Editing Gun Fight (section)

==Reception==
In Japan, ''Western Gun'' was among the top ten highest-rated [[1976 in video games|arcade video games of 1976]] by operators polled in the 1976 New Year's Holiday period.<ref name="GM65">{{cite magazine|title=本紙アンケー 〜 ト調査の結果|trans-title=Paper Questionnaire: Results of the Survey |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=65|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 February 1977|page=2|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19770201p.pdf#page=2}}</ref>

''Gun Fight'' sold 8,600 units in the United States, making it among the best selling video games of the time period and the top selling game released in [[1975 in video games|1975]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jarrell |first=Timothy |date=November 1976 |title=Like Old Man River Midway Sales Go Rollin' Along |journal=Play Meter |volume=2 |issue=12 |pages=50-52}}</ref>

In March 1976, the first annual ''RePlay'' arcade chart listed ''Gun Fight'' as third best-charting video game among its polled operators.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |date=March 1976 |title=The Nation's Top Arcade Games |journal=RePlay |volume=1 |issue=22 |pages=26}}</ref> In October the same year, ''RePlay'' listed ''Gun Fight'' in second place, below Midway's ''[[Sea Wolf (video game)|Sea Wolf]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Profit Chart |journal=RePlay |date=October 1976}}</ref> In November 1977, the first annual ''[[Play Meter]]'' arcade chart listed ''Gun Fight'' as the fifth best-charting [[1976 in video games|arcade video game of 1977]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Top Arcade Games |journal=[[Play Meter]] |date=November 1977}}</ref> ''Play Meter'' later listed it among the top 30 top [[1978 in video games|arcade games of 1978]] among operators polled.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 'Winners' of '78: Top Arcade Games |magazine=[[Play Meter]] |date=1978}}</ref>

Tomohiro Nishikado believed that his original version was more fun than Midway's version, but he was impressed with the Midway machine's improved graphics and smoother animation. He was inspired to explore microprocessor-based hardware, which eventually resulted in ''[[Space Invaders]]'' (1978).<ref>{{citation|author=Chris Kohler|year=2005|title=Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life|page=19|publisher=[[BradyGames]]|isbn=0-7440-0424-1|quote=As a game, I thought our version of ''Western Gun'' was more fun. But just from using a microprocessor, the walking animation became much smoother and prettier in Midway's version.}}</ref> The hardware of ''Space Invaders'' is incredibly similar to ''Gun Fight'', including the use of the barrel shifter circuit.<ref name="mw8080bw.cpp">{{cite web |url=https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/mame0219/src/mame/drivers/mw8080bw.cpp |title=mw8080bw.cpp |access-date=2020-03-09 |quote=Most of these games do not actually use the MB14241 shifter IC, but instead implement equivalent functionality using a bunch of standard 74XX IC's.|website=Github.com}}</ref><ref name="8080bw.cpp">{{cite web |url=https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/mame0219/src/mame/drivers/8080bw.cpp |title=mw8080bw.cpp |access-date=2020-03-09 |quote=... data shifter, using either ~11 74xx chips, AM25S10s, Fujitsu MB14221 or Fujitsu MB14241 chips, which all do the same thing.|website=Github.com}}</ref> The hardware was also reused in subsequent Dave Nutting Associates-developed Midway games including ''[[Sea Wolf (video game)|Sea Wolf]]'' (1976) and ''[[280 ZZZAP]]'' (1976). In Taito's ''[[Space Invaders Part II]]'' of 1979, this circuit was replaced by a [[Fujitsu]] MB14241, a single-chip implementation of the barrel shifter introduced in ''Gun Fight''.

In 2021, ''[[The Guardian]]'' listed it as the eleventh greatest [[1970s in video games|video game of the 1970s]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 15 greatest video games of the 70s – ranked! |url=https://www.theguardian.com/games/2021/may/13/15-greatest-video-games-of-the-70s-ranked |access-date=23 May 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=13 May 2021}}</ref>