Rambo III - Sega Genesis Review

I remember playing this game and enjoyed it. I was also glad it stayed true to the movies, by giving Rambo unlimited bullets in his machine guns

I remember going to the video club every weekend with my Dad to pick out a Genesis game and an action movie on VHS. We must have rented this game so many times, because my Dad eventually just asked the clerk to order us one to purchase. I actually still have this game in mint condition, box and manual too. So many great hours sitting on the carpet in front of the TV blasting away at hundreds of bad guys. Man, I miss my Dad.

The boss stages were insane for a 1989 launch window game

Nobody knows how awesome this looked in the day. Like it really felt photorealistic. I rented this so much back then

The comment sections in SLX videos are so blessed. Reading the old stories being shared and all the love and support make me feel genuinely happy.

It bears mentioning that killing enemies that are running around with the knife can cause them to drop power ups, they only drop them when you kill them this way, if they die any other way they won't drop anything.

One of my late friends who had one of the first megadrives in the UK via Japan import had this in his bundle... so it does have a place in my heart this one.

I didn't discover this game until emulation started popping up around 1998 or so, and I remember thinking "This game is great! How did I miss this one?" But honestly that was easy to do back in the day, while the early internet was starting to catch on and emulators were nowhere where they are today, you had to be in the right place and the right time to rent/buy/play a game; everything is at our fingertips now.

I didn't get a Genesis until Sonic was the pack in, but my uncle had one, and he was an early adopter of video game culture so he had basement shelves full of games. I liked this one a lot, but I never compared it to other Genesis games, I compared it to other Rambo games. When your options were this or the NES Rambo, this looked pretty sweet. I like the simplicity of it and the realism (relative to those more off-script movie games you mention.) It reminded me of Contra with the enemies coming in a constant stream from all sides, even without the weapon power ups. It's not really fair to compare it to any Genesis games but those early ones, stack it up against Altered Beast and it's not so short or paltry an experience. Still a fun play even today because it keeps you on your toes.

First Blood was the first R rated movie I ever watched with my dad. I miss him, but I'm gonna watch it with my son when he hits the same age

My first exposure to this game was it's cameo in the movie "Four Rooms", where Ted the Bellhop calls his stoner boss who's playing it with her friend.

I never knew the cartridge memory was so small, the boss stages were impressive and were used in some of the advertising of the time. Shows what could be achieved with limited resources.

I've always loved the Rambo franchise. My only complaint with this game is that it's missing other scenes from the movie, such as the fight in the cave and especially the final battle with Colonel Zaysen.

Nagai Kazuhiko - the Sega composer behind the music for this game - uploaded a rip of his original demos for these songs onto his YouTube channel, and they're amazing.

I got my Sega Genesis on Christmas of 1989 just like you and man, was it amazing. I had three games to start with- Altered Beast, Space Harrier II, and Ghouls n' Ghosts. They also promised to get me Phantasy Star II when we could actually find a copy. Aside from that I had two friends that had a Genesis as well and we swapped games like crazy. That and the rental stores near my home had just about every game available for rent. What was really cool was given how new the Genesis was you could always find something to play as not many people had one yet. What a time to be a gamer! Addendum- I think the water in Rambo 3 looked incredible.

A game that has been overlooked I feel. Each stage while difficult felt important and liked how it followed the movie.

This was one of my first purchases, and for what it was, (an early Genesis release) I enjoyed the heck out of it. I mean, c’mon, Rambo was cool back then. 😊 When I decided to regain my collection almost 10 years ago, this was one of my first purchases again.

A game that will remain forever in my memory since I played it in my childhood. The music is legendary. Yes, the stages are as short as AlexKidd.

You know I never noticed but they animated the shadows when the doors open which is pretty neat

This game takes me back, I remember playing this game for hours on in when I had it. So many fond memories....