The fact that one of the best games of 1977 is basically a Pong inversion with a pretty coat of paint should give you a pretty good idea of where video games were at.

About as fun as Gun Fight with some minor improvements.

For such an early entry in arcade history, Boot Hill is superb in presentation. With engaging "anti-Pong" gameplay, early uses of resource management and race-against-the-clock gameplay, this one-to-two player shootout is absolutely worth a play or two, even if a shocking lack of home ports make it a rarer find.