History VideoGame / SunsetRiders

** '''[[color:gold:Steve]]''' TheHero
** '''[[color:blue:Billy]]''' [[KidAppealCharacter The Kid]] [[hottip:*:Also plays the role of TheHero in the Genesis version.]]
** '''[[color:green:Bob]]''' TheLancer
** '''[[color:red:Cormano]]''' TheBigGuy [[hottip:*:Also plays the role of TheLancer in the Genesis version.]]

* GunsAkimbo: With a powerup. Two of them [[BeyondTheImpossible even Dual Wield SHOTGUNS]]

** Averted in the (2P-only) Genesis version which gave Billy and Cormano full names ("Billy Cool" and "Cormano Wild").

* GreatWayToGo: The last Smith brother blows himself up after you defeat him.

* OneNameOnly: The four main heroes. The Genesis version gave two of them full names ("Billy Cool" and "Cormano Wild").

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: The last Smith brother blows himself up after you defeat him.

** El Greco's entry phrase in the Arcade version was "Die, gringo!" which was [[BowlderIse censored out]] by Nintendo as it was considered inappropriate.

** '''[[color:blue:Billy]]''' [[KidAppealCharacter Kid Appeal Cowboy]] [[hottip:*:or TheHero in case of the Genesis version]]

* OneHitPointWonder [[hottip:*:Averted ''only'' in the Genesis version's versus mode where players have a LifeMeter.]]

* RealMenWearPink: Cormano.
** Pink is also the color of Steve's hat, neckerchief and boots.

* DistressedDamsel
** The saloon dancers in Stage 4 of the arcade and SNES versions.
** In the Genesis version the player has to rescue a brown-haired girl in a yellow dress at the end of every odd-numbered stage. In a 2-Player game the player who gets to the girl first will receive more bonus points than the other.

** The Saloon dancers in Stage 4 in the arcade and SNES versions.
** In the Genesis version, the player has to rescue a brown-haired girl in a yellow at the end of every odd-numbered stage. In a 2-Player game, the player who gets to the girl first will receive a stage clear-bonus.

* DistressedDamsel: The Saloon dancers in Stage 4 in the arcade and SNES version. In the Genesis version, the player has to rescue the same girl in the end of every odd-numbered stage.

* [[StormingTheCastle Storming The Fort]]: The final stage.
* TheGunslinger: The whole team.
* TrainTopBattle: The boss fight against El Greco. But that's not the only stage where you have to walk through a moving train.
** In the ''Genesis'' port, Paco Loco is the one fought atop a moving train.
* ItWasAGift: In the arcade version, El Greco gives his [[NiceHat red sombrero]] to Cormano upon defeat. Cormano wears this hat for the rest of the game.
** With the other characters though, he'll just throw it away.

** '''[[color:red:Cormano]]''' TheBigGuy

A side-scrolling ShootEmUp released for the arcades in 1991, ''Sunset Riders'' is one of several four-player arcade games that {{Konami}} released in the wake of their success with ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame''. The game centers around four [[BountyHunter bounty hunters]] (Steve, Bob, Billy, and Cormano) who must hunt down various fugitives during the WildWest to collect monetary rewards. Essentially a [[RecycledInSpace Wild West-themed]] version of ''{{Contra}}''.

* LifeMeter: Only in the Genesis version's versus mode.

* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Sir Richard Rose.

* OneHitPointWonder

* TheBigGuy: Cormano, again.

** '''[[color:gold:Steve]]'''
** '''[[color:blue:Billy]]'''
** '''[[color:green:Bob]]'''
** '''[[color:red:Cormano]]'''

* TheHero: Steve. In the Genesis version, it's Billy, who is the [[KidAppealCharacter Kid Appeal Cowboy]].

* TheLancer: Bob

* YouNoTakeCandle
--> '''Dark Horse:''' You in big heap trouble!
** And when he's defeated: "Me in big heap trouble!"

* ReformulatedGame: The Genesis version is missing Steve and Bob, and only four of the arcade version's stages and bosses are included. However, the stages that were included in the Genesis port were divided into two segments and expanded to include elements from the missing stages, so it's not a total loss, and the play mechanics are mostly intact.

* BadassBeard: Cormano.

** '''[[color:gold:Steve]]''': TheHero
** '''[[color:blue:Billy]]''': TheLancer
** '''[[color:green:Bob]]''': TheBumblebee
** '''[[color:red:Cormano]]''': TheBigGuy

* SweetTooth: Paco Loco if the ''Genesis'' port is to be believed, as all money on his stage is replaced with candy, including the large amount he drops upon defeat.

* ReformulatedGame: The Genesis version is missing Steve and Bob, and only four of the arcade version's stages and bosses are included. However, the stages that were included in the Genesis port were divided into two segments and expanded to include elements from the missing stages, so it's not a total loss, and the play mechanics are mostly intact.

* AdaptationDecay: The Genesis version is missing Steve and Bob, and only four of the arcade version's stages and bosses are included. However, the stages that were included in the Genesis port were divided into two segments and expanded to include elements from the missing stages, so it's not a total loss, and the play mechanics are mostly intact.