History VideoGame / SunsetRiders

* OneNameOnly: The four main heroes.[[note]]Unless you're playing the Genesis version, where the two remaining heroes became Billy Cool and Cormano Wild.[[/note]]

* OneNameOnly: The four main heroes.[[note]]Averted in the Genesis version which only featured Billy and Cormano and gave them full names ("Billy Cool" and "Cormano Wild").[[/note]]

* WarmUpBoss: Simon Greedwell doesn't nothing but fire at you from the balcony with his rifle, even after you've removed his improvised barrier. He's more like a regular Mook with a massive HP boost.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: So you've killed Richard Rose?[[note]]Get ready for the real thing.:He was wearing a body plate![[/note]]

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

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

* FlashOfPain: The bosses flash white upon hit, and red when in critical health.[[hottip:*:Very few destructible objects in the game like the barrels at the end of stage 1 as well as the wooden gates in the final stage have the same seizure-time concept bosses had.]]

* OneHitPointWonder [[hottip:*:Averted in the Genesis version's versus mode where players have a LifeMeter.]]
* OneNameOnly: The four main heroes.[[hottip:*:Averted in the Genesis version which only featured Billy and Cormano and gave them full names ("Billy Cool" and "Cormano Wild").]]

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

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: So you've killed Richard Rose?[[hottip:Get ready for the real thing.:He was wearing a body plate!]]

** BlondeGuysAreEvil: Subverted. Player characters aside, the Smith Bros. and Sir Richard Rose are the only blond guys in the game who are evil.

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

* JustFollowingOrders: Chief Scalpem's sister saves his ass with these words, as opposed to all the rest of Richard Rose's thugs who were also "just following orders", I guess. Which brings us to...
** On the other hand, you had to blast several Native American warriors to get to the chief. They, too, were following (the Chief's) orders.
*** I guess it's because the Chief is a person and the native warriors are just [[WhatMeasureIsAMook nameless, expendable mooks]].
* KaizoTrap: When Paco Loco dies, he fires off a few last rounds from his gatling gun after he falls off his perch. You can avoid them by ducking.

* ReformulatedGame: The Genesis version is missing Steve and Bob, and only four of the arcade version's bosses are included. However, the stages are completely redesigned and are now divided into two segments, while the bonus rounds are different as well, so it's not a complete lost.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The SNES version faced some censorship, including removing all references to alcohol, adding some modesty to the female [=NPCs=], changing a boss' name from Chief Scalpem to Chief Wigwam, and replacing all the Native American enemies in one stage with white outlaws. Additionally, El Greco no longer says "Die gringo" before battle.

* MirrorBoss: Sir Richard Rose. After you destroy the barrier protecting him on his balcony, he'll begin dash, jump and slide around the stage with agility that rivals that of the players. One difference is that his slide can do CollisionDamage to the players.

* YouNoTakeCandle: Dark Horse says, "You in big heap trouble!" when you fight him, and "Me in big heap trouble!" when you defeat him. Chief Scalpem also introduces himself with, "Me ready for powwow!" and croaks, "Me powwowed out!" when defeated.

* BreatherLevel / BreatherBoss: Paco Loco (and his stage), especially when compared to Chief Scalpem and El Greco.

** BlondeGuysAreEvil: Sir Richard Rose.

* OneNameOnly: The four main heroes.
** Averted in the Genesis version which only featured Billy and Cormano and gave them full names ("Billy Cool" and "Cormano Wild").

* HairOfGold: Steve, Billy, Bob, the dynamite-throwing female mooks, and Sir Richard Rose.

* AWinnerIsYou: Completing the game on anything besides Hard Mode nets you a hearty "Good job, ''podner''!".

* FlashOfPain: The bosses flash white upon hit, and red when in critical health.
** Very few destructible objects in the game like the barrels at the end of stage 1 as well as the wooden gates in the final stage had the same seizure-time concept bosses had.

* FlashOfPain: The bosses flashes white upon hit, and red when in critical health.
** Very few destructible objects in the game like the barrels at the end of stage 1 and the wooden gates in the final stage had the same seizure-time concept bosses had.

* FlashOfPain: The bosses flashes white upon hit, and red when in critical health.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Two in particular. ''VideoGame/MysticWarriors'' was made by the same team and even features a [[TheCameo cameo]] by Steve, while Konami's arcade game version of ''{{Wild West COW Boys of Moo Mesa}}'' is a very similar western-themed side-scroller. The game also acts as a spiritual successor to Konami's earlier western-themed shooter ''IronHorse''.

** '''[[color:gold:Steve]]''' TheLeader
** '''[[color:blue:Billy]]''' TheFace[[hottip:*:Also TheHero in the Genesis version.]]
** '''[[color:green:Bob]]''' TheLancer
** '''[[color:red:Cormano]]''' TheBigGuy[[hottip:*:Also TheLancer in the Genesis version.]]

** '''[[color:blue:Billy]]''' TheFace[[hottip:*Also TheHero in the Genesis version.]]

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

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: So you've killed Richard Rose? [[spoiler:Get ready for the real thing! He was wearing a body plate]].

!! The game provides examples of the following tropes

* SpreadShot: Bob and Cormano had these right off the bat. For Steve and Billy, they must be DualWielding by picking up a second gun.