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{{Template: Infobox Game
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{{Infobox Game
 
| Title          = Rambo
 
| Title          = Rambo
| BoxArt          = Rambo_-_NES.jpg
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| BoxArt          = Rambo - NES.jpg
| PlatformName    = NES
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| Platform        = {{Platform|Nintendo Entertainment System|NES}}
| PlatformPage    = Nintendo Entertainment System
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| Year            = 1988
| Year            = 1990
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| Developer      = {{Developer|Pack-In-Video|Pack-In-Video Co., Ltd.}}
| DeveloperName  = Pack-In-Video Co., Ltd.
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| Amazon          = B00004SVTN
| DeveloperPage  = Pack-In-Video
 
| Amazon          =  
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
When you first start playing '''''Rambo''''' on the NES, the first thing you'll think of is [[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)]]. Everything's the same; you have dark caves which you can only light up if you have a candle, an experience bar, potions to refill your life, and the interface is even identical. The game was based on the movie "Rambo: First Blood Part II", but like most movie-based games, the developers took many liberties and pretty much ruined the game. They give you a bunch of tedious side quests that you wouldn't even see in the movie, like Rambo having to fight a giant spider in a cave. In the Japanese Famicom version, the experience bar is replaced by an "Anger" bar, but it's exactly the same thing.
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'''''Rambo''''' for the NES is a side view platform action adventure that borrows heavily from [[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)]]. It uses many of the same mechanics; the interface is similar, you gain experience and go up levels in the same way, caves are dark until you light them up, there are similar enemies, and you even drink potions to refill your energy! The game was based on the movie "Rambo: First Blood Part II", but like most movie-based games, the developers took many liberties and pretty much ruined the game. They give you a bunch of tedious side quests that you wouldn't even see in the movie, like Rambo having to fight a giant spider in a cave. In the Japanese Famicom version, the game designers thought it would be a good idea to give Rambo green hair. Plus, the experience bar is replaced by an "Anger" bar, but it's exactly the same thing.
  
 
==Screenshots==
 
==Screenshots==
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{{Screenshot
 
{{Screenshot
| Image      = Rambo_-_NES_-_Title_Screen.png
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| Image      = Rambo - NES - Title Screen.png
 
| Description = The title screen.}}
 
| Description = The title screen.}}
 
{{Screenshot
 
{{Screenshot
| Image      = Rambo_-_FC_-_Title_Screen.png
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| Image      = Rambo - FC - Title Screen.png
 
| Description = The Japanese title screen, accompanied by some Engrish.}}
 
| Description = The Japanese title screen, accompanied by some Engrish.}}
 
{{Screenshot
 
{{Screenshot
| Image      = Rambo_-_FC_-_Ikari.png
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| Image      = Rambo - FC - Ikari.png
 
| Description = Remember in the movie where Rambo turns Murdock into a frog?}}
 
| Description = Remember in the movie where Rambo turns Murdock into a frog?}}
 
|}
 
|}
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{{Issue Screenshots}}
  
 
==Music==
 
==Music==
Fortunately, the developers made a wise decision in the audio department and hired a professional musician to compose the music (plus one of their in-house developers). Unfortunately, most of the songs will get to you because of their very short length, though the songs have been very memorable to its listeners. The composers use aliases, but the programmer Tohru Miyazawa has remembers one of them to be Tohru Hasahe.
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Fortunately, the developers made a wise decision in the audio department and hired a professional musician to compose the music (plus one of their in-house developers). Unfortunately, most of the songs will get to you because of their very short length, though the songs have been very memorable to its listeners. The In-Game 3 song is usually used for the boss battles, but they also play in some other areas of the game. The composers use aliases, but the programmer Tohru Miyazawa remembers one of them to be Tohru Hasebe. There's also a special thanks list which lists another person for music and a sound effects designer, but because of time and age, Tohru doesn't remember their real name.
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When asked about the soundtrack, Tohru Hasebe could only vaguely remember the project, as it was over 30 years ago. He remembered creating MIDI files to send to the developers.
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It's also worth noting that this game's music engine was also used in the game Sylvania: Ai Ippai no Boukensha.
  
 
===Recording===
 
===Recording===
{{Table Recording
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{{TrackListBegin}}
| Caption01 = #
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{{TrackListEntry
| Caption02 = Title
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| Track      = 1
| Caption03 = Composer
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| Title      = Title Screen
| Caption04 = Programmer
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Tohru Hasebe}}, {{TrackListComposer|Minki Motoyama}}
| Caption05 = Length
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| DurationMin = 0
| Caption06 = Listen
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| DurationSec = 56
| Caption07 = Download
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| Game        = Rambo
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 2
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| Title      = Password
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Tohru Hasebe}}, {{TrackListComposer|Minki Motoyama}}
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| DurationMin = 0
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| DurationSec = 22
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| Game        = Rambo
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 3
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| Title      = Cutscene
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Tohru Hasebe}}, {{TrackListComposer|Minki Motoyama}}
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| DurationMin = 0
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| DurationSec = 41
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| Game        = Rambo
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 4
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| Title       = In-Game 1
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Tohru Hasebe}}, {{TrackListComposer|Minki Motoyama}}
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| DurationMin = 0
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| DurationSec = 32
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| Game        = Rambo
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 5
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| Title      = In-Game 2
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| Composer   = {{TrackListComposer|Tohru Hasebe}}, {{TrackListComposer|Minki Motoyama}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 57
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| Game        = Rambo
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| Platform    = NES
 
}}
 
}}
| 01
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{{TrackListEntry
| [[Title Screen - Rambo (NES)|Title Screen]]
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| Track      = 6
| [[Tohru Hasabe]], [[Minki Motoyama]]
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| Title       = In-Game 3
| [[Unknown]]
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Tohru Hasebe}}, {{TrackListComposer|Minki Motoyama}}
| 0:56
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| DurationMin = 0
| {{Song-List|01_-_Rambo_-_NES_-_Title_Screen.ogg}}
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| DurationSec = 29
| [[Media:01_-_Rambo_-_NES_-_Title_Screen.ogg|Download]]
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| Game        = Rambo
|-
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| Platform    = NES
| 02
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}}
| [[Password - Rambo (NES)|Password]]
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{{TrackListEntry
| [[Tohru Hasabe]], [[Minki Motoyama]]
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| Track      = 7
| [[Unknown]]
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| Title      = Death
| 0:23
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Tohru Hasebe}}, {{TrackListComposer|Minki Motoyama}}
| {{Song-List|02_-_Rambo_-_NES_-_Password.ogg}}
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| DurationMin = 0
| [[Media:02_-_Rambo_-_NES_-_Password.ogg|Download]]
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| DurationSec = 4
|-
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| Game        = Rambo
| 03
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| Platform    = NES
| [[Cutscene - Rambo (NES)|Cutscene]]
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}}
| [[Tohru Hasabe]], [[Minki Motoyama]]
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{{TrackListEntry
| [[Unknown]]
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| Track      = 8
| 0:42
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| Title      = Ending
| {{Song-List|03_-_Rambo_-_NES_-_Cutscene.ogg}}
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Tohru Hasebe}}, {{TrackListComposer|Minki Motoyama}}
| [[Media:03_-_Rambo_-_NES_-_Cutscene.ogg|Download]]
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| DurationMin = 1
|-
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| DurationSec = 1
|}
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| Game        = Rambo
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| Platform    = NES
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}}
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{{TrackListEnd}}
  
 
===Credits===
 
===Credits===
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* '''Game Credits:'''
 
* '''Game Credits:'''
 
** '''Music:''' {{Credits|Tohru Hasabe|とおる はさへ (Tohru Hasahe)}}
 
** '''Music:''' {{Credits|Tohru Hasabe|とおる はさへ (Tohru Hasahe)}}
** '''Soundeffect:''' {{Credits|Hiroshi Shimasaki|るしるし しまさき (Rushirushi Shimasaki)}}
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** '''Soundeffect:''' {{Credits|るしるし しまさき (Rushirushi Shimasaki)}}
** '''Music:''' {{Credits|Minky Motoyama|みんき もとやま (Minky Motoyama)}}
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** '''Music:''' {{Credits|Minki Motoyama|みんき もとやま (Minki Motoyama)}}
  
 
(Sources: [[:File:Rambo - FC - Credits - 1.png|1]], [[:File:Rambo - FC - Credits - 2.png|2]])
 
(Sources: [[:File:Rambo - FC - Credits - 1.png|1]], [[:File:Rambo - FC - Credits - 2.png|2]])
  
The USA version of the game lacks credits, but the Japanese version does have credits. It is unknown why they left them out of the USA version. Probably because they didn't want to bother translating the aliases. It is surprising the game has credits at all considering it was developed by Pack-In-Video, a company who rarely had credits in their games.
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The USA version of the game lacks credits, but the Japanese version does have credits. It is unknown why they left them out of the USA version. Probably because they didn't want to bother translating the aliases. There's two sections for the credits; the staff, plus a special thanks which gives credit to another composer and a sound effect designer. Minki Motoyama may have done the music programming or music arrangement.
  
 
===Game Rip===
 
===Game Rip===
{{Template: Table Recording
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{{Rips
| Caption01 = Format
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| Formats = {{Format|NSF}}
| Caption02 = Download
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| File    = Rambo (NES).zip
| Caption03 = Size
 
 
}}
 
}}
| style="text-align:center;" |
 
{{Format|NSF}}
 
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| 14 KB
 
|}
 
  
The NSF rip contains all 8 songs including a copy of the Cutscene music.
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The NSF rip contains all 8 songs including a copy of the Cutscene music. The recording was made in [[VirtuaNSF]].
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Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.
  
 
==Releases==
 
==Releases==
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| Title        = ランボー
 
| Title        = ランボー
 
| Translation  = Rambo
 
| Translation  = Rambo
| BoxArt        = Rambo_-_FC.jpg
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| BoxArt        = Rambo - FC.jpg
| PlatformName  = Nintendo Famicom
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| Platform      = {{Platform|Nintendo Entertainment System|Nintendo Famicom}}
| PlatformPage  = Nintendo Entertainment System
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| Publisher    = {{Publisher|Pack-In-Video|Pack-In-Video Co., Ltd.}}
| PublisherName = Pack-In-Video Co., Ltd.
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| Released      = 1987-12-04
| PublisherPage = Pack-In-Video
 
| Released      = 1987/12/04
 
 
| Country      = Japan
 
| Country      = Japan
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Publication
 
{{Publication
 
| Title        = Rambo
 
| Title        = Rambo
| BoxArt        = Rambo_-_NES.jpg
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| BoxArt        = Rambo - NES.jpg
| PlatformName  = NES
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| Platform      = {{Platform|Nintendo Entertainment System|NES}}
| PlatformPage  = Nintendo Entertainment System
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| Publisher    = {{Publisher|Acclaim|Acclaim, Ltd.}}
| PublisherName = Acclaim, Ltd.
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| Released      = 1988-05-??
| PublisherPage = Acclaim
 
| Released      = 1988/05/??
 
 
| Country      = USA
 
| Country      = USA
 
}}
 
}}
 
|}
 
|}
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==Links==
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[[Category:Needed Song Descriptions]]

Revision as of 08:06, 6 October 2019

Rambo
Rambo - NES.jpg
Platform: NES
Year: 1988
Developer: Pack-In-Video Co., Ltd.
Buy: Amazon

Rambo for the NES is a side view platform action adventure that borrows heavily from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES). It uses many of the same mechanics; the interface is similar, you gain experience and go up levels in the same way, caves are dark until you light them up, there are similar enemies, and you even drink potions to refill your energy! The game was based on the movie "Rambo: First Blood Part II", but like most movie-based games, the developers took many liberties and pretty much ruined the game. They give you a bunch of tedious side quests that you wouldn't even see in the movie, like Rambo having to fight a giant spider in a cave. In the Japanese Famicom version, the game designers thought it would be a good idea to give Rambo green hair. Plus, the experience bar is replaced by an "Anger" bar, but it's exactly the same thing.

Screenshots

Rambo - NES - Title Screen.png

The title screen.

Rambo - FC - Title Screen.png

The Japanese title screen, accompanied by some Engrish.

Rambo - FC - Ikari.png

Remember in the movie where Rambo turns Murdock into a frog?


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Music

Fortunately, the developers made a wise decision in the audio department and hired a professional musician to compose the music (plus one of their in-house developers). Unfortunately, most of the songs will get to you because of their very short length, though the songs have been very memorable to its listeners. The In-Game 3 song is usually used for the boss battles, but they also play in some other areas of the game. The composers use aliases, but the programmer Tohru Miyazawa remembers one of them to be Tohru Hasebe. There's also a special thanks list which lists another person for music and a sound effects designer, but because of time and age, Tohru doesn't remember their real name.

When asked about the soundtrack, Tohru Hasebe could only vaguely remember the project, as it was over 30 years ago. He remembered creating MIDI files to send to the developers.

It's also worth noting that this game's music engine was also used in the game Sylvania: Ai Ippai no Boukensha.

Recording

# Title Composer Length Listen Download
01 Title Screen Tohru Hasebe, Minki Motoyama 0:56
Download
02 Password Tohru Hasebe, Minki Motoyama 0:22
Download
03 Cutscene Tohru Hasebe, Minki Motoyama 0:41
Download
04 In-Game 1 Tohru Hasebe, Minki Motoyama 0:32
Download
05 In-Game 2 Tohru Hasebe, Minki Motoyama 1:57
Download
06 In-Game 3 Tohru Hasebe, Minki Motoyama 0:29
Download
07 Death Tohru Hasebe, Minki Motoyama 0:04
Download
08 Ending Tohru Hasebe, Minki Motoyama 1:01
Download

Credits

(Sources: 1, 2)

The USA version of the game lacks credits, but the Japanese version does have credits. It is unknown why they left them out of the USA version. Probably because they didn't want to bother translating the aliases. There's two sections for the credits; the staff, plus a special thanks which gives credit to another composer and a sound effect designer. Minki Motoyama may have done the music programming or music arrangement.

Game Rip

Format

Download

NSF.png

Download

(Info)


The NSF rip contains all 8 songs including a copy of the Cutscene music. The recording was made in VirtuaNSF.

Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.

Releases

  Japan.svg   Japan
Rambo - FC.jpg
Title: ランボー (Rambo)
Platform: Nintendo Famicom
Released: 1987-12-04
Publisher: Pack-In-Video Co., Ltd.
  USA.svg   USA
Rambo - NES.jpg
Title: Rambo
Platform: NES
Released: 1988-05-??
Publisher: Acclaim, Ltd.

Links