I always liked the G.I. Joe personalities, but lets face it, Cobra is way cooler than any of those squares. One of the best things about G.I. Joe the arcade game is that it features practically every Cobra vehicle and character that was produced from that particular era of G.I. Joe. It’s awesome to see so many different Cobra bastards as you rampage through their bases.
A total classic. Masterful audio mixing and selection. Done with the original cartoon sound effects, commando backflippin' bad guys, machine guns and explosives all made almost entirely with the colors of the American flag.
I’ve played this game nearly 30 years ago back at the former Kitchen 79’ diner back in Philadelphia Pa. as a 19 year old because this was one of G.I. Joe’s first arcade games I’d ever played & it’s the best .
I rememebr find this game in an arcade on holiday in Tenerife as a kid... nearly had a heart attack at finding it. Must have spent sooo much money trying to finish it. Love it!!
Man, Konami was the king of cartoon licensed games. If I had a cartoon show back in the late 80s or early 90s, it would have been an honor to have Konami make a game based on it.
My oldest son used to watch both G.I. Joe series on WDKY-TV in Lexington, WDRB-TV in Louisville and WGN America (back when WGN was a superstation) when he was a little kid. Nowadays, DVDs are from Shout! Factory, and I hope we have enough money to buy the remaining seasons from the first series and the entire second series, plus the Lady Jaye and Scarlett toys!
I loved how GI Joe hated on Cobra because they had more money and investments. The had their own rock band (Cold Slither) they had a telethon (Cobrathon) the Crimson Twins had their own business (Extensive Enterprises). Multiple bases. And what do they have? A base with a cannon that they’ve never used.
I have been waiting for this moment for more than 25 years. I did not know the name of the game. And so ... Today I saw This in the recommendations for me. Many, Many Thanks!!!
Here's a lot of G.I. Joe trivia for you: 1. Jonathan Dern, one of the producers of the DIC G.I. Joe series, later formed MGM Animation, which later became Sabella/Dern (SD) Entertainment (now a subsidiary of Cinedigm), with former Hanna-Barbera executive Paul Sabella, and later founded the Sinclair/MGM-owned KidsClick. 2. Lee Gunther, the executive in charge of production for the Marvel/Sunbow G.I. Joe series, who started his career at Warner Bros. and DePatie-Freleng as an editor, later promoted to production executive, would branch out on the final phase of his life, creating Gunther/Wahl Productions with Michael Wahl and 🏃♀️ the studio until his 💀 in 1998. 3. Johnny Douglas, the British-born composer, composed a lot of stuff for Marvel Productions and would return to his native 🇬🇧 and would remain there until his 💀 in 2003.
Man, if the real military was like GI Joe, I would join. I mean, you can wear whatever you want, and you'll never have to worry about dying because the war against Cobra is basically one big game of laser tag.
The G.I. Joe arcade game is based on the 1990-1992 DIC/Claster G.I. Joe series and stars 4 characters on the show: Duke, Snake Eyes, Scarlett, and Roadblock.
I only had the opportunity to play this a few times at my arcade before they got rid of it. Man this was awesome. Pure, unadulterated destruction and kickass sound effects and music. And yeah, Snake Eyes doesn't talk...lol
The only problem with this game really is that you need 4 players to experience the full on spectacle of visual carnage it was intended to be. And dat scarlett booty.....
Wow, it's like they put Space Harrier and the pseudo-3D base levels from the original Contra in a blender with an overdose of Reagan-era jingoism and turned the violence up to 11. I'd ask why this never got a home port back in the day, but no system from back then could have handled the awesomeness.
This is when G. I. Joe was AMAZING! Great characters, stories, and soldiers going out and protecting their country from TERRORISTS! Not fake Russian crap (Call of Duty, Battlefield or any modern game). AND this game is MORE INTENSE than most shooters today! I played the heck outta this back in the day! I STILL LOVE IT!
This guy is a rookie, I used to hit almost 1,000 points in the first round. I had mad hours playing with just one coin. This was cool game back in the 90's!
I remember the first time I beat the game on a quarter. It starts over for free. Got to the final boss. Another quarter later, started over. That's when I decided it was time to stop playing. I miss this game.
score another one for The Keeper of The Sword! however, I thought you guys at Team WOL already covered this game...please correct me if I'm wrong. anyways, keep up the grand preservation of electronic entertainment!
allen harper And it wasn't until the G.I. Joe movie that any of the Joes died. If the cartoons taught me anything, it's this: If you're working for COBRA, and Scarlett starts backflipping... SURRENDER. You've already lost. ;-) Also, COBRA's dental plan sucks! Dr. Mindbender is a certified dentist (and maybe certifiable, as in "certifiably insane")... but are you really sure you want HIM filling your cavities?
Is it me or are the games graphics really...odd. LIke, it seems like there are constant graphical issues. Also, how is that dirt acting like water Destro, or is that some camo shit?
+AnGEl HisPANo It's a setting on the arcade board. You can choose between 2P and 4P operation (obviously, there's no point in turning on 4P mode if the arcade cabinet only has 2 joysticks).
After defeating the final boss, the reactor have much high voltage, and suddenly start zapping and exploding all the cobra ship, the high voltage has continue zapping, but in all the ship, and is destroyed the high voltage zone, the ship has touched the floor, and has been provocate a big explode
HERE IT GOES BUT I DONT THINK COBRA COMMANDER IS THE ONLY ONE WHOS BEHIND ALL OF THIS OR WHATEVER THATS CALLED AND WHATEVER THAT IS AND PERFECTION CALLED OR WHATEVER THATS CALLED AND WHATEVER THAT IS
Mi video juego favorito de guerra en mi infancia era mi favorito y sigue siendo mi video juego favorito de guerra hasta ahora 🖒sin ofender pero siempre me gusto y me gusta este video juego
This is the american version that was massively upgraded from the original Japanese game. The newer hardware's sprite scaling was an amazing jump from the originals!
NintendoComplete+ What do you mean, by 'american version'? Devastators was released both in the U.S. and in Japan (as Ga Ru Ka). I'm pretty sure G.I. Joe had a version with japanese text (or at least japanese captions, like their local version of the X-Men game.
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