Line #30 VideoGame/GuerrillaWar


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3	''Guerrilla War'' (originally titled ''Guevara'' in Japan) is an overhead [[ActionGame run and gun]] game produced by SNK. It was released for arcades in 1987 as a coin-operated UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame. It was ported to the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum and the UsefulNotes/{{NES}} in 1988.
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5	''Guerrilla War'' followed the adventures of two unnamed rebel commandos (UsefulNotes/CheGuevara and UsefulNotes/FidelCastro in the Japanese version) as they raid an unnamed Caribbean Island (Cuba in the original[[note]]The game was originally loosely based on the real life Cuban Revolution of the late 50s-early 60s[[/note]]) in order to free it from the rule of an unnamed tyrannical dictator (UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista). Along the way the players vanquish hordes of unnamed enemy soldiers (originally part of the Batista regime) while attempting to rescue hostages, collecting weapons from troopers and operating tanks.
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7	!! This game provides the following examples:
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9	* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: One of the levels in the NES version, in which your characters are tossed inside by the Plow Brothers.
10	* BananaRepublic: This is where your revolutionary fights, from start to finish. From farms, to the dictator's palace.
11	* {{Bowdlerise}}: As the game was released during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar and anti-communist sentiments were still high, SNK simply removed the identities of Che and Fidel in the North American arcade and NES versions.
12	* BittersweetEnding: In the arcade version, the BigBad is overthrown, [[KarmaHoudini but manages]] [[VillainExitStageLeft to escape]]. Subverted in the NES version, [[DeathByAdaptation where he is killed instead]].
13	* BottomlessMagazines: Only in the NES version, for both your gun and bombs.
14	* CoDragons: The Plow Brothers in the NES version.
15	* CollisionDamage: Touch a Mook and you will die. Unless you're in a tank, in which case they'll die (unless ''they're'' in a tank, in which case your tank will die).
16	** Funnily enough, in the [=NES=] port, if a hero and a [=mook=] run into each other, [[TakingYouWithMe the collision is fatal to both parties]].
17	* DeathByAdaptation: The BigBad [[KarmaHoudini escapes]] in the Arcade version of the game, but dies in the NES version.
18	* DualBoss: The NES version has the Plow Brothers, two big burly men who ride a plow. The first time you destroy their plow, they toss your characters into a mine. Later, you encounter them in a city and they toss you into a sewer. You get your revenge when you fight their plow the second time, as they fail to get out before it explodes.
19	* FireBreathingWeapon: The flamethrower, which can kill many enemies in a row.
20	* FlunkyBoss: The first boss in the arcade version is a commander who summons mooks to aid him. Most of the vehicle bosses also do this.
21	* HopelessBossFight:
22	** The first boss of the arcade version has a commander that dances back and forth and laughs at you, while mooks swarm in. You can't harm the commander. You have to wait him out until the the (beatable) helicopter boss flies in.
23	** At the end of Stage 6 (the first half of the city) in the NES version, you encounter the Plow Brothers again, only this time they're not inside a plow. You can't do anything, and no matter how long you try to dodge them, they'll throw you into a sewer in the next stage.
24	* HostageSpiritLink: Averted, although you do lose a lot of points if you accidentally gun one down.
25	* JungleJapes: In Stage 1, you fight against soldiers in the fortified jungle.
26	* KarmaHoudini: The BigBad in the arcade version manages to run away from the fight. [[note]]In a way, this mirrors Batista's real-life retreat from Havana.[[/note]] In the NES version, you give him a well-deserved killing.
27	* KillItWithFire: One of the weapons available is a flame thrower.
28	* MacrossMissileMassacre: The Final Boss launches lots of homing rockets from the roof of the palace.
29	* MadeOfIron: The Big Bad in the NES version can take more damage than a few tanks ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzhxFNDBTUo see here]]).
30	* MinecartMadness: One stage is set on one, and gives you a rope to sling any captives that pass by.
31	* MultiMookMelee: The boss of the NES version's sewer stage is a lot of soldiers. You also fight one on the NES battleship level.
32	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the original Japanese release, the player's characters are UsefulNotes/CheGuevara and UsefulNotes/FidelCastro, and the main villain from the same release is UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista.
33	* OneHitPointWonder: Your character dies in one hit. If you're in a tank, it can take one explosive attack before you have to get out (or it explodes on you).
34	* RecurringBoss: The Plow Brothers and their plow. The tank-driving MiniBoss in the second stage may also count, as you fight a similar but stronger one as the boss.
35	* SmartBomb: A PowerUp in the NES version made your next grenade nuke all enemies on the screen.
36	* SpreadShot: The NES version's "S" weapon gives you a traditional spread shot, and the "T" weapon gives you a shrapnel rocket, which explodes into three shots after it hits an enemy or if it travels a specific distance.
37	** Some enemies will also use these on you.
38	* StalkedByTheBell: Stay too long in an area in the arcade version and the entire screen starts getting bombed until you lose a life.
39	* TankGoodness: As with ''VideoGame/IkariWarriors'', you can ride in a tank, which is immune to regular bullets. However, a single explosive will put it out of commission. The same goes for enemies in tanks — you have to hit them with grenades or special weapons.
40	* UndergroundMonkey: Mostly averted with the regular soldiers, played straight with the enemy tanks.
41	* VehicularAssault: Most of the bosses.
42	* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: You lose points for accidentally shooting captives--Yet this is inverted with animals, who ''give'' points for being shot.
43	* VillainExitStageLeft: The BigBad does this at the end of the arcade version.
44	* WhatTheHellHero: Hostages are not immune to the heroes' bullets. However, killing an innocent will only result in a small score deduction.
45	* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/nes/a/guevara.htm The Japanese version]] ends with what happened to Guevara and Castro. Guevara was later executed in Bolivia following his promotion to the rank of lieutenant for his actions, and Castro would become the prime minister of Cuba.

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