G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985)

by Epyx
Genres:Shooter
Themes:Action
Game modes:Single player, Multiplayer
Story:Yo Joe! COBRA is up to its slimy tricks once again. They are planning world domination through mass terrorism. The team forces must unite to advance and stop the menace of COBRA in G.I. Joe. the new video game adventure from Konami! Team G.I. Joe members Duke, Road Block, Snake-Eyes, and Scarlett have their work cut out for them. They have been individually trained in specialized military areas. Snake-Eyes is a mystical martial arts master, most dangerous when he is unarmed and cornered. Road Block is a heavy machine gunner who is also adept at hand-no-hand combat. Scarlett, whose strength is military intelligence, is no wimp when it comes to kicking butt. Duke, trained in close range fighting, is looked upon as the guidance counselor. big brother. and offensive coach to the G.I. Joe unit. Together they get tough on the ruthless Cobra Commander and his sleazy Cobra Vipers and Toxo-Vipers. After attacking big cities, COBRA begins to spread mass destruction and chaos. G.I. Joe must destroy the chemical plant to rid the world of COBRA's toxic terror tactics. They advance through to the Air Base where Cobra Commander's dive-bonbing planes, helicopters, tanks, and legions of soldiers are ready for battle. Then it's showtime at COBRA's weapons plant, where the high-tech, destructive arms are being manufactured. When the weapons plant is destroyed, Cobra Commander threatens to launch powerful missiles targeted at cities all over the world. unless G.I. Joe lays down its arms. G.I. Joe, never surrendering, searches through the depths of the jungle for COBRA's secret military base. Once they find the base, where COBRA is storing the deadly missiles, G.l. Joe fights through it to the ultimate showdown with Cobra Commander. It's time for G.l. Joe to get down and dirty, and show COBRA how tough they really are. Join the ranks of a fearless team - G.I. Joe. a real American hero!Show more
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user avatar@SaturnHerouser avatar@SaturnHero
February 04, 2025
I'm sure there are license problems that mean we will never get this, but for its time, this game was amazing. It had a ton of playable Joes, 4 vehicles, two modes (top down vehicle combat and side view Joe vs Cobra fights), and they all played a bit differently. Unlike a lot of games of this era, you could actually beat this game, there was an ending and everything, and it wasn't ridiculously hard to get to. G.I. Joe has a terrible history of games, and for all the flaws that result from the age of this, this is probably still the best one that was made. I don't know what systems this was on besides the C64, so there's probably horror stories of this like there was with the terrible NES port of Ghostbusters, but the Commodore version of this was awesome, and I'd love to go back and play it.
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