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Summary

G.I. Joe (the arcade rail shooter) lets you jump into the shoes of Duke, Snake Eyes, Scarlett or Roadblock and blast your way through a series of wildly varied stages. Up to four players can line up side‑by‑side, each steering their operative left or right from a behind‑the‑character view that feels more like a driving game than a typical shooter. The environments are surprisingly destructible – you can level trees and buildings if you keep the trigger pressed long enough.

Every character wields an endless‑ammo gun and a missile launcher stocked with a handful of charges, and power‑ups appear to boost fire‑rate, replenish missiles or restore health. The missions take you from a chemical plant to a jungle, a cavern base and even a battleship, while you fend off Viper troops and iconic Cobra vehicles like the FANG II and Razorback. Bosses such as Tomax and Xamot, Metal‑Head, the Baroness, Major Bludd and Destro cap each segment.

Arcade enthusiasts seemed to love it – RePlay listed it as the seventh most‑popular cabinet of its time, and magazines like Computer & Video Games (346/400), Electronic Gaming Monthly and AllGame all gave it solid praise.

Storyline

Based on the G.I. Joe toy line and animated series, the arcade game G.I. Joe pits a futuristic strike force against the evil empire of Cobra. Players must locate Cobra’s hidden stronghold and halt Cobra Commander’s latest world‑conquest campaign. Along the way the team battles through a chemical plant, an air base, a weapons factory, a jungle, a cavern base and even a battleship, confronting notorious villains such as Tomax and Xamot, Metal‑Head, the Baroness, Major Bludd and Destro. The climax is a final showdown between the G.I. Joe squad and Cobra Commander himself, sealing the mission to save the world.