Jackal, also known as Top Gunner, bears another hallmark of many games from its era: it’s a console port of an arcade game of the same name(s). The fast-paced gameplay, power-ups, and emphasis on retaining those precious POWs may keep you coming back for more, though. If you haven’t already played this game, you’ve probably played something like it. This is all fairly typical for the time and place, both in-game and out. Midway through the stages, players encounter the extraction point in a friendly helicopter. This receives two further upgrades that each increase the scale of the blast on the receiving end. It’ll go from a grenade to a missile or rocket. This secondary weapon can be upgraded via special POWs that represent power-ups. Since each jeep carries two soldiers, you get a basic rapid-fire weapon that curiously can only fire in one direction, upward, and a secondary weapon that initially takes the form of a lobbed grenade. Master the way of the jeep and outmaneuver just about any enemy in the game, minus those pesky enemy jeeps and the odd enemy helicopter. This emphasizes the greatest asset the playable jeeps have: their superior maneuverability. Levels feature vertical scrolling like a shmup except players can navigate to scroll the screen horizontally at any point. Grey, tasked with penetrating enemy territory on the backs of jeeps in order to rescue POWs and escort them to extraction points. Players are thrust into a mission led by Col.
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And you know if it had their name on it for the NES, you’re in for a good time. Sure everybody talks about the Castlevanias, the Contras, and the Turtles, and rightfully so, but somewhere beneath the noise of the more popular titles lies a little gem called Jackal with Konami’s name on it. Konami was then a king among kings, standing shoulder to shoulder with giants. The Nintendo Entertainment System had some heavy hitters not just in terms of the games themselves but also the developers that made those games. Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.