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Wild Gunman NES instruction booklet (North America)

Nintendo. 1985. “Wild Gunman NES instruction booklet (North America).” Nintendo of America.

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Wild Gunman NES manual
Original
https://archive.org/details/NESManuals
sha256
c84600fff79b72a93b2a2c628d15ad8f33a717204c048ede0389873bfce0067b
Archived
https://archive.org/download/NESManuals/Wild%20Gunman%20%28World%29_text.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-06
Licence
© 1985 Nintendo; scan hosted by the Internet Archive
Credit
Nintendo; scan in the Internet Archive's "NES Manuals" collection (file "Wild Gunman (World)"), uploaded by job.steinbusch.
Notes
The booklet packed with the NES Game Pak: Nintendo of America's Redmond address on the back cover, the FCC notice and the U.S. warranty at the end. The pinned copy is the Internet Archive's searchable derivative of a low-resolution scan (72 ppi spreads), eight two-page spreads laid out as in the collection's Hogan's Alley booklet: pp. 1-2 on PDF p. 2, pp. 3-4 on PDF p. 3, pp. 5-6 on PDF p. 4, pp. 7-8 on PDF p. 5, and pp. 9-10 on PDF p. 6. Its text layer misreads many letters ("quoman" for "gunman"); claims quote the layer as it reads and give the reading in a note. The copyright line on p. 2 is illegible in the layer ("1545 Minteackh"), so the date is the booklet's NES release year. Locators give the printed page, then the PDF page.

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Claims (6)

Wild Gunman is a quick-draw game for the Zapper light gun. The North American booklet sets it in a western showdown against the most wanted outlaws, then against the whole gang at once.p. 2 (PDF p. 2)p. 2 (PDF p. 2), Object of the Game/Game Descriptionp. 2 (PDF p. 2), Object of the Game/Game Descriptionp. 2 (PDF p. 2), Object of the Game/Game Descriptionp. 2 (PDF p. 2), Object of the Game/Game DescriptionManual
In Game A the player draws against a single gunman. When his eyes flash and he says "Fire," he draws and fires, and the player must shoot first; a shot anywhere on the TV screen counts. Shooting before he says "Fire" is a FOUL, and the player loses. Later gunmen shoot faster, down to 0.4 second.p. 7 (PDF p. 5), Game Ap. 7 (PDF p. 5), Game Ap. 7 (PDF p. 5), Game Ap. 7 (PDF p. 5), Game Ap. 7 (PDF p. 5), Game Ap. 7 (PDF p. 5), Game Ap. 8 (PDF p. 5), Rules, Games A and BManual
Game B puts two gunmen against the player. It plays like Game A, except that sometimes only one of them says "Fire," and then the player must shoot only that one; shooting the gunman who did not say it first is a FOUL.p. 7 (PDF p. 5), Game Bp. 7 (PDF p. 5), Game Bp. 7 (PDF p. 5), Game Bp. 8 (PDF p. 5), RulesManual
In Games A and B the player loses a duel by being shot first or by drawing before the gunman's "Fire," and the game ends after three losses.p. 8 (PDF p. 5), Rules, Games A and Bp. 8 (PDF p. 5), Rules, Games A and Bp. 8 (PDF p. 5), Rules, Games A and BManual
Game C is a shootout at a building: gunmen appear one after another from its windows and door, up to two at once, and the player must shoot them before they shoot. A wave is 10 gunmen, to be beaten with 15 bullets; the player loses when a gunman shoots first, and the game ends after three losses.p. 8 (PDF p. 5), Game Cp. 8 (PDF p. 5), Game Cp. 8 (PDF p. 5), Game Cp. 9 (PDF p. 6), Rules, Game Cp. 9 (PDF p. 6), Rules, Game Cp. 9 (PDF p. 6), Rules, Game Cp. 8 (PDF p. 5), Game CManual
In Games A and B the beaten gunman's reward becomes the score, with a bonus for the seconds left after beating him: the quicker the win, the higher the bonus. In Game C each beaten gunman's score is shown and added up as the game goes on.p. 9 (PDF p. 6), Scoring, Games A and Bp. 9 (PDF p. 6), Scoring, Games A and Bp. 9 (PDF p. 6), Scoring, Games A and Bp. 9 (PDF p. 6), Scoring, Game CManual