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Revolution X came out for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994, a port of Midway's arcade game. It was a strange release for the 16-bit era, a light gun shooter that had to be adapted for a console without a standard light gun accessory. The game's premise was pure 90s excess, built around the band Aerosmith, which immediately set it apart from the platformers and RPGs that dominated the SNES library at the time.

You control a character who moves automatically from left to right, aiming a targeting cursor at everything on screen. Your main objective is to rescue the members of Aerosmith from the evil New Order Nation, shooting enemies and freeing civilians. Your primary weapon is a CD launcher; you fire discs at enemies and also at speakers to destroy them and at objects to reveal power-ups like a spread shot. You must also shoot drug paraphernalia to collect letters that spell "DRUGS" for extra lives. The pacing is relentless, with enemies and projectiles filling the screen, and the difficulty is unforgiving, demanding quick reflexes and precise aiming. Playing it feels like a chaotic, slightly absurd trip through a music video where your trigger finger never gets a rest.