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Game ID: 33675
Console / System: Commodore 64
Title: H.E.R.O.
Scarcity (loose): 2
Value in USD (loose): 3
Scarcity (complete): 0
Value in USD (complete): 0
Publisher: Activision
Section: 1
Developer: The Softworks
Exceptional: +
Description: A 16k cart. Original game designed by John Van Ryzin. H.E.R.O. stands for Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation. Shoot or blast your way through 20 caverns to rescue stranded miners. Scoring over 75,000 points could get you an "Order of the Hero" patch by sending proof to Activision.
Country / region: USA
Part #: DC-003-04
System exclusive: 0
Santulli Slant: A little "behind the scenes" trivia for ya. Know what H.E.R.O. stands for? It's the mantra of the trapped victims from the game: "Hello, Ever Reek Outrageously?" You understand if you've ever been sitting around a vermin-infested cavern waiting endless days for a guy in a helicopter suit to rescue you. This was the name Activision gave the game after their original submission, W.H.O.R.E. ("Whoa, Hop Over Rat Excrement") failed to make it past the censors. [Gr: 8, So: 8, Ga: 7, Ov: 8]
Periodical's review: Scored 86% in Zzap!64 June 1987 on rerelease.
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