Gun.Smoke (NES, Famicom Disk System)

Gun.Smoke
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Platforms: NES, Famicom Disk System Released in JP: January 27, 1988 Released in US: February 1988 Released in EU: December 23, 1988 This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences. This game has a Data Crystal page

Gun.Smoke: The sheriff has been shot! Are you a bad enough dude to mow down hundreds of Old West outlaws and serve some frontier justice?

Basically, it's kind of like Commando in the 19th century. It's also the spiritual predecessor to Red Dead Revolver, so there's something.

Stage Select

Use the Game Genie codes PUULPANG + KZKLGPVV (US version) to access this stage select at the title screen. Use A and B to select a stage prior to starting the game.

Holding Select + Up when starting the game will also give you the ability to aim using the D-Pad instead of the individual A / B buttons, a feature which is normally unlocked using a longer button code.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Regional Differences

The Japanese Famicom Disk System version featured several differences.

Title Screen

Besides the copyright differences, the international versions title screens displays the high score.

Japan	USA	Europe

Button Code

At the title screen, quickly press: A, B, B, Right x3, Left x4, Up x5, Down x6. In the Japanese version, this code triggers a secret message that translates to "my mistake." In the international versions, the code enables control of the directions of your shots using the dpad instead of the buttons.

Introduction

While the intro text is written in Japanese, the opening words are in English in both versions. These were changed for the international versions. Interestingly, the Japanese version does not mention the Wingates murdering the sheriff of Hicksville.

Japan	Translation	International
IN 1849 せいぶかいたくじだいのあめりか、そのなかに ごーるどらっしゅでにぎわうヒツクスビルと いうまちがあった。 　あるひのこと・・・ 　せいぶでもっともおそれられるウィンゲートふぁ みりーがあらわれ、いちやのうちにこのまちをしは いしてしまった。 　まいにちのようにつづくウィンゲートたちのりゃ くだつ、ぼうりょくにたえられなくなつたひとび とは、ひそかにたすけをもとめるてがみをだした。 　かぜのふきあれるひ、ゆうひとともにひとリのガ ソマソがあらわれた。 　まちをすくうために・・・。	In 1849. On the American frontier, there once was a town called Hicksville that prospered during the Gold Rush. 　Then one day... 　The Wingate family, the most feared in the West, appeared and took control of the town overnight. 　Unable to endure the Wingates' seemingly daily robberies and violence, the people sent out a letter seeking help. 　One windswept day, a lone gunman emerged alongside the evening sun... 　...to save the town.	IN AMERICA THE YEAR WAS 1849, IN THE SMALL TOWN CALLED HICKSVILLE WHERE THE PIONEERS WORKED HARD DURING THE GOLD RUSH ERA. ONE DAY A GROUP OF OUTLAWS KNOWN AS THE WINGATES CAME INTO TOWN, KILLED THE SHERIFF AND TOOK OVER THE TOWN. THE WINGATES RAIDED THE TOWN EVERYDAY AND TERRIFIED THE PEOPLE IN HICKSVILLE. THEN CAME A LONE GUNMAN, IN THE WINDY AFTERNOON WITH A SUNSET BEHIND HIM,TO SAVE THE TOWN TO SAVE THE PEOPLE OF HICKSVILLE FROM THE WINGATES.

Wanted Posters

The portraits on the wanted posters were greatly enhanced in the NES version, largely via the use of sprite overlays to add more colors. Bandit Bill's outfit was redesigned entirely, and Ninja was given a shuriken.

Japan	International

Ending

In the Japanese version, you get different messages for every time you finish the game. In the international versions, the first and second run messages were removed and the Capcom logo was replaced by text.

Japan	International
ゆうひとともにあらわれたガソマソのかつやくによ って、ウィソゲートふぁみりーはほろびさった。 　ガソマソのゆうきとガソがせにぎをまもった のだ。 　ガソマソがまちをさったあとも、ひとびとはな ガくガソマソのことをわすれなかった。 　ひとびとは、ゆうひをみ るたびつぶやく・・・。 　ありがとう、ゆうひとと もにあらわれなガソマソ。	GUNMAN WHO ARRIVED WITH A SUNSET INTO THE TOWN OF HICKSVILLE HAS DEFEATED THE WINGATES. HIS BRAVENESS AND SKILL HAS SAVED THIS TOWN. LONG AFTER THE GUNMAN HAS LEFT THE TOWN, PEOPLE IN HICKSVILLE STILL REMEMBERS ONE BRAVE GUNMAN. THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSET STILL REMINDS THE PEOPLE OF ONE BRAVE GUNMAN AND HOW HE SAVED THE TOWN OF HICKSVILLE.

1st Run

Japan	USA
However, disaster strikes again...

2nd Run

Japan	USA
Once more, disaster strikes again...

3rd Run

Japan	USA

Game Over

The Japanese version provides continue by holding down A and pressing B, Up, Down, Left, Right, B, Up, Down, Left, Right, Start. The international versions provide you with unlimited continues and add a "Retry" option, which actually just takes you back to the title screen. Also, the palette animation on the game over text received an update.

Japan	International

Missing Music

Due to hardware limitations, the Famicom Disk System version is missing several tunes. Instead, the game uses Boss Music 1 during stage 1, 4, and 6, Boss Music 2 during stage 2 and 5, and Boss Music 3 during stage 3. On top of that, there are only three variations of BGM in this version. BGM 1 is used during stage 1, 4, and 6, BGM 2 is used during stage 2 and 5, and BGM 3 is used during stage 3.

These missing tracks were included in the NES versions outside of Japan.

Bandit Bill
Death Mountain
Ninja
Cheyenne River
Fort Wingate
Wingate

(Source: VGMPF Wiki)