Which Video Game Introduced Dual Wielding?

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Using two guns at once is impractical, unrealistic, and generally a liability - and yet we see pistols akimbo in many action-oriented games.
So how did such a reckless regard for accuracy originate? What was the first video game that introduced two-pistol gun-play? And how on earth do you reload when both your hands are full?
Carrying multiple weapons was once an issue of practicality - with early flintlock pistols taking quite some time to reload, pirates such as Blackbeard would not be seen with a brace of fewer than 6 such sidearms ready-to-fire.
By the time of the Old West, revolvers were the norm: and some cowboys will have carried more than one, for those situations where a single six-shooter simply won't do.
Such backup weapons were used singly to avert a lengthy reload, however - firing a weapon from each hand with wild abandon probably reserved for desperados with nothing to lose.
The blame for Dual Wield's popularity today lies squarely at the feet of cinema: with the popularity of Westerns aligned with the rise of the Action film in the 1970s, it was only a matter of time.
Action films are not noted for their subtlety, and firepower was one trait not often spared.
Dirty Harry's .44 Magnum was described as 'the most powerful handgun in the world' - and so what better way to up the ante than to double down on a second pistol.
In the 1969 film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid each employ a pair of Colt Single-Action Army revolvers in a daring shootout while fleeing from the Bolivian police.
Another more prominent use of dual wielding in a Western film is 'The Outlaw Josey Wales', from 1976.
Featuring Clint Eastwood as the titular character, a wanted man driven by vengeance and a need for firepower that only pistols akimbo might provide.
The 1970s also marks the earliest days of electronic entertainment: the popularity of Pong from 1972 spurred development of the arcade game industry, some of which offered crude digital representations of popular culture at the time.
Video games with a Western flavour were inevitable: 'Gun Fight' in 1975 was the first - a simple shooting game, with players one and two facing off in a six-shooter duel.
One of the earliest depictions of dual wielded pistols in a video game is in an arcade title from 1979 called 'Sheriff', an early Nintendo game published by Exidy.
Clearly taking clues from the Western movies of its era - this multi-directional shooter featured bandits clearly seen swinging two pistols.
It was none other than Shigeru Miyamoto that was responsible for Sheriff's artwork - so the mind behind Mario and Zelda might also be behind the very first video game to feature dual-wielded pistols.
The Western's popularity saw decline by the end of the 70s, with Star Wars in 1977 prompting a shift towards space shooters, like the phenomenally popular Space Invaders in 1978.
There remained a few Western-influenced games, however - and titles such as Gun.Smoke on the NES applied a familiar frontier theme to the well-rehearsed scrolling shooter genre.
One suitably-named swan song of the Western's spike in popularity was the four-player run and gun action of Sunset Riders, in 1991.
With some parallels to the 1985 film Silverado, one of the characters on offer makes use of two revolvers simultaneously.
This is perhaps to position the character as a 'Billy the Kid' derivative: rash and impetuous through youth, but otherwise boasting legendary gun skill.
The neon-tinged 80s saw the displacement of Westerns in favour of the blockbuster action film - and one man had influence outweighing any other: John Woo.
His brand of high-octane gunfight was fuelled by acrobatic display, bottomless magazines - and flagrant use of guns akimbo.
'A Better Tomorrow' in 1985 was the first outing of dual pistols in a John Woo film, but it certainly wasn't the last.
'Hard Boiled' in 1992 was his breakthrough hit in the West - marking Woo's transition to Hollywood, and proving particularly influential in other media.
Chow Yun-fat features as Inspector Tequila Yuen, an undercover cop who's not afraid to get his hands dirty - an anti-hero with a total disregard for authority.
It was around this time that the foundations of the first person shooter genre were laid - iD's Wolfenstein 3D was released the same year.
With Doom's release in 1993, the now-familiar format of gun-focussed gameplay with a first-person view had taken hold - and with the influence of cinema, it wouldn't be long before we would see a game featuring Woo-esque gun-play.
Typical - you wait ages for a first person shooter featuring dual wielding, and then two come along at once.
Bungie's Marathon and Apogee's Rise of the Triad were both released on the 21st of December, 1994.

[@Talz622]

Anyone else used to pay double for rail shooters at arcades just so you could use two guns at once? I sure as hell did, and I felt cool.

[@wasdwazd]

Same here.

[@suli542]

same haha

[@arforafro5523]

Hell yea, until you hit one of those cover shooter arcades in which you press a pedal to take cover, or the ones in which you dont reload by shooting outside the screen and you actually needed the second hand on each gun, I worked around this by upping the ante and doing "custom" reloads, since guns generally had a reload button on what would be the magazine of the pistol I just smacked the underside of the gun on my opposite wrist.

[@ranger_1472]

I remember playing an on rails shooter where you'd press on a peda to put up a shield and my friend and I were awesome at it.

[@XZenon]

Detective John Kimble Gee, you must be very mature.

[@matthewshelton3606]

"Once upon a time, COD had historical accuracy." Truer words have never been spoken.

[@hidof9598]

It mostly doesn't need it now

[@sk8terzane818]

I never played cod I’m only 11 but when I’m 13 I will get to play

[@radugabrielpopa]

@@sk8terzane818 don't play it, and, Did I ask? No. So don't say anything unrelated you little piece of momma's shit. Go trade Pokémon cards with your friends.

[@lorddikdrol6906]

@@radugabrielpopa lmaooo

[@landoplayz9774]

@@sk8terzane818 I started playing GTA games when I was 6 lol

[@ciCCapROSTi]

Now I want (to create) a game where every pistol you pick up gets into your hand. By the end of the game you would have a thousand pistols all around the screen. It would be funny when you pick up the third pistol and it shows up between the other two. It would be ridiculous when the 6th one shows up. But then you realize: this game has no weapon arsenal. Just more and more pistols. You don't get better weapons. You make more damage by the ability of constantly firing and firing more pistols at once.

[@dannylamb456]

So... "MOAR DAKKA!": The Game?

[@Yawyna124]

Except you get one clip for each gun.

[@TheUltimateBlooper]

Brilliant find! xD

[@DeathBringer769]

I like the sheer ridiculous humor of that idea, lol.

[@JoseAngel-rx2rv]

That sounds as ridiculous as brilliant.

[@zenak781]

00:31 it's simple. You put them to your sides, just out of your sight line. Pull them back up and boom you've got full mags

[@arctic215]

Boom

[@bruhxy07]

Cod moments

[@bredoffender]

Call of duty when call of duty

[@Miliradian]

Dump the mag, put the gun on holster, put the mag inside while its holstered then take it back.

[@Shaymin00000]

To quote Gordon Freeman, "One gun is fun, but two is Woo-tastic."

[@Awellneededsmoke]

GORDON FREEMAN

[@Meister205]

You'll have a hard time finding ANY actual Gordon Freeman quotes

[@Awellneededsmoke]

I know I have

[@Shaymin00000]

Christoph Pomaska (It's a quote from Freeman's Mind.)

[@GuyOnAChair]

My favorite is the bubble sound.

[@Aftertaste_]

The first game where I experienced akimbo was GoldenEye, I was a kid back than, but even then I knew dual wielding rocket launchers was bullshit.

[@Andres33AU]

Same with dual wielding miniguns in Timesplitters, lol.

[@direwolf8703]

it's possible to dual wield rocket launchers, it's not the smartest of ideas but it is possible

[@BierBart12]

Pretty Sure it would be actually possible to dual wield modern rocket launchers.. Well, compared to heavy pistols or even assault rifles. As far as I know, some launchers have barely any recoil.

[@direwolf8703]

Bier Bart m203 bout the recoil of a 12 gauge

[@MKVProcrastinator]

Just look at Borderlands 2. Salvador can dual-wield any weapons (even rocket launchers) and fire AND reload them without any time penalty.

[@TheArzonite]

_"Double your gun, double your fun"_ -Serious Sam

[@AnonYmous-xp1ym]

Yosemite Sam wasn't mentioned; has he not been dual-wielding since the 40s?

[@Novasky2007]

Ha i just left same comment didn even see you 2 years ahead of me lol

[@HayTatsuko]

Not any more, from what I'm hearing.... nor does Elmer Fudd have his trusty varmint blaster.

[@daryelthomas9414]

John Wayne dual weilded

[@tishector5430]

Anon Ymous yeah but hes not anymore

[@spartanwarrior9755]

You never told how you are supposed to reload!

[@Kj16V]

+Barnes Jamie I think that was a rhetorical question.

[@spartanwarrior9755]

Well I feel stupid.

[@Gedas_Ke]

+Barnes Jamie you're not alone, mate. I actually came to the comments section for this.

[@quasarulas3968]

+Barnes Jamie real action heroes don't need to reload... ever. they use their sheer power of awesomeness to will the ammo off the floor back into their guns

[@Kj16V]

Barnes Jamie BTW, I wasn't being sarcastic; I honestly think it was a rhetorical question!

[@dstarr3]

Surprised there's no mention of Goldeneye and it's dual-wielding of every gun in the game, even grenade launchers and sniper rifles.

[@anthonyjames351]

+Dave Starr About to say like wtf? Also the Devastators in Duke Nukem..

[@DinnerForkTongue]

Anthony James The Devastator was a single weapon tho.

[@heartbust4624]

Dinner-fork tongue its basically like a double barrel rocket launcher

[@joesomebody3365]

True, but you had to pick up the weapons from an enemy that was already dual wielding them, picking up another single weapon just gave you ammo, you usually had to find another enemy already dual wielding before bond got the idea to do it himself.

[@Project_EG2]

DUAL AK47

[@aestheticaltwat]

Me: “Ah, I guess this will delve into the evolution of it’s use throughout video games.” Ahoy: “With the early Flintlock pistols taking quite some time to reload...” Me: *Goes to kitchen to grab popcorn.*

[@benjamindanielsen5204]

0:58 I would like to point out that Ruger was not founded until after WW2, so it would have been impossible for a cowboy in the late 1800's to carry one.

[@aliabdallah102]

Not if you're a time ravelling cowboy it ain't.

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

@@aliabdallah102 Lol, do I sense a new conspiracy!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@HexoFire]

GoldenEye 64 with dual P90 was pure chaos

[@ffaalyx3104]

I wish i could play golden eye 64 :(

[@tankhead2645]

Payday 2 brothers Grimm 12g shotguns. They were fully automatic mag fed bullpup shotguns that were akimbo. I love that gaem

[@Darlos9D]

6:41 "a Pair of Pistols Perhaps Picked for Potency when facing off against Prehistoric Peril. Or, Perhaps, just for the cool factor." Ahoy, Please

[@jozinek876]

Darlos9D Stuart does like his alliteration ;)

[@CrimmzZT]

SHE DOESNT EVEN KNOW SHES DOING IT

[@akalyx]

alliterations ahoy

[@jadayaindigo7696]

Ah yes Prehistoric peril ... No Mammoth is a match for a caveman wielding a pair of SMGs

[@SeriousDamageBand]

That's a lotta P's

[@kylescheffler8483]

The term "Akimbo" for dual-wielding weapons may have come from a John Woo film, "Guns Akimbo".

[@override7486]

Must be a coincidence. Totally. Evidently. No doubt about it.

[@Abel-Alvarez]

Which is funny since there's a movie called "Guns Akimbo" about the premise being just that...guns akimbo.

[@elephaux5671]

I can't tell if he's being facetious or not

[@jhonnysins3039]

That video is from 7 years ago and still is top quality

[@Arthurzeiro]

That video duration is totally intentional isn't it?

[@daniloh8113]

Hehe

[@mphelps7919]

Well spotted!

[@scotttaco1272]

2 1337 4 m3

[@glass4600]

I don't get it honestly

[@emperorcaesar4311]

Gregory Smith 1337 stands for 'elite' in 1337 (spelt leet) Goes along with the whole MLG360NoScope420BlazeIt thing

[@crazyboyz313]

length of the video is 13:37 dual elites confirmed to be in half life 3

[@rockkid1412]

oh crap

[@bauhausa6933]

take one pyro a day you can keep leafy away

[@vincenzochoe770]

L33T KR3W GOOSE needs to be a part of hl3

[@MinecraftMarioFantheAnimator]

*inspect intensifies*

[@jozinek876]

Frodo Swaggins man.....

[@scorpiosystem8082]

All while watching this I couldn't help but be reminded of the ever popular sharpshooter subclass in Killing Floor that graduated into a full perk in Killing Floor 2, which sees you upgrade from the impressive feat of dual wielding Desert Eagles like in the first game to the superhuman feat of dual wielding AF2011-A1s, effectively quad wielding the M1911.

[@peepeepoopoovdbhxvbcc6683]

6:23 “akimbo shotguns” How to get extra parking space in one easy step Step one: this You can now park in the disabled parking spots in your area, because both of your arms are gone

[@CoralCopperHead]

Eh. Load 'em up with birdshot or custom rocksalt shells -- hurts enough to make the jackass coming at you think twice, doesn't kick enough to ruin your shoulder one-handed.

[@TheSquidNinja]

A shame this was made before Wolfenstein: A New Order

[@RhysClark97]

+TheSquidNinja agreed, can duel wield every gun XD

[@MEGATRYANT]

+Rhys Clark Interactive Media (RhysClark97) You could Dual Wield pretty much every gun aswell in Area 51

[@thepie193]

TheSquidNinja late but I don't care, why the fuck not dual wield sniper rifles

[@lethai2670]

@@RhysClark97 golden eyes,perfect dark do it before

[@MsCurlyHairPerkins]

Leonov Martinovich it’s area 52 and that’s Wolfenstein the new collousus

[@AurZ.]

"Be proud mister Woo" - Lo Wang

[@zoloftdependant5246]

its great to see someone talk about marathon, the greatest trilogy ever made

[@ashleonard4318]

I'm only 13 and discovered the marathon app on apple and my dad's old trilogy box set. Couldn't agree more

[@timekeeper2738]

It's second to the halo trilogy.

[@zoloftdependant5246]

@MEME GOD >:( take that back

[@ashleonard4318]

@MEME GOD hekk u, meme god.

[@WPatrickOfficial]

I love how in these videos, whenever I think to myself, "oh, I hope he mentions this one specific game" you always do. Devil May Cry in this case. You videos are A+ sir, please never give up doing them!

[@fuzzybunny5516]

"Dual wielding is impractical and unrealistic" - Not Jerry Miculek

[@KRX_]

What Halo 2 did was pretty big for duel wielding history. It separated the two hands completely. Reloading was individual, and you were not forced to duel wield identical weapons. You could mix and match the weapons, again, each hand was individually controlled. That was completely unique. In fact many modern games since still don't have that level of game play detail.

[@SniperRed0092]

I miss duel wield..

[@DeathBringer769]

Call of Juarez Gunslinger also did it that well, years later. But yea, there's few examples of it being done to that high standard.

[@CuteKiller313]

I always appreciated that Wet let you aim your dual pistols independently by having one be lock-on and the other free-aimed.

[@RyanMK666]

Still love coming back to watching these old videos, love how much detail you always go into plus, dude your voice is just straight awesome xD

[@TheSimpleMan454]

You can actually hit targets reliably while weilding a pistol in each hand so long as you pace your shots. I've seen trained gunslingers in competition pull it off just fine. Just a thought. Note also that with a breaktop revolvers you could conceivably reload one handed, so long as you have precise coordination and a decent holster. (Also seen in competition.)

[@Damned_Damian]

If you can shoot a gun "which it's easy, if you're a good enough shooter you don't even have to look through the sights." it's common sense/knowledge.

[@TheSimpleMan454]

Damian cruz​ not sure how snide you are on this one.

[@Damned_Damian]

My minds to convoluted for the world. Just don't overthink it bra.

[@TheSimpleMan454]

Right. Whatever you say. Bra.

[@Damned_Damian]

Yup

[@finnabon]

Blood was freekin BADASS!!! I don't understand how it was so underrated

[@Cha4k]

+Piezor I still replay it once a year. Its so good.

[@thomasl1061]

Finnabon seems to be a common theme for Monolith games.

[@arandomfox999]

Thomas L Yeah! It's shamefully sad. Their games are always so well polished and they're usually fairly technically advanced for their time. Like F.E.A.R and AvP 2

[@TheUltimateBlooper]

Forgot Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix (where you could pick and mix your pistols and SMGs in any way you see fit to akimbo) and Counter Strike: Source (don't remember if 1.6 had dual beretas, but the Source one definitely had them). Blood 2: The Chosen also featured dual-wielding with shotguns, pistols, uzis and flare guns. Hitman, with his iconic ICA Silverballers? Plenty more to go :D

[@joesomebody3365]

Phenomenal research, excellent visuals and narration here, loved seeing footage of some of those old classics, certainly really interesting information all around. Another Fantastic video.

[@johnsmith-tf8xb]

I do remember a time when almost every third person shooter had bullet time. Dead to Rights is the first game that pops into my head when I think about it. When it comes to guns akimbo, no other game character does it quite like Beyond the Grave from Gungrave. He even pulls an El Mariachi with a coffin that turns into a gatling gun or rocket launcher.

[@TrickyCarp]

The Ruger Vaquero is a replica single action revolver. It was first produced in 1993 making it not suitable as an example of a cowboy gun. The Colt makes sense but not the Ruger.

[@GunFunZS]

I am glad I was not the only one to catch that. I'm just glad they knew there was something other than the SAA out there. The smith guns dominated the market for a bit due to the rolland white patent, and there were a plethora of other SA and DA revolvers out there, not to mention the fact that a fair amount of the "wild west" was just before the civil war and primarily fought with allen revolvers and other pepper boxes.

[@beefyoso]

+Cameron Oliver can't expect anyone from Britain to know anything about guns.

[@zach1135]

This video is ahead of it’s time man. Amazing quality for 7 years old!

[@megashillyshally]

Still some of the best video game docuvideos - iconic arms and the rest of Ahoy’a stuff.

[@Bytheemperor]

Never forget Tanya from Red Alert... i know it's an RTS, but still...

[@cullenkenneth5980]

love that game

[@distranthegloriouslydeform9259]

Let's rock, im there, ha ha ha ha ha ha, chew on this

[@gembocobo9484]

Bytheemperor tfw you know tanya from ra2 but the image of tanya degurechaff from saga of tanya the evil flashes in your head

[@jadayaindigo7696]

RIP *WESTWOOD* C&C - i really didnt want to see you become what you did at the hands of EA

[@FormerlyDoomed]

I'm surprised Goldeneye was also not mentioned, where almost if not every gun had a dual wield variant.

[@northernsupernova1]

even rocket launchers

[@b_l_a_c_k-l_i_t_e]

your a legend i love your channel and your essays keep up the good work. one of the channels with highest quality content ive ever seen. and very entertaining.

[@dr.skulhamr3220]

Top notch. Thanks for the fun and the memories. I had actually forgotten about Rise of the Triad, but the title sounded familiar. You do an excellent job describing it. Downloading from Steam as we speak. I believe it's a remake of the one you described.

[@MechaG]

Marathon 2 was my first run-in with dual-wielding. I'll never forget those shotguns.

[@danielnewzealand2]

isn't marathon that game by bungie thats like halo but with doom like graphics?

[@danielnewzealand2]

i guess i should've watched the whole video before commenting because it literally confirms what i thought

[@Kenshiro3rd]

+a potato it was the inspiration for Halo. Halo was also a weird sequel/prequel originally.

[@BloodyBobJr]

I not sure about 2 pistol's.. but I think the original Shadow Warrior (by 3d realms) was one of the 1st games to introduce dual wielding guns. Using dual uzi machine guns.. lol. It's at least the only one I can remember doing it 1st. Also Hard Boiled is a Fucking amazing movie.. must watch for any action movie fan.

[@djaevlenselv]

Shadow Warrior was from 97, so around the same time as Blood and well after Marathon and RotT.

[@MrJohnboy1110]

3d realms worked on max Payne

[@lowpinglag]

Jere Aho What's also funny is, that Shadow Warrior poked some fun of the movie Hard Boiled. When you picked up the second Uzi, Lo Wang says "Eat your heart out Mr.Woo"

[@StalkerOfTheZone]

lowpinglag So that's what he was referring too!

[@oz_jones]

MrJohnboy1110 they didn't.

[@lordlurk7968]

No classic Shadow Warrior Akimbo Uzi mention? I am disappointed.

[@ReySchultz121]

Why does every video i watch from you is about games & guns yet you make it sound so professional?

[@DemonInfused]

That video length though...

[@crc_mircea]

ShadowsFortune its leet af

[@Willyh145]

Anyone remember the dual pacemakers in the western game GUN?

[@iitoxic9254]

Congrats at one million subs!!

[@robbiethecontroller9642]

I love your work and research.

[@king21w48]

wheres golden eye? perfect dark?

[@ezekielcervantes9251]

duel granade launcher p90 :D

[@andreizedlav7303]

In the dump where they belong, ayy. Jk. He's playing on PC, gen 7 consoles and emulators. If he couldn't find one of these games on those platforms or emulators then he wouldn't be able to get footage for them.

[@tacoface1088]

Andrei Zedlav Perfect Dark was on Xbox Live arcade on 360. I remember playing that shit with my friends all the time

[@Trogtor]

there are emulators for perfect dark and golden eye. there are even n64 emulators modified for golden eye and perfect dark to be optimized and played on a pc

[@JunkratJoules]

Yeah, I would have imagine a mention about GoldenEye allowing to dual-wield Sniper Rifle and still be able to aim down the sight ... but how?

[@jadk157]

consistently impressed by the high production values of Ahoy's videos!

[@MrMattyMoses]

Great video! Dead to Rights was another fun dual wielding shooter that was fun.

[@td1zzle15]

its an honor for a high quality channel such as your own to produce my orgin story. i appreciate it m8

[@crocgator653]

Love that Hardboiled quote at the beginning ! XD

[@MrZezXion]

Just so you know, Halo 2 was 2 years late to getting duel wielding weapons into their FPS game. The Specialists came out in 2002 and was a multiplayer John Woo style game with almost every gun having a duel wielded counter-part.

[@DeathBringer769]

Bungie did dual wielding first in Marathon (along with Rise of the Triad, which came out the same day, being the literal first games ever with dual wielding as we know it.) Halo 2 was like old masters just coming back years later to refine a gameplay concept they had already done. They had no need to rush to beat random PC mods since they already broke ground first back in the day. And yea, The Specialists was fun back in the day, but I really fail to see your point here...

[@oz_jones]

They weren't the first *games* , only the first *FPS* games.

[@keithmccormack6248]

It's great looking back on many of these popular games and seeing the difference in textures and polygon count compared to today's graphics. Makes me really appreciate what we have today!

[@aname8212]

Amazing to see how far ahoy has come in 5 years.

[@natem1579]

The video is 13:37 minutes long... coincidence?

[@nathankew5133]

I don't get it?

[@ry_an.]

Do you even meme

[@Phearize]

leet , bro . haven't u played cs ?

[@sadbadmac]

Leet-Speak isnt a fucking meme. 1337 existed before 9gag, reddit and all the other crap but I guess you wouldn't know lol

[@chewu]

Meme: "An element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means."

[@GugureSux]

Great video as always, but I'm quite horribly disappointed by the lack of N64's Goldeneye 007 in the list. That 1997 console classic introduced tons of shooter-related elements we take now for granted, like instakill / more deadly headshots, and yes - dualwielding. The double Klobbs are already a internet meme of its own, and with cheats you could literally dual-wield ANYTHING in the game - including rocket launchers and shotguns! The spiritual sequel, Perfect Dark, continued this same trend.

[@SAINTPONTIUS]

I love the old intro because I’m watching 7 years from upload, and the old intro makes it feel that old.

[@DeathBringer769]

I loved that Hard Boiled quote at the start. Such a legendary action movie from John Woo.

[@Safer7Sephiroth]

no love for goldeneye 64 where you can cycle through both weapons independently?

[@JonaxII]

"Double the gun, double the fun" - Sam Stone

[@roolaing]

Thank-you for using an Alan Partridge quote to describe Chow Yun Fat. It's 'made my day' 😂😂😂

[@CC-fo7oh]

I like watching these, it reminds me of when I watched how it's made when I was younger

[@spencerharding1977]

You: How do I reload while dual wielding? Me: Teeth.

[@kingd8232]

Feet.

[@TheHummusKing]

what about goldeneye?

[@GIGATHEBOT]

Double p90

[@jlinkous05]

@@GIGATHEBOT License to kill and big head mode

[@ocsanik502]

I'm so glad you mentioned the game blood, Almost no one talks about it, It's an amazing classic game.

[@Hysteria98]

lmao, that Wesker quote from Resi5 near the end is so great.

[@beavisbutthead6063]

Where's Time Splitters?

[@flyingninja1234]

One of my favorite PS2 fps games.

[@fatsamcastle]

Sorely missed, and it was so good as well.

[@fromtheh3158]

Id love an hd remake of the trilogy or a 4th game would be nice

[@dontcallmeemo_9935]

Yeah where's the best fps ever

[@andreizedlav7303]

In some bargain bin either he didn't find or he didn't care to look at.

[@judsongaiden9878]

8:18 Some similar characters survive on "anxiety, coffee, and chocolate" (kudos if you get that reference). 11:48 The HS-10 isn't all that unusual. It's a basic autoloader in bullpup format. The swiveling buttpad *is* kind of unusual, though (mostly because it's unnecessary).

[@catosicarius2942]

"In a terrifying portent of what the future of the Call of Duty series would hold" this makes me happy

[@thebreadbringer2754]

Thanks KZbin, perfect recomandation for my quarantine nights

[@kaidnickl8541]

"Give a guy a gun, and he's superman. Give him two... and he's god."

[@sirmanmcdude508]

He never did answer how somebody would reload two pistols at the same time...

[@MaverDick12]

if you're useing a modern day pistol like a glock you can just put the mags in.

[@TASCOM44]

Not super easy with one hand free, how are you going to get a mag out, load it, and chamber a round with one hand?

[@sirmanmcdude508]

thatgiant You also have to do it in a timely manner to prevent the enemies from simply walking up to you and shooting you in the face...

[@deanc91]

Mags should drop free with most pistols. If you have average to above average male hands, you should have enough to hold on to your pistol while drawing your fresh mag out of your magazine pouch with fingertips. Then to chamber the round, you can use the slide release or if you're using combat sights, rack the slide by catching the rear sight on your belt. As a leftie, I can confirm that the magazine release and slide release on non ambi pistols are still easy to manipulate with the left hand.

[@GrandpaPew]

have a headache, watched your video. still have a headache but i enjoyed ur video.

[@DrJackJeckyl]

Yeah, sick video, Mate :)

[@kmieciu4ever]

Goldeneye (1995) was the biggest breakthrough in dual wielding. You could use two different weapons simultaneously.

[@ironicdivinemandatestan4262]

You ever just duel wield rocket launchers?

[@soulassassin0g]

Sunset Riders was my life back in the early 90's, when I was literally just a toddler lol.

[@FirebirdAD]

Its 2020 ... Wish you start these series again...

[@Lumberjack_king]

This is his first video game history video and it's a good transition

[@SQUIZZLER24]

I noticed the TimeSplitters series is missing from this list... And a shame too. Arguably, that series of games contains the greatest amount of dual-wielding than any other. Akimbo weapons including (but not limited to) revolvers, sawn-off shotguns, P90 look-alikes, silenced pistols, mauser pistols, laser pistols, luger pistols, uzis, AK47s WITH grenade launchers attached, tommy guns, M16s AND miniguns. Any game that can beat that amount of dual-wieldage, I would truly love to see.

[@JINORU_]

TimeSplitters has its roots in GoldenEye and Perfect Dark on the N64. Both those games had copious amounts of dual wielding.

[@SQUIZZLER24]

Very true, but (obviously) they are not the same game. I think it would have at least deserved a mention.

[@JINORU_]

SQUIZZLER24 As far as I love TimeSplitters, they're essentially sequels to GoldenEye and Perfect Dark, perfect sequels. Basically the same game just made modern. A mention of all of them would have been good.

[@boochie-yj7un]

Payday 2 has around 30 + different akimbo weapons now

[@caveymoley]

"an ow on earth d' you reload when both yer 'ands are full" slipping into your regional there ahoy ;)

[@CappuccinoSquid]

I love your videos.

[@jessecarpenter6434]

Tombstone quote Guy one: he’s drunk. Probably seeing double Guy two: I got two guns, one for the each of ya

[@spookydonkey513]

damn marathon needs a remake!

[@CrusadiaIX]

I'll drink to that!

[@quackmasterson5128]

Ever heard of Aleph one

[@KuraIthys]

Goldeneye (and perfect dark) had dual weilding, usually of machine guns, but also of pistols, though the most prominent example actually involves using an assault rifle with a grenade launcher in the other hand. If you had that particular odd weapon dual weild mode enabled you could in fact combine two weapons almost arbitrarily. By no means the first, but for 1997, still an early fps example.

[@DeathBringer769]

I have fond memories as a kid dual-wielding RCP-90s in that jungle/cave level, lol.

[@Oddbrother]

Back in the rail shooter arcade games, it was fun to spend an additional credits to wield multiple weapons at the same time. But I liked how RAW Thrills took advantage of this when they implemented "Justice Mode" in _Target: Terror_, allowing you to dual-wield guns while keeping score to one player. At least it beats crunching numbers and eating more coins than normally.

[@eltiolavara9]

its insane to look at all these old FPSes... and see how much stuff from them has been used in doom mods

[@JohnSmith-tx6to]

You showed DMC3 footage instead of the first game? Why?

[@YourPalHDee]

😂 not sure why but that bothered me, also.

[@inayamei]

The video is 13:37 minutes long, I see what you did there :)

[@HaloMG]

i don't

[@qdfxrg]

I do

[@HaloMG]

GLaDOSv3gaming explain

[@crc_mircea]

zarif it says 1337 = leet

[@J4K_Shred]

Slurpy Durpy what does leet mean?

[@IHateYoutubeHandlesVeryMuch]

Was looking for a mention of John Woo films, was not disappointed at the first second.

[@Fenrick]

So glad Marathon was rightfully mentioned. And that cover of it vs doom was harsh but true.

[@Alcatrax_]

Sunset Riders, such a fun arcade game

[@Habiyeru]

no hitman?

[@acebone2]

I read that as "dual weddings" - now there's a game for ya!

[@MJHootHoot]

I remember playing the first 3 call of duty games on my game cube. That was fun times.

[@HerrDext3r]

My bet would be Rise of the Triad - 1995.

[@HerrDext3r]

Oh hell. It is! :D

[@suli542]

Marathon came the same year too and I would say Bungie would implement better later on.

[@vulduv]

"and how do you reaload when both your hands are full?" your fingers are longer than the guns are wide. just eject the cartridges. grab some new ones with the tips of your fingers. put them in the guns one at a time. then SLAM the two ends toghether! and now your reloaded!

[@DeathBringer769]

Rhetorical question.

[@propyro85]

I'm really glad you included 1997's Blood. That was such a great, and twisted game.

[@Vattsu]

I'm so glad you mentioned Blood