The fact that "Red Dead" would never have existened without "Gun.Smoke" is another reason why I'm proud to say I grew up with this 1985 classic. I like to believe that the events of "Gun.Smoke" are canon to the lore of "RDR".
This was probably my best game in the arcades. I "finished" the game on one quarter a few times. After you get through it, it starts over with a higher difficulty. I could do about 45 minutes on a single quarter. I love this game.
I would say "video or it never happened". However, people were just that good at games back In the day and that's pretty awesome. So I jest in the opener.
Great video. This was one of the hardest games I completed. The arcade version didnt fuck around. For me, difficulty wise, Ghost N Goblins arcade took me around 11 hours to complete both required loops and this game took me around 25 hours. I never came across any brick walls in GNG but this game had a few bosses that I couldnt put a dent in for many hours. Considering its only a 30 minute game and has unlimited continues it was surprisingly dense.
I loved this game, I used to play it all the time at the mall. I still think the toughest end boss was Wolf Chief Shotgun. Very historically accurate with the old buildings and the Indian village.
An interesting piece of history from CAPCOM. I met this title thanks to the CAPCOM Generations Vol. 4 compilation on the original PlayStation. Because I grew up with that home console with other CAPCOM titles like Mega Man X5, Resident Evil 3, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, among others.
A childhood friend of mine had the Amstrad version and I thought it was the greatest game Ever and those Popcorn sound effects on the Spectrum..😄😄 Another great video my friend on one of my top 10 arcade games Ever.
I got my first job in 1986 at the age of 15 working as a telemarketer (crap job I know but the money was great at the time). It was in an office building located next to the Greyhound Bus station in my hometown. They had a Gun.Smoke cabinet in the bus station that I would go play on my breaks. The NES version also took up a fair amount of the Summer of '88 for me. I love this game and still play it sometimes on my favourite emulator. As of 2023 I still have not finished it. Great video, PatmanQC!
This will always be one of my favorite Capcom shmups. It had great music, neat controls with the five-way shooting plus the left+right spread shot I always forgot to use, and was just doggone hard as nails. The NES version is fantastic, too. Even the weird stylising of its name as "Gun.Smoke" seemed oddly cool to me. Gotta say, the edits for the German version are pretty darned cool -- especially the 7th boss, Goldsmith, pulling a _Westworld_ by exposing the robot insides of his face.
This was one of the first games I played when I was 5, with my then 17 year-old cousin. He died 6 years ago, but I will always be grateful as he showed me many of the greats from the NES, including Punch Out, Legend of Zelda 1 and 2, Double Dragon, Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania, etc.
What a coincidence! I have been listening to the old radio Gunsmoke shows on sirius xm and I remember playing this game as well. Thanks for sharing the history on this!
Absolutely. I've always liked westerns but never got into the TV show of Gunsmoke until about a year ago. Now it's one of my favorites, although I much preferred the early episodes with Chester that featured more of Marshall Dillon.
It's Always Classic for this Western Styled shooter game brought to you by Capcom..Gun.Smoke I'm happy that they put the dot between "Gun" and "Smoke" to avoid confusions with the long running television series that is "Gunsmoke"..My Best Wishes to you Mr. Patman for an excellent and most wonderful arcade history..I'm always here to watch, relax and learn more about every history of arcade games
The thing I remember most about this game is my arcade put it right by the window, so there was always an annoying glare that got in the way, and you felt extra hot playing it cuz the sun would bake u thru the window.
i never played this in the arcade, but now have it multiple times on various platforms, Arcade1up, Atgames Legends cabinet running coin ops X, 60-1 jamma in cabinet, nintendo switch, capcom greatest hits compilations, and pandora 11 s console. i find it very hard, but still like it and play it from time to time. thanks for the show!
Ha, "Steer" clear of the Bull. ;) Also adding The Gun on PS2, as well as Sunset Riders too. This game, Gunsmoke, was very challenging. Commando was a lot of fun and easier to handle IMO vs the 3 buttons here. That's something about his hand breaking and using a red pen to draw. 10 stages, but I struggle to get past the first 2. Nice going, Patman!
On the NES, you could put in a code to make the cowboy shoot the direction you were facing. Turns out, the old control scheme was superior and made you want to switch back instantly.
This is one of gaming's true OG run n' gun games, and was one of my favorites from the period. I always loved the design of this game, as the western theme was just something that you never saw done well at the time. While Patman puts this in a category with Ghost n Goblins as far as difficulty goes, I would say this game is much harder. I've finished most versions of the G&G series, but Gunsmoke is on another level of hard AF. LOL
I concur, I spent too many summers at the arcades during my youth getting good at this game. Took me years & loads of 10p's to finally complete this game & is my proudest gaming achievement to this day; close 2nd is finishing Alienation on hardcore mode on PS4. I have always loved, loved, loved this game & enjoyed watching this upload, thanks for this.
Played this on Capcom classics. Funfact there's a demo screen which Reinacts the intro from the show. It shows up once in a blue moon. It shows a cowboy shooting another Cowboy then walking off.
One correction about the NES version wanted posters. Some of the shopkeepers on the stages also sell the wanted poster, so you dont have always just find it in the stage.
I love this game. It was in my local arcade in the U.K. back in the eighties. That was the only place I ever came across it so I don’t think it was very common. I actually prefer Gun.Smoke to Commando which I came across in many more locations. Through the magic of modern technology I often play both titles on my MiSTer FPGA. Thanks for featuring one of my favourite titles. Your content is always informative and entertaining !
When I first came across Gun.Smoke in a Local Arcade... I really enjoyed it - But it did have an issue... It wasn't an OG Cabinet, obviously the arcade had only bought the board to save costs and installed it into a Spare Cabinet... ... So what was the issue? It was a TWO BUTTON CABINET!!! I could never shoot right and always wondered why! Now I know!!!
Gun.smoke had no true dedicated cabinet. It was a "kit" game. Meaning they sold the game in a box that included the pcb, control panel overlay, marquee, sideart and wiring harness. Owners would covert the game from a previous cabinet. Like say pacman or donkey kong. Games like yie ar kung fu and mat mania were other examples of conversion kit games. That had no factory cabinet
Hadn’t realized “Red Dead Revolver” was the “spiritual sequel” to “Gun.Smoke” but it’s good that Billy Bob got new life and legs for the next generation of consoles.
9:30 I Love the Awesome Manga/Anime character details style design heads of the Most Wanted posters of the last of the Scum and Villainy of the Bounty in the Old Wild West
Good to see Gunsmoke kind of got a licensed game. Interesting that this gameplay ended up being incorporated into Back to the Future Part III for Amiga.
I remember playing the arcade version at a local gas station a lot when I was a kid, and mom getting the NES version as a birthday present for dad because he liked westerns in either 90 or 91. (I remember either being six years old at the time or being about to turn six years old at the time.)
My favorite arcade game ever. Pieced together a cabinet with all the artwork. Even custom bezel art. It looks and plays great. I have the us set 2 pcb. Which means wolf chief in round 3 and ninja in round 6. My high score is 2,042,100. Great game. Great review patman!
Ive noticed some GunSmoke cabinets have a different 3rd level after the knife-thrower boss. Some versions had the chief on the horse boss stage and others had the stage with the muscular boss who threw the boomerangs. Still an amazing game especially for 1985👍
Thanks, Patman! This is a game I’ve been looking forward to you covering for a long time! My local pizza place had the arcade version in the late 80s, although instead of a full standup cabinet they had it in a mini tabletop console at the bar. Oddly enough, the tabletop didn’t have the 3 buttons, it had one fire button and you aimed your shots 10, 12, or 2 o’clock with the joystick. So I never knew about those fancy firing angles you could do by pressing two buttons together until I played it on MAME years later. Anyway, I never got past stage 3 in the arcade but since I loved it anyway I asked for and got the NES version for Christmas in 1988. Eventually managed to beat it too, which I was very proud of. It was probably one of the hardest games that I ever owned.
Fun seeing Gun Fight at the beginning of the video. You reminded me that I need to win the lottery and pick up a Bally Astrocade, which had Gun Fight as a built in game.
Excellent!!! I always love your classic game reviews. I look forward to them. Has anyone ever heard of Jack The Giant Killer? It's obscure, but I loved it back in the day.
Still have my NES cartridge since childhood. The Indian Village level VGM still to me my favorite soundtrack which has that Bionic Commando vibe to it. Excellent video as usual Patman.
I recall only encountering this cab in one place when new and it wasn't there long so I never got much time on it. I have put many hours into the NES and various compilations though.
Another great video! Thank you so much for featuring this game. Gun.Smoke is my best friends favorite NES game, we play it all the time for high scores and such. I always love how you show all the versions so we can see them all compared. Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks for the nice words and glad you enjoyed it. I like showing the different versions especially of something interesting pops of behind-the-scenes like desperado turning into Gunsmoke :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I loved that part as well. The history of these games means a lot to me, and I want my kids to know where these games came from as well. You are doing great work!
@@coffeecuparcade Red Dead Revolver, going to be published by Capcom, would have been like Panzer Dragoon and Sin and Punishment but had ability to move player character freely, and would have special attacks like Buffalo Stampede, Cannonball, and Spin Fire. Multiplayer would include birdman and a baby as playable characters, and would have fantasy-horror supernatural ghost story where Red being the undead.
For those who wanted a Western Feel to their action games, this and Konami’s “Iron Horse” were what they wanted. Just like others compared this to “Commando,” “Iron Horse” was the Wild West take on “Green Beret/Rush’n Attack.”
Thanks for another great video! I remember grinding away at this game on the NES and it felt amazing to finally beat it. Not surprised to hear about the music's popularity as I was a huge fan myself.
Got this game on my 6th bday and I’ll always remember it being the best game I got that day only because I couldn’t figure out how to play Goonies II lol
SO much more fun than Commando! More immediate, faster, less frustration from Commandos hit-and-miss 10 / 2 o'clock shooting. Perhaps the Western theme wasn't so cool at the time. Great video as always Patman, thank you!
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I'm going to suspend my statement here, there seems to be no mention of it online, though I swear I remember playing it, and being amazed how close it was to the arcade, though the floppy was constantly being accessed and it would jerk and pause at times because of it. Strange!
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Got it now! It was a clone called 'Wanted', and I think someone modified the title screen to actually call it 'Gunsmoke' on my pirated copy. There is video of it here. ua-cam.com/video/5gjMyGPykA0/v-deo.html Sorry for the confusion!
@@exidy-yt yes! I remember this for the Amiga! Great intro music, played like the arcade, but no music while you played, just sounds. Just saw that vid from the link. Brought back memories.
@@exidy-yt What's funny is wanted on the Amiga is a ripoff of Gunsmoke which was inspired by the TV show. What's funny about it is the title screen shows the title character of the rifleman Which was another big TV show in the 1950s. Yes, I am full of uses videogame facts :-)
My first good western game was actually Bank Panic. The game's a true classic. But Sunsetriders takes a close second. Gunsmoke sort of reminded me of 1942's gameplay.
Pretty good and tough game. The first time I think I saw it was a co-worker had the actual arcade machine in his house back in '97. I didn't get very far and it was quite tough. lol And wow quite a history and I didn't realize that the TV show Gunsmoke ran 20 years. I do remember watching it as a kid though. And hey speaking of Capcom. How about doing a video on Speed Rumbler? I feel that game is super underrated and is a fun arcade game!
I enjoy your work thoroughly and even check out most of the games that I didn't have the pleasure/displeasure of playing in the arcades. Something about your voice and presentation is wholesome yet aimed at an older audience. If you need any suggestions for future games to dig into, I'd love to learn more about Carnevil or better yet, the Time Crisis series. Both of those ones made my arcade visits memorable and seeing them now causes a flood of nostalgia to hit me like a Sharknado. Keep up the great work and keep em comin'!
That's nice of you to say. Those two are on my long list of games to get to so I will cover them at some point. Glad you enjoyed the content so much. Thank you
A little correction on a term early on when describing enemies. I also had this discussion with one of my players as we are in the wildwest and he uses a rifle. The term "Sniper" wasn't truly coined and or used till after WWI. It was used in Britain at the time while hunters went Snipe Hunting (I fowl or something along those lines). Now using the Term "Sharp Shooter" would of been more prevalent and it does have a better ring to it.
That's interesting info but considering the official story line refers to them as snipers then that's what I'm going to have to go with. I guess it goes along with ninjas in the middle of the wild wild West back in 1849.
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries silly ninja. Their always getting into trouble. Well it has been known that not only Chinese migrated or were transported into America, but also Japanese. There have been several Ronin (I don't know numbers), and there could have possibly been Members of various Ninja clams as well. But describing real ninjas compared to Hollywood ninjas is another story all together.
Growing up thought it was based on the show but wondered why it was gun.smoke
You are not alone my friend
The fact that "Red Dead" would never have existened without "Gun.Smoke" is another reason why I'm proud to say I grew up with this 1985 classic. I like to believe that the events of "Gun.Smoke" are canon to the lore of "RDR".
Some games just nail what they are after in presentation. This was when Capcom was on a roll in the arcades, and this one was another great release.
I couldn't agree more
This was probably my best game in the arcades. I "finished" the game on one quarter a few times. After you get through it, it starts over with a higher difficulty. I could do about 45 minutes on a single quarter. I love this game.
Holy cow, one quarter? Kudos
Wow. I was not very good. Loads of fun and quarters for me
How the heck can Gun.Smoke get even HARDER?! :333
Need to do a documentary about you
I would say "video or it never happened".
However, people were just that good at games back In the day and that's pretty awesome.
So I jest in the opener.
The NES version is one of my favorite shooters of all time.
Gun.Smoke was the reason I bought an NES Advantage joystick for my system! My thumbs were so blistered!
"So technically, this game is called Gun... Smoke."
You are a legend, another great video. Appreciate your work!
LOL, thank you my friend
One of my favorite Games especially NES music and still Red Dead Redemption to this day. Thanks Pat, One Coin One Man...
LOL, fantastic
I love this game! Played so much on NES.
It was a lot of fun
That soundtrack was on point. Also this game alone made the nes max worth buying.
Great video. This was one of the hardest games I completed. The arcade version didnt fuck around. For me, difficulty wise, Ghost N Goblins arcade took me around 11 hours to complete both required loops and this game took me around 25 hours. I never came across any brick walls in GNG but this game had a few bosses that I couldnt put a dent in for many hours. Considering its only a 30 minute game and has unlimited continues it was surprisingly dense.
"The TV Western in question was GUNSMOKE."
**surprised Pikachu face**
Thank you! One of my all-time favorites.
My pleasure!
I loved this game, I used to play it all the time at the mall. I still think the toughest end boss was Wolf Chief Shotgun. Very historically accurate with the old buildings and the Indian village.
Wolf Chief shotgun was almost impossible to beat.
An interesting piece of history from CAPCOM. I met this title thanks to the CAPCOM Generations Vol. 4 compilation on the original PlayStation. Because I grew up with that home console with other CAPCOM titles like Mega Man X5, Resident Evil 3, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, among others.
A childhood friend of mine had the Amstrad version and I thought it was the greatest game Ever and those Popcorn sound effects on the Spectrum..😄😄
Another great video my friend on one of my top 10 arcade games Ever.
Aaaah! Good old Gun DOT Smoke! 😁
LOL now you know the whole story :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries ...and knowing is half the battle! 🪖
I got my first job in 1986 at the age of 15 working as a telemarketer (crap job I know but the money was great at the time). It was in an office building located next to the Greyhound Bus station in my hometown. They had a Gun.Smoke cabinet in the bus station that I would go play on my breaks. The NES version also took up a fair amount of the Summer of '88 for me. I love this game and still play it sometimes on my favourite emulator. As of 2023 I still have not finished it. Great video, PatmanQC!
This will always be one of my favorite Capcom shmups. It had great music, neat controls with the five-way shooting plus the left+right spread shot I always forgot to use, and was just doggone hard as nails. The NES version is fantastic, too. Even the weird stylising of its name as "Gun.Smoke" seemed oddly cool to me. Gotta say, the edits for the German version are pretty darned cool -- especially the 7th boss, Goldsmith, pulling a _Westworld_ by exposing the robot insides of his face.
Yes sometimes that censorship works to its advantage
9:58 I had no idea they had ninjas in the wild west.
I thought that was a bizarre choice as well
This was one of the first games I played when I was 5, with my then 17 year-old cousin. He died 6 years ago, but I will always be grateful as he showed me many of the greats from the NES, including Punch Out, Legend of Zelda 1 and 2, Double Dragon, Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania, etc.
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Thank you my friend
What a coincidence! I have been listening to the old radio Gunsmoke shows on sirius xm and I remember playing this game as well. Thanks for sharing the history on this!
Absolutely. I've always liked westerns but never got into the TV show of Gunsmoke until about a year ago. Now it's one of my favorites, although I much preferred the early episodes with Chester that featured more of Marshall Dillon.
It's Always Classic for this Western Styled shooter game brought to you by Capcom..Gun.Smoke I'm happy that they put the dot between "Gun" and "Smoke" to avoid confusions with the long running television series that is "Gunsmoke"..My Best Wishes to you Mr. Patman for an excellent and most wonderful arcade history..I'm always here to watch, relax and learn more about every history of arcade games
The thing I remember most about this game is my arcade put it right by the window, so there was always an annoying glare that got in the way, and you felt extra hot playing it cuz the sun would bake u thru the window.
i never played this in the arcade, but now have it multiple times on various platforms, Arcade1up, Atgames Legends cabinet running coin ops X, 60-1 jamma in cabinet, nintendo switch, capcom greatest hits compilations, and pandora 11 s console. i find it very hard, but still like it and play it from time to time. thanks for the show!
They have this on arcade 1up? The 60 in 1 version plays quite well.
Ha, "Steer" clear of the Bull. ;) Also adding The Gun on PS2, as well as Sunset Riders too. This game, Gunsmoke, was very challenging. Commando was a lot of fun and easier to handle IMO vs the 3 buttons here. That's something about his hand breaking and using a red pen to draw. 10 stages, but I struggle to get past the first 2. Nice going, Patman!
Hello all, thank you my friend
I remember hearing about this game when I was little and thinking it was a licensed affair based on the TV show of the same name.
That was the whole idea :-)
Love the opening screen upgrade Patman! Another great episode as well! Rock on my good man!!!
Thanks, you were the first one to mention it so kudos :-) thanks
On the NES, you could put in a code to make the cowboy shoot the direction you were facing. Turns out, the old control scheme was superior and made you want to switch back instantly.
This is one of gaming's true OG run n' gun games, and was one of my favorites from the period. I always loved the design of this game, as the western theme was just something that you never saw done well at the time. While Patman puts this in a category with Ghost n Goblins as far as difficulty goes, I would say this game is much harder. I've finished most versions of the G&G series, but Gunsmoke is on another level of hard AF. LOL
I concur, I spent too many summers at the arcades during my youth getting good at this game. Took me years & loads of 10p's to finally complete this game & is my proudest gaming achievement to this day; close 2nd is finishing Alienation on hardcore mode on PS4.
I have always loved, loved, loved this game & enjoyed watching this upload, thanks for this.
idk but the horse galloping sound makes me laugh
Played this on Capcom classics.
Funfact there's a demo screen which
Reinacts the intro from the show.
It shows up once in a blue moon.
It shows a cowboy shooting another
Cowboy then walking off.
I don't think I've seen that, thanks for the info
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries saw it at an arcade years ago.
One correction about the NES version wanted posters. Some of the shopkeepers on the stages also sell the wanted poster, so you dont have always just find it in the stage.
I said that in the video. I said if you have the cash to flash could always purchase them from the shopkeepers
I love this game. It was in my local arcade in the U.K. back in the eighties. That was the only place I ever came across it so I don’t think it was very common. I actually prefer Gun.Smoke to Commando which I came across in many more locations. Through the magic of modern technology I often play both titles on my MiSTer FPGA. Thanks for featuring one of my favourite titles. Your content is always informative and entertaining !
When I first came across Gun.Smoke in a Local Arcade... I really enjoyed it - But it did have an issue... It wasn't an OG Cabinet, obviously the arcade had only bought the board to save costs and installed it into a Spare Cabinet...
... So what was the issue? It was a TWO BUTTON CABINET!!! I could never shoot right and always wondered why! Now I know!!!
Gun.smoke had no true dedicated cabinet. It was a "kit" game. Meaning they sold the game in a box that included the pcb, control panel overlay, marquee, sideart and wiring harness. Owners would covert the game from a previous cabinet. Like say pacman or donkey kong. Games like yie ar kung fu and mat mania were other examples of conversion kit games. That had no factory cabinet
Excellent info, thank you
LOL, yes that would make it a bit more difficult
Hadn’t realized “Red Dead Revolver” was the “spiritual sequel” to “Gun.Smoke” but it’s good that Billy Bob got new life and legs for the next generation of consoles.
Let's gooo! You always pick the best games from hidden gems to classics such as this! Thats why I love your channel so much!
I'm glad I could scratch that nostalgic itch for you :-) glad you enjoyed the content so much
What is it with retards always saying "let's gooo"?
What is it with morons always going "let's goooo" on a video? must be some sub 80 iq
What is it with people going "let's go" at everything nowadays like a bunch of demented idiots?!
I vaguely remember playing the arcade a few times but I flat wore the NES version out. I still play it from time to time.
Gun.Smoke is also available on all current gen hardware as part of Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium
7:15 - GROAAAAANNNNN lolololo
LOL
9:30 I Love the Awesome Manga/Anime character details style design heads of the Most Wanted posters of the last of the Scum and Villainy of the Bounty in the Old Wild West
11:14 Ayako Mori she Composed Music and Sound Effect for CAPCOM greatest hits like Ghosts 'N Goblins, 1942, Trojan, and More
14:45 Very good Japanese commercial of CAPCOM GUN.SMOKE for Nintendo Famicom/NES
Good to see Gunsmoke kind of got a licensed game. Interesting that this gameplay ended up being incorporated into Back to the Future Part III for Amiga.
I remember playing the arcade version at a local gas station a lot when I was a kid, and mom getting the NES version as a birthday present for dad because he liked westerns in either 90 or 91. (I remember either being six years old at the time or being about to turn six years old at the time.)
That's very cool, thanks for sharing
Feel great memory jogging content like this rocks!!! Freaking love it!!!
Excellent, glad you enjoyed it
My favorite arcade game ever. Pieced together a cabinet with all the artwork. Even custom bezel art. It looks and plays great. I have the us set 2 pcb. Which means wolf chief in round 3 and ninja in round 6. My high score is 2,042,100. Great game. Great review patman!
Holy cow, that some great scoring there my friend. Thanks
Gunsmoke was one of those games as a kid I never particularly liked but had a friend who was super good at it.
It was definitely a challenge
Some good memories playing this arcade. My stepfather loved western games.
Awesome as always !!!! So much research , knowledge and detail . #1 channel on UA-cam !!!!
Glad you think so!Thank you
Ive noticed some GunSmoke cabinets have a different 3rd level after the knife-thrower boss. Some versions had the chief on the horse boss stage and others had the stage with the muscular boss who threw the boomerangs. Still an amazing game especially for 1985👍
Thanks, Patman! This is a game I’ve been looking forward to you covering for a long time! My local pizza place had the arcade version in the late 80s, although instead of a full standup cabinet they had it in a mini tabletop console at the bar. Oddly enough, the tabletop didn’t have the 3 buttons, it had one fire button and you aimed your shots 10, 12, or 2 o’clock with the joystick. So I never knew about those fancy firing angles you could do by pressing two buttons together until I played it on MAME years later. Anyway, I never got past stage 3 in the arcade but since I loved it anyway I asked for and got the NES version for Christmas in 1988. Eventually managed to beat it too, which I was very proud of. It was probably one of the hardest games that I ever owned.
I used to play this game at the arcades, then at home!
😍 oh, so many great memories, cheers from Guatemala! 🇬🇹👍
Thanks for the visit, Greetings from the USA
This game is also available on Nintendo Switch under Capcom arcade stadium 2nd
Excellent
One of my all time favorites. This was a great game and even better on the old NES. Thank you
Fun seeing Gun Fight at the beginning of the video. You reminded me that I need to win the lottery and pick up a Bally Astrocade, which had Gun Fight as a built in game.
A friend of mine in kindergarten had one of those
There are times in this game and in Commando where I think it would actually be easier to dodge raindrops in a thunderstorm.
Patman strikes again!!
Thanks a ton
Excellent!!! I always love your classic game reviews. I look forward to them. Has anyone ever heard of Jack The Giant Killer? It's obscure, but I loved it back in the day.
Thanks, I have played that is been a longtime
Still have my NES cartridge since childhood. The Indian Village level VGM still to me my favorite soundtrack which has that Bionic Commando vibe to it. Excellent video as usual Patman.
I recall only encountering this cab in one place when new and it wasn't there long so I never got much time on it. I have put many hours into the NES and various compilations though.
GUNSMOKE RULES! Love the video! I had no clue this game is pseudo responsible for the red dead series
Was Gun Fight called Boot Hill, because I recall that game being called Boot Hill!
It was a ripoff because I'm pretty sure it was a different company that released it
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries - Maybe it was a UK vs US thing.
The wanted criminal posters are all named Joe Keep!
I always thought that was a bit strange in addition to the ninjas in the old West :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries - Yeah the ninja is a bit random!
I always thought joe keep was the name of the guy issuing the bounty. There has GOT to be a story behind that. Find it out 4 us patman.
this game was great back in the day, had it at my local dairy
I remember this game back in the day. Good game.
Love this game. I will never forget the first time I played it with the NES advantage.
That game was made for the advantage smiling
Another great video! Thank you so much for featuring this game. Gun.Smoke is my best friends favorite NES game, we play it all the time for high scores and such. I always love how you show all the versions so we can see them all compared. Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks for the nice words and glad you enjoyed it. I like showing the different versions especially of something interesting pops of behind-the-scenes like desperado turning into Gunsmoke :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I loved that part as well. The history of these games means a lot to me, and I want my kids to know where these games came from as well. You are doing great work!
@@coffeecuparcade Excellent thank you
@@coffeecuparcade Red Dead Revolver, going to be published by Capcom, would have been like Panzer Dragoon and Sin and Punishment but had ability to move player character freely, and would have special attacks like Buffalo Stampede, Cannonball, and Spin Fire. Multiplayer would include birdman and a baby as playable characters, and would have fantasy-horror supernatural ghost story where Red being the undead.
One of my all time favorite happy little NES games. Thank you for giving this one some attention and for everything you do.
My pleasure! Thank you so much for watching
Law of the West was fun to play. One of My favorites
Awesome video buddy
Thanks!
documentaries you're welcome
Gun.Smoke was one of the toughest games I ever played in the arcade. 🐎
It was a beast
I think it is very difficult to get the hang of. Early on. Once u figure out the controls and where the enemies spawn. It gets easier. At least IMO.
Awesome !! Very interesting
For those who wanted a Western Feel to their action games, this and Konami’s “Iron Horse” were what they wanted. Just like others compared this to “Commando,” “Iron Horse” was the Wild West take on “Green Beret/Rush’n Attack.”
Thanks Patman!
Thank you for watching
Thanks for another great video! I remember grinding away at this game on the NES and it felt amazing to finally beat it. Not surprised to hear about the music's popularity as I was a huge fan myself.
Thank you, yes very popular in Japan
very nice. always loved this game.
Yeah, this game was nails.
I didn't remember it being this hard years ago when I first played it in the arcades
Ahhhhh not played this for years. Thanks for the nudge and your usual quality deep dive. Respect.
Thank you so much, and thanks for watching
Got this game on my 6th bday and I’ll always remember it being the best game I got that day only because I couldn’t figure out how to play Goonies II lol
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Good work Sir thank you
So nice of you, Thanks
Another awesome game I spent quarters on. Thanks Patman!!
Glad you enjoyed it
SO much more fun than Commando! More immediate, faster, less frustration from Commandos hit-and-miss 10 / 2 o'clock shooting. Perhaps the Western theme wasn't so cool at the time. Great video as always Patman, thank you!
One of the hardest games I have ever played to be honest. Thanks
The arcade version and the nes version of Gun.Smoke are both brilliant and I will play both of them. 😀👍🎮🤠
Excellent, have fun my friend
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries ok.😀👍🎮🤠
Love your humor !
Thank you kindly
Great, except you missed the Amiga version, which was almost arcade-perfect!
There was no Amiga version
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I'm going to suspend my statement here, there seems to be no mention of it online, though I swear I remember playing it, and being amazed how close it was to the arcade, though the floppy was constantly being accessed and it would jerk and pause at times because of it. Strange!
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Got it now! It was a clone called 'Wanted', and I think someone modified the title screen to actually call it 'Gunsmoke' on my pirated copy. There is video of it here. ua-cam.com/video/5gjMyGPykA0/v-deo.html
Sorry for the confusion!
@@exidy-yt yes! I remember this for the Amiga! Great intro music, played like the arcade, but no music while you played, just sounds. Just saw that vid from the link. Brought back memories.
@@exidy-yt What's funny is wanted on the Amiga is a ripoff of Gunsmoke which was inspired by the TV show. What's funny about it is the title screen shows the title character of the rifleman Which was another big TV show in the 1950s. Yes, I am full of uses videogame facts :-)
You are a legend my man!
I adore gunsmoke on the NES :D
Trojan would be a nice video too. Huge nostalgia value for me.
Love how they couldn’t resist putting a ninja in the Western game.
LOL I agree
I just did a rendition of the NES title screen and storyline for Dwelling of Duels! Talk about irony haha
Capcom actually called it Red Dead Revolver. The advert was in the first copies of Devil May Cry 2.
Thanks for the info
My first good western game was actually Bank Panic. The game's a true classic. But Sunsetriders takes a close second. Gunsmoke sort of reminded me of 1942's gameplay.
That's because it was designed by the same person :-)
Boot Hill was another game i played in the Arcades years ago.
You and me both my friend
Gun Fight, Shooting Trainer, Mad Dog McCree, Sunset Riders, Sheriff/Bandido
The Big Bear in Reynoldsberg Ohio had this in there lobby in till the late 90s.
Wild Gunman was not only a Nintendo Sprites Graphics game and was a Live Action Video game? They did not have Laserdisc games back in the 70s.
Yes, if you look carefully at the video I had shown you can see the name wild gunmAn On the cabinet
This channel is awesome 😊
Thank you for another great video 🙌
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you
Pretty good and tough game. The first time I think I saw it was a co-worker had the actual arcade machine in his house back in '97. I didn't get very far and it was quite tough. lol And wow quite a history and I didn't realize that the TV show Gunsmoke ran 20 years. I do remember watching it as a kid though.
And hey speaking of Capcom. How about doing a video on Speed Rumbler? I feel that game is super underrated and is a fun arcade game!
I enjoy your work thoroughly and even check out most of the games that I didn't have the pleasure/displeasure of playing in the arcades. Something about your voice and presentation is wholesome yet aimed at an older audience. If you need any suggestions for future games to dig into, I'd love to learn more about Carnevil or better yet, the Time Crisis series. Both of those ones made my arcade visits memorable and seeing them now causes a flood of nostalgia to hit me like a Sharknado. Keep up the great work and keep em comin'!
That's nice of you to say. Those two are on my long list of games to get to so I will cover them at some point. Glad you enjoyed the content so much. Thank you
The game is actually on the Capcom Arcade Stadium 2nd. You can get it for $1.99
A little correction on a term early on when describing enemies.
I also had this discussion with one of my players as we are in the wildwest and he uses a rifle.
The term "Sniper" wasn't truly coined and or used till after WWI.
It was used in Britain at the time while hunters went Snipe Hunting (I fowl or something along those lines).
Now using the Term "Sharp Shooter" would of been more prevalent and it does have a better ring to it.
That's interesting info but considering the official story line refers to them as snipers then that's what I'm going to have to go with. I guess it goes along with ninjas in the middle of the wild wild West back in 1849.
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries silly ninja. Their always getting into trouble.
Well it has been known that not only Chinese migrated or were transported into America, but also Japanese. There have been several Ronin (I don't know numbers), and there could have possibly been Members of various Ninja clams as well.
But describing real ninjas compared to Hollywood ninjas is another story all together.