Editing Gun Fight (section)

==Gameplay==
''Western Gun'' is a single-screen shooter<ref name="allgame"/> where two players compete in an Old West gun fight.<ref name = arcadeflyer1>{{cite web|title=The Arcade Flyer Archive: Western Gun|url=http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=1358|access-date=2015-06-18}}</ref> It was the first video game to depict human-to-human [[Action game|combat]].<ref name=gamespy2>{{cite web|last=Cassidy|first=William|title=Gun Fight|url=http://uk.gamespy.com/articles/491/491634p2.html|publisher=[[GameSpy]]|access-date=14 September 2012|date=May 6, 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124064335/http://uk.gamespy.com/articles/491/491634p2.html|archive-date=24 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="Steinberg">{{citation|title=Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia|volume=1|author=Shirley R. Steinberg|editor1=Shirley R. Steinberg |editor2=Michael Kehler |editor3=Lindsay Cornish |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|year=2010|isbn=978-0-313-35080-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XRGEIqzv5rsC|access-date=2011-04-02|page=451}}</ref> When shot, the characters fall to the ground and the words "GOT ME!" appear above the body.<ref name="gamespy1"/> The game has two [[joystick]]s per player: an eight-way joystick for moving the computerized cowboy and the other for changing the shooting direction.<ref name="Kotaku"/><ref>{{KLOV game|10420|Western Gun}}</ref> Unlike later dual stick games, ''Western Gun'' has the movement joystick on the right.

Obstacles between the characters block shots, such as a [[cactus]],<ref name="Wilson">{{citation|title=High score! The illustrated history of electronic games|author1=Rusel DeMaria |author2=Johnny L. Wilson |name-list-style=amp |edition=2|publisher=[[McGraw-Hill Professional]]|year=2003|isbn=0-07-223172-6|pages=24–5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HJNvZLvpCEQC|access-date=2011-04-02}}</ref> and (in later [[Level (video gaming)|levels]]) stagecoaches.<ref name = "gamespy1"/> The guns have limited ammunition, with each player given six bullets. A round ends if both players run out of ammo.<ref name="allgame"/> Gunshots can ricochet off the top and bottom edges of the playfield, allowing for indirect hits.<ref name="allgame"/><ref name="Wilson"/>

Taito's original ''Western Gun'' allows the two players to move around anywhere on the screen. Midway's version, ''Gun Fight'', restricts each player to their respective portions of the screen and also increased the size of the characters.<ref name="honestgamers">{{cite web |title=Gun Fight (Arcade) review |url=http://www.honestgamers.com/13874/arcade/gun-fight/review.html |website=Honest Gamers |date=June 15, 2018 |access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref>