Rambo
a.k.a. ランボー
published by Acclaim Entertainment / Pack-in-Video in 1987-12-04, developed by Pack-in-Video, running on Nintendo Entertainment System
type: adventure, action/reflex
series: Rambo
perspective: side view
player options: single player
languages: eng jpn
series: Rambo
perspective: side view
player options: single player
languages: eng jpn
3.5/5
Personal review
This game gets lots of hate from players, but I think this one is actually pretty average. There are some elements that I don't like. Most of the fights, especially at the beginning is against wildlife, the whole side-scrolling knive-stabbing action is not as typical Rambo-like as other more standard Run and Gun style top-down shooters of other Rambo versions in the 80s. While not a better game per se, the C64 Rambo game from Ocean just fit the Rambo style much better. The character also looks a bit goofy and is not really well animated. On the plus side must be noted that they tried to tell a story. When I compare this to other NES games released in or before 1987 this one does pretty well in the story section and its not your typical fantasy scenario that often came with such kind of Action-Adventure titles.
teran01 # 2014-07-25 18:56:48
teran01 # 2014-07-25 18:56:48
Official description
Freedom is everything.
You are Rambo. Fallen hero. Once a decorated green beret; special weapons expert; master of the martial arts. Now, you're living in solitary, a prisoner of the government you swore to defend.
Intelligence sources believe they have discovered a hidden POW camp deep in the jungle. Your brothers in arms have been enslaved there for years. It's your choice: accept a suicide mission to find the camp, or spend the rest of your life in a 6' by 8' cell.
Your body is a weapon. Your mind, a disciplined machine. The most advanced military hardware is at your disposal, and a chopper waits to carry you to the drop site, where once again, you will be alone deep in hostile territory.
This is your war, Rambo. A war that will test your every skill. A war with only two possible results: freedom or death.
Armed and alone, you parachute into enemy territory.
Match courage and wits with the animals that rule the jungle.
Race to the landing site. It may be your only way to escape.
Weave your way through the enemy weapons warehouse.
# 2020-12-26 05:26:59 - official description
You are Rambo. Fallen hero. Once a decorated green beret; special weapons expert; master of the martial arts. Now, you're living in solitary, a prisoner of the government you swore to defend.
Intelligence sources believe they have discovered a hidden POW camp deep in the jungle. Your brothers in arms have been enslaved there for years. It's your choice: accept a suicide mission to find the camp, or spend the rest of your life in a 6' by 8' cell.
Your body is a weapon. Your mind, a disciplined machine. The most advanced military hardware is at your disposal, and a chopper waits to carry you to the drop site, where once again, you will be alone deep in hostile territory.
This is your war, Rambo. A war that will test your every skill. A war with only two possible results: freedom or death.
Armed and alone, you parachute into enemy territory.
Match courage and wits with the animals that rule the jungle.
Race to the landing site. It may be your only way to escape.
Weave your way through the enemy weapons warehouse.
# 2020-12-26 05:26:59 - official description
Technical specs
display: raster
Editor note
This game is based on them movie Rambo: First Blood Part II.
This is a Zelda II clone. In Japan, Zelda II for the Famicom Disk System was released about 11 months before the Famicom version of Rambo. The Famicom version of Rambo has a level layout very similar to Zelda II. The USA version reduces the similarity be rearranging the levels a bit.
zerothis # 2013-09-07 11:32:54
This is a Zelda II clone. In Japan, Zelda II for the Famicom Disk System was released about 11 months before the Famicom version of Rambo. The Famicom version of Rambo has a level layout very similar to Zelda II. The USA version reduces the similarity be rearranging the levels a bit.
zerothis # 2013-09-07 11:32:54
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