The game is set in downtown New York City, you play as the lone vigilante martial artist who is pitted against the evil gang, the Skinheads, who are ruled by their unimiginatievly named big boss called The Giant Devil. It is your job to save a female hostage called Madonna in a typical game tale of ‘Save the girl’.

The gameplay in Vigilante is much like Kung-Fu Master, a side-scrolling fighter where you punch and kick your way through the various enemies and end of level bosses. Along your journey, you will come across Nunchuks, which you can pick up and use against your enemies to inflict more damage, though if you are hit, you will drop them.

There are five stages in Vigilante, a street scene, a scrapyard, the Brooklyn Bridge, a Back Alley and the top of aa building still under construction.

Look out for the Skinhead gang members with Mohawks as they can carry knives, rifles, chains and even ride motorbikes.