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Play Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode (Japan edition · Japanese) Online
ゴルゴ13 第一章 神々の黄昏
Play Golgo 13: Twilight of the Gods online and tackle 13 Famicom acts of gunfights, sniping, first-person mazes, aerial missions and underwater shooting.
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Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode
Quick start
Watch the L and B counters at the upper left: they represent Life and bullets. In the opening side-scrolling areas, use Left/Right to advance, press Up at doorways or glass entrances, shoot with A, and jump with B. When airborne or out of ammunition, A becomes a kick, which is useful against nearby enemies. Defeats restore some health and bullets, so clear manageable threats instead of letting the steadily falling Life meter run. In first-person shooting, move the sight and fire with A. In a dungeon, map every turn: Up steps forward, Left/Right rotate, and Down turns around. This Japanese version uses B to throw a grenade at a blocking wall. Follow the individual on-screen prompts during sniper scenes.
Controls
On foot: D-pad moves; Up enters buildings/doors; Down crouches; A shoots, or kicks when airborne/out of bullets; B jumps; Start pauses. First-person shooting: D-pad moves the crosshairs, A fires. Japanese-version dungeon: Up moves forward, Left/Right turn 90 degrees, Down turns around; during an encounter A displays the sight, Left/Right aims, A fires, and B spends one grenade against a blocking wall. Flying/underwater 2D sections: D-pad moves in eight directions, A fires. Sniping scenes display their own prompts. These are first-game controls, not The Mafat Conspiracy.
Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode — About this game
Golgo 13: Episode 1—Twilight of the Gods is the original Japanese Famicom build of the game localized in North America as Top Secret Episode. After a CIA helicopter explodes and an international plot begins to unfold, Duke Togo crosses cities, islands, jungles, and hidden bases in a linear 13-act mission. The format changes repeatedly: street sections combine gunfire, kicks, jumps, doors, and conversations; ambushes use a movable first-person sight; dungeons demand careful turns and wall-breaking grenades; other scenes become sniping, flying, or underwater shooters. Life drains with time as well as damage, ammunition is limited, and defeated enemies replenish both. This ROM retains Japanese text and original story details that were altered in the American localization.
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