What are some "Rescue Games?"

[Slate]

What are some games such as "H.E.R.O" or Firefighting Games where you rescue people? (Adventure games such as Zelda, where you may rescue Zelda from Gannon, don't really count here.) I have a small list so far. This list can include games on 80s computers such as Atari Computers and Commodore 64.

List:

Burning Rangers (Saturn - I never played it.)
H.E.R.O (Atari 2600, 5200, Atari 8-bit family, Apple II, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX, Sega SG-1000, ZX Spectrum - Personally recommended game.)
Firefighter F.D. 18 (PS2 - I thought this was mediocre.)

- Austin

[bb_hood]

C-C-C-Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers!

and Defender

[SpaceHarrier]

The Ignition Factor on SNES was the first thing that came to mind. Another firefighting game.

Also, Airwolf on the NES has parts where you rescue prisoners by flying your helicopter in to camps while under fire.

[InsaneDavid]

Hmmm... this is a good topic. Let's see -

Choplifter - pretty much ported to everything
Pilotwings - SNES (helicopter stages)
City Crisis - PS2

...looks like I'm thinking of a theme.

Towering Inferno - Atari 2600
Fire Fighter - Atari 2600
Flying Hero - Famicom
SOS / Septentrion - Super Nintendo

[Natty Bumppo]

SOS (SNES)
S.O.S. (Sink or swim) (SNES)
Zombies Ate My Neighbors (SNES/Genesis)
I think most if not all of the Oddworld games involve rescuing your fellow Mudokons
And I think most of the Frogger games involve rescuing young frogs

In Echo Night (PS1) you have to release spirits from their imprisonment on a ghostly passenger liner.

[Gameguy]

There's Rescue The Embassy Mission for the NES that comes to mind, though it's pretty terrible. Not sure if the Metal Slug games count as rescuing people isn't the main goal of the games, it's more of a bonus.

[RARusk]

Disaster Report.
City Shrouded in Shadow.

[gbpxl]

Firehouse Rescue NES

[Koa Zo]

Megumi Rescue ~ JPN Master System/ Mark III
Fying Hero ~ Famicom (better prequel to Megumi Rescue)

Disaster Report was the other game that instantly came to mind. I sooo hope the 3rd game gets released in English!

Defender was another game that came to mind, different kind of rescue, but it is very much a rescue game.

[jb143]

Defender was also the first thing that came to my mind as well, but since that's already been said, then I'll say Robotron 2084 instead.

[Spartacus]

What are some games such as "H.E.R.O" or Firefighting Games where you rescue people?

- Austin

I have a fondness for H.E.R.O. and own the SG 1000 Sega My Card version which replaces the helicopter backpack with a jetpack. Cool game.

I've been a collector for awhile now, but I'm actually pretty proud to say that I own all of these these rescue games.

Adventure Island
Adventure Island II
Adventure Island III
Adventures of Lolo
Adventures of Lolo 2
Air Ranger: Rescue Helicopter
Air Ranger 2: Rescue Helicopter
Air Ranger 2 Plus: Rescue Helicopter
Air Rescue
Alice's Mom's Rescue
Altered Beast
Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender
Archer MacLean's Dropzone
Army Rescue
Asterix and the Great Rescue
Babar to the Rescue
Banana
Banjo-Kazooie
Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
BioShock Infinite
Cadash
Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
Chuck Rock
Cid the Dummy
Clash at Demonhead
Comix Zone
Cocoron
Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue
Disney's Hercules
DJ Boy
Doctor Fizzwizzle's Animal Rescue
Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers
Donkey Kong
Double Dragon
Dragon's Lair
Dragon Warrior
Dynamite Dux
Emergency! Disaster Rescue Squad
Fat Princess
Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Hanata-Kadaka!?
Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue
House of the Dead
ICO
Ikari III: The Rescue
Jazz Jackrabbit
Kid Icarus
King's Knight
Lemmings
Liquid Kids
Lunar Rescue
Maniac Mansion
Matchbox Missions: Air, Land and Sea Rescue / Emergency Response
Mendel Palace
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Moai Kun
Mr. Gimmick
My Hero
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
Nosferatu
Onimusha: Warlords
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
Pinball Quest
Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue
Prince of Persia
Psychic World
Guacamelee!
Rescue 24 Hours
Rescue Copter
Rescue Mission
Rescue on Fractulus
Rocket Ranger
Rocky Rodent
Rocket Knight Adventures
Rygar: The Legendary Adventure
Shadow Complex
Shadow of the Beast II
Shadows of the Damned
Silver
Space Ace
Sparkster
Splatterhouse
Star Fox Adventures
Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Super Meat Boy
Takahashi Meijin no Bouken Jima IV
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Adventures of Bayou Billy
The Bouncer
The Magic of Scheherazade
The Rescue of Princess Blobette
The Tower of Druaga
Thunderbirds: International Rescue
Toki: Going Ape Spit
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return
Tonka: Rescue Patrol
Totally Rad
Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!
T.R.A.G.
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue
Trampoline Terror!
Vay
Vigilante
Xena Warrior Princess
Xexyz
Wai Wai World 2: SOS Parsley-jou!
War of the Dead
Wizards & Warriors
Wonder Boy

Admittedly, most of these were rescue the girl games. But I'm OK with that. Girls are people too. :roll:
I collect firefighting video games also, here's some that I haven't seen mentioned yet.

Disney Planes: Fire & Rescue
Firefighters: Airport Fire Department
Firefighters: Plant Fire Department
Firefighters The Simulation
Fireman Sam
Fireman Sam: Action Stations
Fireman Sam: To The Rescue
Fisher-Price: Rescue Heroes: Fire Frenzy
Let's Play: Firemen
My Hero: Firefighter
Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D
Rescue Heroes: Billy Blazes
Rescue Heroes: Fire Frenzy
Rescue Heroes: Molten Menace
Sakurazaka Shouboutai (Sakurazaka Fire Battalion)
Sam Power Firefighter
The Firemen
The Firemen 2
The Shouboutai (The Fire Brigade) Simple DS Vol. 39

Action Man: Destruction X has a fire fighting level

[Niku-Sama]

wouldn't pilotwings technically fit into this?

[Koa Zo]

I've been a collector for awhile now, but I'm actually pretty proud to say that I own all of these these rescue games.
(...)

Aren't a lot of those just platformers where "rescuing" is there to facilitate the storyline motive rather than rescuing being the main gameplay element?

[Slate]

Helicopter Rescue - Odyssey 2

- Austin