COLLECTING
Rarity in the UK 3/10 Guideline Price £5 (last
eBay price €3 in good condition. allow about £3 to ship to UK also and
possible customs charges). although you should find one in the UK with a
little patience, around the £2.50 mark and £1.50 postage. Western + on
the Jopac is interesting as it was never released as a Videopac+ game,
which would have been an easy port to a larger market. I have yet to see
a Jopac version for sale and I suspect it could easily reach £100+
PLAYING
Hours of fun, especially if you are the cowboy at the bottom right, as a
slight design fault means that there is a longer way to go from foot to
head for your opponent (you will se what I mean when you play it). one
of the better games however, made interesting by being able to ricochet
your bullets from one stone (mushroom shaped) to another, reload your
gun
INSTRUCTIONS
What other people thought
This game is meant
to be a Wild West style gunfight. The manual reveals that the cowboys
are actually "androids" - as if it would be too violent otherwise.
Comparisons to Atari's Outlaw are unavoidable. The screen features two
cowboys separated by tiny, scattered trees. These cowboys are less
blocky than the ones in Outlaw, and they're better animated as well.
They walk with a swagger, and fall dramatically when shot.
Unfortunately, you can only shoot forward, not at any angle. The trees
deflect shots, causing bullets to bounce around like pinballs. There's
not much strategy as you try to be the first to shoot your opponent ten
times. The one-player game doesn't provide much of a challenge either.
This game could have used some additional variations.
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