Perhaps it's only natural given Konami's arcade pedigree that Sunset Riders exudes all the attitude of their 90s brawlers despite being more conventionally defined as a run-and-gunner. The punch, pace, and humor of games like Turtles in Time is every bit as alive in Carson City, making for a really enjoyable experience from start to finish. It's also a bit remarkable how "fair" Sunset Riders is, having one of the smoother difficulty curves in an arcade game that I've ever seen. There are some exceptions, of course, such as boss battles that drag on a bit too long due to high health and frustrating patterns, but it's one of the few gunners (or brawlers for that matter) that I can recommend for a singleplayer run.
The game is just as famous for its sound bites as X-men: The Arcade Game. "Bury me with my money!" might just be more familiar to people than Sunset Riders gameplay by this point. Personally, the girls dancing after the saloon level is my favorite moment in the game, but there's some pretty funny stuff throughout. There's also Chief Scalpem! So you know... not all of it is good.
90s Konami arcade games are always a bit hard for me to talk about due to how similar they all look and play. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, Konami used to put out some damn good games, even if they have a certain derivativeness to them. Like some of their other arcade titles, there was an SNES port of Sunset Riders, though my preference is definitely the arcade version. Sunset Riders is well worth the trouble of setting up MAME for alone, but if that's asking just a bit too much, the SNES version is still perfectly fine and a whole lot of fun.
The game is just as famous for its sound bites as X-men: The Arcade Game. "Bury me with my money!" might just be more familiar to people than Sunset Riders gameplay by this point. Personally, the girls dancing after the saloon level is my favorite moment in the game, but there's some pretty funny stuff throughout. There's also Chief Scalpem! So you know... not all of it is good.
90s Konami arcade games are always a bit hard for me to talk about due to how similar they all look and play. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, Konami used to put out some damn good games, even if they have a certain derivativeness to them. Like some of their other arcade titles, there was an SNES port of Sunset Riders, though my preference is definitely the arcade version. Sunset Riders is well worth the trouble of setting up MAME for alone, but if that's asking just a bit too much, the SNES version is still perfectly fine and a whole lot of fun.