1 9 5 7 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : American ▁university ▁and ▁college ▁fac ulty ▁de ans ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁histor ians ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁American ▁histor ians <0x0A> </s> ▁D ash in ' ▁Des per ado es ▁is ▁a ▁platform ▁game ▁by ▁Data ▁East ▁for ▁the ▁S ega ▁Gen esis ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁In ▁the ▁game ▁players ▁control ▁one ▁of ▁two ▁cow bo ys , ▁Will ▁or ▁Rick , ▁who ▁run ▁and ▁negoti ate ▁various ▁obst acles ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁ma iden ▁Jen ny . ▁ ▁Play ing ▁the ▁game ▁on ▁Japanese ▁hardware ▁yields ▁an ▁alternate ▁title , ▁R umble ▁K ids , ▁despite ▁being ▁never ▁released ▁in ▁Japan . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁Data ▁East ▁also ▁released ▁a ▁Ne o - Ge o ▁exclusive ▁game ▁titled ▁Sp in master ▁featuring ▁main ▁characters ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁ones ▁in ▁D ash in ' ▁Des per ado es . ▁ ▁Game play ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 - player ▁game , ▁the ▁cow boy ▁hat ▁we aring ▁hero , ▁Will , ▁races ▁to ▁reach ▁Jen ny , ▁the ▁bl ond - ha ired ▁ma iden ▁who ▁wa its ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁each ▁level . ▁ ▁The ▁hero ▁is ▁racing ▁against ▁his ▁bl ond - ha ired ▁nem esis , ▁Rick , ▁who ▁also ▁is ▁trying ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁girl . ▁ ▁Through ▁obst acles , ▁ha z ards , ▁and ▁various ▁cre atures