Western Gun / Gun Fight [ Taito / Midway ] -Arcade - (1975)

Опубликовано: 15 Июль 2022
на канале: Video Game History Project

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Console: Arcade
Name: Western Gun/ Gun fight
Developer: Taito / Midway / Nutting Associates
Year: 1975
Simulation Available on MAME.

Western Gun was Taito's original Japanese version, also released in Europe, while Gun Fight was Midway's North American adaptation. There are differences between Western Gun and Gun Fight:

The original Western Gun was the first open-world video game, the first action-adventure video game, and the first real-time tactical cover shooter. The two cowboy gunslingers had free-roaming movement across a single-screen open-world environment, littered with cacti and mountains that could be used as cover, while attempting to shoot each other. However, Western Gun had more primitive sprite graphics and animation, and used discrete-logic hardware (lacking a microprocessor).

The North American version Gun Fight introduced a microprocessor, allowing more detailed larger sprite graphics and smoother animation, but limited the gameplay. In Gun Fight, each player's movement was limited to their own side of the screen, whereas the original Japanese Western Gun had free-roaming movement across anywhere on the screen. Gun Fight also reduced the scale of the environment, with mountains no longer being present.
More info here:

https://www.giantbomb.com/gun-fight/3...

https://thedoteaters.com/?bitstory=bi...

https://arcadeologia.es/es/maquinas/g...

images taken from here:
https://hipertextual.com/2012/07/hist...
https://lostmediawiki.com/Western_Gun...)

wester gun video taken from here:
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1700...

replica from the japanese versión game from Tatio can be played here:
https://gamejolt.com/games/WesternGun...
GUN FiGHT working ROM is available

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Song
Fastest Gun in the 8-bit West (by OkamiDeluxe)
You can download the song here:
https://gamejolt.com/games/WesternGun...