Gallagher's Gallery is a live-action laserdisc video game

Laserdisc video game

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, released by American Laser Games

American Laser Games

American Laser Games was a company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico that created a wide variety of light gun laserdisc video games. The company was founded in the late 1980s by Robert Grebe, who had originally created the system to train police officers under the company name ICAT , and adapted the...

 in 1992 (see 1992 in video gaming

1992 in video gaming

-Events:-Notable releases:* Gremlin Graphics releases Zool, Amiga's answer to Mario and Sonic. It goes on to become the best selling Commodore Amiga game, boosting the already popular computer to be the leading gaming machine in Europe....

). It is often considered the most bizarre game released by the company, due to its atypical premise and goals. It is also one of American Laser Games' more obscure titles.

Plot

The game stars comedian Gallagher

Leo Gallagher

Gallagher is an American comedian, clown, and prop comic, most popularly known for smashing watermelons as part of his act.-Early life:...

, who gives advice and comments on the player's actions throughout the game. The plot is not entirely clear or particularly well-defined, but the objectives are set out by Gallagher himself. The player, armed with a pistol

Pistol

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 or toy gun. The anonymous player character

Player character

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 can choose from four different locations - given names such as The Food Store, Gadget Land, The Playroom and The Sheriff's Office - where the comedian lets him or her know which objects must be shot; generally, the items that Gallagher deems broken or unnecessary, or those he simply dislikes, must be targeted.

The largely random elements of the surroundings that Gallagher declares must be hit include oranges

Orange (fruit)

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, diet cola

Cola

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s, eggs

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, gumball machine

Gumball machine

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s, alarm clock

Alarm clock

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s and fish tanks, but, as opposed to most other live-action games by American Laser Games, people must not be shot. The game was featured on the 1992/1993 series of GamesMaster

GamesMaster

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, as a celebrity challenge in which two actors from The Bill

The Bill

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played the game. One of their tasks was to shoot food inside a TV dinner

TV dinner

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 tray, but only the food the fly lands on. This also included canned food in which they has to avoid the dog food, but shoot the other cans instead.

Once the tasks have been completed, the player moves on to Gallagher's main gallery, where targets include basketballs

Basketball (ball)

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 and rubber duck

Rubber duck

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s. The final challenge involves the comedian's stunt of smashing a watermelon

Watermelon

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 using his oversized "Sledge-O-Matic" mallet

Mallet

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. The player must stop this several times by repeatedly shooting the large hammer, but not Gallagher himself.

Gameplay

The controls are limited to the player having to use his gun to shoot objects and select locations, with few other options. The weapon can be reloaded at any time. If one makes a mistake, including failing to hit a specified item, Gallagher taunts the player, sometimes giving advice. Up to two players can take part in gameplay.