In Gunfright the player takes the role of a sheriff in the town of Black Rock and is tasked with eliminating outlaws who are scattered throughout the settlement. It was later included in Rare Replay, Rare's 2015 Xbox One retrospective compilation.
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One of the many isometric games of this era, but at least it moves beyond the puzzle room concept. However, the resulting wild west shooting isn't much more exciting.
This is my legitimate favorite ZX Spectrum title that I've played. Here you control Sheriff Quickdraw in another cool isometric style game, and have to hunt down famous coyboy outlaws and beat them in a duel. They're all tough and will take you down without hesitation, so you need to be careful. You have to use the jumpy pointy townspeople to find the outlaw, and then very quickly confront them. This isn't to mention the true danger in this game: Women (Am I right fellas). One touch of a woman and you're both gone. You must steel your resolve, refuse women and shoot outlaws to make money.
The economy fluctuating is cool too, adds a layer of strategy as to when you want to take a horse or shoot a civvy or fire the last shot in your round. Music that's there is cool too.
the ZX Spectrum has been a rush of "the tech isn't there yet but I can tell they're trying" games, but Gunfright is a good bit of fun even if there aren't 20 duels worth of content in it.
The economy fluctuating is cool too, adds a layer of strategy as to when you want to take a horse or shoot a civvy or fire the last shot in your round. Music that's there is cool too.
the ZX Spectrum has been a rush of "the tech isn't there yet but I can tell they're trying" games, but Gunfright is a good bit of fun even if there aren't 20 duels worth of content in it.
Another isometric game, this one is a wild west game where you have to find outlaws and gun them down. It’s initially quite confusing as to what you’re supposed to do and how the game’s mechanics work, but once you have that down, it’s quite a fun experience.
Gunfright is essentially a game of hide-and-seek. There’s a bandit hiding in the town, and you need to find them. Some townsfolk will point you in the right direction, so you can narrow it down (of course, the bandits also move around, so keep that in mind). There are also lots of civilians walking around. These civilians are all deadly and will kill you instantly if they walk into you (because games of this era need loads of things that can kill you).
The game has a “marketplace” of sorts. In the bottom right, you’ll see prices for bullets, horses and fines. There’s no shop as such, you’ll just get charged that amount when appropriate. You have six bullets in your gun, and once you shoot all six you’ll be instantly charged for a reload. Horses you “buy” by finding them on a map. These look hilarious when you use them, as it looks like a wooden frame that you’re holding up and running around with. I love how ridiculous it looks.
If you kill civilians, either by shooting them or trampling them with a horse, you’ll be instantly charged the “fine”. Money is the main score of the game, and the best way to get money is to kill bandits. There are 20 in the game, each appearing one at a time. Once you find one in the game, you shoot them to initiate a duel.
Duels are done in a first person perspective. Your opponent will move around the screen while you control a cursor. Moving your cursor will count as a “draw” and your opponent will start shooting, so you have to aim quickly. You can also wait for your opponent to announce “draw” as he will stop moving. It’s a really good system, one that seems quite fair and smooth.
While that’s all there is to the game, it’s still a pretty fun game, with some really nice (at the time) graphics. As there is no depth, the isometric view doesn’t come with the same problems as Knight Lore, and it works well with the gameplay.
For “completion” I beat all 20 bandits, then the snaphots. One of them is an extended version of the minigame where you shoot bags of money, another where you have to mow down civilians on a horse. Great fun.
Gunfright is essentially a game of hide-and-seek. There’s a bandit hiding in the town, and you need to find them. Some townsfolk will point you in the right direction, so you can narrow it down (of course, the bandits also move around, so keep that in mind). There are also lots of civilians walking around. These civilians are all deadly and will kill you instantly if they walk into you (because games of this era need loads of things that can kill you).
The game has a “marketplace” of sorts. In the bottom right, you’ll see prices for bullets, horses and fines. There’s no shop as such, you’ll just get charged that amount when appropriate. You have six bullets in your gun, and once you shoot all six you’ll be instantly charged for a reload. Horses you “buy” by finding them on a map. These look hilarious when you use them, as it looks like a wooden frame that you’re holding up and running around with. I love how ridiculous it looks.
If you kill civilians, either by shooting them or trampling them with a horse, you’ll be instantly charged the “fine”. Money is the main score of the game, and the best way to get money is to kill bandits. There are 20 in the game, each appearing one at a time. Once you find one in the game, you shoot them to initiate a duel.
Duels are done in a first person perspective. Your opponent will move around the screen while you control a cursor. Moving your cursor will count as a “draw” and your opponent will start shooting, so you have to aim quickly. You can also wait for your opponent to announce “draw” as he will stop moving. It’s a really good system, one that seems quite fair and smooth.
While that’s all there is to the game, it’s still a pretty fun game, with some really nice (at the time) graphics. As there is no depth, the isometric view doesn’t come with the same problems as Knight Lore, and it works well with the gameplay.
For “completion” I beat all 20 bandits, then the snaphots. One of them is an extended version of the minigame where you shoot bags of money, another where you have to mow down civilians on a horse. Great fun.
This isn't fun at all. What am I even supposed to do?
If I run into a woman on street I too would explode.
Os mini games do jogo são mais divertidos que o jogo em si. Me prendeu bem mais atirar em sacos de dinheiro caindo do que vagar sem rumo e perdido num mapa confuso. O jogo é super datado, com uma jogabilidade problemática (além dos outros NPCs correrem muito mais rápido que você, existem dois tipos de NPCs no jogo, um dos NPCs são mulheres que, se você atirar nelas, você irá perder dinheiro MAS se elas encostarem em você é morte instantânea). Fora que visualmente é muito poluído, com UM MONTE de informação na tela ao mesmo tempo.