Bionic Commando
For two years, your people have struggled against the relentless onslaught of invading forces. With your army reduced to a handful and your artillery depleted, further resistance seems impossible. But in a…
Bionic Commando is an adventure developed by Capcom, released 31 December 1987 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade and Atari ST/STE.
What Bionic Commando is
Bionic Commando is an adventure game developed by Capcom and released in 1987. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Bionic Commando, released in Japan as Top Secret is a 1987 run and gun platform video game developed and published by Capcom for arcades. It was designed by Tokuro Fujiwara as a successor to his earlier "wire action" platformer Roc'n Rope (1983), building on its grappling hook mechanic; he was also the designer of Commando (1985). The music was composed by Harumi Fujita for the Yamaha YM2151 sound chip. It is the first installment of the Bionic Commando series.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and science fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Bionic Commando holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1987 averaged 72, so it scored 3 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Bionic Commando launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Bionic Commando yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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