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Gun.Smoke
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is a 1985 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Capcom for arcades. 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, a bounty hunter going after the criminals of the Wild West. It was designed by Yoshiki Okamoto.
Game data
- Released
- 1985-11-01
- User rating
- 4.24 / 5
- Platforms
- Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, NES, Commodore / Amiga
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Game details · IGDB
Gun.Smoke is very similar to Commando, another Capcom game, but with several differences. Whereas Commando is a run and gun game, this game is a scrolling shooter in which the screen scrolls upward automatically and players only have three ways to shoot, using three buttons for left, right, and center shooting. However, a player can also change the way the gunman shoots through button combinations. A player can still die by getting shot or struck by enemies like in Commando but improve protection by getting special items, including a horse, for protection up to three hits; boots, for speed …
- Released
- 1985
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade
- Platforms
- Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Sega Master System/Mark III, MSX
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Developer
- Capcom, ProSoft, Capcom
- Publisher
- Topo Soft, GO!, Capcom
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Gameplay
- Ports
- NES version
- Soundtrack
- Reception
- Legacy
- See also
- References
- External links
is a 1985 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Capcom for arcades. 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, a bounty hunter going after the criminals of the Wild West. It was designed by Yoshiki Okamoto.
==Gameplay== Gun.Smoke is a run 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 a horse for extra protection, boots for increased movement speed, bullets for faster shots, a yashichi for an extra life, and a rifle for longer shot range. Other items add points to your score such as stars, bottles, bags, and dragonflies.
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