Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Action Force: International Heroes

Title	Action Force: International Heroes
First release	1988
Developer	Gang of Five
Publisher	Virgin Games
Platforms	Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Genres	shooter game, arcade
Also known as	Action Force
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
Releases	ZX Spectrum: 1987-04-03 (PAL) Commodore 64: 1987-12-03 (PAL)

Wild Bill pilots a Dragonfly Helicopter across the island of Botsneda to protect an AWE buggy from Cobra forces. This side-view shoot'em up requires players to navigate horizontal-scrolling environments while engaging enemy units to secure top-secret documents left behind during the island's evacuation.

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REG-Vault (c64/action-force-international-heroes) · last updated 2026-09-29 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (52876) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

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Action Force: International Heroes – box art (front)

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Virgin Games · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, PAL release) · © Virgin Games · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (2): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Virgin Games · internal use only.

Screenshots, Logos (4): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Virgin Games · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

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Videos

Action Force - RZX Playback

Spectrum Computing · ZX Spectrum version · longplay · 24:30auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

Action Force (C64) - Full Game Longplay

Gaming Exhibit · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 19:35auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:search, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

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