Gun.Smoke

is a 1985 vertical scrolling run-and-gun shooter arcade game produced by Capcom and designed by Yoshiki Okamoto. A Western-themed game, ''Gun.Smoke'' centers on a character named Billy Bob, a bounty hunter going after the criminals of the Wild West.

Gameplay

The game is a vertical scrolling, run & gun shooter in which the screen automatically scrolls upward. Players use three buttons to shoot left, right, and center. The player can also change the way Billy shoots through button combinations. The player dies by getting shot, struck by enemies, or caught between an obstacle and the bottom of the screen. The player can collect various items, including a horse for extra protection, boots for increased movement speed, bullets for faster shots, a yashichi for an extra life, and a rifle for longer shot range. Other items add points to your score such as stars, bottles, bags, and dragonflies.

Two versions of ''Gun.Smoke'' were released in North America by Romstar.

Ports

''Gun.Smoke'' was ported to these systems:

*The MSX
*The PlayStation and Sega Saturn as a part of '' Capcom Generation 4''
*The PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Xbox as a part of ''Capcom Classics Collection''
*The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as a part of ''Capcom Arcade Cabinet''
*Windows 98 and Windows XP as a part of ''Capcom Arcade Hits Volume 3''
*The Amstrad CPC as ''Desperado – Gun.Smoke''; this platform received a sequel called ''Desperado 2''
*The ZX Spectrum

NES version

The game was later ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Family Computer Disk System (FDS) in 1988. The game features a new storyline: In 1849, a gang known as the Wingates attacks the town of Hicksville, kills the sheriff, and causes trouble everyday until Billy, the main character, comes to town to free it from the gang. The NES version also has different music.

Differences from the arcade version

Although the NES version maintained the original gameplay of the arcade version, there were several changes:

*Only six of the ten bosses are in this version (Master, Ninja, Cutter, Wolf Chief, Los Pubro, and Fat Man).
*Additional weapon options: a machine gun (which is the normal gun with a turbo function), a shotgun, a smart bomb, and a magnum.
*The player can use their score to purchase weapons and items.
*Four of the bosses had their names changed. Master was renamed to Bandit Bill, Wolf Chief was renamed to Devil Hawk, Fat Man was renamed to Fat Man Joe, and Los Pubro was renamed to Wingate.
*Los Pubro was made the final boss in the NES version as Wingate, a guerrilla of the Mexican Revolution, with a changed appearance featuring a slash over one of his eyes, a cape, and a machine gun. The player must also battle Wingate twice, the first one being Wingate's double and the second, being the true Wingate.
*Other bosses also had changed appearances. Bandit Bill (Master) wears a red shirt and blue jeans. Cutter wears a baggy blue sleeveless shirt and red pants. Ninja wears a purple ninja outfit with a ponytail and shoots shurikens that split in four as his weapon. Devil Hawk (Wolf Chief) is now shirtless and uses fireballs as his weapon. Fat Man Joe (Fat Man) wears an armored plated shirt and uses a bomb gun.
*There is another type of yashichi that will give the player temporary invincibility