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Fortified Zone (USA)

Game Boy
🇬🇧
Reviewed in
1991
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Top-down Jaleco action. Two soldiers to swap (one for guns, one for grenades), infiltrating an enemy base. Clever character-swap mechanics, slightly stiff combat. Short but well-paced, pleasant for Commando-like fans. A forgotten Game Boy niche to rediscover.

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Category
Action 1 player 7+
Description
Top-down action game with two soldiers infiltrating a fortified enemy base to destroy it from within. Published by Jaleco, released in 1991 in Europe and North America. Two playable characters with distinct weapons, base levels to explore, varied enemies, and end-of-zone bosses.

Fortified Zone review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,06 MB 📅01/07/1991
Published by Jaleco

Fortified Zone (Game Boy) price, value & rarity

Highly sought-after
Q1 loose
 $17 Q6 complete
 $165 Q10 new
 $379 !
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Other versions
Fortified Zone
Europe
01/07/1991
🇬🇧
Ikari no Yousai
Japan
18/09/1992
🇯🇵

Collector interest

Fortified Zone, a Jaleco top-down action game in which two soldiers infiltrate an enemy base, released in America and Europe. Blending shooting, exploration and puzzles in the vein of military infiltrations, it offers a more deliberate experience than frantic run-and-guns. Its desirability lies in that singularity of pace on Game Boy and the rising value of overlooked Jaleco productions among collectors.

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