Spaghetti Western Simulator

Spaghetti Western Simulator is an action-packed arcade shooter set in the Wild West. You step into the boots of Clint Westband, the most feared bounty hunter in Texas. The gameplay sees Clint roaming through five renegade towns, each infested with bandits who pop out from doors and windows. The goal is to eliminate a set number of outlaws to clear the town and collect the bounty. Clint can run, jump, crouch, and fire his six-shooters in multiple directions, including diagonally. A strategic layer is added by innocent townsfolk who also appear in windows; shooting them costs energy and bounty. You must manage ammunition, energy, and money, collecting power-ups like dynamite, jackets, and food scattered along the streets.

ZX Spectrum

Released in 1990 by Zeppelin Games, the ZX Spectrum version of Spaghetti Western Simulator was developed by a team including Des O'Toole, Norman Illings, Stephen Anderson, and Tink . This budget title required 48K of memory and was published on cassette tape . Like the other conversions, the Spectrum version features five horizontally scrolling levels of increasing difficulty, all sharing a similar visual style . While the core gameplay remains intact—shooting bandits, avoiding civilians, and managing resources—this version received particularly harsh criticism upon release. British magazines like Crash and Your Sinclair delivered scathing reviews, with one publication describing the port as "completely inept" . The game scored an average of 68% in Crash magazine, reflecting a broader disappointment with the conversion quality .