The Goonies (FC)

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The Goonies
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Platform: NES
Year: 1986
Developer: Konami Corporation
For other games in the series, see The Goonies.

Even though the movie was a huge success, The Goonies never made its way onto the NES in the USA, being only released in Japan. This is a bit of a loss because the game would have been quite an attribute to any collection in 1986. However, US players had a chance at playing it on the PlayChoice-10 or the Vs. System in the USA.

The game is a platform action adventure where you must beat up mice, foxes, bats, skeletons, and of course the Fratellis in order to save your Goonie friends. Each stage has three keys and a Goonie trapped behind doors that must be bombed open. Once you save the Goonie and get the keys, while avoiding the numerous enemies, you can unlock the door to the next stage. It's pretty tough when you first play, but it becomes easier as you start to memorize the maps and find hidden powerups.

Even though it doesn't have much to do with the movie, (do you remember when Mikey killed the giant rat to get a bomb to blow open a door to get a red potion?) it's still a solid platformer. Some movie tie-ins include Cyndi Lauper's famous The Goonies 'R' Good Enough theme, one of the Fratellis attacks you with his terrible opera singing, the falling rock traps from the movie are here, the pirate ship, even the excised octopus shows up.


Screenshots

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The title screen.

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The beginning of stage 1.

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Saved the Goonie in stage 1.

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Stage 2 is much more dangerous with fire and pitfalls.

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Using the sling shot in one of the in-between stages.

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The traps are getting more elaborate in stage 4.


Music

The game's theme is Cyndi Lauper's, The Goonies 'R' Good Enough which would later be improved upon for The Goonies II (NES). The music for Stage 2 is also pretty catchy, but the rest is just short jingles, fanfares, and pretty basic music.


Recording

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Title

Composer

Arranger

Length

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01 Game Start Satoe Terashima Satoe Terashima 0:01
02 The Goonies 'R' Good Enough (Stage 1) Cyndi Lauper, Broughton Lunt, Aurthur Stead Satoe Terashima 1:45
03 Stage 2 (and 4) Satoe Terashima Satoe Terashima 1:03
04 Space Between Stages Satoe Terashima Satoe Terashima 0:54
05 The Goonies 'R' Good Enough (Stages 3 and 6) Cyndi Lauper, Broughton Lunt, Aurthur Stead Satoe Terashima 1:33
06 Stage 5 Satoe Terashima Satoe Terashima 0:44
07 All Items Satoe Terashima Satoe Terashima 0:01
08 Stage Clear Satoe Terashima Satoe Terashima 0:02
09 Miss Satoe Terashima Satoe Terashima 0:01
10 Game Over Satoe Terashima Satoe Terashima 0:03
11 Invincible Satoe Terashima Satoe Terashima 0:13
12 Rescued Goonie Satoe Terashima Satoe Terashima 0:01
13 All Clear Satoe Terashima Satoe Terashima 0:01
14 Ending Satoe Terashima Satoe Terashima 0:21


Credits

(Source: The game lacks credits, but Iku Mizutani confirmed that Satoe Terashima was the composer.)


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Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site. The recording was made using Not So, Fatso! v0.851.


Releases

  Japan.svg   Japan
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Title: グーニーズ (The Goonies)
Platform: NES
Released: 1986-03-21
Publisher: Konami Corporation
  USA.svg   USA
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Title: The Goonies
Platform: PlayChoice-10
Released: 198?-??-??
Publisher: Nintendo of America, Inc.
  USA.svg   USA
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Title: Vs. The Goonies
Platform: Vs. System
Released: 198?-??-??
Publisher: Nintendo of America, Inc.


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