Rush'n Attack is a run and gun video game developed and released by Konami in North American arcades in 1985, and converted to the Nintendo Entertainment System and MS-DOS PCs. Its name is a play on the phrase "Russian attack" due to its Cold War setting. It was released in some countries as and ported to home systems, becoming a critical and commercial success for arcades and home computers. Gameplay The players assume the roles of the United States special operations Green Berets (named Steve and Ben on the Japanese Famicom ad poster) who are infiltrating an enemy military base to save POWs from execution by firing squad. There are four stages, each ending with a special group of ambushers: Marshalling Area, ends with a truckload of jump-kicking enemies Harbor, ends with a pack of German Shepherds Air Base, ends with three autogyros Siberian Camp, ends with a flame thrower operator The Soviet Armed Forces that attack throughout every stage are Soldiers, Gunners, Supply Runners, Combat Specialists, Jetpack Soldiers, German Shepherds, Parachute Gunners, Gyrocopters, and Flame Throwers. The omnipresent combat knife can be supplemented with captured arms. By eliminating certain Russian militants, the players can obtain a three-shot flamethrower, a four-shot RPG, or a three-pack of hand grenades. When the mission is accomplished, the four rescued POWs salute and the player repeats the game from the first stage on the next difficulty level. An invisible time limit kills the player. Extra lives are given at 30,000 and 70,000, and per 70,000 up to 980,000, and survival of the fittest mode thereafter. Ports In 1986 Ocean Software released home versions as Green Beret on their Imagine label for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit family, MSX, and BBC Micro. The Commodore 64 port was programmed by David Collier, with graphics by Steve Wahid and music by Martin Galway. The Spectrum version was programmed by Jonathan Smith. It was released in North America in December 1986 and an unrelated IBM PC version was released by Konami for the North American market with the Rush'n Attack name in 1989. Famicom Disk System and NES A Family Computer Disk System version of Green Beret was released in Japan on April 10, 1987, along with a corresponding version for the Nintendo Entertainment System (as Rush'n Attack) released that month in North America, and on June 8, 1989 in Europe. The