History VideoGame / Rambo

* AdaptationExpansion: The video game, while mostly true to the film, now chronicles Rambo's many battles with the mutant wildlife of Vietnam, along with his battles against androids as he goes to rescue the [=POWs=] for a second time.

''Rambo'' is the title of multiple console and arcade games, over the years, with the most famous being a 1988[[note]]1987 in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}[[/note]] ActionAdventure game for the Platform/{{NES}}. Adapted from ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'', it featured gameplay similar to that of ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'': Experience points, levels, side scrolling exploration, dark maps requiring a light source, similar default weapons, and so on. Due to ''Zelda II'''s protracted localization timeframe, however, ''Rambo'' ended up introducing that style of gameplay to North America.

''Rambo'' is the title of multiple console and arcade games, over the years, with the most famous being a 1988[[note]]1987 in Japan[[/note]] action-adventure game for the NES. Adapted from ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'', it featured gameplay similar to that of ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'': Experience points, levels, side scrolling exploration, dark maps requiring a light source, similar default weapons, and so on. Due the ''Zelda II'''s protracted localization timeframe, however, ''Rambo'' ended up introducing that style of gameplay to North America.

!!Tropes in the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem version include:

* {{Metroidvania}}: It has very rudimentary metroidvania elements, requiring the player to collect a couple items or [=NPCs=] and then backtrack to progress in a generally open environment.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: Murdock, who in the film is a blond and somewhat fit bureaucrat, is a noticeably overweight, grey-haired man in the game.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: Murdock, who in the film is a blonde and fit bureaucrat, is an overweight grey-haired man in the game.

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Rambo is the title of multiple console and arcade games, over the years, with the most famous being a 1988[[note]]1987 in Japan[[/note]] action-adventure game for the NES. Adapted from ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'', it featured gameplay similar to that of ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'': Experience points, levels, side scrolling exploration, dark maps requiring a light source, similar default weapons, and so on. Due the ''Zelda II'''s protracted localization timeframe, however, ''Rambo'' ended up introducing that style of gameplay to North America.

* NintendoHard: Not quite to ''Zelda II'' levels, but the game got backlash for still being very difficult. Your ranged weapons have limited ammunition that is difficult to find refills for, and fighting with your Bowie knife is very hard to do safely.

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* BalefulPolymorph: During the ending, the player can throw the kanji of "anger" (怒) at Murdock, which turns him into a frog.

* UnwinnableByMistake: There is one bridge near the end that {{knockback}} doesn't send you through, but if you jump down it by mistake, you are trapped.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The game has some mild language that includes "hell" and "damn" and "I swear to God".

* DoomedByCanon: Played with quite beautifully. If you speak to Co (roughly) where she dies in the movie, she dies in game. If you ignore the movie's plot, she lives until the end.

* MultipleEndings: You can finish the game much sooner and get a different ending if you follow Murdock's orders. You also get a slightly different ending if Co survives.

It received mixed critical reception, with common complaints being the game's tone and sluggish controls. ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' covered this in 2008, which can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM28zVrk8tw here]].

* GuideDangIt: A lack of signs and a couple localizaion issues can make your destination unclear.

It received mixed critical reception, with common complaints being the game's tone and sluggish controls. The ''WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd'' covered this in 2008, which can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM28zVrk8tw here]].

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: If you avoid Co in the cutscene that's supposed to trigger her death, she's waiting for you at the helicopter and then at the base with unique dialogue, giving Rambo a happy ending.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Co's death occurs during a conversation cutscene that sort of mirrors the events of the movie. Skipping the conversation skips her death scene. [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything The developers]] actually accounted for this in the ending.

!!Tropes in the NintendoEntertainmentSystem version include:

Rambo is the title of multiple console and arcade games, over the years, with the most famous being a 1988[[note]]1987 in Japan[[/note]] action-adventure game for the NES. It featured gameplay similar to that of ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'': Experience points, levels, side scrolling exploration, dark maps requiring a light source, similar default weapons, and so on. Due the ''Zelda II'''s protracted localization timeframe, however, ''Rambo'' ended up introducing that style of gameplay to North America.

* BalefulPolymorph: During the ending of the NES adaptation of ''First Blood: Part II'', the player can throw the kanji of "anger" (怒) at Murdock, which turns him into a frog.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The NES version of ''Rambo'' has some mild language that includes "hell" and "damn" and "I swear to God".

* MultipleEndings: In the NES version you can finish the game much sooner and get a different ending if you follow Murdock's orders.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Co's death in the NES version occurs during a conversation cutscene that sort of mirrors the events of the movie. Skipping the conversation skips her death scene. [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything The developers]] actually accounted for this in the ending.

Rambo is the title of multiple console and arcade games, over the years, with the most famous being a 1988[[note:1987 in Japan]] action-adventure game for the NES. It featured gameplay similar to that of ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'': Experience points, levels, side scrolling exploration, dark maps requiring a light source, similar default weapons, and so on. Due the ''Zelda II'''s protracted localization timeframe, however, ''Rambo'' ended up introducing that style of gameplay to North America.

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