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Summary

Gun.Smoke (often just called Gun Smoke) drops you into a Wild West shoot‑'em‑up where the screen scrolls upward on its own and you control a lone cowboy with three dedicated fire buttons—left, center and right. By pressing two buttons together you can aim in six directions, letting you adapt to the hordes of hostile gunslingers and the weapon‑specialist bosses that cap each stage. Shooting barrels reveals power‑ups: a horse that grants three hits of protection, boots for a speed boost, extra bullets for faster fire, rifles for longer range, and a yashichi for an extra life, while stars and bottles add to your score. The arcade version, designed by Yoshiki Okamoto and scored by Ayako Mori, topped Japanese and US charts in 1986 and was later licensed to Romstar in the States. An unlicensed Korean Master System port appeared in 1990, and the game has since been re‑released on everything from the PlayStation 2 to the Nintendo Switch as part of Capcom’s classic collections.

Storyline

Gun.Smoke puts you in the boots of Billie Bob, a lone bounty hunter roaming the Wild West. Unlike most shooters of its era, the player controls a human rather than a spaceship, tracking down outlaws across dusty towns. The arcade version follows his relentless pursuit of criminals, delivering quick‑draw action as he rides from one showdown to the next.

In the NES port a specific plot is added: in 1849 the Wingates gang overruns the frontier town of Hicksville, murders the sheriff and terrorizes the citizens. Billie Bob rides in, confronts the gang and frees the town from their grip.