Predator - for NES

Predator brings the jungle manhunt of the hit science fiction film to the Nintendo Entertainment System. Developed by Klon and published by Activision in 1988, Predator casts you as Major Dutch Schaefer, the only soldier left standing after an alien hunter tears through his squad. The creature skins its prey and collects skulls for the thrill of it, it feels no pain, it shows no mercy, and now it has set its sights on you. What makes Predator stand out is its sheer scale: a long march of stages that runs well past the length of most film adaptations of the era, built around a single idea that never lets up, which is that something out there is hunting you.

Play is a mix of platforming and shooting across 30 stages. Dutch runs, climbs and leaps through dense jungle and ruined structures, trading fire with whatever the jungle throws at him while gathering firepower along the way: machine guns, grenades and laser rifles all find a use. Ammunition and health are finite, so Predator rewards players who learn each stretch of ground, pick their shots and keep moving instead of standing still. It is a single player game from first stage to last, and the tension builds steadily toward the moments when the hunter itself steps into view and only one of you walks away.

Predator has a reputation among NES players for being punishing, and that is a good part of why it is still talked about. It asks for patience, memory and precise jumps, and every stretch of progress feels hard won. Collectors value it as one of the more ambitious licensed games on the system, an Activision release from the years when film properties were arriving on the NES in force and nobody was quite sure yet what that should look like. If you grew up renting Predator, or you keep a shelf of movie games and genuinely tough action titles, Predator earns its slot.

• Genre: Run and Gun Platformer
• Players: 1
• Region: NTSC
• Release Year: 1988
• Developer: Klon

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