Hangman The Wild West II for Windows

You know a game of hangman will end violently when you choose letters with your gun. Hangman The Wild West II follows a gunslinger named Billy who must save townspeople and kill bandits. In the Billy's Adventure mode, you solve the word puzzles in a saloon under the gaze of barflies, while a hangman builds a scaffold outside. You have six bullets to waste on wrong letters, after which you get hanged. If you meet the goals, you fight a reflex-based shoot-out with the bad guy. Dead or Alive is a sudden-death mode, where you identify letters missing from nearly complete words. If you type in one wrong letter, a bandit shoots you in the head. If you win, you shoot him.

The vocabulary is sophisticated, and you can mix it up further by choosing a topic area such as States. You can mute the music and sound effects separately and play in full-screen or window modes. The game is full of promotional screens selling the registered version, and it takes three clicks to actually exit. Though it's too violent for young children, Hangman The Wild West II packs a lot of fun.