DESCRIPTION

The year is 1972. The place is south Vietnam. Captain "Windbreak" Addis' plane has been shot down by the Vietcong. The captain ejected at the last second and is now in the thick of the jungle. Armed with a fifty-caliber machine gun and hand grenades, he must make it to the rendezvous sector.

In Caliber .50 for the Genesis, you must guide Captain Addis through five levels of constant gunfire from irate villagers and communist troops (including flame and bazooka squads). Helicopters, tanks and fighter jets will also hunt you down. To defend yourself, you must avoid making contact with enemies and their gunfire while blasting away as many villagers, vehicles and soldiers as you can. End-of-level bosses include giant monkeys, a giant turtle and a rototiller.

Throughout the game you will run across wooden crates filled with power-ups. You can use these items to charge your weapon gauge. If your weapon gauge is high enough, you will automatically trade in your machine gun for a rocket launcher or a flame thrower. Other power-ups can give you invincibility, bullets that go through things, more distance to your weapons, and ultra hand grenades. You can even pick up an item that will instantly destroy every enemy on the screen.

Caliber .50 gives you three difficulty levels from which to choose: easy, normal and difficult. Pick one and begin your mission; Captain "Windbreak" Addis is counting on you. ~ Brett Alan Weiss, All Game Guide