How is Billy Frontier Port licensed?

project: CC-BY-NC SA 4.0 (this version). The repository itself is the authoritative source.

Billy Frontier Port

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An existing game or its source code brought to another platform.

About

A port of Pangea Software's Billy Frontier, a "cowboys in space" arcade action game, to modern operating systems. Downloads are offered for macOS, Windows and Linux, and the game includes duels, shootouts and stampedes.

How it differs from the original

The original game was released for PowerPC Macs in 2003; this version runs on modern systems.

Getting started

Download the release for macOS, Windows or Linux. In shootouts, shoot with the left mouse button, duck with the right mouse button or Ctrl, and turn with A/D, the arrow keys, the mouse wheel or by moving the cursor to the screen edge. In stampedes, turn with A/D or the arrow keys and jump with the spacebar. In duels, match the reflex sequence with the arrow keys. A build guide for compiling from source is included in the repo.

Features

The arcade action game includes duels, shootouts, and stampedes.

How to install

Download the game for macOS, Windows, or Linux from the releases page.

Controls

In shootouts, shoot with the left mouse button.
In shootouts, duck with the right mouse button or Ctrl.
In shootouts, turn by moving the cursor to a screen edge, scrolling the mouse wheel or trackpad horizontally, or pressing A/D or the left/right keys.
In shootouts, proceed after all baddies are out with the middle mouse button, or ⌘ on Mac or Alt on Windows/Linux.
In stampedes, turn with A/D or the left/right keys.
In stampedes, jump with the spacebar.
In duels, match the reflex sequence using the arrow keys.
Skip a duel with ⌘+F10 on Mac or ⊞+F10 on Windows/Linux.

Summarised from the project's README.

Licensing & legal

This version is licensed under CC-BY-NC SA 4.0 and was re-released with permission from Pangea Software.

Additional notes

Related ports: The same author also ports Bugdom, Cro-Mag Rally, Mighty Mike, Nanosaur and Otto Matic.

FAQ

What is Billy Frontier Port?: Billy Frontier Port is an open-source port. An existing game or its source code brought to another platform. The original game ran on macOS, Windows and Linux.
How is Billy Frontier Port licensed?: project: CC-BY-NC SA 4.0 (this version). The repository itself is the authoritative source.