Rush'n Attack

Port

The NES port of Rush'n Attack, a run & gun shooter by Konami, also known by the title Green Beret, in which the player takes the role of a soldier infiltrating a military base.

Released: 10 April 1987
Platforms: Amstrad CPC Commodore 16 Famicom Disk System Family Computer Disk System NES Nintendo Switch Xbox 360
Genres: Shooter Arcade
Developers: Konami
Publishers: Konami Playtronic
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action Warfare

About

Rush'n Attack, also known as Green Beret in Japan and Europe, is a 1985 action-platform video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. It was later ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System and various home computers. Its North American title is a play on the phrase "Russian attack" due to its Cold War setting. It became a critical and commercial success for arcades and home computers. It was followed by a sequel, Rush'n Attack: Ex-Patriot, in 2010.

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Gameplay

The players assume the roles of the United States special operations Green Berets (named Steve and Ben on the Japanese Famicom ad poster) who are infiltrating an enemy military base to save POWs from execution by firing squad. There are four stages, each ending with a special group of ambushers:

The Soviet Armed Forces that attack throughout every stage are Soldiers, Gunners, Supply Runners, Combat Specialists, Jetpack Soldiers, German Shepherds, Parachute Gunners, Gyrocopters, and Flame Throwers.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Green Beret as the third most successful table arcade unit of November 1985. In Europe, Green Beret was considered one "of the first military shoot 'em ups" on the market, and became a major hit in arcades. The home computer conversions topped the UK Gallup sales charts in June 1986, becoming one of the top four best-selling games of 1986 in the UK, and one of the year's top three best-selling Commodore 64 games. Its budget re-release later topped the UK budget sales chart in July 1989.

Green Beret was well-received by critics. Mike Roberts and Eric Doyle of Computer Gamer magazine gave the arcade game a positive review, comparing it favorably with the action film Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) while calling it an "incredibly violent game" that is "brilliant to play". Commodore User said the arcade version is "a kind of rightwards scrolling Commando [but] much better" while praising "brilliant" graphics and sound.