The Goonies (Famicom video game)
{{Short description|1986 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = The Goonies
| image = The Goonies cover.jpg
| caption = Cover art of The Goonies by Noriyoshi Ohrai
| developer = Konami
| publisher = Konami
Nintendo (VS. System)
| designer =
| composer = Satoe Terashima{{cite web | url=https://topics.smt.docomo.ne.jp/article/magmix/trend/magmix-190652 | title=ファミコン名曲5選！『ドラキュラ』『ゼルダ』…限られた音で表現されたガチ名曲集（マグミクス）｜ｄメニューニュース}}
| platforms = Family Computer, Arcade (VS. System, PlayChoice-10), Family Computer Disk System, PC-8801, X1, MSX
| released = Famicom{{vgrelease|JP|February 21, 1986}}PC-8801/X1/MSX{{vgrelease|JP|October 23, 1986|EU|1986 (MSX)}}VS. System/PC-10{{vgrelease|NA|1986}}Famicom Disk System{{vgrelease|JP|April 8, 1988}}
| genre = Platform
| modes = Single-player
| arcade system = Nintendo VS. System, PlayChoice-10
}}
File:The Goonies for the Family Computer.jpg
{{Nihongo foot|The Goonies|グーニーズ|Gūnīzu|group=lower-alpha|lead=yes}} is a 1986 platform video game developed and published by Konami for the Family Computer. It is based on the film of the same name. Konami also developed a completely different version for the MSX in Japan.{{cite web | url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/goonies-the-konami/ | title=Goonies, the (Konami) – Hardcore Gaming 101}} First released on cartridge, it was later re-released in Disk System format in 1988.{{cite web | url=https://famicomworld.com/game/1337/ | title=Goonies, the Famicom World}}
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.{{cite web|title=The Goonies (Arcade)|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/goonies|website=Mobygames|accessdate=12 December 2016}}
A sequel was released titled The Goonies II, which saw a worldwide retail release in 1987.{{cite web | url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/goonies-ii-the/ | title=Goonies II, the – Hardcore Gaming 101}}
The main theme song for most of the game is a chiptune rendition of Cyndi Lauper's "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough".
Gameplay
=Player=
In the computer versions, the player plays as Sloth.{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/GooniesThe1986EURC734/page/n1/mode/2up | title = The Goonies (MSX) Instruction Manual | year=1986}} In the Famicom and arcade versions, the main character is unnamed, only referred to as "Player" in the instruction manual. {{Cite web | url=http://www.replacementdocs.com/download.php?view.9001 | title = The Goonies (Famicom) Instruction Manual}}
=Controls=
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.
=Stages=
In the computer versions, the entire game takes place exclusively in the caverns. The player goes through 25 interconnected and non-linear levels searching for the Goonies.
The Famicom 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.
=Enemies=
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), but if they are stunned while jumping over a pit, they will fall into it.
Related releases
The theme "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" by Cyndi Lauper, featured in the beginning of the Famicom title and its sequel, was remixed by Tomoyuki Uchida for Pop n' Music 10, from Konami's Bemani Series. The theme retains its original 8-bit song from the NES with added drum and bass beats.
The three hidden items, Konami Man,{{cite web | url=https://opcfg.kontek.net/archive/konamiman.html | title=Opcfg: Wanted: Konami Man and Konami Girl}} Vic Viper (from the Gradius series), and TwinBee, would reappear in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, as well as in Order of Ecclesia. The in-game description for these items is "5,000 points", which is what the player receives if he or she catches it before it disappears.
Notes
References
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External links
- [http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10374 Vs. The Goonies at the Killer List of Video Games]
- [http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7982 The Goonies (Playchoice 10) at the Killer List of Video Games]
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