Bayou Billy sucks and rocks at the same time. Luckily there's MAD CITY which is the same but without the stupid parts like difficulty.
It could have been a masterpiece, for me, because I actually liked all the genres combined (and they were well-executed by Konami...the light gun stuff was tough with a controller (aiming quickly), but I did it routinely...with an actual light gun, also passable...but actually getting off a slew of shots quickly was the challenge. So, a nice challenge for both controllers.
Anyway, the beat-em-up sections should have been far more fun and less TEDIOUS.
I got to the last boss many times and still remember the anguish, as a kid, of dying when I was a kick or three away from beating the damn game.
Damn it, I had a Bayou a Billy comic image and I can't find it.