History VideoGame / SunsetRiders

* ItWasAGift: In the arcade version, [[spoiler:if Cormano defeats El Greco on his own or is a member of a team facing him, El Greco gives his [[NiceHat red sombrero]] to him upon defeat. Cormano will wear this hat for the rest of the game.]] In the SNES version, he just drops it.

* AgentPeacock: The final boss and BigBad, Sir Richard Rose. He's a British pretty boy with an affinity for roses. He's also debatably the toughest boss in the whole game.

* AgentPeacock: The final boss and BigBad, Sir Richard Rose. He's a British pretty boy with an affinity for roses. He's also the toughest boss in the whole game.

** At that point his fighting style becomes similar to the second boss, Hawkeye Hank Hatfield. Only cranked UpToEleven. And at one point he sort of borrows a trick from the third boss, Dark Horse. [[spoiler: A hidden plate of metal under his shirt.]] This all still counts for trope purposes.

* FallingChandelierOfDoom: The fourth stage features a huge chandelier that dangles around and can be used by {{mooks}} as shooting platforms. The heroes can climb on it and either give it the same use, or simply hang from it to avert the bombs tossed by the bosses. [[spoiler: In a subversion, it stays in its place through the whole stage and, when the bosses are killed, it's "peacefully" taken away.]]

* ItWasAGift: In the arcade version, [[spoiler: if Cormano defeats El Greco on his own or is a member of a team facing him, El Greco gives his [[NiceHat red sombrero]] to him upon defeat. Cormano will wear this hat for the rest of the game.]] In the SNES version, he just drops it.

* NiceHat: El Greco has a really, REALLY nice charro-style ''sombrero''. [[spoiler:Which he tosses away before he dies.]] [[spoiler: If Cormano's there, he will catch the ''sombrero'' mid-air, take his own 'charro'' hat off and and promptly put Greco's on, claiming it as its own from then on.]]

* AdaptedOut: Billy, Bob and half of the bosses in the Genesis version, along with a few of the {{mook}}s.

* ArtificialBrilliance: El Greco won't put his shield down until you stop firing. His reflexes with his whip are also really fast.
** Richard Rose's fight starts out looking like he's content to stay on the balcony like the first boss... that is until his barrier is destroyed, at which point he immediately jumps down, moves all over the upper and lower height levels like a player character on crack and starts ''[[FinalBoss utterly destroying you]]''.

* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: The dynamite-throwing girls can have their dynamite thrown back to them (with predictable results), and the MolotovCocktail-throwing mooks regularly burn themselves and their fellow mooks up with their own attacks.

** RevolversAreJustBetter: ...Billy and Steve's individual bullets do much more damage to the bosses.

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 {{bounty hunter}}s (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 ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'', as its director Hideyuki Tsujimoto worked on both arcade ''Contra'' games.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Since all regular enemies are {{One Hit Point Wonder}}s, Bob and Cormano's shotguns make them far more useful most of the time over sixgun-toting Billy and Steve. However:
** RevolversAreJustBetter: Billy and Steve's individual bullets do much more damage to the bosses.

* HostageSituation: Right after defeating Dark Horse, a girl is [[GetOut thrown out]] of the saloon right behind and she tells the team that the Smith Brothers and their goons have taken over, keeping three other dancers as hostages. Then, the fourth stage begins.

* NiceHat: El Greco has a really, REALLY nice charro-style ''sombrero''. [[spoiler:Which he tosses away before he dies.]] [[spoiler: If Cormano's there, he will catch the ''sombrero'' mid-air and promptly put it on, claiming it as its own from then on.]]
* NintendoHard: Despite the lighter overall look, this will kick your butt just as hard as ''Contra'' does.

* MoreDakka: Paco Loco uses a MACHINE GUN. God knows where he got one in the old west. Mind you, it doesnt fire like a machine gun, the bursts come in three's and the bullets are bigger than normal but still.

* CoolHorse: Dark Horse's steed is fitted with metal plates on its head and legs, which block your bullets directly from the front.

* DualBoss: The Smith Bros.

* EvilBrit: The final boss.

* {{Greed}}: 1st boss Simon ''[[MeaningfulName Greed]]''well.

* ItWasAGift: In the arcade version, [[spoiler: if Cormano defeats El Greco on his own or is a member of a team facing him, El Greco gives his [[NiceHat red sombrero]] to him upon defeat. Cormano will wear this hat for the rest of the game.]]
* 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."

* MadBomber: The Smith Brothers. One of them has enough sense to talk, but the other is completely AxeCrazy. Their boss fight (the only one without a preceding stage) could be dangerous to play if the player's epileptic.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Sir Richard Rose.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Chief Scalpem.

* WhipItGood: El Greco.

* BlondesAreEvil: The female mooks.
** BlondGuysAreEvil: Sir Richard Rose, as well as the Smith Brothers.

* GatlingGood: Paco Loco uses one. There's also one in the arcade game's final stage, usable by both player and {{Mook}}s.

''Sunset Riders'' was ported to both the SegaGenesis and the SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, in 1993.

* DumbMuscle: Paco Loco.

* ColorCodedMultiplayer: An aversion, since even though the characters have different colors, the sprites are not identical.

** BlondGuysAreEvil: Sir Richard Rose, so did the Smith Brothers.

* NiceHat: El Greco has a really, REALLY nice charro-style ''sombrero''. [[spoiler: Which he tosses away before he dies.]] [[spoiler: If Cormano's there, he will catch the ''sombrero'' mid-air and promptly put it on, claiming it as its own from then on.]]

* NoExportForYou: Inverted. The arcade version was released in Japan, but not the console ports.

* 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.

* MadBomber: The Smith Brothers. One of them has enough sense to talk, but the other is completely AxeCrazy. Their boss fight (the only one without a preceding stage) could be dangerous to play if you're epileptic.

* NiceHat: El Greco has a really, REALLY nice charro-style ''sombrero''. [[spoiler: Which he tosses away before he dies.]] [[spoiler: If either you or a 'teammate' is playing with Cormano, he will catch the ''sombrero'' mid-air and promptly put it on, claiming it as its own from then on.]]

* 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 ''WildWestCOWBoysOfMooMesa'' is a very similar western-themed side-scroller. The game also acts as a spiritual successor to Konami's earlier western-themed shooter ''Iron Horse''.

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}}'', as its director Hideyuki Tsujimoto worked on both arcade ''Contra'' games.

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

* DistressedDamsel: The saloon dancers in Stage 4 of the arcade and SNES versions.

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

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

* QuickDraw: The 2nd boss, Hank "Hawkeye" Hatfield. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation In theory, atleast]].

* PreAssKickingOneLiner[=/=]FamousLastWords: All the bosses start and end with one each.

* RecycledInSpace: ''{{Contra}}'' IN THE {{WILD WEST}}!

* 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 ''Iron Horse''.

* [[StormingTheCastle Storming The Fort]]: The final stage.

* ColorCodedMultiplayer
** Steve - Yellow
** Billy - Blue
** Bob - Green
** Cormano - Red

* NintendoHard

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

* 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 loss.
* RidingIntoTheSunset: The end image, unsurprisingly enough.