A fairly standard Japanese vertical shooter. Clean action, progressive difficulty, no great originality. Honest in its genre. For shoot'em up fans exploring the NES catalogue.
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Description
Run-and-gun featuring an elite soldier battling enemy forces in hostile zones. Published by Natsume, released in Japan in 1990. Agent in side-scrolling view with weapons to collect and missions in military zones. A little-known original run-and-gun on Famicom.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
A side-scrolling run-and-gun published by Natsume, Final Mission is a 1990 Famicom exclusive that stayed obscure outside Japan despite the action-studio reputation Natsume was then building. Its collector interest rests on this Japan-only status, never released in the West under this name, paired with a modest run for a niche action title. The Japanese value, supported by complete-in-box copies, reflects genuine scarcity rather than international fame.
Is Final Mission still worth playing in 2026?
A Natsume run-and-gun, Final Mission sends an elite soldier to clean up enemy zones across snappy side-view shooting levels, varied weapons in hand. The sustained pace, the frontal action and the military mood make it a solid horizontal shooter, in the studio's recognized craft for the genre. The presentation stays decent and the difficulty tough. An estimable pick for fans of overlooked NES run-and-gun and explorers of the console's action catalog.
