I call it the 'Rolling Thunder' genre. Rolling Thunder was inspired by the old Elevator Action games, but turned into a side scroller. Stuff like Sega's Shinobi, Shadow Dancer, ESWAT, Code Name: Viper, Joe and Mac (arcade), Sunset Riders. the genre generally involves two level playing fields (high and low), one hit deaths, duck and cover gameplay, saving hostages, or opening doors to find items. Lots of memorization.
Cow Boys was really half baked. A bunch of companies jumped on like it was going to be the next TMNT. There were toys, clothes, weird accessories. Kids didn't receive it, maybe it wasn't marketed enough, or it just sucked. I remember seeing, for several years, Cow Boys, toys, paper plates, cookies, party favors, tshirts, kids shoes at PicNSav/Biglots.
>Of all those humanoid animal shows in the wake of TMNT it was probably Street Sharks of all things that had the most success.
Biker Mice from Mars had more success than Cowboys of Moomesa. It was part of the 'we want to be the next Ninja Turtles' trend. CowBoys of Moomesa was created by an artist that worked for Mirage Studios, so it does have some Ninja Turtles DNA in it. They were really trying to make it a thing. But maybe the weird alt 'old west' scenario didn't work out? Maybe it was a bit half baked?
There had been a small uptick of wild west interest in the 90s after being dormant for about 20-30 years. Back to the Future III, Feivel Goes West, and Tombstone were all relatively new at the time. My guess is that the creatives of the time would have been old enough to have childhood memories of 1950s westerns. Kind of like how 80s nostalgia is big now.
Its true. In fact the only reason I remember it is because it was the lead in show to Sonic The Hedgehog on Saturday mornings. I'd always catch at least the last ten minutes or so. It was you bog standard Saturday morning cartoon that tried to bank on TMNT.
>but better
I felt it was kinda limited in movement compared to SR. Still good though. It's amazing how Konami made so many good games based on western cartoons.
To answer your question: it was a bit too gay for the early 90s. Not coincidentally, there was no home console port, either.
Great game though.
What's this genre called?
"Action Game".
>What's this genre called?
I call it the 'Rolling Thunder' genre. Rolling Thunder was inspired by the old Elevator Action games, but turned into a side scroller. Stuff like Sega's Shinobi, Shadow Dancer, ESWAT, Code Name: Viper, Joe and Mac (arcade), Sunset Riders. the genre generally involves two level playing fields (high and low), one hit deaths, duck and cover gameplay, saving hostages, or opening doors to find items. Lots of memorization.
Oh I thought this game was one of those Wild Guns shooters
Run and gun
looks like some ABC Saturday morning cartoon that runs for 4 episodes and gets memory holed
It was based off a really obscure cartoon. Konami was literally grabbing any license they could after how popular their TMNT games became
Cow Boys was really half baked. A bunch of companies jumped on like it was going to be the next TMNT. There were toys, clothes, weird accessories. Kids didn't receive it, maybe it wasn't marketed enough, or it just sucked. I remember seeing, for several years, Cow Boys, toys, paper plates, cookies, party favors, tshirts, kids shoes at PicNSav/Biglots.
Kids can detect ripoffs just as easily as anyone else.
Listen to this in its entirety.
Of all those humanoid animal shows in the wake of TMNT it was probably Street Sharks of all things that had the most success.
that's cuz street sharks was jawsome, those toys were killer
>Of all those humanoid animal shows in the wake of TMNT it was probably Street Sharks of all things that had the most success.
Biker Mice from Mars had more success than Cowboys of Moomesa. It was part of the 'we want to be the next Ninja Turtles' trend. CowBoys of Moomesa was created by an artist that worked for Mirage Studios, so it does have some Ninja Turtles DNA in it. They were really trying to make it a thing. But maybe the weird alt 'old west' scenario didn't work out? Maybe it was a bit half baked?
There had been a small uptick of wild west interest in the 90s after being dormant for about 20-30 years. Back to the Future III, Feivel Goes West, and Tombstone were all relatively new at the time. My guess is that the creatives of the time would have been old enough to have childhood memories of 1950s westerns. Kind of like how 80s nostalgia is big now.
Its true. In fact the only reason I remember it is because it was the lead in show to Sonic The Hedgehog on Saturday mornings. I'd always catch at least the last ten minutes or so. It was you bog standard Saturday morning cartoon that tried to bank on TMNT.
I remember this game always had a line of people waiting to play, same as Violent Storm which didn't get ported either.
>but better
I felt it was kinda limited in movement compared to SR. Still good though. It's amazing how Konami made so many good games based on western cartoons.