Gun Fight

For the act of winning or losing fights with a gun, see Gunfight. For the film, see Gun Fight (film). For the 1969 Sega electro-mechanical game, see Arcade game.
Gun Fight
North American print ad
DeveloperTaito
Publishers
DesignersTomohiro Nishikado
Dave Nutting (US)
ProgrammerTom McHugh (US)
PlatformsArcade, Astrocade, Atari 8-bit
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: September 1975
  • NA: November 1975
  • EU: 1975
Astrocade
Atari 8-bit
GenreMultidirectional shooter
ModeMultiplayer
Arcade systemTaito Discrete Logic
Midway 8080 (US)

Gun Fight is a 1975 multidirectional shooter arcade video game released by Midway in North America. It is based on Western Gun, designed by Tomohiro Nishikado and released by Taito in Japan and Europe. Based around two Old West cowboys armed with revolvers and squaring off in a duel, it was the first video game to depict human-to-human combat. The Midway version was also the first video game to use a microprocessor instead of TTL. The game's concept was adapted from Sega's 1969 arcade electro-mechanical game Gun Fight.

The game was a global commercial success. In Japan, Western Gun was among the top ten highest-grossing arcade video games of 1976. In the United States, Gun Fight sold 8,600 arcade cabinets and was the third highest-grossing arcade game of 1975, second highest-grossing arcade game of 1976 and fifth highest arcade game of 1977.

It was ported to the Bally Astrocade video game console as a built-in game in 1977 and later the Atari 8-bit computers.


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