GI Joe is a great game that I always loved to play. It has the old music that can get you pumped to fight any terrorist organization. The graphics are what you expect out of an early commodore 64 games. But, the game play does not suffer. You can play Cobra or GI Joe. It is a one or two player game. Ace flies the F-14 Tomcat. Clutch drives the jeep. Wild bill flies the helicopter. And In the one on one fighting mode you get the 8 characters to choose from.
Snake eyes, Scarlet, Barbecue, Rock and Roll, Roadblock, Lady Jay, Flint, and Duke.
Cobra vehicle mission can be played with the Hiss, which is a tank, the Rattler which is like an A-10 warthog, a helicopter, and jeep. You also in one on one mode get the choice of 8 characters. Cobra Commander, Destro, Storm shadow, Fire Fly, The Barronise, Zartan, a cobra trooper, and another guy that slips my memory.
And one note on the one on one mission is that everyone had a different type of guy to use. And on some missions one side has a disadvantage.
The way you tell if a mission is vehicle or one on one is the symbol on the map. A star is a one on one
mission and an oval shaped symbol is a vehicle mission. On vehicle missions it is one player. And it takes two controllers. One controller to fire and drive the vehicle. And the other to control the range of the weapon.
In vehicle missions the tank and jeep are the easiest to use. You have enough control to stop and line up to shoot other tanks and destroy radar and missile bases. The main objective is to destroy the other group’s base. Typically you have to search for it. The jets have to watch out for missile, they will shoot you down. If you lose a vehicle or person you can not use them again they are dead. So be careful.
Overall the game still rocks. Thank god there is a warp on the emulators, because this game has a long , very long load time. I remember waiting forever for this game to load. But it is worth the download to check out you might find yourself playing for hours on end for this one. I know I did. And the music will keep you going in this one, the best GI Joe game ever.
