Rush'n Attack is an arcade developed by Konami, released 1 July 1985 on Xbox 360, Amstrad CPC, Arcade and Atari 8-bit.
What Rush'n Attack is
Rush'n Attack is an arcade game developed by Konami and released in 1985. It was published by Imagine Software. It is available on Xbox 360, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player takes on the role of a United States special operations soldier infiltrating an enemy military base in order to save several POW's from being executed by firing squad. There are four stages: a Marshalling Area, a Harbor, an Air Base and a Siberian Camp. The omnipresent knife can be supplemented with captured arms. By killing certain enemy soldiers, the player can obtain a three-shot flamethrower, a four-shot RPG, or a three-pack of hand grenades. At the end of each stage, the player will face a unique group of enemies specific to that stage: Stage 1 ends with a truckload of running and jump kicking soldiers, Stage 2 with a pack of fierce dogs, Stage 3 with three shooting…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Rush'n Attack holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 17% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1985 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Rush'n Attack launched on 1 July 1985, within three weeks of Ghosts 'n Goblins and Nodes of Yesod. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Ghosts 'n Goblins, Nodes of Yesod.
Official trailer
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Quick answers
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