Fun School 2: For the Under-6s
DOSEducational
How it plays
The game uses a top-down view. Move through enemy bases, eliminate soldiers and vehicles, rescue hostages, and locate the parts needed to assemble the Heavy Barrel. Keys and doors divide the stages, so exploration is mixed with short combat encounters.
The player can fire the standard weapon, throw grenades, and collect temporary or special equipment. Progress is stage-based and ends with a major enemy confrontation. Positioning and ammunition management matter because enemies can attack from several directions.
Plan your run
Advance carefully through open areas rather than rushing into groups of soldiers. Use cover and corners to reduce the number of directions from which enemies can attack.
Save grenades and Heavy Barrel ammunition for dense enemy formations and difficult encounters. Explore side paths for hostages, keys, and weapon parts before moving toward the stage exit.
Before you begin
Search side areas for all three Heavy Barrel parts before finishing a stage.
Use grenades against clustered enemies and vehicles.
Do not spend special ammunition on isolated basic soldiers.
Heavy Barrel is a top-down run-and-gun action game developed by Data East and adapted for DOS from the arcade version. The player controls a commando sent into a fortified enemy installation to rescue hostages and destroy the main threat. Its play style combines directional shooting, grenade use, item collection, and short bursts of tactical movement. The defining feature is the Heavy Barrel weapon, assembled by collecting three separate parts during a mission. The arcade original was recognized for straightforward cooperative-style action and a useful inventory system, while the DOS edition offered the same core structure with more limited presentation. Its appeal rests on quick combat, maze-like stages, and the need to manage scarce special weapons.
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