Freedom Force (1988 video game)

Not to be confused with Freedom Force (2002 video game).
Freedom Force
NES cover art
Developer(s)Sunsoft[1]
Publisher(s)Sunsoft
Producer(s)
  • Kiharu Yoshida
  • Joe Robbins
Designer(s)
  • Richard Robbins
  • Michael Mendheim
Programmer(s)
  • Hiroaki Higashiya
  • Tomomi Sakai
Artist(s)
  • Yasuyuki Osada
  • Katsunori Kobayashi
  • Rieko Sakai
Composer(s)Naoki Kodaka
Platform(s)Nintendo Entertainment System
Arcade
ReleaseNES
Arcade
Genre(s)Light gun shooter, action[1]
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer (arcade)
Arcade systemNintendo VS. System

Freedom Force is a video game developed and published by Sunsoft for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988. The player takes the role of a sharpshooter in a counter-terrorist organization. This is one of the few games to require the NES Zapper light gun accessory. The game was released in arcades on the Nintendo VS. System as VS. Freedom Force that year.

In January 1988, it was announced as a 1-megabit cartridge at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "NES release information". GameFAQs. Retrieved August 12, 2008.
  2. ^ "Arcade release information". GameFAQs. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  3. ^ "Nintendo Makes Big Impression at CES". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 6, no. 10. January 1988. p. 10. Retrieved July 15, 2024 – via Internet Archive.