# Wild Gunman > Play Wild Gunman online free: your mouse or finger is the NES Zapper. Wait for FIRE, then outdraw the outlaws in three Wild West game modes. - Play in the browser: https://yesthisgame.com/wild-gunman/ - Category: Shooting - Made by: a third-party developer; hosted and played on Yes This Game - Price: free, no download, no sign-up ## In short Wild Gunman is Nintendo's 1984 Wild West quick-draw game for the NES Zapper light gun. Here your mouse or your finger is the gun: wait until the outlaw's eyes flash and he shouts FIRE, then shoot him before he shoots you. Duel one outlaw, two outlaws or a whole gang. Play it in your browser with no Zapper needed, and switch on unlimited lives with the cheats button. **How to control it:** Press Play, then click or tap the game (or press Start, Enter) to begin. Select (V) picks Game A, B or C. Wait for FIRE, then click or tap on the outlaw to shoot. The magic wand button next to full screen opens the cheats. **Wild Gunman** is the quick-draw duel from the early days of the NES. An outlaw walks out into the desert, stops and stares at you. Do not move until his eyes flash and he shouts **FIRE!!** , then shoot before he does. Draw too early and it is a foul. On the NES you needed the Zapper light gun; here your mouse or your finger is the gun, so it plays right in your browser with nothing extra. More classic NES games: [Battle City](https://yesthisgame.com/battle-city/), [Excitebike](https://yesthisgame.com/excitebike/) and [Super Mario Bros.](https://yesthisgame.com/super-mario-bros/) ## How to play 1. Press **Play** under the title picture. Pick a mode with **Select** (V), then click or tap the game, or press **Start** (Enter). 2. **Game A:** one outlaw. **Game B:** two outlaws at once. **Game C:** a whole gang. 3. Wait. The moment the outlaw's eyes flash and the FIRE!! bubble appears, aim at him and click or tap. 4. The two timers at the top show your time and the outlaw's. Beat his time to win the reward; shoot before FIRE and it is a foul. 5. Lose a duel and you lose a life. The outlaws draw faster as you go. ## Controls **Computer:** the mouse is the Zapper: move it to aim (a small cross shows where) and click to shoot. **V** is Select and **Enter** is Start. Move the mouse over the game to show the bar with pause, restart, sound, save state, load state and full screen buttons. **Phone and tablet:** tap the outlaw to shoot. **Select** and **Start** buttons appear under the game. When you shoot, the screen flashes for a moment. That is how the real Zapper worked: the game blinks the targets white to see what you hit. ## Cheats Press the **magic wand** button next to the full screen button above the game. A small panel opens over the game, and the game waits until you close it. - **Unlimited lives:** losing a duel never ends the game. Reloading the page turns the cheats off again. ## About Wild Gunman Gunpei Yokoi made the first Wild Gunman in 1974 for Nintendo, as an arcade light gun machine that played film of a real gunslinger. The Famicom game came out in Japan on 18 February 1984, with the light gun, and in North America on 18 October 1985 as one of the Zapper games of the NES launch. Marty McFly plays it in an arcade in the film Back to the Future Part II. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Wild Gunman free to play here? Yes. You can play it free in your browser on Yes This Game, with no download and no sign-up. ### Do I need a Zapper to play Wild Gunman here? No. Your mouse works as the light gun on a computer, and your finger on a phone or tablet. ### Why does it say FOUL? You shot before the outlaw shouted FIRE. Wait for his eyes to flash and the FIRE!! bubble, then shoot. ### Can I play it on my phone? Yes. On a phone or tablet you tap the outlaw to shoot. ### Can I save my progress? Yes. The bar under the game has save state and load state buttons that keep the game in your browser on this device.