The Goonies - Complete Game - NES Retro Replay
6Happy to have played this version of The Goonies on the NES.. Great game and not to difficult or long.. Once you know the layout of the levels and where the secret items are it helps a bunch. I played this quite a few times before getting this recorded so I could have a good representative of the game.. Don't mistake this game for The Goonies II which was released in 1987 here in the US.
The Goonies (Japanese: グーニーズ, Hepburn: Gūnīzu) is a 1986 platform game based on the film of the same name produced by Konami for the Family Computer. Konami also developed a completely different version for the MSX in Japan. First released on cartridge, it was later re-released in Disk System format in 1988. Although the game was never sold in retail in North America, Nintendo published an arcade port in North America for the VS. System (a coin-operated platform which runs on the same hardware as the NES) under the title Vs. The Goonies and it was also available as a PlayChoice-10 title in the region. A sequel was released titled The Goonies II, which saw a worldwide retail release.
The player defends himself with a kick, bombs (whose explosions are instantly fatal if he is hit), and a slingshot (found randomly behind doors). The player can find diamonds, restoring his life meter to full if he collects eight. He can also find upgrades that protect him against various hazards such as a firesuit that protects against flames and a set of earmuffs that protect against the music notes cast out by one of the Fratelli brothers.
The NES version roughly follows the film, with stages resembling the restaurant, caverns and a pirate ship. The ending also recreates one scene from the film where the Goonies are on a beach watching The Inferno ship sail away. Throughout the journey, the player has to find three keys and one Goonie for each level. He does so by using bombs to blow open the doors concealing them. The player can advance to next level after finding the three keys, but in order to really "finish" the game, he must also free all the Goonies to access the game's final level (The Pirate Ship). Otherwise, the game will restart from the first level.
An army of rats patrols the stages frequently. There are three kinds of rats: red, yellow, and white. Red ones need one hit with kick/slingshot, while the yellow ones need two. White rats take one hit like red, but drop a cross granting temporary invincibility. A Fratelli makes an appearance and attempts to attack the player by shooting at him and spreading music notes at him. The Fratellis cannot be killed, even by bombs; they can only be stunned. After a while, they will get up and continue chasing the player (if still on screen). However, if they are stunned while jumping over a pit, they will fall into it.
The main theme song for most of the game is a chiptune rendition of Cyndi Lauper's "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough".
Developer - Konami
Publisher - Konami
Nintendo (VS. System)
Composer - Satoe Terashima
Platform(s) - Family Computer, Arcade (VS. System, PlayChoice-10),
Family Computer Disk System, PC-8801, X1, MSX
Release - Famicom
JP: February 21, 1986
PC-8801/X1/MSX
JP: October 23, 1986
EU: 1986 (MSX)
VS. System/PC-10
NA: 1986
Famicom Disk System
JP: April 8, 1988
Genre(s) - Platform game
Mode(s) - Single-player
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