Rambo (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Acclaim |
| Publisher(s) | Acclaim Pack-In Video |
| Release date(s) | JPN December 4, 1987 NA May 1988 |
| Genre(s) | Action/Platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Platform(s) | NES |
Rambo is a platform video game released by Acclaim on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) on December 4, 1987 in Japan, and May 1988 in North America. It is based on the plot of Rambo: First Blood Part II.
While the game's cover art predominantly displays Rambo firing heavy ammo, unlike the movies the game has Rambo fightly mostly snakes, spiders, and animals, with little fighting with actual people. Also, Rambo's primary weapon for the majority of the game is a knife. Another game called Rambo was released for the MSX.
[edit] Deviations from the movie/canon
As with other video games of the era (see Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves for the NES), Rambo's plot deviated wildly from the motion picture. Topics, plotlines, or entities included in the game that did not appear in the movie(s):
- A giant spider that is holding a child hostage in a large cave.
- Rambo must use only grenades (fifty, to be exact) to defeat a helicopter teeming with enemy troops.
- Man-eating flying fish
- Man-eating large birds
- Flying heads of ghosts that can be attacked with corporeal weapons (knives, bullets, etc.).
- Soldiers with various colored outfits that will exclusively attack Rambo with jump or drop kicks
- A man who attacks Rambo with a motorcycle
