CHARACTER:
Adam Macintyre (Also known as Adam the Clown), is a psychopath boss appearing in the XBOX 360 video game Dead Rising, encountered by Frank West during the scoop "Out of Control".
STORY:
Adam was once a normal clown who worked at the Willamette mall, entertaining children in the Wonderland Plaza area by juggling. But sadly, when the zombie outbreak started, his audience was killed in front of him, and he went insane. He stationed himself at the "Space Rider" rollercoaster and set it to go nonstop, as the noise kept zombies away, and attacked anyone who tried stopping it.
Frank West gets a call from Otis Washington back at the security room, informing him of the ride being out of control, and goes to try and stop it. However, he's ambushed by Adam, who is juggling small chainsaws and laughing insanely. Adam tells Frank to move away from the controls, and tells him how everyone used to laugh at him, but when the zombies came to the mall, they killed everyone. Adam advances towards Frank, saying that if he stops the ride, the zombies will return, and attacks him. After the battle, Adam suffers a rather gruesome end of
Spoiler:
Falling on his own still running chainsaws and bleeding out, to Frank's disgust.
ABILITIES:
Adam is a very tough foe.In spite of his above average weight, he is extremely agile, able to leap, roll, and somersault all around the area. He is capable of quickly cutting Frank down with his chainsaws, spinning around with them, tossing knives at him, and blowing up a balloon, which has some sort of gas in it and will make Frank cough violently if it pops near him.
Along with this, Adam can block any projectile weapon with his chainsaws, and melee weapons used against him will instantly break if he blocks them.
However, Frank can use the balloons to his advantage, as if they are popped close to Adam, he will start to cough as well, which is the only surefire way to safely attack him.
PERSONALITY:
Not much is known about Adam before his turn to madness, but presumably, he was very cheerful. Once he has gone insane, Adam laughs almost non-stop, even during his death. However, he seems to still have a shred of his former self, as he seems very sad when recounting what happened to him to Frank, and he's actually quite intelligent, as the space rider did indeed keep zombies away from his vicinity, and they swarmed that area when it was stopped.
APPEARANCES:
Even though Adam has yet to appear in another game outside of dead rising directly, there have been several references to him in other Capcom games. In Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, one of the psychopaths, Evan, is Adam's younger brother, who is determined to have revenge of Frank for his sibling's death.
Along with this, Adam's signature chainsaws appear in Dead Rising 3 as a combo weapon for use by Nick Ramos, and Frank pulls them out for an attack in the 3DS game Project X Zone. Plus, a remix of his battle theme is used for Frank's theme in Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3.
Dead Rising (XBOX 360, XBOX One, Playstation 4, PC)
Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop (Nintendo Wii)