Badlands (バッドランズ, Baddoranzu?) is a video game developed by Konami on the LaserDisc system in 1984 and published by both Konami and Centuri. It first debuted at the Amusement and Music Operators Association (AMOA) Show in October 1983 and was later released to the public in early 1984. In addition to its LaserDisc version, two versions of the Badlands video game cabinet exist, one produced by Konami and one by Centuri.
Summary
Badlands is a first-person shooter action-adventure video game set in a wild west fantasy world. The game's arcade cabinet consists of one large "shoot" button. Gameplay consists of animated cutscenes, requiring players to shoot and react to environmental hazards and enemies. The game uses a life system, granting the player three lives upon starting. Losing all lives ends the game. The aim of the game is to eliminate outlaws and claim their bounties.
Release Date
Arcade: March 6, 1984
MSX: August 27, 1984
Used In
- Anime Bell Sound 3
- Anime Body Fall Sound 19
- Anime Body Fall Sound 28
- Anime Explosion Sound 3
- Anime Glass Break Sound 8
- Anime Gunshot Sound 3
- Anime Magic Sound 1 (High-Pitched; Only heard on the "Game Over" screen.)
- Anime Silenced Gunshot Sound
- Anime Thunder Sound 8
- Classic Rifle Shot
- E&M Pro, Slice Sound 1 (Slowed Down)
- E&M Pro, Slice Sound 2
- Gamera Roar (The Gango/Telesdon variant is used for an amphibian-like monster which emerges from the swamp lagoon.)
- Godzilla Roar (The Red King variant is used for a cyclops-like monster.)
- Sound Ideas, COMEDY, ACCENT - SPROINGS (1st sproing; Heard once in a low volume.)
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - MACHINE GUN RICOCHETS, BULLET 01
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - SINGLE RICOCHET, BULLET 01/Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - SLICK RICCO 01
- Sound Ideas, HUMAN, DRINK - DRINK LIQUID FROM A MUG, SWALLOW
- Sound Ideas, PINBALL - SINGLE MACHINE, BELLS, BALL NOISE, PADDLES
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 07
- Toho, King Kong Roars
- Toho, Varan Roars (The Megalon variant is used for a two-headed dinosaur-like monster.)
- Warner Bros. Thunder 01