Jackal is one of those games I see from time to time. A lot of people seem to have fond memories of this game so I thought about giving it a go and yeah it's a nice top down game.
You drive a vehicle going through 6 areas fighting the enemy that are on foot or driving tanks. There's even other hazards like mines put in to stop you. You'll also have to save people in your army and get them to a chopper. You'll know if you did good depending on the end picture at the end of each stage though don't worry it won't affect the ending or anything.
The stages aren't the most interesting in the world but if there is one issue I have with the design of this game is it has the same problem Konami Wai Wai World had where you have to be too close to the screen to let it scroll leading to cheap hits. Otherwise it's some good fun with not really much issues.
The bosses are a decent challenge even if the final boss lasts a bit too long for my liking. The game will reset back to stage 1 once you win the game. It won't be too hard beating the game especially with practice and it can be beaten pretty quickly which is nice, I like games like that like Kirby's Dream Land.
The game graphically looks nice and the sound is your typical Konami goodness but for some reason I can't really hum much of the music, guess it didn't really stick with me.
This game is pretty cheap to get still and it's not going to blow you away but it's a good time. The game is also on the FDS in Japan as it lacked a normal Famicom cartridge release. It's not even close to being one of Konami's best but sometimes just having some short fun can be all you want. You can even do it with a friend if you so please. Fun for one and fun for two, man I miss when Konami did cool games.
You drive a vehicle going through 6 areas fighting the enemy that are on foot or driving tanks. There's even other hazards like mines put in to stop you. You'll also have to save people in your army and get them to a chopper. You'll know if you did good depending on the end picture at the end of each stage though don't worry it won't affect the ending or anything.
The stages aren't the most interesting in the world but if there is one issue I have with the design of this game is it has the same problem Konami Wai Wai World had where you have to be too close to the screen to let it scroll leading to cheap hits. Otherwise it's some good fun with not really much issues.
The bosses are a decent challenge even if the final boss lasts a bit too long for my liking. The game will reset back to stage 1 once you win the game. It won't be too hard beating the game especially with practice and it can be beaten pretty quickly which is nice, I like games like that like Kirby's Dream Land.
The game graphically looks nice and the sound is your typical Konami goodness but for some reason I can't really hum much of the music, guess it didn't really stick with me.
This game is pretty cheap to get still and it's not going to blow you away but it's a good time. The game is also on the FDS in Japan as it lacked a normal Famicom cartridge release. It's not even close to being one of Konami's best but sometimes just having some short fun can be all you want. You can even do it with a friend if you so please. Fun for one and fun for two, man I miss when Konami did cool games.