Sheriff (video game)
| Sheriff | |
|---|---|
European arcade flyer | |
| Developers | |
| Publishers | |
| Designer | Genyo Takeda |
| Artist | Shigeru Miyamoto |
| Platform | Arcade |
| Release | |
| Genre | Multidirectional shooter |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Nintendo 8080 |
Sheriff, also known as Bandido, is a 1979 multidirectional shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo for arcades. 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.