos, fighting fires along the way. During normal gameplay, McQueen puts out the fires with a hose attached to a carry-on waterpack and refills are gained by collecting water bottles. An axe is used to destroy robots, Deactivate Power Boxes, Activate switches and break down doors which hinder the path to the goal. The player must also watch out for the temperature: if it gets too hot, then the game ends.

Stephen McFarlane was the lead games designer for the project and also contributing to Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts later in his career.

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	57%[3]

Review scores

Publication	Score
CNET Gamecenter	2/10[4]
Consoles +	88%[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly	3.875/10[6][a]
EP Daily	7/10[7]
Famitsu	27/40[8]
Game Informer	3/10[9]
GameRevolution	D−[10]
GameSpot	5/10[11]
Hyper	78%[12]
IGN	4.5/10[13]
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK	7/10[1]

The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.^[3] Josh Smith of GameSpot wrote in an early review that it "warrants a rental at best."^[11] GamePro said of the game: "Conceptually cool, Rosco McQueen ultimately goes up in smoke."^[14][b] Game Informer gave it a negative review nearly two months before the game was released Stateside.^[9] In Japan, where the game was ported and published by SCEI under the name Fire Panic: Mac no Rescue Daisakusen (ファイヤーパニック 〜マックのレスキュー大作戦〜, Faiyā Panikku 〜Makku no Resukyū Daisakusen〜; lit. "Fire Panic: Mac's Epic Rescue Battle") on 30 July 1998, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40.^[8]

GameRevolution listed Roscoe McQueen as 16th on their list of the 50 Worst Game Names Ever.^[15]

Notes

1. Four critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game each a score of 2/10, 4/10, 4.5/10, and 5/10.
2. GamePro gave the game 3/5 for graphics, 3.5/5 for sound, and two 1.5/5 scores for control and fun factor in an early review.