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You're the 'roughest, toughest bounty hunter that ever toted a shootin' iron', but you're also the world's worst gambler and have soon lost all your earnings - and even your horse! So it's time to go back to work, and a visit to the sheriff's office gives you the identity of four 'of the ugliest, meanest and deadliest varmints in the West'. Pick one to choose which level to start on.

Your bounty hunt is shown from above, with the scenery continually scrolling downwards. Unfortunately each of the villains has a couple of hundred friends, who come after you with guns blazing. Being the 'roughest, toughest etc' you're no slouch with a gun, each time you press Fire four bullets go flying off! The villains also roll barrels and boulders down at you, and some hide in buildings to snipe at you. Static barrels can be shot to reveal bonus items such as a heart (extra life), boots (speed-up), rifle (longer range shooting), shield (short-term invulnerability), dynamite (smart bombs) and ammo. Should you get all four criminals, their boss will come after you...

Another banal vertically-scrolling shoot-'em-up is leant some appeal by the novelty of its Western setting. Rolling boulders, tiny men, a bland brown colour scheme and blocky buildings would hardly earn double figures if the scenario was sci-fi. As it is, the game looks different, plays okay for a while, but you soon get bored.