Rush'n Attack

Green BeretNES, Arcade, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum +91985

  1. JP1985
  2. NA1985
  3. EU1985
  4. RU—

Rush'n Attack is the North American name; in Japan and Europe the game is Green Beret, including the European home computer versions and the Famicom Disk System release. The arcade version was re-released in 2020 as Arcade Archives Rush'n Attack for Switch and PS4.

Konami released the arcade game in 1985 as Green Beret. In North America it became Rush'n Attack, a pun on "Russian attack" that fits its Cold War setting. The player always carries a combat knife and can grab captured weapons: a three-shot flamethrower, a four-shot RPG or three hand grenades.

The game was a hit on home computers in Europe. Ocean/Imagine handled the conversions, and the Commodore 64 version featured music by Martin Galway, while Your Sinclair gave the ZX Spectrum version 9/10 and a Hot Shot award. Konami also released an MSX version developed in the UK.

Nintendo players got a reworked game. The Famicom Disk System version came out in Japan on 10 April 1987, and the NES version followed in North America the same month, with a new goal, extra stages and two-player co-op. In 2007 Rush'n Attack came to Xbox Live Arcade in a version developed by Digital Eclipse.1

Names and releases

RegionTitle on the boxPlatformDatePublisherSrc
NA Rush'n Attack Arcade December 1985 Konami 1
NA Rush'n Attack NES April 1987 Konami 1
JP Green Beret Arcade October 1985 Konami 1
EU Green Beret Arcade November 1985 Konami 1
EU Green BeretNorth America December 1986 Commodore 64 1986 Imagine 1
EU Green Beretdeveloped in the UK for Konami Ltd. MSX 1986 Konami 1
EU Green BeretUK; Ocean/Imagine also released C64, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro and Plus/4 versions ZX Spectrum 1986 Imagine 1
JP Green BeretFamicom Disk System Famicom Disk System Apr 10, 1987 Konami 1
EU Rush'n AttackTCRF lists the European NES release under the Rush'n Attack title NES 1989 Konami 1
WW Rush'n AttackXbox Live Arcade, developed by Digital Eclipse Xbox 360 May 2007 Konami 1
WW Arcade Archives Rush'n Attackarcade version; also PS4 Switch November 2020 Hamster 1

Also known as: Green Beret JP1Green Beret EU1

Box art by region

  • Rush'n Attack box art, North America release
    NA Rush'n Attack
  • Rush'n Attack box art, Europe release
    EU Rush'n Attack

Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: libretro-thumbnails.

Version differences

  • GameplayArcadeNES/FDS

    The Nintendo home versions change the goal from rescuing prisoners of war to destroying a secret weapon at enemy headquarters, and add simultaneous two-player co-op.1

  • ContentArcadeNES/FDS

    On NES and Famicom Disk System the flamethrower is gone; instead there is a star (temporary invincibility), a pistol power-up and two new stages, an airport and a final base.1

  • DifficultyFDS (JP)NES

    The Disk System Green Beret gives 3 lives, respawns you where you died and allows three continues; the NES version gives 5 lives but sends you back to checkpoints and has no continues.2

All differences (6)

Reception

The arcade game was Japan's third most successful table arcade unit in November 1985. The home computer versions topped the UK charts in June 1986 and were among the four best-selling UK games of the year. IGN ranked the NES version 99th among NES games.1

In lists

Sources

  1. 1en.wikipedia.org
  2. 2tcrf.net

Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13

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