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Western

Fiction genre theme

Video games set in the Old West (also known as Wild West) or that are defined by a western style.

438
games
69
platforms

Alternate names: Wild West, American old west

Dead Man's Hand (Windows)
Dead Man's Hand
WIN 2004-03-17
West Phaser (Atari ST)
West Phaser
ST 1989
Lost Dutchman's Gold (Nascom)
Lost Dutchman's Gold
NASC 1980
Bank Panic (Master System)
Bank Panic
SMS 1987
Gun.Smoke (Famicom Disk System)
Gun.Smoke
FDSY 1988-01-27
An American Tail: The Computer Adventures of Fievel and His Friends (MS-DOS)
An American Tail: The Computer Adventures of Fievel and His Friends
DOS 1993
Wild Western (NEC PC8801)
Wild Western
8801 1983
Spaghetti Western Simulator (Amstrad CPC)
Spaghetti Western Simulator
CPC 1990
Rango (Nintendo DS)
Rango
NDS 2011-02-25
Outlaws (Commodore 64)
Outlaws
C64 1985
West Phaser (Amstrad CPC)
West Phaser
CPC 1989
Cliff Hanger (Commodore 64)
Cliff Hanger
C64 1984
Implied: (for american old west)
* 19th century
* North America

Common:
* American Indians
* Outlaws

Children: (sub-genres)
* Space western
* Samurai western

See also:
* Steampunk
Often set between 1860-1890, cowboy hats, gunslingers, horses, frontier, American Indians. Note, non-US areas are acceptable

Also, other time periods may also be acceptable. Such as 'space westerns' that combine western themes with science fiction.

Popular tags

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Child groups

Weird West, Space Western, Samurai Western

Games by year

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The first Western video game was released on April 1973.

Infogrames, Rockstar Games and Image & Form published most of these games.

Related site

At Wikipedia

Platforms

C64 43
Linux 37
ZX Spectrum 36
Amstrad CPC 31
Windows 29
MS-DOS 25
Arcade 21
Atari ST 15
Apple II E 15
Amiga 15
Atari 400/800 11
BBC 11
NES 10
Mac OS Classic 8
PS2 7
MSX 7
C16/Plus4 7
X360 6
Electron 6
Thomson 6
PS 6
VIC-20 5
Tandy Coco 4
Mac OS X 4
PS3 4
SNES 3
Nintendo DS 3
PS4 3
PS Vita 3
Famicom Disk System 3

Most common companies

Infogrames12
Rockstar Games11
Image & Form9
Adventure International9
Ubisoft9
Mastertronic8
Sierra On-Line8
Konami7
Tynesoft7
Topo Soft7
Activision6
Coktel Vision6
Atlantis Software6
Alternative Software6
Codemasters5