In this NES action game, a port of the hit arcade original, you play a crack Special Forces soldier tasked with parachuting into the South American jungle on a dangerous mission to rescue hostages.
Playing from a first-person perspective, you control a gunsight and use your machine gun and grenades to take out enemies. Each of the six missions has a unique objective, with your performance in each mission affecting the ending. But it's not enough to simply scatter the screen with bullets - you've got to make sure you get as many hostages out of there alive as you can! Read More »
The game features different ending sequences (and cash bonuses for your troops!) depending on how many hostages you manage to save. Will the President of the United States be happy with your performance? Put your finger on the trigger and find out!
Tue, 05 Feb 2008 by Damien McFerran
1. Boredom v2.2
06 Jan 2008, 17:00 GMT
I just hope they'll do the same for Duck Hunt (if they ever announce it for real)!
2. Kevin
07 Jan 2008, 13:27 GMT
The zapper is out, they should make it compatible with it. Doing it on a controller is NOT the same!
3. eltomo
09 Jan 2008, 17:13 GMT
I played an Amiga version of this game, i'm sure of it... and it was good!
This looks painful ^^
4. ICEknight
11 Jan 2008, 10:25 GMT
Perhaps they're going for the TurboGrafx version, instead? It was much better, even though it lacked llightgun support.
5. WaddleWave
30 Jan 2008, 20:01 GMT
I played this on the Taito Legends collection, same as those times I've played at arcades years ago. Dont know how it would manage for the NES. Great game, hope it would be Zapper compatible, in the arcades it used to be with a Uzi....replace the Zapper with a fake toy Uzi for incredible authenthic experience.
6. Edwin
02 Feb 2008, 03:25 GMT
This is coming on Monday.
7. Luigison
02 Feb 2008, 04:24 GMT
The press update doesn't mention the zapper so I assume they went with the controller only configuration.
8. lordbowser
03 Feb 2008, 23:48 GMT
If they don't add the zapper option they'll be breaking their own rule of "just like the original version".
9. Kelvin
03 Feb 2008, 23:58 GMT
Sort of. Technically, Wii pointer functionality and NES Zapper functionality are different things, so if they don't include Wii pointer support, they're not strictly breaking any promises.
Yes, it's still a cheat, but one Nintendo could get away with.
10. The_Indigo_Effect
04 Feb 2008, 04:32 GMT
I remember playing this in the arcade; by all accounts, it was a good game. I've never actually played the NES version, but I figured it was bad. Gumshoe, for the NES, was a pretty interesting light-gun title; I'd love to see it find its way on the VC. However, as many of you have already stated: there's little purpose in buying a game like this without a Zapper or some kind or Wii remote functionality.
11. HairyMike87
04 Feb 2008, 05:09 GMT
wow. this game looks like crap.
12. Adamant
04 Feb 2008, 17:55 GMT
So, now that it's out, DOES it use the zapper, or not?
13. DJ Triforce
05 Feb 2008, 03:19 GMT
This does NOT use the Zapper... and it's a real shame.
14. GMo4824
05 Feb 2008, 07:48 GMT
biggest disappointment today :[[[
15. President_Leever
07 Feb 2008, 22:19 GMT
I remember playing this a lot on PC back in the day. It was one of the few games in the school's "hobby" room. Never liked it much though.
16. michinmuri
13 Feb 2008, 15:04 GMT
This was one of the games I tried to play as a kid cuz I loved the arcade. It sucked miserably. Even then, I also had this competitive issue that I had to beat every game I played. This was one I never beat, and haven't lost a wink of sleep over it. Save the 500 points on this and another horible NES VC release for a good N64 game. This game is only for the nostalgic (not even the morbidly curious this time.)
17. WarGreymon77
15 Feb 2008, 06:05 GMT
What is this? They should have released Metal Gear 1 and 2 instead.
18. Bensei
17 Mar 2008, 21:57 GMT
I hope the other Zapper Games get Pointe Support or else they'll be screwed
19. Ricardo91
12 Jul 2008, 04:19 BST
If they do this to Duck Hunt and Wild Gunman, Ninty's gonna have hell to pay! >: (
20. PuppetMasterKuruku
30 Aug 2008, 12:05 BST
Unfortunately, the Taito Legends version doesn't support Lightguns either. No big loss though, it's my roommate who likes those kind of games, not me.
21. Bensei
31 Aug 2008, 13:23 BST
I guess they can't do this to Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley, since those games only supported Zapper, this game supported the pad too. I guess Nintendo won't release them at all instead. Maybe we can hope for a Wiiware release of Duck Hunt... (You know, that guy who played New Duck Hunt?)
22. deadbattery
04 Sep 2008, 13:49 BST
What's the point of re-releasing this without some sort of light-gun/Zapper/Wiimote pointer control? Biiiiiiig mistake, Nintendo. Using a clunky D-pad to aim is just pathetic. But the game looks lame anyway, so let's try to forget it.
23. Bass X0
04 Sep 2008, 17:59 BST
i assume nintendo felt like the controller support was enough - they didn't have to rewrite the game code to make it work with the Wiimote.
I do wonder if it were possible for somebody (be they amateur or professional company) to make a NES controller adaptor for the Wii so that you can plug in actual NES controllers or the zapper which would work with the VC NES games.
24. Mr 64
06 Nov 2008, 08:29 GMT
I dug out the Spectrum from the mothballs to try out a theory and it was right. Yes, the ZX Spectrum conversion (albiet in two colours) is better than this. Why on earth did this come out? Even the C64 version blows this out of the water!
25. cheeseman
08 Mar 2009, 19:11 GMT
Which is worse? Donkey Kong Jr. Math or Operation Wolf?
26. Bass X0
11 Mar 2009, 11:19 GMT
Probably both as bad as each other.
27. cheetahman91
09 Oct 2009, 02:42 BST
This game is amazing. Everyone should get this and DK Jr. Math.
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