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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.
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; both use 
and 
to fire, 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.
There is also a "Versus" mode, which is nothing more than the two players meleeing with a bird periodically coming in to drop extra items.
Production Credits
- Program: Koji Toyohara, Katsuyoshi Endoh
- Graphic Design: Hiroshi Matsuda, Norio Takemoto
- Sound Design: Masahiro Ikariko, H. Inoue
- Package Design: Masahiro Yoshihashi
- Special Thanks: Isao Akada, AC Team
Physical Scans
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76
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Sega Retro Average
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| Based on 8 reviews
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| Publication
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Score
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Source
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| Consoles +
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68
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| GameFan
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94
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| Game Power
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71
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| High Score
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60
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| Mean Machines Sega
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84
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№7, p68/69/70
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| Player One
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65
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| Power Unlimited
|
80
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| Sega Pro
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87
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№18, p24/25
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| Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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 Cart |
| Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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