The objective of the game is to reach the end of each stage and defeat the outlaw awaiting at the end.

Other weapons that can be used by the player include dynamite sticks carried by female bandits (which can be thrown back at the enemy before it explodes) and a mounted Gatling gun available only in the last stage. Both power-ups can be equipped at the same time. The power-ups comes in the form of a golden sheriff badge that gives the player's weapon auto-fire, and a silver badge that grants him a second gun (allowing him to shoot at two directions at the same time). Power-ups and bonus items can be obtained by entering saloons or defeating certain sack-carrying bandits. There's also a slide move that allows the player's character to avoid enemy fire by pressing the jump button while the joystick diagonally downwards. The player can jump between higher and lower floors by holding the joystick up or down while pressing the jump button. The controls consists of an eight way joystick for moving the character and aiming their guns, and two buttons for shooting and jumping. Steve and Billy wield revolvers, while Bob and Cormano use shotguns. In the 2-player version each player can choose which of the four bounty hunters (Steve, Billy, Bob, and Cormano) to play as at the start of the game, while in the 4-player version each character is assigned to a different control panel. Sunset Riders can be played by up to two or four players, depending　on the version of the game. At the beginning of each stage the player is shown a wanted poster, showing the criminal, the reward for stopping them, and the line 'Wanted dead or alive'. The game, which is set in a fanciful version of the American Old West, revolves around four bounty hunters who are out to claim rewards given for eliminating the most wanted outlaws in the West. Home versions of Sunset Riders were released for the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) in 1992 and for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993. The coin-op version was released in two variants: a 2-player version and a 4-player version. The game is set during the American Old West, where the player takes control of a bounty hunter who is seeking the rewards offered for various criminals. Sunset Riders is a side-scrolling run-and-gun style shoot-'em-up released by Konami as a coin-operated video game in 1991. Koji Toyohara, Katsuyoshi Endoh, Hiroshi Matsuda, Norio Takemoto This game can be played also in a version for SNES. The following emulators are available for this game:

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