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Fire Rescue

In this platform game you control a mouse who is a fire fighter and that has to rescue mice out of an burning apartment building. You have to pick up the mice and bring them safely to the left side of the…

31 December 1984

Fire Rescue is an arcade developed by Hudson Soft, released 31 December 1984 on MSX.

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What Fire Rescue is

Fire Rescue is an arcade game developed by Hudson Soft and released in 1984. It was published by Kuma Computers. It is available on MSX only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In this platform game you control a mouse who is a fire fighter and that has to rescue mice out of an burning apartment building. You have to pick up the mice and bring them safely to the left side of the building where the steel fire escape stairs are located. When all the mice have left the building trough the emergency exit at the bottom-right of the screen it is your turn to leave the building by using the stairs that appear randomly on the lowest platform level. You progress to the next level when you have left the building.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Fire Rescue launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack.

Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.

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When did Fire Rescue come out?
Fire Rescue was released on 31 December 1984 for MSX.

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