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1* CreatorBacklash: American [=McGee=] later admitted that the game was terrible.
2* CreatorKiller: This was The Mauretania Import Export Company's [[note]] a company founded by American [=McGee=] shortly after he left Creator/ElectronicArts [[/note]] only game, as the company was merged with American [=McGee=]'s own company Spicy Horse four years after the game's critical and commercial failure.
3* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The game was never re-release on digital retailers like Steam and GOG.com. Given the game's poor reputation, physical copies can easily be found on eBay and flea-markets for very cheap.
4* NoBudget: The game cost less than a million dollars to make, if its outdated graphics, poor sound design, and no-name voice actors could gave anything a consideration.
5* TroubledProduction: American [=McGee=] revealed on the GFW Radio podcast that the game went through a tumultuous development process. The game was running on a 2D top down engine mainly used for theme park simulations. It was then re-purposed to run as a polygonal third person engine that was greeted with numerous issues. The budget was less than $1 million and was marketed as a casual friendly game with an M rating. Ultimately he thought the game was a good idea that was executed poorly.
6* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Was also planned for the original Platform/{{Xbox}}, but was scrapped due to being released too-late in the console's lifespan
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