History VideoGame / TheGoonies

** If you didn't have "The Official Nintendo Player's Guide", you were basically screwed. In the 80's, it wasn't like you could just Google an online walk-through.

* PinkMeansFeminine: Annie's tail and hair are pink.
** This only applies to her in-game sprite. On the box art she has blonde hair and a green tail (both the US and Japan boxes).

* DamselInDistress: Annie.

** VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: That said, if you smack around Konami Man, he'll refuse for the rest of the game to restore your health. This is even saved in your password, so the only option is to reset and start a new game.

* PinkMeansFeminine / RoseHairedGirl: Annie's tail and hair are pink.

* AKindOfOne: You'd assume that there'd only be one Jake Fratelli and one Francis Fratelli, being that the film showed Mama didn't reuse any names. However, in the game, they're technically enemy types, and multiple Jakes and Francises can spawn at the same time (though this only happens when you start getting close to Annie). Multiple "Pipsqueak" Fratellis are also possible, but as they're exclusive to the games, they could just be an entire subbranch of the family with gr

* InterchangableAnimatterKeys: In the second.

* InterchangeableAnimatterKeys: In the second.

* CanonForeigner: Annie the mermaid, most prominently.

* StuffBlowingUp: Both games give you bombs, and the second game gives you molotov cocktails.

* EarWorm: The NES' rendition of ''Goonies R Good Enough'' in the first game is surprisingly catchy.

* DoppelgangerSpin: In the later parts of ''II'', you can have multiple spawns of the same Fratelli. Either the gang is much larger than shown in the movie, or Mama started cloning herself and her sons.

Then there was a sequel (''The Goonies II: The Fratellis' Last Stand''), which takes the platforming elements, but, like ''CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'', changes the levels to free roaming exploration (not to mention has elements not seen in the movie at all, like a mermaid to rescue). It's also considered a good game, but like that other game, suffers from some design flaws for being one of the first of the {{Metroidvania}} genre.

And ''then'' there's a completely unrelated single-screen platformer called The Goonies on the Commodore64. This one follows the plot of the film reasonably well; each screen depicts a scene from the movie has two characters present that have to solve its puzzles with teamwork. The game actually ends on the famous ship from the movie, as it sails away on its own.

* DamselInDistress: Annie

* NoExportForYou: The first NES game had an arcade release in the U.S. under the title of ''Vs. The Goonies'' (which ran on the Vs. System, essentially an NES modified for arcade play), but only Famicom owners got the chance to play the game at home.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Annie

* RandomlyDrops: Enemies can drop hearts, keys, bombs, and other items.

* BarbieDollAnatomy: Annie.

* {{Distressed|Damsel}} [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Mermaid]]: Annie

* RealSongThemeTune: The main theme that plays throughout most of the game is a simplified rendition of "The Goonies R Good Enough" by Cyndi Lauper.

Being a major film, ''TheGoonies'' had a licensed video game to go with it. {{Konami}} made a platformer game, with some adventure elements for the {{Famicom}} and {{MSX}}. Although the actual connection to the movie was rather light. Mikey's fellow goonies are captured instead of traveling with him, and the Fratellis are basically individual {{Mooks}} instead of the family chasing the heroes. Then you have rats, bombs, and Mickey using a kick attack. It was still fun for a lot of people, and considered largely an aversion to TheProblemWithLicensedGames.

* {{Metroidvania}}: Second game is one of the originals.

* NoExportForYou: The first NES game had an arcade release for Nintendo's Vs. System under the title of ''Vs. The Goonies'', but only Famicom owners got the chance to the play the game at home.

* {{Irony}}: A licensed game of an American film was not given a full release in that country.

* AnimeAnatomy: Annie.

Being a major film, ''TheGoonies'' had a licensed video game to go with it. {{Konami}} made a platformer game, with some adventure elements for the {{Famicom}} and {{MSX}}. Although the actual connection to the movie was rather light. Mikey's fellow goonies are captured instead of traveling with him, and the Fratellis are basically individual {{Mook}}s instead of the family chasing the heroes. Then you have rats, bombs, and Mickey using a kick attack. It was still fun for a lot of people, and considered largely an aversion to TheProblemWithLicensedGames.

* CanonForeigner: Annie the mermaid most prominently.
* [[DistressedDamsel Distressed]] [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Mermaid]]: Annie

* KillerYoYo: In ''II''

* NoExportForYou: Although America also got the "Vs." arcade version, the NES version of the first ''Goonies'' game was never released in cartridge form in North America, only appearing on the Playchoice-10 arcade units.

** Furthermore, this particular rendition was given a remix and used in one of the PopNMusic games.
* SaveThePrincess: Annie

Then there was a sequel (''The Goonies II: The Fratellis' Last Stand''), which takes the platforming elements, but, like ''[=~Castlevania II: Simon's Quest~=]'', changes the levels to free roaming exploration (not to mention has elements not seen in the movie at all, like a mermaid to rescue). It's also considered a good game, but like that other game, suffers from some design flaws for being one of the first of the {{Metroidvania}} genre.