G.I. Joe (video game)
| G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero | |
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| Developer(s) | KID |
| Publisher(s) | Taxan |
| Director(s) | Motoyuki Inoue (Tigen) Kuniharu Hosoda (Hosoyan) |
| Producer(s) | Ken Lobb |
| Designer(s) | Ken Lobb |
| Programmer(s) | Shōji Takagi (Taka) |
| Artist(s) | Abe Kazuhiro Iizuka (Iizu) Tsutomu Ozawa (Oza) |
| Composer(s) |
Nobuyuki Shioda (Shiochan) Yūsuke Takahama (Takaha) |
| Series | G.I. Joe |
| Platform(s) | NES |
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| Genre(s) | Run and gun platform action game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a 1991 run and gun game published by Taxan for the Nintendo Entertainment System based on the toyline of the same name. The game was produced by Ken Lobb and developed by the same Japanese team that later formed KID. A sequel developed by the same team, titled G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor, was released the following year, but was published by Capcom after Taxan went out of business.
The player takes control of a team of three G.I. Joe characters, each with his own specialty. The goal of the game is to navigate through six stages on a mission to finally bring down Cobra. The initial character roster consists of Duke, Snake Eyes, Blizzard, Captain Grid-Iron, and Rock 'n Roll. A sixth character, Hawk, gives orders to the team between missions, and becomes available as a playable character for the final stage. The player's first character is automatically assigned depending on the stage, while the second and third characters are freely chosen.
The player collects power-ups in the game that increases an individual character's abilities. Gun icons increases firepower, K-rations recovers energy, and Chevron icons increases the current character's maximum stamina. Bullet icons refills the player's collective ammunition and bulletproof vest icons that grant temporary invincibility are also available at designated locations on each area. Icons flashing in red are more valuable than ordinary icons. All upgrades garnered during the course of the game are permanent, provided of course the character survives the mission.
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