On Steven Seagal: Celebrities Are More Stable Than Films
Posted by admin in Game Retail StoreI’ve been watching a whole ton of Steven Seagal: Lawman. That show is incredible. Did you know that, besides being a cinema action hero, Seagal has been a cop for over 20 years? (Well, according to the man himself, anyway.) And now, at least on US television, he’s also a Reality Television Star.
But in 1993 — which I estimate is about when Seagal began to pursue hobbyist lawmanship — publisher TecMagic licensed the action star’s likeness for use in a Genesis and SNES cross-platform game titled The Final Option.
“At the time,” writes game historian Frank Cifaldi, “the project was being touted as the first example of a movie star — rather than an actual movie — licensed for use in a video game.” (Fascinatingly, though Seagal’s visage itself was licensed, his digitized video game character was portrayed by none other than Some Other Dude.)
Though it’s left implicit, Cifaldi’s column suggests that the partnership with Seagal largely contributed to publisher TekMagic’s untimely demise. The Final Option never saw the light of day and, however arguably, Seagal’s star, too, has faded.
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Original post editors@gamesetwatch.com (Jennifer Frank)
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