Play Tin Star Online

Summary

Tin Star lets you step into a wild west populated by quirky robot cowboys, and the whole experience feels like a carnival shoot‑'em‑up on the SNES. What’s cool is that you can aim the reticle with any of the three standard SNES inputs – the regular controller, the Super Scope, or the mouse – making it the first console title to support all of them. Each day of the in‑game week is a three‑part routine: a shooting‑practice jug, a fast‑draw showdown with a Bad Oil Gang member, and a themed action stage that flips between side‑scrolling rides or stampedes and first‑person showdowns inside jails, banks or saloons. Hitting canteens restores health, but it also disables the bonus round where you’d otherwise rack up cash by blasting stars around a spinning lady. Your cash balance isn’t just a score; it saves your progress and decides which ending you see, adding a surprisingly strategic layer to the arcade chaos.

Storyline

Tin Star, the six‑gun‑armed sheriff, rides into East Driftwood with his sidekick Mo Crash and his horse Aluminum, only to discover the town under siege by the Bad Oil Gang. The gang is led by the ruthless Black Bart and includes the four Johnson brothers—Tiny, Bugsy, Lucky and the Kid—as well as the oily twins Snake and Crude, each with their own quirks.

From the moment Tin Star’s coach is ambushed, chaos erupts: a saloon comes under fire, a cattle stampede thunders through town, and the newly built railroad becomes a tempting target for train robberies. After several gang members are jailed, they escape by donning disguises and digging tunnels, then return disguised as women to exploit the "Good Guy Code of the West," which forbids shooting unarmed females and children.

The Kid Johnson, a child gunfighter, cannot be shot, and Black Bart spreads false rumors that Tin Star killed him. Convicted of murder, Tin Star loses his badge, is replaced by Bart, knocked out by Mo’s brother Schemp, and dumped in the desert.

He awakens to find Maria, the mayor’s daughter, telling him Mo has been kidnapped. Donning a mask, Tin Star rescues Mo, stops a town shootout, defeats Black Bart in two quick‑draw duels, destroys the gang’s headquarters and regains his sheriff’s badge. The ending varies with his earnings: under $750,000 Maria refuses to marry him; between $750,000 and $999,999 she marries Mo; and with over a million dollars, Maria is revealed to be Black Bart in disguise.