Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Law of the West

Title	Law of the West
First release	1985
Developers	Aackosoft, Accolade
Publisher	Accolade
Platforms	Apple II, Commodore 64, NES / Famicom
Genres	action game, action-adventure game, adventure video game
Also known as	西部の掟
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
Releases	Commodore 64: 1985-09-03 NES / Famicom: 1987-03-06
Wikidata ID	Q6503495

Navigating the streets of Gold Gulch as the new sheriff, players must manage encounters with various characters using a selectable answer system. Each conversation features three distinct phases with four pre-formulated responses, allowing players to resolve conflicts through dialogue or resort to quick-draw shooting mechanics to maintain order in the frontier town.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Sources

Wikidata (Q6503495) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (c64/law-of-the-west) · last updated 2026-09-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (nes/law-of-the-west) · last updated 2026-10-25 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (38326) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (48338) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Accolade · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos (11): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Accolade · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Accolade · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots, Logos (3): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Accolade · internal use only.

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Videos

Commodore 64 Longplay [300] Law of the West (US)

World-of-Longplays · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 20:41auto-matched
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Commodore 64 - Law of the West - Gameplay

retrochenta · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 28:31auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:search, checked 2026-10-30 18:47 UTC

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