Gun Smoke
Alternative title: "Desperado" -- Spanish computer title
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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Gun.Smoke is a top-down scrolling shooter that casts the gamer as a lone gunman, out to save the gold rush town of Hicksville from a fearsome group of bandits known as the Wingates. Each level has a particular target enemy, although his or her henchmen must also be taken out.

Although it largely takes place on foot, the gameplay resembles Commando, with its top-down action. The screen scrolls at a constant rate, and enemies come at you from the edges, to be shot or avoided. You can grab various power-ups along the way. Finding a horse will allow you to get hit twice before you die rather than just once. There are scenes in which you raft up a river and use the tracks of a railway line.

On the NES you can tap the A button to fire up and right, the B button to fire up and left, or A and B simultaneously to fire straight ahead. One-button control systems mimic all this. 




Trivia

Desperado started out as an unauthorised Gunsmoke clone in Spain, but upon its release in the UK, publisher U.S. Gold, who didn't want to spoil its good relations with Capcom, obtained a proper licence, hence licencing the game retroactively.

The dot in the middle of Gun.Smoke was inserted by Capcom in order to avoid certain legal issues; namely, there was a popular American TV series that went by the same name, albeit without the dot. With the dot being rendered as a sheriff's star, most people hardly notice this difference.


On May 31, 1988, Gun.Smoke was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS.
Since August 31, 2005, the game is no longer on the index.


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Description from the packaging:

Rain of bullets with the two death-delivering guns.
Gunsmoke by Capcom returns you and game star Billy Bob back to living in a small bustling mining town during the infamous gold rush era.

Your skillful control maneuvering and dexterity combine with fearless Billy Bob in a brave attempt to save the town and its people's wealth from cruel and ruthless gold-stealing bandits.
You and Billy Bob challenge notorious killing thieves in gun-slinging duels. Every time you and Billy Bob open fire and successfully have a direct hit of a barrel you release hidden firepower- giving Billy Bob extra quick-acting ammunition to drive the merciless bandits out of town.
Big hits means big saves- you and Billy Bob save the town folks' gold and save the town, maintaining law and order. With you at the controls you determine the destiny of Billy Bob and the gold mining town and its people.
Are you ready to climb in the saddle and accept the Captain Commando Challenge?




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