Sheriff (video game)

Sheriff
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)Genyo Takeda[8]
Artist(s)Shigeru Miyamoto
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
Genre(s)Multi-directional shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, two-player[9]
Arcade systemNintendo 8080[10]

Sheriff,[a] also known as Bandido, is a 1979 multi-directional shooter arcade game by Nintendo. It is one of several Western-themed video games from the 1970s, along with Western Gun, Outlaw, and Boot Hill. The player controls a county sheriff tasked with defense of a town against bandits, to rescue the captured woman. It was a commercial success in Japan, where it was among the top ten highest-grossing arcade games of 1979.

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  3. ^ Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 57. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  4. ^ "L.A. Distrib Holds 6th Annual Show" (PDF). Cash Box. 1979-12-15. p. 41.
  5. ^ Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 128. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  6. ^ McFerran, Damien (2018-02-26). "Feature: Shining A Light On Ikegami Tsushinki, The Company That Developed Donkey Kong". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  7. ^ Calvert, Darren (24 March 2015). "Feature: Before They Were Enemies, Sega And Nintendo Worked On One Of The Rarest Arcade Games Ever Made". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Iwata Asks: Punch-Out!! - Investigating a Glove Interface". Nintendo. August 7, 2009. Archived from the original on January 11, 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
  9. ^ Sheriff at the Killer List of Videogames
  10. ^ "Nintendo 8080 hardware". GitHub. MAME. Retrieved 19 May 2021.


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