The Adventures of Bayou Billy: The Review of a Cajun Rescue

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Review of The Adventurs of Bayou Billy by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System NES has been posted in our articles section.

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Intro

This is an interesting sort of game. It actually uses two means of control. It is one of the very few licensed games to utilizes a wonderful attachment to the NES, the Zapper. Too few games in the USA used the Zapper. I have to say that for sure. This game moves between shooting, side-scrolling fighting and driving! For the NES, it was rare to get a game that did. Still, this game has it quirks.

Story

You’re the fine young Bayou Billy, and Gordon’s gone and stanched your girl Annebella! The man’s in need of some schoolin’! Okay, that’s my take on it, but it’s done in a style imitating the bayou lingo of the South. Gangsters grabbed your girl because you went and smashed up their warehouse. So, all riled up, Billy’s going in to take care of Gordon.

Gameplay

This is where the game gets a bit interesting. The controller is used for most of the games, and only in Game A do you have the chance of using your treasured Light Gun. The game has three parts to it: Fightin’, Drivin’ and Shootin’
Fightin’: This Double Dragon, just not really all too well balanced in terms of play. The enemies take a good number of smacks to take down and that’s just the standard variety! Punch with B, Kick with A, Jump Kick with Both. Not all that great hit detection honestly.
Drivin’: The car, I swear is LOADED with...

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The Adventures of Bayou Billy: The Review of a Cajun Rescue

[kangaroo]

Good review