Tin Star (video game)

Tin Star

Cover art
Developer(s) Software Creations
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Scott Pleydell Pearce
Producer(s) Jeff Hutt (producer)[1]
Designer(s) Marcus Lindblom
Malcolm McGookin
Programmer(s) John Buckley
Platform(s) Super NES
Release date(s)
Genre(s) Rail shooter
Mode(s) Single-player
Distribution 16-megabit cartridge

Tin Star is a rail shooter-type, video game software developed by Software Creations and published by Nintendo for the Super NES. It was released on November, 1994, only in North America.

Gameplay

Tin Star was designed to be compatible not only with a standard Super NES controller, but also with the Super Scope and the SNES Mouse.[2] The gameplay contains levels titled as "days". Each day is filled with four types of screens called "scenes".

Scenes

Plot

The game is set in a place called the Ol' West, populated by robots. The main protagonist is the titular character, a mechanical sheriff named Tin Star, who has a sidekick named Mo Crash. In the beginning, Tin Star and Mo ride on a stagecoach to a town called East Driftwood to stop the Bad Oil Gang and their leader, Black Bart, from committing crimes. While riding on a stagecoach, a member of the Bad Oil Gang wearing spring shoes, by name of Joe Twiddley, sees them inside of the stagecoach and tries to attack them along with his gang, but Tin Star defeats them, and the stagecoach makes it to East Driftwood more or less intact. Upon their arrival, the story begins when Tin Star tries to help the old lady carry her bags, she objects, shoves him and he accidentally steps on Tiny Johnson's award-winning geranium, setting in motion a vicious circle of vengeance and escalating confrontations with the local outlaws.

Characters

Reception

GamePro's review stated "Lighthearted in design, Tin Star's colorful, sharp graphics make watching this wacky western enjoyable." However, they further commented that the jokes and gameplay both become repetitive after a short while, and concluded that the game would be better suited to novice gamers.[3]

References

  1. "N-Sider.com: Tin Star". N-Sider. December 26, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
  2. "Let's Get Technical". GamePro (66) (IDG). January 1995. p. 14.
  3. "Tin Star". GamePro (IDG) (68): 74. March 1995.

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