Safari Guns

Safari Guns is a 1989 DOS action game with a rather unusual combination of wildlife and firearms. Players take part in safari-style shooting sequences, hunting targets across exotic environments while trying to keep their aim steady and their reactions quick. The game reflects the arcade-oriented design of its era, where a simple premise could provide plenty of entertainment if the timing and scoring were right. Its setting gives the action a distinctive flavor, with the traditional safari atmosphere mixed with the unmistakable enthusiasm of an old computer game for making everything into a shooting gallery. Safari Guns is certainly not a realistic wildlife simulation, nor does it pretend to be one. It is a compact piece of retro entertainment that belongs to a time when “going on safari” apparently meant sitting in front of a monitor and keeping one hand very close to the fire button.