Sunset Riders
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Konami | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Konami | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original system(s): Arcade boards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: Konami/Hyperstone Heist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sunset Riders is a 1991 arcade run-and-gun by Konami, ported to the Sega Mega Drive and SNES in 1992 and released only in the US and Europe in 1993. This port was heavily remixed in terms of stage layout. The small rom size likely made a true to source arcade port impossible.
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Gameplay
You play as one of two (reduced from four in the arcade version) American Old West bounty hunters, Billy and Cormano, who seek rewards for catching bandits and saving girls. Billy is armed with a peacemaker and Cormano with a shotgun that fires rather large shots; is used for stationary fire and
is used to fire and walk at the same time, and both can collect various weapon upgrades along the way.
Aiming is done in the traditional Konami fashion (hold D-pad buttons diagonally to move while firing diagonally, hold to shoot straight up, hold
and
to shoot straight ahead while moving, or hold
to shoot straight ahead while crouching).
jumps; you can latch on to ledges and climb up, pressing
+
to get back down.
+
and either
or
slides. Score is measured as currency; each gold coin is worth $200, while larger red coins with dollar signs on them are worth $2000. You will lose $1000 for dying, and you die with one or two hits.
Similar to often used practise in arcades, the game punishes players who stay in same spot for far too long, as the bird will fly on top of the screen and then swoop down at you. You can jump over it.
Note that the guns are removed from the PAL box. This is also done on the SNES PAL version. A case of the Sega Europe censorship and strict German laws probably.
Multiplayer
The game supports multiplayer for 2 players, which is less than on Arcade version, on same screen both in cooperative mode and competitive one.
To play competitive mode, just select "Versus" mode. The game will be played in few rounds, arenas changing slightly. Each player has a health bar and much lower rate of fire than in normal game, while a bird periodically coming in to drop extra items. Players have to shoot each other down in this mode.
To play cooperative mode you can either select "2 Players" mode or start the "1 Player" game and press on controller of the second player. Though the first method is preferable, as it doesn't take away a continue point. There is no friendly fire and continue points are shared.
However, due to a bug, if both players have Six Button Control Pad then "Versus" and "2 Players" modes will not be selectable, despite being highlighted in menu. Another player can still join during "1 Player" mode play. Hold button when booting up the system to switch to 3 button mode and fix this issue.
Production credits
- Program: K.Toyohara, K.Endoh
- Graphic Design: H.Matsuda, N.Takemoto
- Sound Design: M.Ikariko, H.Inoue
- Package Design: M.Yoshihashi
- Special Thanks: I.Akada, AC Team
- Source:
- In-game credits
Magazine articles
- Main article: Sunset Riders/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Sunset Riders/Promotional material.
Physical scans
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Technical Information
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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512kB | 1992-12 | Cartridge (US) | ||||||||||
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512kB | 1993-03 | Cartridge (EU) |
References
- ↑ GamePro, "November 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 199
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 GamesMaster, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-18), page 52
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 MegaTech, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-20), page 15
- ↑ Sega Force, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-27), page 72
- ↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 112
- ↑ GamePro, "February 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 50 (52)
- ↑ GamesMaster, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-18), page 52/53 (52)
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-26), page 68-70 (68)
- ↑ Sega Force, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-27), page 70-72 (70)
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