

With his dying breaths, he tells the stranger that the map to Mad Dog's hideout is hidden in the local mine, and that he should consult the prospector before going there. They defeat them, but the sheriff is fatally shot. The stranger and sheriff set out to stop Mad Dog, but are ambushed by three of his gang outside the jail. He visits the jail and frees the sheriff. The stranger defeats them and takes the jail keys. The stranger enters the saloon, where One-Eyed Jack and his cohorts are making trouble. For the remainder of the game, the exact order of events depends on the player's decisions. The prospector then tells him that One-Eyed Jack holds the keys to the jail, and is in the saloon. Two of the gang appear to silence the prospector, but the stranger shoots them. He tells the stranger that the mayor and his daughter have been kidnapped by a gang of outlaws led by the notorious "Mad Dog" McCree (Rusty Dillon), and when the sheriff tried to stop them, they locked him up in the jail. The stranger rides into an unnamed Old West town and is approached by an elderly prospector (Ben Zeller), who appeals to him for help. The player assumes the first-person role of the game's silent protagonist, a nameless individual addressed only as "stranger". The home versions allow the player to choose from three difficulty modes. Home versions of the game attempted to simulate this mechanic by having the player's gun unloaded at the beginning of the duel, and not allowing it to be reloaded until the same moment when the arcade version would allow the player to draw. The arcade version is equipped with a specialized light gun which can detect whether or not the player had properly lowered the light gun at the beginning of the duel. However, this traditional light gun shooter gameplay is interspersed with "showdowns", which are fast draw duels that play the same as American Laser Games's later release Fast Draw Showdown. Shooting a bystander or getting hit by a gunfighter results in the loss of one life out of three and is followed by a clip showing the town doctor commenting on the player's actions.
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In a series of stages, the player must shoot enemies before they fire, avoid shooting innocent bystanders, and reload each time their six-round revolver is depleted of bullets.
