H.E.R.O.
Release: 1984
Publisher: Activision
Developer: John Van Ryzin / The Softworks
Type: Shoot
Coleco #: VS-005
 

 

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H.E.R.O. title screen
H.E.R.O. screenshot

GAME DESCRIPTION

HELICOPTER EMERGENCY RESCUE OPERATION

Reach miners trapped miles under the surface of the earth! Use the Prop-packto maneuver through a maze of mineshafts! Blast vile vermin with theMicrolaser Beam!

Dynamite walls! Negotiate across the lethal lava flow!

Rescue all the miners you can before running out of lives or power!

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H.E.R.O. patch

GAME TRIVIA

Soon after its Atari 2600 launch, Activision ported H.E.R.O. to other gaming consoles available at the time, including the Atari 5200 and Colecovision systems. H.E.R.O. was also ported to home computer systems, with versions released for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum.


Sega reprogrammed the game and ported it to its SG-1000 gaming console in Japan in 1985; while the gameplay was identical, Sega changed the backpack from a helicopter to a jetpack.

H.E.R.O.-Apple II

Apple II

H.E.R.O.-Atari 2600

Atari 2600

H.E.R.O.-Atari 5200

Atari 5200

H.E.R.O.-Atari 8bit

Atari 8bit

H.E.R.O.-C64

C64

H.E.R.O.-MSX

MSX

H.E.R.O.-SG1000

SG-1000

H.E.R.O.-ZX Spectrum

ZX Spectrum