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A Fistful Of Yankees, an RTS x tactics hybrid with base building, with a spaghetti western setting, released on steam. (store.steampowered.com)
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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago

I wish the base-building piece was a bit more fleshed out (with lots of non-combat gameplay).

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    [–] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Italian pasta western?

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Spaghetti Western is a very common term for those movies, or at least it was when I grew up. Sergio Leone was one of the pioneers of the genre so I guess that's where the name comes from?

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    A lot of the classical westerns were produced by Italians. Even ones with Clint Eastwood. Hence the term spaghetti Western.

    Italian productions were also profilic in making Mad Max clones (post apocalyptic action) and Conan clones (sword and sandals action) in the 80s, but I am not aware of a specific name for these styles.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    All my life and I never looked it up to see why they were called that.

    Also always wondered as a kid about that Italian guy in the California Raisins VHS I watched on repeat and now that makes sense too https://youtu.be/aPCOfuXYRhs at 13:08 mark. The full thing is still great to watch, if anyone is interested. I apparently busted a few couches dancing to this as a kid lol

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    • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    So is this developed, written, or produced by an Italian? The spaghetti seems like a misattributed description here.

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