- Title: Sunset Riders
- Year Released: 1991
- Company: Konami
Sunset Riders I learned is a genre of video games known as Run and gun but in addition to moving on foot in this game you sometimes ride a horse as well. I was introduced to it when asking Claude for recommendations of video games to play on our Pi Arcade and as usual Claude did not steer me wrong. It is set in the American Old West, where the player(s) take control of bounty hunters who are seeking the rewards offered for various criminals:
It is fast pace and super easy to get the hang of and you are rewarded with all sorts of entertaining animations:
The version I have is for 4 players, but I was playing alone so I always had to play to first of four of the characters, Steve:
I think it might be a japanese slight on Americans because none of these guys look like good guys!
Once again the endless quarter saved me, especially on the bosses, but all in all I had a lot of fun and would love to find a 4 person version of this to play with friends!
Thanks for reading and feel free to give feedback or comments via email (andrew@jupiterstation.net).