GREEN BERET
( Rush'n Attack )
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グリーンベレー
©Konami 1987
Release: 1987-04-10 (¥2980)
DiskCard KDS-GRN
Action game
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Released in America as
RUSH'N ATTACK
( NES-RA-USA )
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Released in Europe as
RUSH'N ATTACK
( NES-RA-XXX )
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Green Beret (aka Rush'n Attack in the west) is a side
scrolling action game by Konami and conversion of their own arcade
game originally released in 1985. American prisoners of war are being held
captive deep inside a heavily armed enemy base. The player is given the role
of an American soldier and his objective is to infiltrate six deadly areas
and bring back the poor hostages. At the beginning of his journey, our hero's
only means of defense is a short range knife but more side weapons become available
later in the game. Power-ups temporary upgrade the current weapon to a Bazooka,
Hand Grenades or a Hand Pistol. A Shield is also available and
can protect the player from deadly enemy fires for a short period of time. Each
weapon only comes with one 'bullet' (three in the American and European versions
of the game) and collecting a new one increases this amount. Our hero can run,
jump or duck and can also climb ladder but that leaves him completely vulnerable
to enemy attacks when he does.
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Green Beret was originally released in the arcades by Konami
in 1985 (picture on the left). The game was then ported for Nintendo's Famicom (1987), Commodore 64 (1986),
MSX (1986), ZX Spectrum (1986), Atari 8bit (1986), Amstrad CPC (1987)
and PC MsDos (1989). More recently, Green Beret came out for the
Game Boy Advance (2002) and included in the Konami Collectors Series - Arcade Advanced.
An enhanced version was also made available for the Xbox 360 Live Arcade in 2007.
Finally, Green Beret was part of Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits released
for the Nintendo DS in 2007. As a side note, Green Beret was also part of
Konami Collector's Series TV Arcade Advanced 6 in 1, a TV arcade plug-in joystick
released in 2004 by Majesco.
Konami released an arcade only sequel in 1989 called M.I.A. - Missing in Action.
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The Famicom Disk version tested here was given various features not available
in the original arcade game - two extra levels, a two simultaneous player mode,
three lives, a different weapon system and a rearranged soundtrack. Surprisingly, and
unlike all the other NES versions of the game, the Japanese Famicom Disk
features an extra hidden level and a different weapon system
(each weapon can fire three times instead of one).
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Teaser text from the European version:
Up for a little guerilla warfare ?
You asked for it. You're behind enemy lines,
armed with only a knife and a
mission: to free dozens of POWs
hidden in an isolated,
well-armored camp.
If you're good, you'll pick
off the heavily armed enemy
guerillas, one by one, and
grab their bazookas and
flamethrowers.
If you're great, you'll turn
their weapons against them,
to blow away a pack of
attack dogs, a fleet
of choppers, and a whole
battalion of guards.
But make one mistake,
and it's all over. For you,
our POWs... the future
of the Free World!
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I've always found the American (and consequently European) title
of the game really goofy. Let's face it, they obviously wanted to make
it sounds like "Russian Attack". Smart isn't it ? Anyway, let's
talk about the game itself. Green Beret doesn't get more old school
that this - a classic and intense game with unforgiving gameplay. You may
think at first that your default weapon is weedy to the point of worthlessness
- what can a single knife do against an army of fearless soldiers ? Actually,
rules of logic don't really apply to video games and this knife is the meat
of the game, you'll be amazed at how much damage it can inflict.
Green Beret also ends up being a game of memory, each enemy soldier
always use the same attack pattern (they are color coded) and triggering the
same counter-attack will often kill them. Green Beret also suffers from
intense repetitiveness and the lack of variety will soon exhaust your capacity
to play any further. Nostalgia alone can get you to play through this one
but I must warn you - you're dealing here with an intense and unforgiving
game that'll test you thoroughly.
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