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| |title = Screamer (video game) | | {{Infobox |
| |image = Screamer_cover.jpg | | |title = succan7 |
| |imagecaption = The cover of Screamer 1. | | |image = Succan7.png |
| |maker = Milestone S.r.l. | | |imagecaption = Profile picture censored due to unnerving content. |
| |type = MS-DOS game | | |maker = Unknown |
| |date = 1995 | | |type = [[YouTube]] channel |
| |platform = MS-DOS, Windows, OSX and Linux
| | |date = June 13th, 2021 |
| |sequel = Screamer 2
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| Screamer is a single-player racing game released for MS-DOS computers made by Milestone S.r.l. and published by Virgin Interactive. The game has polygon-like graphics, similar to games around that era. The game would get an version that emulates [[wikipedia:DOSBox|DOSBox]] that runs the game released by [[wikipedia:GOG.com|GOG.com]] in 2009 for Windows<ref>https://www.gog.com/forum/general_archive/surprise_release_screamer/page1</ref>, and released for Mac OS X in 2012<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121028164332/https://www.gog.com/news/gogcom_adds_interplay_games_for_mac_os_x</ref>. A sequel for the game named Screamer 2 was released in 1996.
| | '''succan7''' is a bait and switch TriHard [[YouTube]] channel made by a unknown creator on June 13th, 2021 and did not started posting videos until December 29th, 2023. |
| | | ==Videos featured== |
| The music of the game was composed by British video game composer [[wikipedia:Allister Brimble|Allister Brimble]]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060205051727/orchestralmedia.co.uk/OrchestralMediaPortfolio.pdf</ref>. Unlike it's other sequels, Screamer 2, Screamer Rally and Screamer 4x4 it uses software rendering. The emulated version is also pre-packaged with the MS-DOS emulator, [[wikipedia:DOSBox|DOSBox]]<ref>https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1</ref>.
| | * '''Staff Roll - Super Mario 64 (Soundtrack)''': Shows the [[Budd Dwyer’s Suicide]] video behind the Super Mario 64 logo eleven seconds into the video. |
| ==Bugs==
| | * '''jeff the trihard''': Shows an edited picture of [[Jeff the Killer]] with [[wikipedia:Trihex|Trihex]]'s face on it before cutting to a inverted short clip of [[Snake Ass]]. |
| All versions of the game can crash in SVGA mode, regardless of platform with no fix.
| | * '''Omoriboy but it BURNS, BURNS, BURNS! 🔥🔥🔥''': Shows a quick clip of a black man on fire burning seven seconds into the video while [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/it-burns-burns-burns-very-hot "It Burns! Burns! Burns!"] plays. |
| ==Public reception==
| | * '''Sonic's Double Cheeseburger Commercial''': Shows a [[wikipedia:Sonic Drive-In|Sonic Drive-In]] promoting their Double Cheeseburger item, but then cuts to a video of a man masturbating with a sandwich. |
| The game was reviewed by a reviewer for Maximum honored the game for it's high speed, smooth graphics, the selection of vehicles, numerous options and modes, and gave the game 5 out of 5 stars<ref>"Maximum Reviews: Screamer". Maximum: The Video Game Magazine. No. 2. Emap International Limited. November 1995. p. 158.</ref>. The game was also praised by a reviewer for Next Generation<ref>"Screamer". Next Generation. No. 17. Imagine Media. May 1996. pp. 98, 101.</ref>.
| | * '''GOD'S PLAN FUNNY PARODY 😂😂😂''': Shows a video of a man masturbating that is highly edited, likely to prevent [[YouTube]] from banning the video. |
| | | * '''DOOM Ost - E1M1 - At Doom's Gate (High Quality)''': Shows the a clip from the [[2 Girls 1 Cup]] video seventeen seconds into the video that is grayscale. |
| The game was nominated as the best racing game of 2001, but lost to [[wikipedia:NASCAR Racing 4|NASCAR Racing 4]]<ref>Staff (March 2002). "11th Annual Computer Games Awards". Computer Games Magazine (136): 50–56.</ref>.
| | * '''medic7 message for bill jensen''': Shows a quick clip of [[1444]] as soon as the video starts showing a picture of the [[Medic7 christian videos]] channel icon. |
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| In March 1997, an advertisement for the game showed a car wreckage with the slogan "Every Christmas the roads are full of mad men. Join them" which caused controversy<ref>"Videogames Continue to Shock the System". Next Generation. No. 27. Imagine Media. March 1997. p. 19.</ref>.
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| ==References==
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| ==Links==
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| * [https://store.steampowered.com/app/697580/Screamer Screamer] on the Steam store
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| * [https://www.gog.com/en/game/screamer Screamer] on [[wikipedia:GOG.com|GOG.com]] | |
| * [https://www.mobygames.com/game/621/screamer/ Screamer] on MobyGames
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| * [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Screamer Screamer] on PCGamingWiki
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| * Showcase video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er9ecGTA7lw
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| ===Further reading===
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| * PC Gaming Wiki article: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Screamer
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| * Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamer_(video_game)
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