The Sunset Riders was an arcade game that boasted more than just running and gunning. “Run To Avoid Getting Killed” and Blowing Up Soon”? What’s not to like about a game that gives you concise life advice like: Keep running and gunning to the right till all the bad guys are bullet-soaked, you’re rich and you ride off into the sunset. The game had a simple premise: you’re a bounty hunter. Now you know where some companies got that business model from. It was a time when games milked us of our money, we couldn't take the games home and there was no way to play but pay. The Sunset Riders was released in 1991 by Konami back when they were more Jedi Order and less First Order ( ed - Haha!). But thankfully, there were and still are some great ones… and in the early 90’s, I got to play one of them. They’re still making Rambo movies, dammit! Considering the period only lasted from 1840 to 1890, it’s hard to believe that so many stories could be woven from so little thread. Never has a period of American history been more romanticized and overdone - except maybe the Vietnam War.
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