<s>
The	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
of	I-Application
Bayou	I-Application
Billy	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
released	O
by	O
Konami	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
1989	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
PAL	O
region	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
employs	O
three	O
play	O
styles	O
that	O
were	O
popular	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
:	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
,	O
light	O
gun	O
shooting	O
and	O
racing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Billy	O
West	O
,	O
otherwise	O
known	O
as	O
Bayou	B-Application
Billy	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
Crocodile	O
Dundee-like	O
survivalist	O
,	O
vigilante	O
,	O
and	O
former	O
U.S.	O
soldier	O
from	O
New	O
Orleans	O
,	O
who	O
has	O
fought	O
against	O
a	O
local	O
crime	O
boss	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
Godfather	O
Gordon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
follows	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
beat-	B-Application
'	I-Application
em-up	I-Application
format	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
(	O
Billy	O
)	O
must	O
engage	O
in	O
hand-to-hand	O
combat	O
against	O
every	O
enemy	O
he	O
encounters	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
proceed	O
from	O
one	O
area	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
until	O
reaching	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
each	O
stage	O
before	O
his	O
health	O
runs	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
enemies	O
in	O
the	O
beat-	B-Application
'	I-Application
em-up	I-Application
stages	O
are	O
human	O
bad	O
guys	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
will	O
occasionally	O
fight	O
animals	O
as	O
well	O
such	O
as	O
crocodiles	O
,	O
eagles	O
and	O
guard	O
dogs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Stages	O
2	O
and	O
7	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
adopts	O
a	O
rail	O
shooting	O
format	O
viewed	O
from	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
with	O
a	O
standard	O
controller	O
or	O
with	O
an	O
NES	B-Device
Zapper	I-Device
,	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
mode	O
chosen	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
before	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
these	O
two	O
stages	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
steers	O
and	O
accelerates	O
the	O
jeep	O
with	O
the	O
d-pad	B-Device
,	O
while	O
the	O
A	O
and	O
B	O
buttons	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
launch	O
grenades	O
at	O
airborne	O
enemy	O
vehicles	O
and	O
shoot	O
at	O
other	O
cars	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
Billy	O
's	O
jeep	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Famicom	O
in	O
Japan	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
Mad	B-Application
City	I-Application
and	O
was	O
retitled	O
The	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
of	I-Application
Bayou	I-Application
Billy	I-Application
when	O
it	O
was	O
converted	O
to	O
the	O
NES	O
for	O
the	O
international	O
market	O
,	O
undergoing	O
many	O
extensive	O
changes	O
during	O
the	O
localization	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NES	O
version	O
is	O
harder	O
than	O
the	O
Famicom	O
version	O
;	O
enemies	O
in	O
the	O
beat-	B-Application
'	I-Application
em-up	I-Application
stages	O
are	O
more	O
aggressive	O
and	O
have	O
more	O
health	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
starts	O
the	O
shooting	O
stages	O
with	O
less	O
ammunition	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
driving	O
stages	O
have	O
narrower	O
roads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DPCM-coded	O
voice	O
samples	O
were	O
added	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
announcer	O
declaring	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
title	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
starts	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
Gordon	O
laughing	O
between	O
stages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Archie	O
Comics	O
published	O
a	O
comic	O
book	O
series	O
based	O
on	O
The	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
of	I-Application
Bayou	I-Application
Billy	I-Application
written	O
by	O
Rich	O
Margopoulos	O
and	O
illustrated	O
by	O
Amanda	O
Conner	O
,	O
which	O
lasted	O
five	O
bi-monthly	O
issues	O
dated	O
from	O
September	O
1989	O
to	O
June	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bayou	B-Application
Billy	I-Application
(	O
whose	O
full	O
name	O
is	O
William	O
Jackson	O
West	O
in	O
the	O
comic	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
bounty	O
hunter	O
assisted	O
by	O
his	O
former	O
military	O
companions	O
of	O
Broadside	O
,	O
Sureshot	O
and	O
Tracker	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
protect	O
the	O
innocent	O
from	O
a	O
local	O
mob	O
led	O
by	O
Giles	O
Gordon	O
and	O
his	O
two	O
sons	O
Rocky	O
and	O
Rocco	O
(	O
who	O
were	O
originally	O
Gordon	O
's	O
bodyguards	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bayou	B-Application
Billy	I-Application
also	O
received	O
some	O
amount	O
of	O
exposure	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo-themed	O
animated	O
TV	O
series	O
Captain	O
N	O
:	O
The	O
Game	O
Master	O
,	O
where	O
Bayou	B-Application
Billy	I-Application
appears	O
in	O
an	O
episode	O
titled	O
"	O
How	O
's	O
Bayou	O
"	O
,	O
voiced	O
by	O
Garry	O
Chalk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playing	O
on	O
the	O
difficulty	O
of	O
its	O
real	O
world	O
counterpart	O
,	O
Bayou	B-Application
Billy	I-Application
was	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
one	O
game	O
even	O
Captain	O
N	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
conquer	O
yet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mother	B-Application
Brain	I-Application
had	O
Dr.	O
Wily	O
build	O
a	O
robot	O
cat	O
to	O
have	O
Duke	O
lead	O
Captain	O
N	O
to	O
Bayou	B-Application
Billy	I-Application
's	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Captain	O
N	O
ended	O
up	O
meeting	O
Bayou	B-Application
Billy	I-Application
where	O
he	O
learned	O
some	O
tricks	O
from	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
