Trivia / The Town with No Name

• Acting for Two: While there's no credit for the characters each actor voiced, it's pretty easy to tell in some cases; for example, Bad Bart and the Lee Van Cleef expy sound almost exactly like No Name, and the man with the cigarette and Evil Eb sound like they're voiced by the same actor.
• Alan Smithee: "The Jester" (who is credited for doing the music) appears to be a pseudonym for Fergus McNeill himself.
• Creator Backlash: Fergus McNeill (director, animator, and voice actor) apparently despises this game, and it's completely absent on the list of games on Delta 4's website.
• Creator Killer: This was the last game Delta 4 Interactive developed before shutting down.
• Descended Creator: Every character is voiced by the developers.
• Dummied Out:
  • There is an unused animation showing Bernard the Bunny (a gun-wielding rabbit who appears in the "Special Mystery Option!") rotating around the screen. This was likely meant for the tutorial, specifically when the player is told about the action screen and has to shoot "this fierce-looking character" (in the actual game, a different animation showing the old timer peeking from behind an outhouse is used instead).
  • Evil Eb has several unused cutscenes where he pops out of different scenery and shoots with his twin guns rather than his rifle. The actual game simplifies the duel so the Man with No Name shoots Eb's hat off before sparing him.
  • There is an unused animation of the priest talking, accompanied by the old timer, the bartender, Mr. Diablo, and the storekeeper. Its filename implies that it could have been used if the player made a mistake or as another game over.
  • The storekeeper would have also offered the Prospector's Gold Panning Kit as another "special offer". Speaking of, there's an animation showing a "Sorry, We're Closed" sign.
• Fake Nationality: All the characters are voiced by Brits (since the game was made in the UK). Most are Fake Americans; Nasty Ned is a Fake Mexican despite not looking the part.
• Ink-Suit Actor: Evil Eb sure looks a lot like Chris Lipscombe (who voiced Eb, according to the "Making Of" bit).
• Money, Dear Boy: If what developer Fergus McNeill said in one Twitter reply is right, Delta 4 was low on cash and desperate to throw something out to make some quick money, which resulted in this game. Considering what ended up happening to them afterwards, it didn't seem to work.
• No Export for You: Since the game wasn't really released by a big company, it more likely than not was only released in the United Kingdom and a few other European countries.
• What Could Have Been:
  • If the cover for the CDTV version is to be believed, the game's cutscenes were going to be live-action (similar to fellow Delta 4 game Psycho Killer), before they were changed to being animated.
  • The game's source files indicate that it was likely meant to have a lot more in the way of adventure game elements, and would likely have required you to solve puzzles in-between taking on members of Evil Eb's gang. Presumably due to the developers running out of time and/or money to carry this through to fruition, the finished product only really does this with Wildcard McVee, with all the remaining fights just being triggered by entering any building and then leaving.
  • According to the tutorial audio in the CD track, there was going to be a status feature shown when the game is paused, which would've also had an option to quit.
  • A second CD dialogue track reveals that there was going to be a demo for On-Line's Animals in Motion with the tutorial narrator acting as a guide (the actual game relegated it to one of the promos). Also, there was a promo for the game itself (likely meant for another On-Line game) that did not make it in.
  • An unused language select screen showing the British, French, German, and Spanish flags suggests there were plans to localize the game in some capacity.
  • There was another take of the tutorial script narrated by the priest.
  • Alternate takes in low quality and with worse voice acting are in the game's files; the final game instead uses CD audio. Oddly, the man with the cigarette remarking that the Man with No Name has "ammunition" after the latter has sex uses the lower-quality take instead of the CD audio recording.
  • Said files also reveal that Nasty Ned was going to have an American accent instead of the Mexican accent he has in the final product.
  • Also, Zippy Zeke was going to have a speaking role; he became The Voiceless in the final game, with his death dialogue being spoken by Nasty Ned.
• Write What You Know: Fergus McNeill stated in a 1992 magazine interview that he was inspired to create this game after seeing a friend of his wearing cowboy boots.

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