Vigilante 8 is a vehicular combat video game for the Nintendo 64 set in an alternate 1975. Players engage in intense battles using unique vehicles equipped with various weapons. The narrative centers around Australian terrorist Sid Burn and his gang, the Coyotes, who aim to eliminate rival oil companies. In response, a trucker named Convoy leads the Vigilantes to restore order.
Vigilante 8 is a vehicular-combat game set in an alternate 1975. Australian terrorist Sid Burn is hired by OMAR to dispose of all competing oil companies in the U.S. so that OMAR can establish an oil monopoly in the country. After hearing reports of destruction by Sid Burn's gang, the Coyotes, a man named Convoy, a kind-hearted trucker, forms a group of his own, the Vigilantes, to combat the Coyotes and stop the tyranny of OMAR.