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Living in the Wild West can be very damaging to your health - so much so that most young males are killed shortly after their balls drop. With the women it's a different case entirely: if the Indians don't get them then either the pox or the kidnappers will. The Governor of your state discovers this for himself when his six daughters are womannapped from his palatial pad.

Badlands Peter is hired to retrieve the Governor's daughters, with only a hat the size of Nevada and his trusty six shooter to aid him. The game itself is a multi-scrolling adventure cum shoot-'em-up. You move Pete around a series of Wild West towns looking for the Governor's offspring and shooting anyone who gets in your way.

The backdrops Pete walks past are colourful and well designed. Pete himself is well animated but he does walk infuriatingly slowly. When somebody draws a gun you can shoot him but you can't run away with your guns drawn, which is annoying in those life-threatening moments. The sound includes a very clear twangy guitar sample but the effects are bland and consist mainly of a weedy gun shot sound.

Badlands Pete is a bizarre game - bizarre because it's so bad and comes from Atari's own software label. Gameplay is slow and boring, and it's humorous basically because it's so crappy.