Rush'n Attack

グリーンベレー

Year: 1987
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Platform: FC / NES
Hardware: Family Computer (8-bit)
Genre: Run & Gun / Action
Players: 1-2 players (alternating)
Controls: D-pad + A (attack) / B (jump)
Series: Konami arcade conversions

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About This Game

Known in Japan as Green Beret, Rush'n Attack sends a lone commando into a chain of military installations with nothing but a bayonet. Enemy soldiers, guard dogs, jeeps and turrets come at you from both sides, and you start out with a knife — a one-hit melee weapon that forces you to close distance before you can fight back.

Weapon crates hidden in certain crates and containers hand out a rocket launcher, grenades and a flamethrower, each limited to the stage you found it in. The game is short but famously unforgiving: one hit kills, the timer is tight, and the later bases demand memorised routes rather than reactions.

Bayonet-first run-and-gun combat with one-hit deaths
Limited-use weapon pickups: rocket launcher, grenades, flamethrower
Military base stages with turrets, dogs and armoured vehicles
Famicom version of Konami's 1985 arcade hit Green Beret

Version History

Arcade original (Green Beret)1985
Konami's arcade original, with two-player simultaneous play.
Famicom (Japan)1987
Released as Green Beret; single-player alternating only.
NES (North America)1987
US release as Rush'n Attack.

Tips & Strategy

Attack while moving forward

The knife has almost no reach, so the safe rhythm is to press attack at the exact moment you step into an enemy — you can kill a soldier while barely stopping. Standing still to fight gets you shot from behind.

Pause before the rocket soldiers fire

Rocket-firing soldiers telegraph with a distinct stance. Kill them from below or above rather than head-on, or jump over the missile — the projectile travels in a straight line and never turns.

Save rockets for the vehicles

Weapon crates are rare and stage-limited. Spend the rocket launcher on jeeps and gun emplacements that the knife cannot reach, and keep the knife for infantry you can approach from behind.

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