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Not who you're looking for? Others named Bandits: Belgian musicgroup · book by Eric Hobsbawm · 1997 film by Katja von Garnier · 2001 film by Barry Levinson

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Bandits is a 1982 fixed shooter written by Tony and Benny Ngo for the Apple II and published by Sirius Software. The game is a clone of Taito's 1980 Stratovox arcade video game where the goal is to prevent aliens from stealing objects. Bandits was ported to the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, and VIC-20. Gameplay Supplies stored on the moon–represented as fruit–are coveted by alien invaders. Various types of those bandits enter, via a mothership, in waves. The player's job is to shoot them using the spaceship at the bottom of the screen. If an invader reached the bottom right part of the screen, it steals an item. The player can activate a shield which makes the spaceship invulnerable for a limited time. There are 28 levels. Reception David H. Ahl found the game to be "sensational" and "great fun." He liked the wide range of alien types, but found the best control scheme to be the one the fewest people were likely to use: an Atari CX40 joystick connected through a Sirius Joyport. This option allows pushing forward on the stick to activate shields; it isn't available with an Apple joystick. Dawn Gordon, reviewing the Atari 8-bit version for Electronic Games, wrote: "Bandits has a very annoying flaw. The time lapse from when the disk is booted to when play actually begins is three minutes and seven seconds! As each level is completed throughout the game, the computer pauses to load additional information, and the process can take up to 12 seconds."

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“When the ideal of Society is material gain or possession, as it is largely today, the object of its special condemnation is the thief – not the rich thief, for he is already in possession and therefore respectable, but the poor thief.”
— Edward Carpenter, "Defence of Criminals – Criticism of Immorality" (1889)
“All stealing is comparative. If you come to absolutes, pray who does not steal?”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, Second Series (1844), ‘Experience’.
“In a petty theft you steal money and gold, but in electoral theft you steal the future of the country. The second crime can be committed by the meanest persons.”
— Mehmet Murat
“What’s the cadet motto at West Point? You will not lie, cheat, or steal, or tolerate those who do. I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. It’s — it was like — we had entire training courses. It reminds you of the glory of the American experiment. — Texas A&M University (April 15, 2019)”
— I Was The CIA Director - We Lied, We Cheated, We Stole, ZeroHedge,Tyler Durden Sun, (21 April 2019)
“Stealing of course is a crime, and a very impolite thing to do. But like most impolite things, it is excusable under certain circumstances.”
— Lemony Snicket in "The Wide Window"
“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
— Proverbs, IX. 17.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Bandits is a 1982 fixed shooter written by Tony and Benny Ngo for the Apple II and published by Sirius Software. The game is a clone of Taito's 1980 Stratovox arcade video game where the goal is to prevent aliens from stealing objects. Bandits was ported to the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, and VIC-20. Gameplay Supplies stored on the moon–represented as fruit–are coveted by alien invaders. Various types of those bandits enter, via a mothership, in waves. The player's job is to shoot them using the spaceship at the bottom of the screen. If an invader reached the bottom right part of the screen, it steals an item. The player can activate a shield which makes the spaceship invulnerable for a limited time. There are 28 levels. Reception David H. Ahl found the game to be "sensational" and "great fun." He liked the wide range of alien types, but found the best control scheme to be the one the fewest people were likely to use: an Atari CX40 joystick connected through a Sirius Joyport. This option allows pushing forward on the stick to activate shields; it isn't available with an Apple joystick. Dawn Gordon, reviewing the Atari 8-bit version for Electronic Games, wrote: "Bandits has a very annoying flaw. The time lapse from when the disk is booted to when play actually begins is three minutes and seven seconds! As each level is completed throughout the game, the computer pauses to load additional information, and the process can take up to 12 seconds."

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Bandits is a 1982 fixed shooter written by Tony and Benny Ngo for the Apple II and published by Sirius Software. The game is a clone of Taito's 1980 Stratovox arcade video game where the goal is to prevent aliens from stealing objects. Bandits was ported to the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, and VIC-20.

Notable quotes

“When the ideal of Society is material gain or possession, as it is largely today, the object of its special condemnation is the thief – not the rich thief, for he is already in possession and therefore respectable, but the poor thief.”
— Edward Carpenter, "Defence of Criminals – Criticism of Immorality" (1889)
“All stealing is comparative. If you come to absolutes, pray who does not steal?”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, Second Series (1844), ‘Experience’.
“In a petty theft you steal money and gold, but in electoral theft you steal the future of the country. The second crime can be committed by the meanest persons.”
— Mehmet Murat
“What’s the cadet motto at West Point? You will not lie, cheat, or steal, or tolerate those who do. I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. It’s — it was like — we had entire training courses. It reminds you of the glory of the American experiment. — Texas A&M University (April 15, 2019)”
— I Was The CIA Director - We Lied, We Cheated, We Stole, ZeroHedge,Tyler Durden Sun, (21 April 2019)
“Stealing of course is a crime, and a very impolite thing to do. But like most impolite things, it is excusable under certain circumstances.”
— Lemony Snicket in "The Wide Window"
“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
— Proverbs, IX. 17.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Bandits: Belgian musicgroup · book by Eric Hobsbawm · 1997 film by Katja von Garnier · 2001 film by Barry Levinson

Bandits across IJR

On Watch

Umpire almost ruins an historic night, a breakdown #softball #ausl #baseball #mlb #ncaa #banditsJomboy Media

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