Code Name: Viper

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Code Name: Viper (Dead Fox in Japan) is a game made for the NES in 1989, which didn't come out in Japan until a year later, which is very strange. The gameplay is obviously a nod to Namco's Rolling Thunder, because it's got the same type of gameplay.

Contents 1 Characters 2 Story 3 Gameplay 4 Trivia 5 Gallery 6 Box Art

[edit] Characters

• Ken Smith

• Commander Jones - was the leader of Ken Smith's Special Missions. People who played the game for the first time are supposed to assume that Jones was just Smith's commanding officer sending him to take down a drug ring that tried to conquer the world. However (Spoiler Alert) it's revealed at the end of the game that Commander Jones was behind the whole thing, he and Smith battled, and as a result, Jones lost his life. While the underground drug routes where Jones was involved were destroyed by Smith, the syndicate he ran was not defeated.

[edit] Story

Ken Smith is a special agent. Commander Jones sends him to South America to take down a drug cartel and rescue kidnapped hostages.

At the end of the game, Smith finds out that Commander Jones was behind the whole thing, and engages with him in a fight to the death.

[edit] Gameplay

The gameplay isn't any different than Rolling Thunder, as stated earlier. There are two floor levels to switch between, doors that the player must go into to get weapons and items, but there are some differences. There are also people to be rescued. One of these hostages is a soldier who you must rescue on every single level (except the last) in order to advance to the next level. The player may also expand the character's life meter, and there are some more obstacles in the game like springs.

[edit] Trivia

The game is known in Japan as Ningen Heiki - Dead Fox, which translates to english as Dead Fox - The Human Weapon.

The game doesn't have any end credits sequence, but the music was done by well-known Capcom composer Yoko Shimomura.

There's no source to officially confirm this, but it's said that Keiji Inafune was involved with the game.

[edit] Gallery

Commander Jones

[edit] Box Art

U.S.

Japan