The player can play as one of four bounty hunters, with their own firearm type. Steve, the player character, fires upon multiple enemies on the third level. At the beginning of each stage the player is shown a wanted poster, showing the criminal, the reward for stopping them, and the line 'Wanted dead or alive'. The game, which is set in a fanciful version of the American Old West, revolves around four bounty hunters who are out to claim rewards given for eliminating the most wanted outlaws in the West. Home versions of Sunset Riders were released for the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) in 1992 and for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993.

The coin-op version was released in two variants: a 2-player version and a 4-player version.

The game is set during the American Old West, where the player takes control of a bounty hunter who is seeking the rewards offered for various criminals. Sunset Riders (サンセットライダーズ Sansetto Raidāzu?) is a side-scrolling run-and-gun style shoot-'em-up released by Konami as a coin-operated video game in 1991.

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