Jackal (Amstrad CPC)

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Description

The enemy army has captured too many of your forces. Being held in P.O.W. camps, these soldiers are effectively out of the war... unless some kind of rescue operation can be mounted. Heavy Forces are too slow and visible to be of any use, but perhaps something smaller and lighter may make it in where larger forces would fail. A small jeep, maybe two, crewed by about 4 people.... minimal enough not to represent too much of a loss and yet suitable enough to aid in rescue. But of course, if these brave men want to succeed AND come back alive; they'll need to fight like animals... they'll need to fight like jackals...

Jackal is an overhead view jeep game for up to 2 players. The controller moves in four directions, button A fires your grenades (upgradeable to bazooka) and button B your machine gun which ALWAYS fires to the top of the screen. Your mission is to locate facilities where soldiers are being held prisoner, rescue as many as possible, and escort them to a safe landing zone where they will be air transported away. After that, you'll need to fight a boss battle against the enemy to progress.

The NES version is not a straight port of the original Arcade game, but rather a remake. The Arcade version is a continuous battlefield, but the NES version is divided into 6 stages with a boss fight at the end of each stage. Also, enemy and hazard placements are quite different between versions.

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Alternate Titles

• "赤色要塞" -- Japanese Spelling
• "Top Gunner" -- US Coin-op Alternate Title
• "Tokushu Butai Jackal" -- Japanese Coin-op Title
• "Final Command: Akai Yousai" -- Japanese Famicom Disk System version

Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Gaming Service: Game Room
• Genre: Car / motorcycle combat

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Critic Reviews

ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Dec, 1987	5.8 out of 12	48
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Jan, 1988	450 out of 1000	45
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Jan, 1988	4 out of 10	40
Power Play	Dec, 1987	1 out of 10	10

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Trivia

German index

On July 30, 1988, Jackal was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. For more information about what this means and to see a list of games sharing the same fate, take a look here: BPjS/BPjM indexed games.