Gunfighter (Videopac game)
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In Gunfighter, a shootout game for the Magnavox Odyssey²
, two gunfighters face one another across a field filled with trees. In the United States the game was released as Showdown in 2100 A.D. Gunfighter is regarded as a display of some of the best character animation on the Odyssey². Gunfighter was programmed by Ed Averett and published by Philips in 1979.
The object of the game is to shoot the other player's gunfighter. The first player to hit the other gunfighter ten times wins. The trees add some challenge to the game by deflecting bullets fired at them, sometimes even back at the gunfighter who originally fired. At close range it is possible to shoot through the trees. Each gunfighter has six bullets, and more ammunition is hidden in the tree which matches the color of the player's outfit. Each gunfighter can reload at any
time by touching the tree where his bullets are hidden.
Magnavox Odyssey²
The Magnavox Odyssey², known in Europe as the Philips Videopac G7000, in Brazil as the Philips Odyssey, in the United States as the Magnavox Odyssey² and the Philips Odyssey², and also by many other names, is a video game console released in 1978.In the early 1970s, Magnavox was an innovator in the...
, two gunfighters face one another across a field filled with trees. In the United States the game was released as Showdown in 2100 A.D. Gunfighter is regarded as a display of some of the best character animation on the Odyssey². Gunfighter was programmed by Ed Averett and published by Philips in 1979.
The object of the game is to shoot the other player's gunfighter. The first player to hit the other gunfighter ten times wins. The trees add some challenge to the game by deflecting bullets fired at them, sometimes even back at the gunfighter who originally fired. At close range it is possible to shoot through the trees. Each gunfighter has six bullets, and more ammunition is hidden in the tree which matches the color of the player's outfit. Each gunfighter can reload at any
time by touching the tree where his bullets are hidden.