gunlord
Gunlord is a 2012 single-player run and gun video game developed and published by German indie company NG:Dev.Team for the SNK Neo Geo MVS and the SEGA Dreamcast.
It is the first run and gun title from NG:Dev.Team and their third game overall.
Taking place after the events of a previous game called Last Hope, the player assumes the role of the titular Gunlord facing against an evil lord called "The Master" on planet Kairos II while searching for his wife Vanessa, who went missing after defeating the evil empire of the previous game.
Inspired by 16-bit titles such as Contra and Turrican, the game originally started development in 2003 but was postponed for various years until the project was resumed in 2010, lasting eighteenth months in production.
Gunlord garnered positive reception from critics since its release; praise was given to the audiovisual presentation and exploration-based gameplay but criticism was geared towards several aspects such as the expansive level design, difficulty and technical issues on the Dreamcast version. An updated version with new content titled Gunlord X was later released for the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 4.