Overview

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show is a collection of six mini games set in the Wild West.


Gameplay

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Knife Throwing: In this game the player has to throw knifes at a spinning board and hopefully miss the young lady who is strapped to it. The score in this round depends on the distance from the girl which the knife lands. The closer the knife gets to the assistant girl without hitting her the higher the score.



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Trick Shooting / Bottle Shooting: This mini game is reminiscent of Operation Wolf (Game) and Cabal (Game). The player has to shoot the enemy targets as they pop up but not shoot young ladies or innocent people in the back or the Sheriff. During the second section of this mini game bottles have to be shot when thrown in the air.



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Calf Roping: In the third game the player has to prove his cowboy skills by roping a cattle within the time limit. On horseback a calf has to be followed by moving the joystick up, down, left and right. If close enough the lasso can be slipped over the calf's head by pressing the fire button and the calf can be brought into a halt by pulling back the joystick.


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Bronco Riding: It is a necessary skill for any cowboy and that's exactly what the fourth game is. The player has to remain seated on the bucking bronco by pushing the joystick in the direction indicated by arrows which appear on-screen. The score increases the longer the player stays on.



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Steer Wrestling: In the fifth game a steer has to be chased and wrestled down. Therefor the player must get on horseback as close as possible to the steer and jump on the steer by pressing the fire button. To overbalance the steer the joystick has to be waggled left and right until it falls to the ground.



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Stage Coach Rescue: The last game is all about catching and jumping on to a moving stagecoach to stop a renegade Indian who has captured it and is terrorising the passengers. Wiggling the joystick left and right makes the horse run towards the stage. Moving the joystick up and down allows the player to avoid the suitcases which the Indian throws at him. Once alongside the coach it can be climbed aboard by pressing the fire button. The Indian can now be punched by pushing the joystick up (head punch) or down (stomach punch). Pushing left and right blocks the Indian's punches.


Reviews

Magazine Issue Page System Rating % Reviewer Language
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) 08+09/1989 42,43 Atari ST 10.6 out of 12 88 Manfred Kleimann German
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) 10/1989 78 Amiga 10.6 out of 12 88

||Manfred Kleimann||German

Crash 08/1989 39 ZX Spectrum 86 out of 100 86 Mike Dunn, Nick Roberts English
ST Format 09/1989 70 Atari ST 83 out of 100 83 - English
The Games Machine 08/1989 112, 113 Atari ST 82 out of 100 82

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CU Amiga-64 10/1989 37 Amiga 81 out of 100 81

||Tony Dillon||English

Zzap! 10/1989 72 Amiga 80 out of 100 80 Paul Rand, Robin Hogg English
Zzap! 10/1989 72 C64 80 out of 100 80

Paul Rand,

Robin Hogg

English
Computer + Video Games 09/1989 76 Atari ST 79 out of 100 79 Gordon Houghton English
Micro Hobby 12/1989 40, 41 ZX Spectrum 7.8 out of 10 78 - Spanish
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) 11/1989 77 Amstrad CPC 9 out of 12 75

||Bernd Zimmermann||German

Amstrad Cent Pour Cent 10/1989 111 Amstard CPC 71 out of 100 71

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ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) 10/1989 78 C64 8.2 out of 12 68 Manfred Kleimann German
Amstar & CPC 10/1989 104, 105 Amstrad CPC 13 out of 20 65

||-||French

The One 08/1989 70, 71 Atari ST 64 out of 100 64

||Brian Nesbitt||English

Your Sinclair 09/1989 94 ZX Spectrum 54 out of 100 54

||Duncan MacDonald||English

Commodore Format 01/1992 50 C64 53 out of 100 53

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Power Play 10/1989 48 Atari ST 52 out of 100 52

||Heinrich Lenhardt||German

ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) 10/1989 78 PC 5.4 out of 12 45 Manfred Kleimann German

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