Bandits is a 1982 fixed shooter written by Tony and Benny Ngo for the Apple II and published by Sirius Software.

"[4] 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.

[4] Dawn Gordon, reviewing the Atari 8-bit version for Electronic Games, wrote: "Bandits has a very annoying flaw.

As each level is completed throughout the game, the computer pauses to load additional information, and the process can take up to 12 seconds.