Marcus Stone (Game)

Marcus Stone is a 1997 Lightgun/Railshooter Game developed by Powerhouse Entertainment and Published by ProtoGame Entertainment, initially released for the Arcades (ProtoGame RTS), and was later released for the ProtoGame Podium

Gameplay
The gameplay consists of shooting enemies here and there, Player 1 plays as the titular protagonist, Player 2 plays as Sean Pierce, a hunter who joins Marcus in gratitude for saving him 5 years back, each player begins with 1-5 lives depending on settings, and can keep a maximum of 5 or 9 lives depending on settings (technically 6 or 10, as the last life is designated at no hearts and the 1P/2P Flashing Orange and White, signalling of running out of lives), the game has 5 stages


 * Stage 1: Beginning
 * Stage 2: Problems Rise
 * Stage 3: Climaxin'
 * Stage 4: The Falldown
 * Stage 5: Sunsets

Hostages
There are hostages Marcus and Sean need to save, each hostage saved gives 1000pts, but some do give life bonuses, shooting them will cost you a life.

Dip Switch (Arcade)

 * Starting Lives (0-5/9 depending on maximum lives setting)
 * Maximum Lives (5 or 9)
 * Difficulty (1-15)
 * Continue Point
 * No Continuiation at all
 * No Continue after Stage 2
 * No Continue after Stage 4
 * No Continue at Final Stage (Default)
 * Allow Continue at All times
 * Loop
 * No Loops (the game ends after final stage)
 * 1 Loop (the game goes back to stage 1 after the ending, but beating the final stage again will end the game)

Gameplay Setting (Podium)

 * Starting Lives (0-9)
 * Difficulty (1-15)
 * Maximum Lives (3, 5, 9)
 * Continues (0-9)
 * Extra Continue
 * Bonus A (Every 50,000 pts)
 * Bonue B (Every 100,000 pts)
 * Bonus C (Every 200,000 pts)
 * No Bonus