

It’s a very simple game which tests your reflexes as you duel with other cowboys – the quickest to draw and shoot accurately wins. The game was a NES launch title in 1985 and used the classic NES Zapper gun. Wild Gunman was created as an arcade game in 1974 by Gunpei Yokoi (creator of Game & Watch) and amazingly featured in the 80s movie Back to the Future Part II. Looking back the game hasn’t aged well but in its day this was cutting edge stuff! I was shocked to see this game actually re-released on the Wii and 3DS and I hope it one day makes it to the Nintendo Switch as I’d love to revisit it for a blast of nostalgia. The game used a light gun to target the bad guys on screen and the aim was to shoot them before they get you. At the time I was blown away with the idea that you could shoot real people on screen – it was like being in a Hollywood movie. The game was all the rage back in the early 1990s and was one of the first live-action laserdisc games. Gamers of a certain age will know all about Mad Dog McCree. These are my top 10 western-themed retro video games featuring cowboys. Despite this there are some wonderful arcade-style games which should not be ignored. Over the years the Wild West has been largely overlooked as a theme for video games and the few games there are tend to be shoot-em-ups and light gun games. The game is a remake of the SNES classic which is one of the finest Western-themed games ever made. If these steps don’t work for you, contact the developer directly.Arcade-style gallery shooter Wild Guns Reloaded will be releasing on Nintendo Switch on 17 April 2018.

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