Sunset Riders (Arcade)

Sunset Riders
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Platform: Arcade (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hardware) Released in JP: November 1991 Released in US: October 1991 This game has unused graphics. This game has regional differences.

A Contra game but with cowboys, agile protagonists, and cartoonish goofiness.

To do: A bunch of censorship in the Arcade Archives release: TMNT posters removed, Chief Scalpem renamed to Chief Wigwam like in the SNES version, and El Greco's first voice line was replaced with a repeat of his second line. Possibly more.

Unused Graphics

Speech bubbles about already having something. Purpose unknown.

Alongside the enemies to shoot in the first-person bonus stages, there was also meant to be a target to avoid: a woman in a dress that apparently would've raised her hands when aimed at. What shooting her would've done is unknown.

Regional Differences

International	US

The game's US sets are the only ones to not have the mechanic of score-based extra lives, and so its setting is also missing in the Game Options menu. In non-US sets, this mechanic can be set in Game Options as "1st at 20,000 pts / 2nd at 200,000", "1st at 30,000 pts / 2nd at 300,000", "1st at 100000", or "No extra life".

International	US

Along with the score-based extra lives, the US sets also have the 1UP item completely absent. In other sets, this item appears only once, in the section of the Chief Scalpem stage before the boss fight, where players can get it by jumping on the first ledge if they are quick. In the US sets, a $2000 gold pile is in its place instead.