In early 1984, the team of Konami/Centuri, who at the time released games like Track & Field, Hyper Sports, and Super Basketball, decided to enter the laserdisc world with Badlands.

In Badlands, you play a character named Buck, whose wife and children were killed by a group of bad guys. Revenge is the only thing on your mind. You head for town, equipped only with your gun, searching for the people who ruined your life.