Battle of the Ports - Green Beret / Rush'n Attack (グリーンベレー) Show
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Konami's classic, Green Beret becomes Battle of the Ports 150th title.
The MSX version is missing from this video as I couldn't find a copy. The Xbox 360 version is also missing as it's just an emulation of the arcade game.
Time Code
00:24 - Arcade
02:45 - Atari 8Bit Computers
03:33 - BBC Micro
04:46 - Commodore 64
06:17 - Amstrad CPC
07:24 - MS Dos
08:40 - Famicom Disc System
10:31 - Famicom / NES
12:12 - Game Boy Advance
14:01 - Commodore Plus 4 / C16
14:50 - Thomson MO5
15:50 - ZX Spectrum
17:05 - All versions side by side
Enjoy!
You have to love the character's self-confident head bob in the Spectrum version.
Wow, the ZX version is amazing. Rated very high in the mags. Kids in school loved this version. Kids of all races, the C64, the Amstrads, the NES, and the speccy. Great graphics, playability, and gameplay.
The soundtrack on the NES/Famicom version kicks so much ass!
Oh man. Who doesn't love this game? Naturally, I had the NES version growing up. Konami sure did give us Nintendo owners a lot of love back in the day.
They did during the SFC / SNES days too. It's a shame Konami are nothing these days.
Retro Core Yeah. But at least we still have their old stuff.
That's true.
This was one of a number of games my older brother had on copied floppies I either saw or played on his Commodore 64, alongside others I recall like Comic Bakery, Paperboy, Ghost'n Goblins and Alien.
OMG...one of the first games I played on my C64, mine was hacked with infinite lives, otherwise was impossible to finish with three lives. THAT music is was kept printed in my mind until today. Back in the day I used to record the music with a casette player in front of the TV. The SID turned a lot of average games into timeless memories.
Lord Alfajor Lucky you, my brother's copied floppy was basically untouched so you died after those three lives or whatever. I don't know if the game was sold in the US, but a few of those UK ports like Elite's Paperboy and Ghost'n Goblins apparently found their way here in the 80's.
Lord Alfajor I always thought the name was "Green Beret", didn't know it was "Rush'n Attack" until years later.
I live in Argentina and all copies were included with the cheat. I found out about the "rush'n attack" version with the MAME emulator.
Christopher Sobieniak it is Green Beret. The name was changed for the US market however Konami kept the name for the world NES release expect for in Japan were it kept the original title of Green Beret.
Lord Alfajor oh man, I used to do that. Sit in front of the TV speaker with a tape recorder :)
Aaah, the early days of Konami gaming. Simple and to the point Mark.
I played this game a few times and really liked the simplicity of it and the nice graphics that it had to offer in the arcades. Glad people like you Mark are sharing the love for it.
Well done as always bro.
Anthony..
I would play the arcade version all day and was finally pleased that the NES port was better than the arcade. Better music and two players co-op was the icing on the cake until Contra was released. Konami was pure gold!
I had the ZX Spectrum version and for me it was great back then, one of the better arcade conversions of the time. There were some good and funny solutions that the programmer found probably due to the machine's limitations: Killed enemies 'skeletonize' breifly before dying instead of a more costly 'death fall', I also loved how they diferentiated the jump-kick soldiers by making them bunny hop towards the player.
Loving memories! Tons of hours playing 30 years ago to my Amstrad version. I usually spent at the back of the stage and wait for toasting lots of enemies in one shot! jejeje
hehe, yep, that's the way to do it.
I hadn't realized that Green Beret had so many ports! I It was my favourite game on the Spectrum and Commodore 64 later, especially for the music. I also liked the recent Xbox 360 version.
Mark, I think you missed the MSX version, which was made in the UK by Imagine, and looks like the ZX version, but using hardware sprites
Please check the video's discription (^o^)
Retro Core oh okay :-) by the way: kudos for the Plus4 version, I nearly fainted laughing at your comments ahhahah
Carlos Bragatto haha, I wonder if I could have coded a better port myself?
I remember a friend at school telling me he had Green Beret for the C16 and it was amazing..... I wasnt impressed when I saw it. I loved the BBC Micro back in the day but this port is just shocking, I'll stick to Strykers Run.
I can imagine liking the BBC version if playing it in school during the computer club but now, .... no thanks.
Really used to enjoy playing this on Ye Olde ZX Speccy, but very hard.
The Famicom / NES version looked good and you even get to do a spinning kick move.
Green Beret/Rush'n Attack is the first game I remember that was actually better on console than on the arcade. The Famicom/NES port has comparable graphics, smoother controls, new stages and a phenomenal soundtrack!
Arioca it sure did. But in all honesty, Konami's arcade hardware at the time wasn't so hot. Have you seen Castlevania Arcade? Man, that looks awful for the time period it was released in.
Yes I did. Castlevania Arcade aka Haunted Castle is such a hard game with stiff controls and mediocre graphics. Ironically, no one pushed the NES console better than Konami. I'm really glad we have NES ports of Castlevania, Contra, and Rush'n Attack; imo all of them are more fun to play.
lots of nostalgia for rushnattack on Nes, one of the first games i played on it.
Baseley09 for the longest time I didn't know Rush'n Attack was Green Beret. Probably because I was never in to the NES.
I found two weird things about the ports of Rush'n Attack. One is that the dude in the Atari 8-bit version looks like Che Guevara. Another thing that's also rather odd is that the ending part of the music from the arcade version sounds like the beginning of the 20th Century Fox jingle.
I loved Green Beret on the Speccy!
Regarding the Thompson version, Coder James Higgins had zero experience of the hardware before attempting the conversion..
He was literally just given a MO5 and a stack of French manuals.
He literally had to figure out how the hardware worked while coding Green Beret .
Talk about a hardware baptism by fire.
Wow, that is some big ask! I'm guessing he didn't speak French?
The C16 version is even worse when you realise the machine can actually smoothly scroll just fine using built in hardware. Always loved this game on the C64, Though I was never any good at it!
Yes, you are right. There aws stuff much better than this available on the hardware.
The Amstrad Commando looks like he is from Sherwood.
The zx spectrum is an excellent conversion
On the bright side, the military drums in the Amstrad CPC port sound like they would make a great remix beat.
Famicom version my and friends called Rushian Attack, its because we don't know English,its sounds same Rush'n Russian
Its intention was to sound like Russian Attack! So you where right ;)
It's on Konami Arcade Classics for the Nintendo DS as well. I've got it.
+Dean Allman yes, that's true. I didn't feature that version as it's an emulation of the Arcade ROM.
That's good then. It means I've got the best version. I mainly bought it so I could play Yie Ar Kung Fu (That would make a good battle of the ports)
Yie Are Kung Fu would be a
Good one to do. Just a shame I'm awful at playing the game.
Maybe everybody is. I struggled to finish it on the Xbox 360 and that's why I wanted to play it on another system. To see if I had a better chance. It's a very tricky game.
Ocean did advertise the ST and Amiga versions, with 2 screenshots.
Generation 4 French Mag, had a double page advert showcasing it, along with Rambo III, Victory Road and Guerilla War (also never released)
I wonder if that was another case of Ocean thinking they had the Taito license but never did. Just like with snow brothers and Water Kids.
@@RetroCore or maybe it was considered too long in the tooth?
I completed this on the Spectrum back in the day (around 1987), and still regard it as one of my favorites. Also played it on the C64 and liked it, but I guess I'll always prefer the version I grew up with ;-) Edit: I also played the coin-op but never had the patience (or better said, the money) to finish it as well. Should try it on MAME one of these days.
Alright! I've been waiting for this one.
NIce, hope you enjoyed the show.
The C64 and NES music are so good.
You missed the MSX version, mate!
The MSX version has the distinction of being the only MSX game made by Konami UK. Konami JAPAN licensed to them to make Green Beret and Jail Break. They actually cancelled Jailbreak after they saw the disaster they made with Green Beret :D
You couldn't find the MSX one?Really?
I can send you a .rom version if you want it.
+Rafael Lima please read the videos description.
Yeah, I read it after I had commented, sorry.
That's why I offered you to send you a copy of the game, if you still want to check it out :)
Rafael Lima thanks for the offer. Someone pointed me in the direction of Planet Emu which has a copy :)
Planet emu is great :)
how the c64 guy jumped over that fence hahahahaha
)^o^( It's kind of funny .
Retro Core 'SHWOOP!'
Nice episode. To me the Zx Spectrum is even better than the arcade. All the other computer ports look very weak.
Rui Tunes you are either kidding or you got some serious issue of nostalgia googles going on lol
@@shaolin95 ZX Spectrum version of Green Beret is universally regarded as one of the best versions of the game. There is also version for the GS soundcard on Speccy that has music and proper sound effects.
You're right the ZX Spectrum version is much, much better than the (IMO) rather mediocre arcade version.
@@timoheinonen9570 And all ZX Spectrum mags/reviews are full of shit, so their opinions are immediately disregarded.
Going by this I think I'll play the NES version.
For the enemies that kick crouching and attacking works.
God, that SID tune is just beautiful. The warmth that little chip can produce is so lovely...
The MSX version is horrendous, it was ported by Konami UK, subsidiary that was closed after editing this game.
A greeting!!!!!!
Ah, just as well I couldn't find it then. I'd imagine it was kind of similar to the Thomson MO5 version.
You can find it on Planet emulation.
And is not a port of the ZX version, it is an original development for MSX,a bad development xD
A greeting!!!!!!!
corporal Hicks I'll have to add Planet Emulation to my resources for ROM. Thanks for the heads up.
Best game over music ever!
my god, those sirens!
anyways.... stab to start
Stab to start indeed. What a crazy thing to put on the game.
The Amstrad -version should have been renamed "Oktober fest"
I don't know if you knew but there was also a version of it for the MSX computer. But otherwise nice review and I agree that Commodore Plus 4 version was abysmal lol
TheDrunkMonkShow yep, I knew about the MSX version. I wrote about it in the video's description.
I have a copy and an emulator that works great for windows. I can DM you the info on how to set it up and all that if you want. Let me know :)
TheDrunkMonkShow thanks for the offer but t I'm going on holiday from tomorrow for 3 weeks.
Had the speccy version as a kid and thought it was great haha. later had the nes and famicom disk, but now i have the original arcade pcb its one of my all time faves :)
oh by the way i managed to pick up a wondermega :)) happy days .i made a vid if you want to see.
the Amstrad versión music sound cool ... if is speed it up a little ...
It's kind of Funky I find.
I had the C64 version, I was totally shit at it, but it was fun!
I first played the arcade back in the days then the CPC port which has the slow jerky scroll.Of the 8 bits ports the best are the NES and C64.The MSX is really awful.Thanks again Mark.
Keep them coming 🎮👍
Will do but this is the last Battle of the Ports for this year. I'm off on holiday in two days.
amstard version sound kind like Michael Jackson song, forgot the name but i think its when MJ use the famous moon walk first time
Do you mean Billy Jean or Beat It?
retro core sorry not the first time, after search it the song name is smooth criminal
ah, I see.
And the msx version?
Fernando Sevilla read the video's description :)
Where's MSX version? :)
You didn´t include the MSX version (not that anyone will miss it anyway...)
I probably didn't know about it.
ohh, i get it .... "Russian attack" ....
retrovideogamejunkie It was clever.
C64 version rules!
Actually I never understand the appeal of the game most of my friends would go bananas over this one.
Only played it on the arcades and zx spectrum, and never apreciated any of the versions...
But that's me...
It is one of those game you either love or hate I find.
My friend had this game on NES. I was not a fan. The difficulty was too much. The characters reach was pretty short compared to the arcade and the one hit deaths sending you back to the beginning was really frustrating. Not to mention hit detection or timing seemed a bit off. It was just way too challenging.
I really hated this game when it came out in the arcades. My friend loved it and would not stop playing it. I didn't get it then and I still don't get it now. The arcade board is a tiny little thing, with just a few ics on it. I probably still have it somewhere.
*Nintendo is best version!* ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
CPC port = Robin Hood to rescue XD There is now Enterprise 128 port out th-cam.com/video/Aiy_9Mz--5M/w-d-xo.html
much weaker hardwar
you forgot the awful MSX version ... I bought it back in the days, worst gaming decision of my life ^^
Would Japan have liked it if Russia made a game called NipAttack?..which had poor Japanese folk running onto some yankee's knife gladly....:)
Smart bomb would be a fatboy...I'm sorry. :D
A very different time. Some might not think so, since it wasn't THAT long ago, but a LOT has changed. I mean, this is when the USSR was still in Afghanistan, and that War hadn't even got to the middle of it by this time.
I was only joking...Green Beret is a much better name...why did they change it? I can only imagine they thought the Americans might get annoyed in some way.
Actually, the Chinese have made loads of stuff like that.
Retro Core
I bet.
I've never known it as Rush'n'attack, it's always been Green Beret here.
StoicVampire Pig We Amercians pride ourselves on stupid Cold War puns back then.
never liked this one. Thought it was a horrible arcade game and even worse home port.
It's defiantly an acquired taste. I played it in the arcades when it was new so I can say that back then it was kind of iconic but I never could get past stage 2.