One of the earlier stages.
Madness Interactive is a Flash game submitted by max-abernethy and Krinkels on August 26, 2003. It is roughly based on [Madness Redeemer], and features Hank J. Wimbleton on a journey to get revenge on the Sheriff for stealing his pie. The game consists of almost twenty levels, which lead up to a showdown with Jesus Christ. The game also features a full tutorial, experimental mode, and four challenges. The game also allows the player to customize their character.
Gameplay
The tutorial shows all the controls and gives you an oportunity to test them out. The game drops the play straight into "a world gone mad" where people start attacking Hank immediately. Hank arrives without a weapon and must fight and kill until he can get one. As more enemies arrive he needs to pick up other weapons pretty soon.
Reception
Madness Interactive has been viewed over 11 million times as of February 2010, making it one of Newgrounds's most viewed submissions and by far the most popular Madness-related submission on the site. The game won the Daily Feature and Weekly Third Awards when it came out, and has a score of 4.2/5 and average review of 9.4/10.