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The Rocketeer

California, 1938. It had been one heck of a week for ace air racer and stunt pilot Cliff Secord, a week that had drastically changed his life. After his stunt plane was wrecked accidentally in a shootout…

1 June 1991

The Rocketeer is a platform, released 1 June 1991 on Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What The Rocketeer is

The Rocketeer was released in 1991. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

California, 1938. It had been one heck of a week for ace air racer and stunt pilot Cliff Secord, a week that had drastically changed his life. After his stunt plane was wrecked accidentally in a shootout between a couple of thugs and G-Men, the hoods had stashed an amazing stolen device in his cockpit. It didn't take long to figure out it was a rocketpack. And it took even less time for Cliff to become a target for half the city. The hoods wanted the stolen device back. So did its inventor, the famous, but eccentric American industrialist, not to mention the FBI, the U.S. Army, and the most menacing force of all, the Nazis! Even famous film star Neville Sinclair wanted the rocketpack. He…
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How it plays

Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and science fiction.

Where it sits in the The Rocketeer series

The Rocketeer is the first of 4 entries we hold in the The Rocketeer series. The next entry was The Rocketeer in 1991.

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Quick answers

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When did The Rocketeer come out?
The Rocketeer was released on 1 June 1991 for Nintendo Entertainment System.

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