The machine gun is solid, but the trick is aiming it in the right direction. Rambo might be greased up, but he’s not naked: he’s armed with an M-60 machine gun and arrow bombs that decimate entire areas.
“Rambo, behind you! In the bushes!… I’m not yelling! I’m helping!“ Despite your all-encompassing pectorals, one hit is all it takes to fell poor Rambo. The majority of soldiers drift aimlessly, spewing bullets that look like tennis balls in miscellaneous directions, while the occasional sniper, flamethrower-er, rocket spewer, and grenade launcher appear throughout each level to liven things up. Soldiers come at you unceasingly, and they both move and shoot faster than you.
You control Rambo, moving him slowly through fields, villages, jungles. If you’ve dabbled in Ikari Warriors, SNK’s Rambo-esque franchise that also kicked off in 1986, you know what Rambo‘s about. The only way out is to keep fighting until you meet your own bloody end or surrender and wish you were dead. He’s all guns blazing (red bandana flying) against an army of presumably corrupt government scum. Even if Sega wasn’t trying to channel Stallone in Ashura, the original Japanese Mark III version, the main character more than looks the part. His name evokes the lone wolf, the soldier who’s too good at war, and thus, can never escape exotic deathscapes. The only difference is that the sprites are slightly changed.Yeah, Rambo… he’s got a pair I can get behind. The game was also released without the Rambo license as Secret Commando outside of North America. The final part of the game has you moving the helicopter, trying to reach the base before the fuel is exhausted (in the meantime you are being chased by an enemy vehicle and must outmanoeuvre it). When it is completely consumed, you die and lose the game. You have to pass through the enemy camp, reach an helicopter, return back to free the prisoners, and finally escape with them.Įvery time you are hit (by bullets or by direct contact with an enemy) your energy bar decreases. You begin with a few weapons and can find some more along the way.
You are free to move around (altough there are impassable "invisible borders" delimiting the world you can explore), but enemies never cease to appear from all the sides of the screen (while shooting at you). As Rambo (protagonist of a well-known series of eponymous movies) you kill ever-respawning enemies and blow up stuff (trees, huts, turrets, etc.), restock your weapons, save the prisoners, steal an helicopter and use it to fly to safety.
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