Editing Rush'n Attack

{{Short description|1985 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = ''Rush'n Attack''
| image = Rush'n Attack artwork.PNG
| caption = North American arcade poster
| developer = [[Konami]]
| publisher = Konami
| designer = 
| composer = Kiyohiro Sada, Shinya Sakamoto, Iku Mizutani, Satoe Terashima, Masanori Adachi {{small|(NES)}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Game_Credits:_R|title = Game Credits: R - Video Game Music Preservation Foundation Wiki}}</ref>
| released = '''Arcade'''{{vgrelease|JP|October 1985<ref>{{cite book | title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編 (1971–2005) | trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005) | last1=Akagi | first1=Masumi | publisher=Amusement News Agency | year=2006 | url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n27/mode/2up| lang=ja | location=Japan | isbn=978-4990251215 | page=27}}</ref>|EU|November 1985<ref name="CG8"/>|NA|December 1985<ref>{{cite book |last1=Akagi |first1=Masumi |title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) |trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005) |date=13 October 2006 |publisher=Amusement News Agency |language=ja |location=Japan |isbn=978-4990251215 |page=122 |url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n123}}</ref>}}'''Famicom Disk System'''{{vgrelease|JP|April 10, 1987<ref>{{cite web |title=Green Beret Release Information for Famicom Disk System |url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/famicomds/578404-green-beret/data |website=GameFAQs}}</ref>}}'''NES'''{{vgrelease|NA|April 1987<ref>{{cite web | author=Nintendo staff | title=NES Games | url=https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/nes_games.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221005931/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/nes_games.pdf | publisher=[[Nintendo]] | archive-date=December 21, 2010 | access-date=September 24, 2011}}</ref>|EU|1989}}
| genre = [[Run and gun video game|Run and gun]], [[hack and slash]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| arcade system = 
| platforms = [[Arcade video game|Arcade]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Atari 8-bit]], [[BBC Micro]], [[Commodore 64]], [[Commodore Plus/4|Plus/4]], [[Famicom Disk System]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[MSX]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Nintendo DS]], [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]], [[PlayChoice-10]], [[Thomson computers|Thomson]], [[Xbox 360]], [[ZX Spectrum]], [[Mobile phone|Mobile]]
}}

'''''Rush'n Attack''''', also known as {{nihongo foot|'''''Green Beret'''''|グリーンベレー|Gurīn Berē|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} in Japan and Europe, is a [[Run and gun video game|run-and-gun]] and [[Hack and slash|hack-and-slash]] video game developed and released by [[Konami]] for arcades in 1985, and later converted to the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] and [[home computer]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9382| title=Rush'n Attack| publisher=The International Arcade Museum |accessdate=5 Oct 2013}}</ref> Its North American title is a play on the phrase "Russian attack"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/11/don_your_green_beret_konamis_rushn_attack_hits_the_switch_today|title=Don Your Green Beret, Konami's Rush'n Attack Hits The Switch Today|first=Damien|last=McFerran|work=nintendolife|date=Nov 27, 2020|accessdate=Sep 30, 2021}}</ref> due to its [[Cold War]] setting. It was ported to home systems and became a critical and commercial success for arcades and home computers.

==Gameplay==
The players assume the roles of the [[Special Forces (United States Army)|United States special operations]] Green Berets (named Steve and Ben on the Japanese [[Famicom]] ad poster) who are infiltrating an enemy military base to save POWs from execution by firing squad. There are four stages, each ending with a special group of ambushers:
#Marshalling Area, ends with a truckload of jump-kicking enemies
#Harbor, ends with a pack of German Shepherds
#Air Base, ends with three [[autogyro]]s
#Siberian Camp, ends with three flame thrower operators
The [[Soviet Armed Forces]] that attack throughout every stage are Soldiers, Gunners, Supply Runners, Combat Specialists, Jetpack Soldiers, [[German Shepherd]]s, Parachute Gunners, Gyrocopters, and Flame Throwers.

The omnipresent [[combat knife]] can be supplemented with captured arms. By eliminating certain Russian militants, the players can obtain a three-shot [[flamethrower]], a four-shot [[Rocket-propelled grenade|RPG]], or a three-pack of [[hand grenade]]s. When the mission is accomplished, the four rescued POWs salute and the player repeats the game from the first stage on the next difficulty level. An invisible time limit kills the player.

Extra lives are given at 30,000 and 70,000, and per 70,000 up to 980,000, and [[survival of the fittest]] mode thereafter.{{clarify|date=March 2023}}

==Ports==
[[File:Spectrum - Green Beret.jpg|thumb|ZX Spectrum box with artwork by Bob Wakelin]]
In 1986, [[Ocean Software]]<ref name="CU30">{{cite magazine |title=Konami's Barmy Army |magazine=[[Commodore User]] |date=26 February 1986 |issue=30 (March 1986) |page=13 |url=https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-30/page/n12}}</ref> released home versions as ''Green Beret'' on their Imagine label for the [[ZX Spectrum]], [[Commodore Plus/4]], [[Commodore 64]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Atari 8-bit computers]], [[MSX]], and [[BBC Micro]].

The Commodore 64 port was programmed by David Collier, with graphics by Steve Wahid and music by [[Martin Galway]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Green Beret |url=https://www.lemon64.com/games/details.php?ID=1096 |website=Lemon64 |access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="CU30" /> The Spectrum version was programmed by [[Jonathan Smith (games programmer)|Jonathan Smith]].<ref name='crashgreenberet'>{{cite magazine |title=Green Beret|magazine=Crash|issue=28|publisher=Newsfield|date=May 1986|page=118|url=https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/page.php?issue_id=995&page=118|access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref>

It was released in North America in December 1986<ref>{{cite news |title=Availability Update |work=[[Computer Entertainer]] |date=February 1987 |page=14 |url=http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/computer_entertainer_feb87.pdf#page=14}}</ref> and an unrelated [[IBM PC]] version was released by Konami for the North American market with the ''Rush'n Attack'' name in 1989.

===Famicom Disk System and NES===
A [[Family Computer Disk System]] version of ''Green Beret'' was released in Japan on April 10, 1987, along with a corresponding version for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] (as ''Rush'n Attack'') released that month in [[North America]], and 1989 in [[Europe]].

The objective in the NES version was changed from rescuing prisoners to destroying a secret weapon being developed in the enemy's headquarters. A two-player simultaneous cooperative mode was introduced. The gameplay mechanics are essentially identical to the arcade version, but the Flamethrower is removed (only the Rocket Launcher and Grenades remain) and two new power-up items are introduced: a Star mark which grants invincibility and a pistol with unlimited ammo, both which are only usable for a limited period. The NES version features two additional stages that are not in the arcade game: an airport set between the Missile Base and the Harbor, where the player faces a group of rocket soldiers at the end; and a new final stage set inside the enemy's base that ends with the player using rocket launchers dropped by enemy soldiers to disarm a nuclear missile. The flamethrower corps at the end of the Warehouse stage was replaced by a paratrooper unit. The Famicom version has a few cosmetic differences with higher difficulty compared to its NES counterpart, along with underground areas in three of the levels, which are accessed via destroying specific mines that reveal ladders to the floors below.

===Game Boy Advance===
A conversion of the arcade version of ''Rush'n Attack'' is included in the 2002 compilation ''[[Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced]]'' for the [[Game Boy Advance]]. The game features the same four stages as in the arcade version, and two extra stages unlocked via the [[Konami Code]]. A two-player versus mode has been added, which utilizes the [[Game Link Cable]]. The A button jumps instead of the D-pad.

===Nintendo DS===
A second portable version is included in the 2007 compilation ''[[Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits]]'' for the [[Nintendo DS]]. Unlike the GBA version, the DS version is a direct port of the original arcade game, but includes various bonus features such as scans of the instruction cards and leaflet, as well as tips.

===Xbox 360===
''Rush'n Attack'' was released on [[Xbox Live Arcade]] for the [[Xbox 360]] in May 2007. This version is another direct port of the arcade game, but features an optional game mode with improved graphics and a remixed soundtrack. It was developed by [[Digital Eclipse]].

===Konami Net DX===
''Green Beret'' was released for smartphones in Japan in 2006. The mobile version is a direct port of the Famicom version with a new health bar. The mobile port was re-released in China for Java phones in December 2008.

==Reception==
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| C64 = true
| NES = true
| PC = true
| ZX = true
| ACE_C64 = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="ACE"/>
| ACE_PC = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="ACE"/>
| ACE_ZX = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="ACE"/>
| CVG_C64 = 34/40<ref name="CVG56">{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=C+VG/Issue056/Pages/CVG05600019.jpg|title = Computer & Video Games}}</ref>
| CVG_NES = 83%<ref name="CVG">{{cite journal |title=Complete Games Guide |journal=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=16 October 1989 |issue=Complete Guide to Consoles |pages=46–77 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/9/98/CompleteGuideToConsoles_UK_01.pdf#page=46}}</ref>
| CVG_ZX = 34/40<ref name="CVG56"/>
| Dragon_PC = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Dragon142"/>
| CRASH_ZX = 88%<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Crash/Issue28/Pages/Crash2800118.jpg|title = Crash}}</ref>
| SUser_ZX = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=SinclairUser/Issue051/Pages/SinclairUser05100035.jpg|title=Sinclair User}}</ref>
| TGM_NES = 81%<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Console Dawn |magazine=[[The Games Machine]] |date=18 May 1989 |issue=19 (June 1989) |pages=16–22 |url=https://archive.org/details/the-games-machine-19/page/n15/mode/2up}}</ref>
| YSinclair_ZX = 9/10<ref name="ysrnry">{{cite web|url=http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/greenberet.htm|title=Green Beret|publisher=ysrnry.co.uk|accessdate=3 Sep 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060705103934/http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/greenberet.htm|archive-date=2006-07-05}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[Commodore User]]''
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| rev2 = ''[[Computer Gamer]]''
| rev2_ARC = Positive<ref name="CG8"/>
| award1Pub = ''Your Sinclair''
| award1 = Hot Shot<ref>Game review, Your Sinclair issue 6, [[Dennis Publishing]], June 1986, page 30</ref>
}}

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Green Beret'' in its November 15, 1985, issue as the third-most successful table arcade unit of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=272|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=15 November 1985|page=21|lang=ja}}</ref> In Europe, ''Green Beret'' was considered one "of the first military shoot 'em ups" on the market and became a major hit in arcades.<ref name="ACE">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=ACE/Issue26/Pages/ACE2600114.jpg |title=Blasts from the Past |magazine=[[ACE (magazine)|ACE]] |issue=26 (October 1989) |date=November 1989 |pages=113–115 (114) |access-date=2012-11-07}}</ref> The home computer conversions topped the UK [[Gallup (company)|Gallup]] sales charts in June 1986,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Chart Chat |magazine=[[Commodore User]] |date=July 1986 |issue=35 (August 1986) |page=53 |url=https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-35/page/n52}}</ref> becoming one of the top four best-selling games of 1986 in the UK,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Yie Ar tops charts for 1986 |magazine=[[Popular Computing Weekly]] |date=12 February 1987 |page=6 |url=https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1987-02-12/page/n5}}</ref> and one of the year's top three best-selling [[Commodore 64]] games.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top 50 Games of 1986 |magazine=[[Commodore User]] |date=26 March 1987 |issue=43 (April 1987) |page=12 |url=https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-43/page/n11}}</ref> Its budget re-release later topped the UK budget sales chart in July 1989.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top Ten Budget Games |magazine=[[New Computer Express]] |date=27 July 1989 |issue=38 (29 July 1989) |page=5 |url=https://archive.org/details/NewComputerExpress038/page/n4/mode/1up}}</ref>

''Green Beret'' was well-received by critics. Mike Roberts and Eric Doyle of ''[[Computer Gamer]]'' magazine gave the arcade game a positive review, comparing it favorably with the [[action film]] ''[[Rambo: First Blood Part II]]'' (1985) while calling it an "incredibly violent game" that is "brilliant to play".<ref name="CG8">{{cite magazine |last1=Roberts |first1=Mike |last2=Doyle |first2=Eric |title=Coin-Op Connection |magazine=[[Computer Gamer]] |date=November 1985 |issue=8 |pages=26–7 |url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gamer_Issue_08_1985-11_Argus_Press_GB/page/n25/mode/2up}}</ref> ''[[Commodore User]]'' said the arcade version is "a kind of [[Side-scrolling|rightwards scrolling]] ''[[Commando (video game)|Commando]]'' [but] much better" while praising "brilliant" graphics and sound.<ref name="CU30"/>

''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' reviewed the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum versions, calling the game "Konami's answer" to [[Capcom]]'s ''Commando'' (1985) and comparing it favorably with the ''Rambo'' film series. The review said it is fast, "furious" and "terribly addictive".<ref name="CVG56"/>

The MS-DOS version of ''Rush'n Attack'' was reviewed in 1989 in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' magazine by Patricia Hartley and Kirk Lesser, giving 3{{frac|1|2}} out of 5 stars.<ref name="Dragon142">{{cite magazine|title=The Role of Computers|last1=Lesser|last2=Lesser|last3=Lesser|first1=Hartley|first2=Patricia|first3=Kirk|magazine=Dragon|issue=142|date=February 1989|pages=42–51|url=https://fapestniegd.xen.prgmr.com/dragon/Drmg142.pdf#page=44}}</ref> ''[[ACE (magazine)|ACE]]'' reviewed the budget re-release of ''Green Beret'' for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC in 1989, calling it an "intelligently thought out shoot 'em up with excellent graphics".<ref name="ACE"/> The NES version ranked 99 on [[IGN]]'s top 100 NES games list.<ref name="ign">{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/top-100-nes-games/99.html|title=99. Rush'n Attack - Top 100 NES Games - IGN|publisher=ign.com|accessdate=3 Sep 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* ''[[Contra (video game)|Contra]]''
* ''[[Missing in Action (video game)|Missing in Action]]'' 
* ''[[Rush'n Attack: Ex-Patriot]]''

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{KLOV game|9382|name=Rush'n Attack}}
* {{moby game|id=/rushn-attack}}
* {{WoS game|id=0002134|name=Green Beret}}
* [http://www.konami.jp/products/appli_greenberet/index.html ''Green Beret'' at Konami Net DX (Japanese)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110707044646/http://www.konami.cn/GreenBeret.html ''Green Beret'' at Konami Mobile (Chinese)]

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