I wonder why the Wild West setting isn’t used in games more often: here the game absolutely drips it from head to toe and I love it. You’re job is to reach the end of each level, beat the boss and collect the bounty that you are shown at the beginning of every stage. Gotta go with the shotguns man, its like the western version of the Spread Gun. You have a choice of 4 characters, 2 who use pistols for quicker shots and 2 who use shotguns for a wider spread.īilly and Steve use pistols, Bob & Cormano use shotguns. A side scrolling action game set in the old west, the setting immediately endeared me to the game as even today the setting is not too common. This was a highly anticipated port for me like most I never had enough quarters to finish it in the arcade. Sunset Riders was released in 1991 in the arcade and for home consoles in 1993. Which is a shame as games like Sunset Riders were always a treat to pop a quarter in. But as the age of the fighting game began, games like this became more and more rare.

From shooters to platform games, you could find them in the arcade, and with the superior technology of the arcade machines you were also treated to a visual and aural spectacle.

Once upon a time the arcade played host to a large variety of games.

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