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Rescue

Activities theme

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

113

platforms

Jungle Warrior (Amstrad CPC)

All New World of Lemmings (Amiga AGA)

All New World of Lemmings

Zeppelin Rescue (Commodore 64)

Zeppelin Rescue

Electrocop (Atari Lynx)

LYNX 1989-10

Double Dragon (Arcade)

Drol (NEC PC8801)

8801 1985-08

Jungle Warrior (MSX)

Eternal Poison (PlayStation 2)

PS2 2008-02-14

Ghosts 'n Goblins (Amiga OCS)

Ghosts 'n Goblins

Holiday Lemmings (MS-DOS)

Holiday Lemmings

Sonic the Hedgehog (Master System)

Sonic the Hedgehog

SMS 1991-10-25

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".

Parent group

Goals / objectives

Child group

Damsel in distress

Games by year

The first Rescue video game was released in 1980.

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

Platforms

NES	99
ZX Spectrum	96
C64	95
Linux	74
Amstrad CPC	72
MS-DOS	66
Amiga	56
Windows	53
Arcade	48
Atari ST	44
MSX	44
Apple II E	39
Atari 400/800	32
Master System	32
Tandy Coco	20
Mega Drive	20
VIC-20	20
Atari 2600	19
GB	18
Famicom Disk System	18
C16/Plus4	16
Mac OS Classic	15
PC Engine	12
Game Gear	11
X360	10
PS2	10
Sharp X1	10
BBC	10
X68000	9
NEC PC8801	9

Most common companies

Sega	62
Ocean	54
U.S. Gold	30
Atari	29
Psygnosis	27
Nintendo	26
Taito	26
Brøderbund	21
Konami	20
Capcom	19
Mastertronic	18
Namco	16
Sierra On-Line	15
Activision	15
Hudson Soft	15
Codemasters	14
ASCII	13
Ubi Soft	10
Jaleco	10
Opera Soft	10