H.E.R.O.

released on Mar 30, 1984

There is trouble in the mines! Volcanic activity has trapped numerous miners, and it is your job to save them. As Roderick Hero, you need to make your way through the dangerous mineshaft avoiding the dangerous creatures and lava, and find out where the miners are located before you run out of energy. To help on your mission, Roderick Hero has several useful types of equipment. A prop pack will allow you to hover and fly around the mineshaft and (hopefully) avoid the many dangers within. Your helmet features a short range microlaser beam which can be used to destroy the bats, spiders, snakes, and other creatures you'll encounter in the mines. From time to time, your path through the mine may be blocked by stone or lava walls. You begin each mission with six sticks of dynamite which can be used to destroy these obstacles (be careful you don't blow yourself up, though!) If you run out of dynamite, your laser beam can also be used to destroy the walls, though this will take longer and use up more energy. As the levels progress, the mine shaft will become longer and more maze-like, creatures will more frequently block the path, and lava walls and pools will appear which are dangerous to the touch.


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Dizem que um tal de Nickelback estava jogando esse jogo num dia sem inspiração nenhuma.

definitely the best feeling 2600 game I've ever played. some of the level design is cruel (and in the end, got the best of me.... on level 20), but it gives the player an interesting moveset with a joystick and one action button. I'm curious if the level design directly influenced later 80s action adventure games.

A solid action game that has whispers of Metroid in the level design.

Probably the best Atari game, but also better on other systems (the art in the commodore version is beautiful, for an example), so it exists strangely in memory. If I only got a chance to show someone Atari through like three or four games, this would definitely be one of them.

O melhor jogo do Atari 2600. Uma experiência divertida e original mesmo com as insanas limitações do sistema.

Beautifully executed action adventure, especially for the 1984. The little helicopter backpack made me feel powerful.