Sheriff (video game)

Sheriff
European arcade flyer
Developers
Publishers
DesignerGenyo Takeda
ArtistShigeru Miyamoto
PlatformArcade
Release
  • JP: October 1979
  • EU: November 1979
  • NA: November 1979
GenreMultidirectional shooter
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemNintendo 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.