Jackal
The enemy army has captured too many of your forces. Being held in P.O.W.
camps, these soldiers are effectively out of the war… unless some kind of
rescue operation can be mounted. Heavy Forces are too slow and visible to be
of any use, but perhaps something smaller and lighter may make it in where
larger forces would fail. A small jeep, maybe two, crewed by about 4
people…. minimal enough not to represent too much of a loss and yet suitable
enough to aid in rescue. But of course, if these brave men want to succeed AND
come back alive; they’ll need to fight like animals… they’ll need to fight
like jackals…
Jackal is an overhead view jeep game for up to 2 players. The controller moves
in four directions, button A fires your grenades (upgradeable to bazooka) and
button B your machine gun which ALWAYS fires to the top of the screen. Your
mission is to locate facilities where soldiers are being held prisoner, rescue
as many as possible, and escort them to a safe landing zone where they will be
air transported away. After that, you’ll need to fight a boss battle against
the enemy to progress.
The NES version is not a straight port of the original Arcade game, but rather
a remake. The Arcade version is a continuous battlefield, but the NES version
is divided into 6 stages with a boss fight at the end of each stage. Also,
enemy and hazard placements are quite different between versions.
Jackal