Sunset Riders (1991)

Sunset Riders is a side-scrolling run and gun video game developed and released by Konami in 1991. It is set in the American Old West, where the players take control of bounty hunters who are seeking the rewards offered for various criminals. Each bad guy has a big reward on his head, and they're helped by hordes of bandits, gunslingers, and horse thieves, so pack loads of lead.

Shooter Arcade Action Historical western horse versus run and gun wild west side-scrolling hostages boss fight explosion bonus stage train level moving platformsArcade

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Plot-driven, classical in form, unpretentious and resolved.

character-ledplot-driven
classical in formformally daring
unpretentiousprestige
resolvedopen-ended
gravecomic

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Platforms: Arcade
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Released: September 1, 1991
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: Third person, Side view

IGDB rating 7.9/10 from 97 ratings.

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