"Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear… when men were men, women were women, and sheep were scared! The year is 1888; the setting, post-Gold Rush California. As Freddy Pharkas, you uncover a treacherous plot to turn your once-thriving metropolis into a ghost town. With pestles and pistols, you defend your bucolic burg from one catastrophe after another: arson, stampedes, hired guns, riverboat gamblers… even terminal flatulence!"