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Rescue

Activities theme

Significant part of the plot involves rescuing, or attempting to rescue, one or more people.

1283
games
111
platforms
Lunar Rescue (ZX Spectrum)
Lunar Rescue
SPC 1983
Psycho World (MSX 2)
Psycho World
MSX2 1988
Web of Terror (Amiga OCS)
Web of Terror
OCS 1990
Final Fight (Atari ST)
Final Fight
ST 1991
Firemen Rescue (Amstrad CPC)
Firemen Rescue
CPC 1985
Dragon's Lair (Coleco Adam)
Dragon's Lair
ADAM 1984
Desert Hawk (Commodore 64)
Desert Hawk
C64 1986
Shinobi (Amiga OCS)
Shinobi
OCS 1989
Future Knight (Commodore 16/Plus 4)
Future Knight
C16 1986
Skyx (Amstrad CPC)
Skyx
CPC 1988
Operation Thunderbolt (Amstrad CPC)
Operation Thunderbolt
CPC 1989
Donkey Kong (Amstrad CPC)
Donkey Kong
CPC 1986
See also: rescuees and captives (in case such exist but are not so vital for the plot)
Not limited to people, but also animals, anthropomorphic toasters and other things that supposedly are "alive".

The first Rescue video game was released in 1980.

Sega, Ocean and U.S. Gold published most of these games.

Parent group

Goals / objectives

Child group

Damsel in distress

Platforms

NES 99
C64 91
ZX Spectrum 88
Linux 74
Amstrad CPC 71
MS-DOS 66
Amiga 53
Windows 50
Arcade 47
Atari ST 44
MSX 42
Apple II E 39
Atari 400/800 32
Master System 31
Mega Drive 20
Tandy Coco 20
GB 18
Famicom Disk System 18
VIC-20 18
C16/Plus4 16
Atari 2600 16
Mac OS Classic 15
PC Engine 12
Game Gear 11
X360 10
Sharp X1 10
ColecoVision 10
PS2 9
MICRO 7 - FM7 9
Mac OS X 9

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