Green Beret

Japanese version of Rush'n Attack, a port of the arcade game. In the role of a special unit, you are thrown into enemy territory and given the task of destroying a secret weapon and wishing you good luck. You have to eliminate enemies in your path with quick knife stabs. Different soldiers can simply run at you, kick with a jump, or shoot from a gun. Along the way there are snipers on watchtowers, jetpacked fighters, parachutists, sheepdogs and other enemies. You can go below or above, up or down ladders. Grenades or grenade launchers are used to knock out certain enemies and help blow up mines, which can sometimes hide passageways to underground parts of levels. Each missed hit or shot is fatal, but there are two extra lives in reserve. And unlike the NES version, you respawn in the same place immediately after death, rather than being thrown back to the control point. You also get three replays. This would seem to make the Japanese version easier, but there are still moments here that are the opposite - more difficult.