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How to Get a Good Score on JFK Reloaded

"JFK Reloaded" is a video game simulator that recreates the assassination of John F. Kennedy. In the simulation, you play as Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of John F. Kennedy, and attempt to recreate the Warren Commission's findings on the way in which each of the three bullets reportedly fired by Oswald struck JFK's motorcade in Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963. The game, released in 2004 on the 41st anniversary of the assassination, was hugely controversial, with politicians including Ted Kennedy, the brother of JFK, expressing concern about the disturbing nature of the game. To get a good score in the simulator, you must fire three bullets from the Book Depository building in the exact fashion that the Warren Commission found they were fired in.

Instructions

- 1
  Shoot the first bullet considering the time, the target, and accuracy of the shot as the Warren Commission found it was fired based on the Zapruder film's documentation of the event. The first shot must be fired about 28 seconds into the simulation to synchronize with the motorcade's relation to the Depository building. The bullet was never found, and only the sound was reported by eyewitnesses, so you can shoot the first bullet at anything except the motorcade. There are no points for accuracy in the first shot since the bullet was never accounted for.
- 2
  Fire the second shot considering the time, target and accuracy. The second shot is tricky because the Warren Commission found that the second bullet alone caused 7 different wounds in JFK and Governor Connolly, according to the "Magic Bullet" theory among conspiracy theorists. The second shot was fired 3.5 seconds after the first and entered JFK's upper back, exited his chest, entered the Governor's upper back, existed his chest, hit the Governor's right wrist and exited his wrist. The bullet damage found by the Warren Commission to the Governor's left thigh does not seem to be accounted for in the simulation. Time is 50 points, 25 points per target and 25 per accuracy of each target, making for a total of 350 points.
- 3
  Fire the third and fatal shot just when the limo slows down, 5 seconds after the second shot. You must hit JFK in the brain, make the bullet exit his head back and to the left, and make the bullet become lodged in the limo. There are 200 possible points in this shot.

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