Dead Man's Hand is a first-person shooter game developed by Human Head Studios and published by Atari.

El Tejon was a member of the notorious "Nine" who was betrayed because he did not join the gang to murder women and children, but to be famous and rich and seeking a chance to make a name for himself, as a gunslinger.

However General San Juan Jacinto Blanco found El Tejon and threw him in a jail cell to rot.

After Tejon is left for dead by Tennessee Vic, he is found by the corrupt General Blanco who leaves him to rot in a prison.

In between missions, Tejon hunts down a criminal known simply as BlackJack- an overweight drunk- who’s a crack shot with a rifle.

Next on the list is Father Zeke, a jacklegged preacher who hustles his congregations to help build his lavish lifestyle.

Remembering that his cellmate Iago needs his help, Tejon goes back to Mexico to fight General Blanco.

Tejon is once again confronted by his lover, he agrees to let her help after they find themselves hunted by now Senator Vic’s corrupted marshal corps.

Vic now left defenseless is killed- Tejon and his lover both ride off in the sunset, with his revenge now gone full circle.

The combat in the game also makes use of the game's physics engine, with the player being able to trigger physics based traps such as shooting a rock and causing it to fall onto an enemy below - kills obtained this way are rewarded with extra points and a greater increase in the "trick shot" meter.

[7] Playboy gave the Xbox version an early review, over three months before it was released Stateside, and stated, "A unique scoring system lets you unlock killer trick shots - if ya ain't a coward that is.

"[17] The Times gave the game four stars out of five and stated, "The Wild West theme lends itself well to the FPS treatment, and the primitive weaponry brings an almost liberating freedom to the gameplay.

"[18] However, Maxim gave it three stars out of five, saying, "The concept and play consistently deal a royal flush, [but] just ignore the choppy visuals, which can irritate like a pesky infection picked up at Miss Kitty's Cat House.