Plot
The game's plot is remarkably darker than most games at the time. The player assumes the role of Buck, a hardworking family man, whose wife and children are murdered by a band of outlaws. One by one, Buck tracks down the various outlaws, earning higher and higher bounties as he progresses. The final foe is the outlaw leader, Landolf.
"We were livin' a quiet life, when one day for no reason my wife and my children were killed in cold blood! And I was wounded, unable to help. Why this? Why us? Why? I won't let them get away with it. I'll get every last one of 'em!"
— Buck, Badlands prologue
The outlaws, ranked in order of their bounties, are as follows:
- Gas, for $2,500
- Doug, for $2,500
- Smith, for $3,000
- Paco, for $3,000
- Bull, for $4,000
- Lloyd, for $5,000
- Liston, for $5,000
- Hawk, for $6,000
- Mary, for $7,000
- Landolf, for $10,000
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