Andrew Fisher (697) on 11/4/2022 10:42 PM · Permalink · Report

Hello, there are in fact eight stages to this game(the top right corner says PTN 1,2,3 etc., I assume PTN means 'position' i.e. jungle coordinates). Because the stages are nearly identical it's hard to know whether the next stage is new or just a return to stage one, but no it seems there are eight distinct prison camps, mapped out differently. Knowing this makes it feel more worth playing through, even if it is a bit repetitive. The game came out about half a year ahead of film Rambo: First Blood II, but it appears to be a Vietnam rescue mission game. It plays "Ride of the Valkyries" at the start, taken from Vietnam film Apocalypse Now. I also like how you blow open the prison barracks and the little POWs come out in their blue shirts like in Choplifter (Sega's version, one year after this game).