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[[File:Heavy_Barrel_9933.png|frame|Now ''this'' is one [[BFG|HUGE f**king gun]]...]]
'''''Heavy Barrel''''' is a 1987 overhead run-and-gun [[Arcade Game]] by [[Data East]]. It was ported to the [[NES]] in 1990.▼
▲''Heavy Barrel'' is a 1987 overhead run-and-gun [[Arcade Game]] by [[Data East]]. It was ported to the [[NES]] in 1990.
[[Excuse Plot|Terrorists have seized the underground control complex of a nuclear missile site, and it is up to one or two players to infiltrate the base and kill the enemy leader]]. Improved weapons and grenade powerups are made available within the game, either in plain sight or within crates that must be unlocked using keys. Additionally, crates may contain orbs or one of the six pieces of the [[BFG|Heavy Barrel]] [[Game Breaker|superweapon]].
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A similar game, ''Midnight Resistance'' was released by Data East in 1990, and ported to the [[Sega Genesis]]. It was often touted as a sequel to ''Heavy Barrel'', due to a similar control scheme (only with a side-view), graphics, and sound effects.
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* [[A Winner Is You]]: The ending is definitely this.▼
* [[
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Your weak starting weapon, and the Heavy Barrel. Unfortunately, the Heavy Barrel lasts for only 30 seconds.
* [[Chain-Reaction Destruction]]: Makes one wonder what kind of explosive material are concrete walls built of.
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* [[Difficulty by Region|Difficulty By Console]]: The NES version is ''a lot'' easier then than the original arcade version.
* [[Disappears Into Light]]: Most normal soldiers die like this.
* [[Dolled-Up Installment]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcAtSdl8YcA ''Chip and Dale 3''], which is basically the NES version of ''Heavy Barrel'' except the player characters are replaced by [[Chip and Dale]] with guns!
* [[Elevator Action Sequence]]: Many of the stages feature these (in fact, pretty much all the underground ones). Stage 2 has you fight a boss during one!▼
* [[Epic Flail]]: The Hyper Ion Ball, a grenade substitute that whips around the user in a circle.
▲* [[Elevator Action Sequence]]: Many of the stages feature these (in fact, pretty much all the underground ones). Stage 2 has you fight a boss during one!
* [[Flash of Pain]]: Hitting stronger things brightens them up.
* [[IKEA Weaponry]]: In order to use the Heavy Barrel, you will need to obtain its six parts.
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: The flamethrower weapon, arguable the best one to beat tough enemies and bosses with (excluding the
* [[More Dakka]]: The Heavy Barrel weapon combines this with [[For Massive Damage]]. Would be a [[Game Breaker]], if not for the fact that you can only use it for ''30 seconds''.
* [[One-Hit Kill]]: The Heavy Barrel against most regular enemies.
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* [[Super Mode]]: Partially. When you get the HEAVY BARREL!!!, your attack becomes a devastating [[One-Hit Kill]] to most enemies, but you can still be killed normally.
* [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]]: Normally, there are two regular background musics, one used in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OoYltfuKiU open air areas] and another used in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf0It_TQ7x0 underground levels]. You know that you're in the final stage when the background music is ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6IUapSs3H4 this]''.
▲* [[A Winner Is You]]: The ending is definitely this.
* [[Wolfpack Boss]]: The bosses of the second-to-last stage are two robotic enemies that shoot fireballs at you. Later, you have to fight against three of them.
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