JFK: Reloaded is a
video game recreating the
assassination of John F. Kennedy. Released on the 41st anniversary of the event (
2004-
11-22) by Scotland-based
Traffic Games,
JFK: Reloaded puts the player in the role of Kennedy's alleged assassin,
Lee Harvey Oswald. The player is then scored on how closely one's version of the
assassination matches the report of the
Warren Commission. According to the company, the primary purpose of the game is to help prove that the Warren Commission's theory is correct, and to debunk all of the alternate theories.[
citation needed]
The game featured a detailed
ballistics and
ragdoll physics engine. After each scenario, the player could analyze each of the shots, noting the trajectories and collisions of the bullets (including injuries incidental of
ricochet). The motorcade and crowd react after each shot is fired.
A cash prize was to be awarded to any player who could get a perfect score[
citation needed], achieved by an exact replication of Oswald's shots as reported by the game. However,
JFK: Reloaded's website closed down in
August 2005 for unknown reasons. According to the site JFKaos, the site was shut down after the threat of a lawsuit from the Kennedy family.[
citation needed]
The game cost $10 at release and was distributed exclusively from the official website in downloadable form. A demo was released in which players could look and aim but not fire any bullets.
A majority of gaming websites and publications have not reviewed
JFK: Reloaded; however, some have, and
JFK: Reloaded has received both negative and positive reviews. Some people argue that
JFK: Reloaded should be considered a complex simulation rather than a video game because the point of
JFK: Reloaded is to question historical controversies.
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