Wild Gunman

Wild Gunman
Developer	Nintendo R&D1
Publisher	Nintendo
System	NES, Arcade, Wii U Virtual Console
Release Date	NES JP February 18, 1984 US 1984 EU February 18, 1988 Arcade US 1984 Wii U Virtual Console PAL October 22, 2015 US January 7, 2016 JP June 22, 2016

Wild Gunman is a a light gun game by Nintendo. The original version of the game was a light gun game released in 1984, which connected to a 16mm projection screen.

Gameplay

The player must have a shoot out with a bandit. The player has to wait until the bandit says "Draw!" and then must try to shoot the opponent as quickly as possible. The NES game utilizes the NES Zapper.

Legacy

Ports/Remakes

• A Playchoice-10 arcade version of the NES game was released in the same year as the NES game.
• The NES game was made available for download as part of the Wii U's Virtual Console in 2015/2016. Notably, the European/Australian release date of the game coincided with Back to the Future day.

Other References/Homages

• One of 9-Volt's games in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! is based on Wild Gunman.
• It was also converted to a mini-game for Kirby's Adventure.
• In the Super Smash Bros. series, one of Duck Hunt's moves involves summoning an 8-bit sprite of one of the characters from Wild Gunman to shoot at opponents, and they also appear in a shootout with the characters from Hogan's Alley in Duck Hunt's Final Smash. Wild Gunman has also been represented by a sticker in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U and a Spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Trivia

• Wild Gunman appears in the movie Back to the Future II. It appears in the form of a dedicated arcade machine made specifically for the movie.