Rambo can take cover behind rocks or other obstacles. Holding the fire button charges the attack. He is armed with a bow and arrow, which is aimed with the D-Pad and fired with, , or. The player is given an extra life for completing a mission without losing a life.Īfter some of the missions, the perspective switches to a view behind Rambo and fights helicopters or tanks. The game ends if the player runs out of lives. He revives immediately with a brief period of invulnerability if the player has extra lives remaining. He can also be blown up by his own bombs. Rambo loses a life if he is hit by enemy fire. Some enemies lob grenades or set timed bombs. Įnemies fire slow-moving projectiles that can be dodged. Rambo is also equipped with three secondary weapons, which are switched with and used with. If fired while moving, it fires in the direction that Rambo is running if fired while standing still, it sweeps from side to side. The machine gun has unlimited ammunition. He can move and backtrack through the stages freely. He moves in any direction with the D-Pad. The game is an overhead run-and-gun played as the soldier John Rambo. Rambo sets out on a dangerous journey to Afghanistan in order to rescue his former commander and his longtime best friend, Colonel Sam Trautman, from the hands of an extremely powerful and ruthless Soviet Army colonel.