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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

Buffalo Bill presents a collection of six Wild West themed mini-games, which hang together around humour-lead presentation and backdrops.You can play as many or as few of these as you like, and can always have…

31 December 1989

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show is an arcade developed by Tynesoft Computer Software, released 31 December 1989 on Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC and Atari ST/STE.

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What Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show is

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show is an arcade game developed by Tynesoft Computer Software and released in 1989. It is available on Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Buffalo Bill presents a collection of six Wild West themed mini-games, which hang together around humour-lead presentation and backdrops.You can play as many or as few of these as you like, and can always have another go at them if you fail. First task is to throw knives at a spinning board upon which a surely-terrified and fortunately-skinny lady is locked - make sure to adjust for the rotation that will occur in the time your shot takes to hit. You get points for missing as many times as possible before hitting. Event 2 is based on shooting ability and is in two stages. First you must shoot the targets of criminals (but not innocents) as they emerge from the ground, next you must shoot…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.

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When did Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show come out?
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show was released on 31 December 1989 for Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and ZX Spectrum.

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