Sunset Riders - Arcade Zone #8 - Retro Review
The old west to invaded Steemit, has completely seized this post, the only solution to rescue it is calling to Sunset Riders !, thanks to the great Konami of yesteryear we were able to enjoy excellent games both in Arcade and in consoles, this is the case of Sunset Riders which had its debut in the early 90s sharing its success with Arcades "The Simpsons" and "Turtles in Time" which had a moment of glory in video games (if you want me to do a review of some of these games tell me in the comments), the addiction that caused this game in yesteryear was really impressive spending coin after coin to finish it, sui gameplay is so simple that you adapt to perfection in a few minutes, whenever you went to Arcades halls With a group of friends it was inevitable not to play a big game of Sunset Riders.
Sunset Riders belongs to the "Run and Gun" genre of Horizontal Scroll oriented to the great theme (and one of my favorites) of the old west, having the possibility to choose between 4 cowboys hunting rewards Billy, Bob, Cormano and Steve (depending on the command that we choose in the Arcade will be the character to choose), our very simple mission, eliminate the leaders of certain bands which have a reward in gold.
Graphically it is a show, using sprites and animations of excellent quality, in the main characters you can clearly see the difference between them with respect to your drawing, however the enemies do not have much variety, however, for the style of game almost We will notice this, sometimes we do not let them appear on the screen, besides the effects that the explosions have for their moment looked fantastic, like the flames that leave certain attacks of the enemies, I always saw the animation grace when it burns complete any of the characters.
The levels have a perfect ambience of the old west, giving the feeling that we moved several years reliving this iconic era, we have horses, bulls, bars, dance halls, those legendary gates of the old west, trains, deserts, Indians and many things more, it is worth mentioning that the design of all its levels is of great quality, without a doubt an excellent work on the part of Konami.
As you must assume, we will find a boss in each of his levels which are the ones that appear in the "Wanted" poster, when we eliminate them we get that amount of gold, however, that task will not be easy, the curve of difficulty offered by the game is very good, the first bosses are not very difficult (really bother more enemies that come to us randomly) and from the third level you start to notice that it costs a little more to eliminate the boss.
As mentioned above we have the ability to choose between 4 characters and this is where one of the things that I love about Sunset Riders stands out is the difference in attacks they have between them, having the possibility of having different sessions regarding their gameplay, two of them use a gun as a weapon and the rest a shotgun, the latter is a bit slow in its firing frequencies, but the destructive power is exquisite apart we can interact with certain objects in the scenarios which add a rewardingly excellent playability at all times.
Although we can pass the game of a player, the Arcade gives us the opportunity to play 4 players cooperatively, this really was the most, to enjoy an excellent game, the old west, bandits, bosses and rewards was something that left you speechless, besides that among the players there was always the competition of the one who obtained the highest gold per level, in the case of the bosses if your bullet was the one that caused the death of the same you demanded the reward, this gave him a special touch that you could not compare at that time with any game.
Apart from the normal levels we have a bonus which puts us to test our reflexes, we must eliminate the enemies that appear progressively on the screen in the eight directions of the Arcade stick, as time passes the speed in the that they disappear is much faster, if we eliminate them all they will give us an extra extra gold, but if we reach this bonus with 4 players the additional gold of the delivery to which more enemies have been eliminated.
It is amazing how the music of this video game gives you the perfect feeling of the old west, as if it were a film, an unquestionable quality, in all its levels the melodies are different, apart from the memory as if the last musical success it was, with respect to its sounds can sometimes seem repetitive to hear the same cries of enemies dying, but it really is something that goes unnoticed when we pass the game for the first time, the shots sound great, explosions, among others Things, really surprises me as Konami in each of their games of yesteryear could attract many players for their high quality in these aspects.
Undoubtedly Sunset Riders is one of the most representative Arcades in the 90s with respect to its theme of the old west, so much was its success that allowed us to take it to the comfort of home with different ports, the most remembered are in the sega genesis (Mega Drive) and the brain of the beast (Snes), although limiting ourselves in certain aspects of the gameplay but retaining the essence of the Arcade, if you have not played Sunset Riders it's time for you to experience one of the best games in the far west that You can play from that time.
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