The Firemen

The characters in the game put out fires using hoses with the ability to shoot a direct stream or have a more proximate spray and fire-extinguishing bombs. Use of the fire extinguisher is unlimited although continues are limited in number to 3. Pete takes damage from fire and extreme heat, and when the life gauge reaches zero, and there are no more continues, the game is over. Each level has a "boss fire" that has a specific way of being extinguished. There are also civilians who were not able to escape throughout the levels, and saving them partially restores the player's life gauge.

The player controls Pete Grey, who is joined by his partner, Daniel McClean. Daniel is invincible and provides backup to Pete. Other characters include fellow firefighters Max and Walter, who are fighting fires in another part of the building, Winona, who communicates advice and missions to the firefighters, and Frank Weller, architect of the Metrotech building.

When a large fire breaks out in the middle of a Christmas party at the chemical company Metrotech, firemen Pete and Daniel, along with a second pair of firefighters in another part of the building, are tasked with saving civilians, putting out fires, and removing an explosive chemical called MDL from the basement of the facility.

The Firemen garnered generally favorable reception from critics, and was given the "Silver Hall of Fame" award from Famitsu. 5 out of 30 score in a public poll taken by Family Computer Magazine. According to Famitsu, the game sold over 16,812 copies in its first week on the market. The title sold approximately 30,137 copies during its lifetime in Japan.

Joypad's Nini Nourdine praised the game's originality, controls, and gripping gameplay, but criticized the lack of multiplayer and occasional sprite flickering. Consoles +' Nicolas Gavet and Alain Huyghues-Lacour agreed with Nini regarding the lack of a two-player mode and found the overall difficulty low. Nevertheless, Gavet and Huyghues-Lacour commended the game's presentation, graphics, lack of slowdown, music, varied sound effects.