Jackal

Box front of Jackal

Details

Released
1988
Developer
Konami
Publisher
Konami, Inc.
Genre
Action, Racing & Driving, Shooter
Players
Up to 2; single player, multiplayer, cooperative
Type
Commercial
Platform
MS-DOS
Pack
eXoDOS
Manual
Included in the pack (PDF)

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Screenshots

Title screen of Jackal
Title screen
Gameplay of Jackal
Gameplay

About this game

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 gernades (upgradable 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.

Also known as

赤色要塞Japan
Top GunnerUnited States
Tokushu Butai JackalJapan Coin-op
Final Command: Akai YousaiJapan Famicom Disk System version