Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs Ride Again

Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs is making a comeback, in a sense.

is making a comeback, in a sense. Developer Team Saber Rider wants to give the 80’s anime property some love with a video game they feel it deserves: A 16-bit, 2-D shoot-em’up. The original series featured a space-western theme as Earth took to the stars and colonized, creating a New Frontier.

In order to maintain law and order on these settlements, the Calvary Command was created. The 4 main heroes in the command are Saber Rider, Fireball, April, and Colt, as well as a giant cowboy mech dubbed Ramrod. Together these heroes fight against the Outriders, a group of aliens who attacked and kidnapped settlers and destroyed their settlements. The leaders of the Outriders are Gattler the Rattler, Jesse Blue the traitor, and Nemesis.

Players won’t have to worry about knowing the series, as Team Saber Rider will give all the necessary information throughout the game. Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs will feature the nostalgic 80’s theme, 12 different missions, 4 playable characters and their vehicles, mecha battles called “challenge Phase”, and much more.

Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs is currently on Steam Greenlight and Kickstarter. The current goal is to complete the game for Max, PC, Linux and Nintendo 3DS; the stretch goal is to bring the game to 80’s and 90’s consoles. To learn more about the game and its developer, visit the Kickstarter, Steam Greenlight page,like on Facebook, follow on Twitter, or visit the official website.