NES/Famicom

Cowboy Kid

In this game you play the role of a young gunslinger who travels the land fighting baddies and playing mini games. The main game play involves you moving around the towns horizontally collecting gold by hitting chest whilst at the same time killing the bad guys before they kill you. There is also an RPG element to it where you have to visit people in the towns in order to proceed like at the very beginning where you need to first acquire a knife and you are then able to smash the chest and get money in order to buy a key which in turn allows you to enter the Sheriffs building. Once you are made sheriff you can go to various towns hunting down an outlaw for the bounty money. There are also mi...

Genre: Action
Year: 1992
Developer: Visco Corporation
Publisher: Romstar Incorporated
Players: 2

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Achievements

58 achievements · 359 total points

Jab 'n Stab Obtain a knife
1 pts
Shoot 'n Toot Obtain a pistol
2 pts
Blastin' Fast Obtain a musket
3 pts
Proof of Occupation Obtain a star
1 pts
Buying Your Way In Earn $60 and buy a key
1 pts
I Am the Law! Become the Sheriff of Villatown
1 pts
Badges of Bravery Collect 5 stars and earn an additional hit point
3 pts
Outlasting the Outlaws Max out your life at 16 hit points
10 pts
Giddy Up and Up and Up! Purchase a Ladder
2 pts
You Are Here, Pardner Purchase a Map
2 pts
Cowboy's Best Friend Purchase a Hat
2 pts
It's a Mystery... Purchase Meat
3 pts
Better Lead Than Dead Purchase a Bullet-Proof Vest
3 pts
Which Came First? Purchase Chicken
2 pts
Dairy Delicious Purchase Cheese
2 pts
Knead Some Health? Purchase Bread
2 pts
Howdy There, Patty! Purchase a Hamburger
2 pts
Fresh from the Swimming Hole Purchase a Fish
2 pts
Frank Furter's Surprise Purchase a Hot Dog
2 pts
Finger Lickin' Good Purchase Fried Chicken
2 pts
Ain't They from Belgium? Purchase French Fries
2 pts
Crashing Slash Capture Slash Joe, the Knife Expert
5 pts
Bruising the Brothers Capture the Mad Brothers, the Duo of Evil
5 pts
Harming the Hawk Master Capture Keith, the Hawk Master
5 pts
Warding Away the Wild Wolf Capture Wild Wolf Chief, the Bad Indian
5 pts
Gripping the Gun Capture Billy Morgan, Gun For Hire
5 pts
Hurting the Hermit Capture Coyote Jim, the Desert Hermit
5 pts
Best of the West Capture Scorpion Master, the Ruler of Nature, and beat the game
10 pts
A Cut Above the Rest Defeat Slash Joe without taking damage
10 pts
Two Times the Failure Defeat the Mad Brothers without taking damage
10 pts
Great Leverage Clear the handcar section of Keith's mission after repairing the tracks while always at maximum speed and without pausing
5 pts
Plucked Feathers Defeat Keith without taking damage
10 pts
Call of the Wild Defeat Wild Wolf Chief without taking damage
10 pts
Mr. Morgan's Fired Defeat Billy Morgan in the first encounter without taking damage
5 pts
Demolition Desperado Destroy the pillar and catch Billy Morgan without taking damage
10 pts
Dispersing the Pack Defeat Coyote Jim and his assistants without taking damage
10 pts
Steel Ball Run Defeat Scorpion Master's flail guard without taking damage
10 pts
A Little Pet-Sitting Defeat Scorpion Master's scorpion without taking damage
10 pts
That Must Sting! Defeat Scorpion Master without taking damage
25 pts
Slash Sam, the Knife Legend Beat the game without having any weapons other than the knife
25 pts
Western Warrior Beat the game without using any continues
50 pts
Bounty Buster Earn $9,999
10 pts
Strongman Sheriff Win the grand prize of $200 in the Striker game 10 times
5 pts
The 21 Kid Win 10 games of Blackjack
5 pts
Perfect Precision Shoot all 45 targets in the shooting gallery game
5 pts
Winning Wager Shoot at least 20 targets in the double-or-nothing shooting gallery game
5 pts
Neigh-Stayer Spend the night in the horse stall
1 pts
Average Accommodations Spend the night in the suite
2 pts
Good, Clean Fun Spend the night in the royal suite
3 pts
Chatty Cowpoke vs. Slash Joe Talk to every citizen while seeking out Slash Joe
5 pts
Chatty Cowpoke vs. the Mad Brothers Talk to every citizen while seeking out the Mad Brothers
5 pts
Chatty Cowpoke vs. Keith Talk to every citizen while seeking out Keith
5 pts
Chatty Cowpoke vs. Wild Wolf Chief Talk to every citizen while seeking out Wild Wolf Chief
5 pts
Chatty Cowpoke vs. Billy Morgan Talk to every citizen while seeking out Billy Morgan
5 pts
Chatty Cowpoke vs. Scorpion Master Talk to every citizen while seeking out Scorpion Master
5 pts
Staving Off Crime Open 50 barrels
5 pts
Hard to Contain Yerself Open 50 treasure chests
5 pts
The Untouchable Obtain a POW
3 pts

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Cowboy Kid frequently asked questions

How do I play Cowboy Kid online with a friend?

Cowboy Kid (NES/Famicom) can be played online with friends using Etera's P2P netplay. Create a room in the launcher and invite your friend, who joins through the invite. Step by step:

Download the Etera launcher for Windows or Linux and create your account.
Ask your friend to do the same and add them to your friends list.
Pick the game in the library and create a netplay room.
Invite your friend: they accept the invite and join the room.
The launcher keeps dependencies on the same version for both players, avoiding desync.

How do I play Cowboy Kid on PC?

Download the Etera launcher (Windows or Linux), find Cowboy Kid in the NES/Famicom library and click to download. The launcher handles the emulator and setup for you.

Does Cowboy Kid netplay lag?

Etera uses a direct P2P connection between players, which usually means low latency. Results depend on each player's internet quality.

Does Cowboy Kid have achievements?

Yes, Cowboy Kid has 58 achievements worth 359 points. Achievements are counted and saved to your history and the leaderboard for subscribers and during the trial period.

Can I play Cowboy Kid for free?

Yes. Every account gets a 5-day trial with premium features. After that, the free plan allows 3 new games per day and 1 netplay session per day. Premium raises those limits.

Play Cowboy Kid on Etera

Download the launcher for Windows or Linux, find this game in the library and play solo or with friends.