Sunset Riders (SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive) Longplay
2Sunset Riders is a 1991 arcade run-and-gun by Konami, ported to the Sega Mega Drive and Super NES in 1992 and released only in the US and Europe in 1993. Because of its small ROM size, the port was heavily remixed in terms of stage layout and is missing characters and stages compared to the arcade and SNES versions.
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GAMEPLAY
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The game is a run-and-gun platformer similar to Konami's Contra series but set in the American Old West. Players can choose from the two bounty hunters, Billy Cool and Cormano Wild, who seek rewards for catching bandits and saving girls. Billy is armed with a revolver and Cormano with a shotgun. They are moved with Left and Right and also aim in eight directions using the D-Pad. They fire in a stationary position with A and can walk and fire at the same time with B. Either button can be held for continuous fire. Both characters can acquire upgrades that increase their rate of fire or give them a second weapon to wield. They jump with C. They can jump up higher platforms with Up+C and jump back down with Down+C. They can slide on the ground with Down-left+C or Down-right+C, during which they are immune to damage.
The Mega Drive version contains substantial changes from the arcade version and the Super NES port. It only features two characters (removing Steve and Bob) and four stages compared to the four characters and eight stages of the arcade version. Each stage in the Mega Drive version is divided into two segments. The Mega Drive version adds a button to fire while remaining stationary. The voice samples from the arcade version have been removed and replaced with text bubbles. The bonus stages are also different and involve chasing a wagon rather than the first-person shooting gallery of the arcade and SNES versions. The Mega Drive version also has a two-player versus mode absent from the other versions.
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