Rush'N Attack

I remember I used to play this game called Rush'N Attack. In this game, player one's character is some kind of commando who is dressed completely in blue and wears a fashionable beret (player two wears a red ensemble with a red beret). The commando has inexplicably entered the Soviet Union and must kill a large amount of Soviets by running up to them and stabbing them in the stomach. Once these Soviet soldiers die, they mysteriously evaporate. If I remember correctly, the commando possesses the ability to actually jump completely over a Soviet soldier's head (if need be).

I never really progressed very far in this game. I think I usually died while trying to avoid land mines in level two. Level two is particularly difficult because it also involves a barbed wire (a Pamela Anderson movie)fence and Soviets who shoot down at you from guard towers. At the time, I was too young to realize that I was being indoctrinated with hate for the Soviets. Anyhow, this game reminds me of that terrible movie "Red Dawn," starring Patrick Swayze and other 80s phenoms. I will never forget the first scene of "Red Dawn" when Cuban communists land in a field beside a Colorado (I think it's Colorado) high school. The communists proceed to bust into the high school and kill the history teacher and other innocent victims.

I think the idea of "Red Dawn" was that too many Americans were too soft on Communism and the movie would serve as a hypothetical wake up call. The producers must have felt that if Americans didn't take direct military action and kill Communists (the only possible solution to anything), then they would come here, invade our schools, kill our history teachers (maybe some home economics teachers too), and force teenagers to hide up in the mountains.