Bank Panic casts the player as a bank guard who must open fire on robbers appearing behind the teller doors, taking care not to shoot an innocent customer. It's a pure-reflex game that Sanritsu developed and SNK distributed in 1984, with that Wild West duel aesthetic the arcade exploited so much in those years. Its formula of shooting fast but with judgment became so influential that it spawned direct sequels and clones for years.
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