After the boys’ suicide, there’s a dream-like section where they go to Hell and fight hordes of Doom monsters, padded out to such length that even the bloodthirsty players will tire and question its purpose.Īs you explore the school, you’ll relieve the events of that tragic day, as well as trigger flashbacks of the frustration, anxiety and bullying that the two boys lived. While a brutal game, violence in SCMRPG! is presented in a pointless, juvenile way, with lines like “Dylan dodges Matrix style” and other silly boasts.
Said battles are almost entirely one-sided, with the victims mostly just cowering in fear, while you select a gun or bomb to kill them. The game begins with Eric and Dylan preparing themselves, sneaking into school to plant bombs and then executing the shooting, killing dozens of victims in JRPG-like battles. Danny Ledonne’s identity as the game’s author was then leaked, and so he decided to come out and stand for his creation.Īn amateur game created on RPG Maker 2003, Super Columbine Massacre RPG! blends 16-bit era sprites with digitalized photos of the tragedy, in a disturbing fusion of fiction and reality. However, about a year later it was reported on by gaming websites like Gamasutra, and soon the mainstream press was all over it, and the game eventually reached over 700,000 downloads. So, it’s easy to imagine the public outrage when independent filmmaker Danny Ledonne anonymously released Super Columbine Massacre RPG!, a free game where you play as Eric and Dylan.įirst released in April 20, 2005, sixth years after the shootings, the game initially flew under the radar. The United States was shocked by this tragedy, and the aftermath was a frantic search for reasons – and/or someone to blame –, be it guns, depression, bullying, Goth culture, Marylin Manson or violent video games – both boys were avid Doom players.
On April 20, 1999, senior students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold entered Columbine High School and began a school shooting, killing 12 students and one teacher, plus wounding 21 other victims.
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