| Gun.Smoke | |
|---|---|
 Arcade flyer | |
| Developer | Capcom |
| Publishers | |
| Designer | Yoshiki Okamoto |
| Composers | Arcade Ayako Mori FDS/NES Junko Tamiya |
| Platforms | Arcade,Famicom Disk System,NES,Amstrad CPC,MSX,PlayStation 2,PlayStation,ZX Spectrum,Xbox,Sega Saturn,Windows |
| Release | |
| Genre | Run and gun |
| Modes | Single-player,multiplayer |
Gun.Smoke[6] is a 1985vertically scrolling shootervideo game developed and published byCapcom forarcades.[7] Unique from other scrolling shooters games,Gun.Smoke features a human as the shooter instead of a spacecraft, in this case a character named Billie Bob, abounty hunter going after the criminals of theWild West. It was designed byYoshiki Okamoto.
Gun.Smoke is arun and gun video game in which the screen automatically scrolls upward. Players use three buttons to shoot left, right, and center. The player can also change the way Billie Bob shoots through button combinations. The player dies by getting shot, struck by enemies, or caught between an obstacle and the bottom of the screen. The player can collect various items, including ahorse for extra protection,boots for increased movement speed,bullets for faster shots, ayashichi for anextra life, and arifle for longer shot range. Other items add points to your score such as stars,bottles,bags, anddragonflies.
Two versions ofGun.Smoke were released in North America byRomstar.[citation needed]
Gun.Smoke was ported to these systems:
The game was later ported to theNintendo Entertainment System (NES) andFamily Computer Disk System (FDS) in 1988. The game has a new storyline: In 1849, agang known as the Wingates attacks the town of Hicksville, kills the sheriff, and causes trouble everyday until Billie Bob, the main character, comes to town to free it from the gang. The NES version also has different music.
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The soundtrack for the arcade version was composed by Ayako Mori.[10] On August 25, 1986,Alfa Records released a limited-edition soundtrack, featuring all of the music from the arcade version, as well as two unused tracks. Its catalog number was Capcom Game Music – 28XA-94.
Game Machine listedGun.Smoke in their January 1986 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit of the month in Japan.[11] The USPlay Meter charts listed it as one of the top five arcade games the same month.[12] It went on to be Japan's sixth highest-grossing table arcade game during the first half of 1986.[13]
The arcade game received positive reviews. In a January 1986 issue ofPlay Meter magazine, Frank Seninsky listedGun.Smoke as the top recommended arcade conversion kit, calling it "a number-one kit with great graphics."[14]Computer and Video Games magazine gave the arcade game a positive review in March 1986, calling it an "excellent" fast-paced shooter, considering it to be better thanlight gun shooters such asHogan's Alley andShoot Out.[5]
A sequel, titledDesperado 2, was developed byTopo Soft and released in 1991. The game was released onAmstrad CPC,MS-DOS,MSX, andZX Spectrum.[15][16][17]