8 More Bizarre Methods To Heal Yourself In Video Games

Ah, Silent Scope. Nobody forgets their first love, and for me this was it.

Down at the local bowling alley, wedged in between Soul Blade cabinet that I swear never got cleaned once and an ice dispensing machine (which come to think of it must have been electrical fire just waiting to happen) was Silent Scope, an arcade juggernaut that allowed players to wield a huge sniper rifle controller as they shot bad guys from a country mile away.

The best thing about this game was the central gimmick of having to look down the scope to actually be able to pinpoint your enemies and alongside some truly tight shots made for a brilliant time whatever the weather. It's also a title that contained one of the most bizarre ways to heal your character ever and was likely why this title was very popular with the local teens devoid of internet smut as here you would heal by peeping on sexy ladies who were dotted throughout the stages.

That's right, as well as using your eye of judgment to mark out terrorists and threats you were also able to sweep your oogling ocular orbs over late 90's pixellated softcore. It was indeed a strange moment indeed, especially when it was likely that The President was about to be domed and you're over here acting like a Silent Scamp.

Actually scratch that we can't even call him silent as your character screams "WOW" like he's seeing bongos for the first time. Chill out mate.