G.I. Joe NES sequel with five playable characters and enriched mechanics. More generous than the first in content and variety. One of the best licensed games on the console.
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Action1 player12+
Co-op
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G.I. Joe sequel with new underwater missions and a more elaborate scenario. Published by Capcom, released in the USA in 1992. G.I. Joe soldiers in underwater and land missions against Cobra and two-player co-op. Second Capcom G.I. Joe on NES.
G.I. Joe - The Atlantis Factor review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
The sequel widens the gallery of playable soldiers and redraws their sprites with finer outlines, while keeping the colour code that identifies them at a glance. The scenery, a sunken city, submerged temples, military bases, adopts darker palettes than the first instalment, in keeping with the subject.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
Capcom's sequel to the first NES G.I. Joe, released in 1992 in the US only and even rarer than the first entry. Reduced distribution, end-of-cycle US NES, and the combination makes a US CIB genuinely hard. The cart is an acknowledged grail for Capcom NES collectors, and graded sealed prices climb sharply, sustained by real physical scarcity more than by mass nostalgia.
Is G.I. Joe - The Atlantis Factor still worth playing in 2026?
G.I. Joe - The Atlantis Factor is the NES G.I. Joe sequel with five playable characters and enriched mechanics. More generous than the first in content and variety, Taxan and Capcom's title turns into one of the console's best licence games. Controls are tighter, levels better designed and difficulty better dosed. A very recommendable detour to chain after the first today.
