GI Joe (C64)

at September 12, 2021

G.I. Joe was created as a male counterpart to the Barbie dolls in 1964. Over the years, the brand underwent many thematic changes and in the middle of the 1980s it was made into software by Epyx. At this point of time, the main topic was the fight between the good G.I. Joe team and the evil Cobra Organisation.

The game is divided into two parts, the fight by foot and the fight with vehicles. At the beginning you see the world map. Possible game maps are shown by flashing symbols. Ovals are for the fight with vehicles and the diamond shaped symbols are for the fight by foot.

Each round can be played alone or in twos, depending on how you react when choosing the character for the Cobra Organisation. If you want to play in twos, you must in no case make a movement with the joystick in port 2, because if you move it in any direction, the character is selected randomly and the controls are taken over by the computer, although only for this one round. In multi player games, the player that represents Cobra must always first choose his character by joystick in port 1.