Master Jackal Gameplay Tips: Save POWs in Epic Tank Action
0🕹 Game Name: Jackal
📛 Alternate Names: TNK III
📅 Release Date: June 1986
🔫 Genre: Run‑and‑gun / shoot ’em up
👨 🏻 💻 Developers: Konami
👨 🏻 💻 Publishers: Konami
🔢 Max Players: 2
⁉ Cooperative: Yes
🕹 Game Introduction:
Jackal thrusts you into a top‑down battlefield as a two‑man jeep squad tasked with rescuing prisoners of war behind enemy lines.
🕹 Game Description:
Strap into an armored jeep equipped with twin machine guns and grenades. Navigate hostile terrain, extract POWs, and blast your way to freedom.
🎴 Game Play:
👉 🏻 Drive your jeep through enemy encampments, dodging fire and obstacles.
👉 🏻 Rescue POWs by picking them up and escorting them to the helicopter extraction zone.
👉 🏻 Collect supply crates for extra ammo, grenades, and temporary shields.
👉 🏻 Coordinate with a second player for seamless co‑op strikes.
👉 🏻 Face progressively tougher bases culminating in heavily fortified boss encounters.
📕 Background & History:
Konami released Jackal in arcades in mid‑1986, building on the popularity of top‑down shooters like Commando. Its co‑operative focus and POW‑rescue twist made it a worldwide hit and spawned home‑console ports the following year.
🐣 Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs:
👉 🏻 Hug walls to reduce your hitbox and slip past enemy fire.
👉 🏻 Back‑and‑forth joystick flicking can exploit minor invincibility frames.
👉 🏻 Rapid fire grenades in cramped corridors to clear clustered foes quickly.
🐱 💻 Hacks:
👉 🏻 Use MAME’s cheat table to enable unlimited lives and ammo.
👉 🏻 Flip the arcade’s DIP switches (difficulty settings) to max out starting grenades.
👉 🏻 Apply a ROM patch to unlock direct level select from the attract screen.
🎉 Trivia:
👉 🏻 Known as “T.N.K. III” in Japan, part of Konami’s early tank‑shooter trio.
👉 🏻 Its jeep sprites reappear as Easter eggs in later Konami titles.
👉 🏻 The rescue helicopter tune inspired Konami’s NES soundtrack work.
👓 Lonster’s Review:
A relentless, no‑nonsense shooter that nails the co‑op tank formula. Its challenge curve is steep but fair, and every POW you save feels like a triumph.
🌟 Legacy:
Jackal set the standard for two‑player run‑and‑gun action, influencing countless arcade and console shooters with its rescue‑and‑upgrade loop.
✨ Cultural Impact:
Its arcade cabinets became staples in malls worldwide. The NES port introduced many Western kids to Konami’s brand of high‑intensity action, cementing the jeep‑shooter subgenre.
💭 Lonster’s Final Thoughts:
Jackal remains a must‑play for retro fans: simple to learn, brutally tough, and endlessly replayable. Perfect for couch co‑op chaos!
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