Rambo (1987 video game)

This article is about the 1987 game. For other games based on the franchise, see Rambo (disambiguation) § Video games.
Rambo
North American NES cover artwork featuring Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo
Developer(s)Pack-In-Video[1]
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)Akihiro Tokita
Composer(s)Toru Hasabe, Minky Motoyama
Platform(s)NES[1]
Release
  • JP: December 4, 1987
  • NA: May 1988
Genre(s)Action/platformer,[1] Metroidvania[2]
Mode(s)Single-player

Rambo is a side-scrolling action-adventure video game produced by Pack-In-Video for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was released on December 4, 1987 in Japan, and May 1988 in North America. It is based on the film Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985). The game sold 600,000 copies.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d Rambo for NES at MobyGames
  2. ^ Szczepaniak, John. "Backtracking: The History of Metroidvania". GamesTM. No. 116. Imagine Publishing. pp. 148–53.
  3. ^ Schreiber, Paul (October 16, 1989). "Zapping All the way to the bank". Newsday. p. 127. Retrieved December 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.