Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is a real-time tactics video game developed by Spellbound Entertainment and published by Infogrames for Microsoft Windows.
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| Developer(s) | Spellbound Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Infogrames |
| Director(s) | Jean-Marc Haessig |
| Producer(s) | Armin Gessert |
| Designer(s) | Jean-Marc Haessig |
| Programmer(s) | Stéphane Becker |
| Composer(s) | Michael Anarp Serge Mandon Giovanni Vindigni |
| Series | Desperados |
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| Release | Windows
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| Genre(s) | Real-time tactics |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
In the game, the player controls up to six characters in an Old West setting. The protagonist is a worldly knife-fighter and gunslinger, John Cooper, who sets out to capture a notorious train-robber named "El Diablo" and claim the bounty on his head. As Cooper sets off on his quest, he is aided by five companions and they work together in a real-time, stealth-based structure, although all-out gunfights are still highly possible in the game.
The game is the first in the Desperados series, initially followed in 2006 by Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge and in 2007 by a stand-alone expansion Helldorado. A multiplayer-oriented title that would have been called Desperados Gangs was in development when Spellbound shut down. The series was revived in 2020 with Desperados III developed by Mimimi Productions and published by THQ Nordic.