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Strategy / tactics

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

by Spellbound Entertainment·published by Infogrames, Atari, Inc.

18 April 2001Teen23
PCLinuxWindowsMac

Reader score

7.9/ 10

49 votes

How long to beat

only 1 report

24h

Rushed

main story only

32h

Normally

story and some extras

36h

Completionist

everything in it

Where to get it

Trailer

Gallery

37

Screenshots

Key art

About

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is a top-down isometric real-time tactics video game that takes place in a Wild West setting. The main protagonist is John Cooper, a lone rider skillful with his gun as much as his knife, who is hired as a bounty hunter to stop a series of train robberies perpetrated by a mysterious bandit known as El Diablo, but soon discovers his mission is far from being as simple as it seems.

During his journey across the Wild West and its 25 levels in pre-rendered 3D - from a Mexican village to gold mines and rocky canyons - John will gather a team of partners old and new to aid him in his mission, including Sam Williams the expert in explosives, Kate O'Hara the seductress, Doc McCoy the safecracker and sniper, or Sanchez the Mexican outlaw. While the gameplay is largely similar to titles from the Commandos series, even including similar features like the spyglass to see the enemies' field of vision, Desperados doesn't emphasize stealth as much, allowing shootouts to happen in many situations if planned carefully.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Included in

Atari Hits 2006

Languages

6 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English—
French—
German—
Italian—
Russian—
Spanish (Spain)—

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Supported Systems/Models

x86 (32-bit)

Drivers/APIs Supported

DirectDraw

Media Type

CD-ROM, Download, DVD-ROM

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard, Mouse

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

GOG.com

Single-player

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium II

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 95

Min. RAM Required

64 MB

Min. DirectX Version Required

DirectX 7.1

Min. CD-ROM Drive Speed Required

4X (600 KB/s)

Min. Video Memory Required

4 MB

Video Modes Supported

Full screen

Video Resolutions Supported

640×480, 800×600, 1024×768

Box art

Also known as

Death Valley — Working title

Desperados: Poszukiwany Żywy lub Martwy — Polish title

Desperados: The Shadow of El Diablo — Working title

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Facts

Released

18 April 2001

Platforms

PCLinuxWindowsMac

Age ratings

ESRBTeenPEGI12USK12ACBM15+ClassInd12ELSPA11+SELL12DJCTQ12

Standing

Top 5% by 24hr peak players

Tags

Diagonal-downFree cameraIsometricReal-timeReal-time tactics (RTT)StealthMultiple units/characters controlPoint and selectNorth AmericaWestern