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Listen up Beret, this should be an easy mission, but you need to get in and get out without being spotted!
Your target is in an extremely exposed position, and should be simple to locate, however hostile's are likely to appear without notice - you are to retreive and sign the package and return it to it's spot without being seen... Remember, watch out - there are hostiles everywhere! It may be preferable to tackle this mission at night in order to increase your chances of not being spotted.
There are private homes near this cache, please keep in mind this Geocache is in the obvious spot and not attached to anyone's home/fence or property!
- DO NOT SEARCH ANY PART OF PRIVATE PROPERTY BERET! -
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History:
Green Beret was originally released in 1985 in both Japan and Europe as Rush 'n' Attack (gedit - Russian Attack!) by Konami. In the game, the player takes on the role of a US special operations officer who must infiltrate enemy military bases in order to rescue POW's who are facing the firing squad.
By killing certain enemy soldiers, the player can obtain a three-shot flamethrower, a four-shot RPG, or a three-pack of hand grenades. At the end of each stage, the player will face a unique group of enemies specific to that stage:
Stage 1 ends with a truckload of running and jump kicking soldiers,
Stage 2 with a pack of fierce dogs,
Stage 3 with three shooting autogyros
Stage 4 with a skillful multi-shot flamethrower operator.
When the mission is accomplished the four rescued POWs salute and the player restarts the game from the first stage on the next difficulty level.
Although released for home 8-bit computers under the
Imagine Software/Studios brand, the true developers were
Ocean - who had purchased the Imagine name from the receivers (Imagine Software went bust in 1984). Ocean were essentially forced to use the Imagine brand for all their arcade games as the Japanese company Konami were concerned that if Ocean released their arcade ports under their own name they would appear to be too big a developer - Ocean were happy to use the IP they had purchased and released and continued to release original games and film licenses under the name Ocean.
The Commodore 64 version of Green Beret was well known for it's loading music - by the legendary
Martin Galway.
And well done to Earthbound Chief for the FTF honors!