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Medal of Honor: Underground
Developer(s)	DreamWorks Interactive (PS) Rebellion (GBA)
Publisher(s)	EA Games Destination Software/Zoo Digital
Platform(s)	PlayStation, Game Boy Advance
Release	PlayStation USA: October 23, 2000 PAL: December 1, 2000 Game Boy Advance USA: November 25, 2002 PAL: May, 2003 JPN: December 18, 2003
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer

Medal of Honor: Underground is the prequel to the World War II hit Medal of Honor. In Underground, the player takes the role of Manon Batiste (Based on Helene Deschamps Adams), a French woman who appeared in the first game as an advisor. The plot of the game begins before the original Medal of Honor, when Manon fights for the French Resistance before America entered the war. As the plot progresses, Manon is recruited to the OSS and takes on covert missions in occupied Europe and Africa. Missions include the sabotage of a V-1 flying bomb factory and rescuing prisoners of war. Levels include, occupied Greece, North Africa, Monte Cassino and Germany. The first and last levels are set in Paris, at the beginning and end of the Nazi occupation.

Medal of Honor: Underground was initially released for the PlayStation video game console on October 23, 2000. It was developed by DreamWorks Interactive (currently known as EA Los Angeles) and was published by Electronic Arts. The game is known as Medal of Honor: Resistance in France.

Development

Main character Manon Batiste is based on Hélène Deschamps Adams, a real life member of the OSS, the forerunner of CIA.

Michael Giacchino explains that for "Manon, I wanted a theme that could convey one emotion at a particular moment, and then a completely different emotion the next without having to rely on two completely different themes. As a result, Manon's two main themes are very similar and yet very different. One version of the theme stays the course in a major tone, conveying a feel of great national purpose against the Nazi menace, and the secondary theme dips into a minor 6th chord which describes Manon's more intimate and emotional feelings as an individual and a woman who is pitted against the fascist war machine. Both of these themes are bookended with what liner notes author Paul Tonks has aptly named 'the resolve theme'. This theme was meant to represent the moments where Manon is called upon to steel her nerves and gather the courage to continue on with the fight....Manon travels to places that are not quite so militaristic as Jimmy Patterson. Her journey was a bit more 'scenic'."

Gameplay

After completing the game, the player can play a new bonus level, named "Panzerknacker Unleashed", in which the player plays as Lt. Jimmy Patterson, who has been sent to a castle after the Allied Forces received a distress signal from there. Many strange enemies are fought at the castle, including dogs which are armed with machine guns and drive half-tracks, knights carrying battle axes, rotten zombified soldiers and several large nutcrackers, called Panzerknacker. All of the three missions available in this level is to build your own Panzerknacker, who assists you in the last mission. citation

Game Boy Advance version

Medal of Honor: Underground is also a Game Boy Advance game released on November 25, 2002. It is a first-person shooter based on the PlayStation version. The game was developed by Rebellion and published by Destination Software. Underground for the GBA features up to 4 players using the Game Boy link cable and lex levels.

External links

• Medal of Honor: Underground at IMDb
• Medal of Honor: Underground at MobyGames
• Medal of Honor (Cheats)

References

1. "Game's entry on GameKult". Retrieved 2008-04-03.
2. "EA Press Release". Retrieved 2008-04-03.
3. William Talley, "$20 Game of the Week & Lost Classics: Post Veteran Day Special," POWET.TV (Nov.16, 2008).
4. As quoted in Gary Huff, "Interview with Michael Giacchino," Soundtrack Review Central.

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