Bionic Commando
The original arcade game was advertised in the United States as a sequel to Commando, going as far to refer to the game's main character as Super Joe (the protagonist of Commando) in the promotional brochure…
Bionic Commando is an adventure developed by Minakuchi Engineering, released 24 July 1992 on Nintendo 3DS and Game Boy.
What Bionic Commando is
Bionic Commando is an adventure game developed by Minakuchi Engineering and released in 1992. It was published by Capcom. It is available on Nintendo 3DS and Game Boy.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The original arcade game was advertised in the United States as a sequel to Commando, going as far to refer to the game's main character as Super Joe (the protagonist of Commando) in the promotional brochure, who was originally an unnamed member of a "special commando unit" in the Japanese and World versions.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Bionic Commando holds a critic score of 58 out of 100. That places it above 14% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1992 averaged 67, so it scored 9 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Bionic Commando launched on 24 July 1992, within three weeks of Mortal Kombat and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time. It reviewed better than 1 of the 2.
Released around the same time: Mortal Kombat, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time.
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