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This section is for Western games that have non-traditional themes or hybrid genres such as Space Western, Sci-fi West, Fantasy Western, Hybrid Western (e.g. Horror Western, Film noir, Martial arts (genre), anthropomorphic animal characters), neo-Western (Contemporary settings/times), Post-apocalyptic West, Weird West (Also can have supernatural, steampunk, superhero themes), among many others.
Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters, known in Japan as Lethal Enforcers 2: The Western, [a] is a 1994 light gun shooter arcade game and a prequel to the original Lethal Enforcers. In contrast with the first game's modern law enforcement theme, Lethal Enforcers II takes place in the American Old West .
Time Traveler or Hologram Time Traveler is a LaserDisc interactive movie arcade game.It was designed by Dragon's Lair creator Rick Dyer, and released in 1991 by Sega.Its plot is that an American old west cowboy named Marshal Gram travels to various timelines to rescue Princess Kyi-La and defeat the evil time lord Vulcor.
The game began as a home console conversion of Midway's arcade game Gun Fight (1975), which itself was an officially licensed variation on the game Western Gun (1975) by Taito. [7] Crane said the game was influenced by Gun Fight, and liked the idea of making a game with two opposing gunfighters. [8]
In North America, over 100 arcade cabinets were sold by February 1991, [39] and it was the top-grossing new video game on the RePlay arcade charts from February to April 1991. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] In Japan, Game Machine listed Mad Dog McCree on their August 15, 1992 as being the third most-successful upright/cockpit arcade unit of the month.
Cheyenne is a video game manufactured by Exidy and released in arcades in 1984. In this western style shooting game, the player must guide and protect "Buster Badshot" through various scenes of danger that take place in the old west, using the light gun. The gameplay is similar to Exidy's Crossbow.
Outlaw is a single-player arcade game by Atari Inc., originally released in 1976. It simulates an Old West fast draw duel between the player and the computer. [3] Outlaw was a response to Gun Fight, released by Midway in North America the year before. [4] [5]
The game was a global commercial success. In Japan, Western Gun was among the top ten highest-grossing arcade video games of 1976. In the United States, Gun Fight sold 8,600 arcade cabinets and was the third highest-grossing arcade game of 1975, second highest-grossing arcade game of 1976 and fifth highest arcade game of 1977.