JFK: Reloaded - Gameplay

Gameplay

JFK: Reloaded puts the player in the role of Kennedy's alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. The player is then scored on how closely one's version of the assassination matches the report of the Warren Commission. According to the company, the primary aim of the game was "to establish the most likely facts of what happened on 1963-11-22 by running the world’s first mass-participation forensic construction", the theory being that a player could help prove that Lee Harvey Oswald had the "means and the opportunity to commit the crime", and thus help prove the Warren Commission's findings.

Players were able to submit scores, rating how close their version of events were to the Warren Commission's, for a competition that ended on February 22, 2005. The competition promised winnings of "up to" $100,000, but the final prize was just $10,712. Afterwards, the competition option was disabled and the cost of the simulator was reduced to $4.99. It was later offered for free download before the official website closed in August 2005.

The game starts just before JFK's limousine comes into view about 28 seconds before the first shot was fired according to Warren et al. The player aims and fires with the mouse, and is free to fire immediately, but points are only given for the first three shots, all others subtract points. Ammunition is limited to 39 rounds. Oswald's alleged rifle only contained four live rounds, three allegedly were fired and the fourth was in the chamber ready to fire. Three empty brass cartridges were allegedly found near the sixth floor window of the Texas School Book Depository.

The game ends when limo disappears in the tunnel or certain amount of time has passed from the beginning of the game.