Stop the Express (in Japan, the game was known as Bousou Tokkyuu SOS (暴走特急SOS)) is a ZX Spectrum video game made by Hudson Soft in 1983. There were also versions for the Commodore 64 and the MSX.
In Stage 1, the player runs along the top of an express train, jumping between carriages while avoiding enemy knives and obstacles. Half-way along the train, the player enters the train, and Stage 2 begins. The player must then proceed through the carria...
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Stop the Express (in Japan, the game was known as Bousou Tokkyuu SOS (暴走特急SOS)) is a ZX Spectrum video game made by Hudson Soft in 1983. There were also versions for the Commodore 64 and the MSX.
In Stage 1, the player runs along the top of an express train, jumping between carriages while avoiding enemy knives and obstacles. Half-way along the train, the player enters the train, and Stage 2 begins. The player must then proceed through the carriages, towards the front of the train, so that it can be stopped.
Upon the completion of each level, the game displays the Engrish message “Congraturation! You Sucsess!”. The game then repeats from Stage 1, with more enemies. Enemies, known as "redmen" initially pursue from the rear on the roof of the train, and the front once inside, and will throw knives which the player must dodge by ducking under, or jumping over, them. In addition, once inside the train, the player can jump up and hang from the overhead straps out of the way of the redmen....
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