Rambo III (Arcade)

Rambo III
Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Platform: Arcade (Taito B System) Released internationally: 1989 Released in US: January 1, 1990 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has a prototype article

Rambo III may not be movie accurate, but it does have 'splosions and motorcycles and big ol' tanks so that has to count for something, right?!

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Prototype Info

Round Select

This game uses the Taito Code:

• Hold the Service Coin button while the game is booting until a "SERVICE ERROR" message pops up on the screen.
• Press 1P Start (x3), Service Coin, then 1P Start again.

(Source: sudden-desu)

Build Date

A build date is in the main CPU at 0x000AC:

 Mon,22,May,1989

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Easter Egg

There's a very obscure easter egg in Stage 1. To trigger it, the following conditions must be met:

• Rambo must be at full health.
• Rambo must not have any bombs.
• Rambo must not have any active power-ups.

About a minute into the stage, a large grey building will appear in the background. Stand between 56 and 72 pixels from the right (Rambo's torso should be in the space between "CONTINUOUS" and "PLAY"), wait until the open door of the grey building is in your crosshairs, then shoot into the door.

This should trigger a special message from one of the game's programmers and the following bonuses:

• 3,000,000 bonus points.
• 8 bombs.
• Big Weapon, Big Sight, and Rapid Fire power-ups for 2 minutes (Though since the Rapid Fire only decrements after the other two run out, it actually lasts 4 minutes).

(Source: Original TCRF research)