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Bionic Commando Rearmed

Classic side-scrolling gameplay is reporting back for duty with Bionic Commando Rearmed, a remake of the classic NES game, out now on PC. 20 years after the 8-bit classic was released, Bionic Commando Rearmed…

89 13 August 2008

Bionic Commando Rearmed is an arcade developed by GRIN, released 13 August 2008 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Bionic Commando Rearmed is

Bionic Commando Rearmed is an arcade game developed by GRIN and released in 2008. It was published by Capcom. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Diesel.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Bionic Commando Rearmed borrows its plot largely from the Nintendo Entertainment System version of the game. In keeping with the North American release of that version, the references to the Nazi party found in the original Japanese title are not featured in Rearmed. However, as is the case in the original, the final boss of the game still clearly resembles Adolf Hitler, and is referred to as "The Leader". Rearmed centers around two warring factions: the Federation and the Empire. It begins with the Imperial forces discovering classified documents regarding the development of a secret weapon known as the Albatros project, originally started by an organization known as the Badds, but never…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

How it was received

Bionic Commando Rearmed holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 94% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 24 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium 4 2 Ghz/AMD XP 2200+, 1 GB RAM and 128 MB DirectX 9c compatible card / nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT / or ATI equivalent. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

Bionic Commando Rearmed launched on 13 August 2008, within three weeks of Braid, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, Castle Crashers and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: Braid, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, Castle Crashers, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Bionic Commando Rearmed yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

Bionic Commando Rearmed — frequently asked questions

When did Bionic Commando Rearmed come out?
Bionic Commando Rearmed was released on 13 August 2008 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Bionic Commando Rearmed?
At minimum, Bionic Commando Rearmed needs Intel Pentium 4 2 Ghz/AMD XP 2200+, 1 GB RAM, 128 MB DirectX 9c compatible card / nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT / or ATI equivalent graphics, 650 MB free hard drive space of storage.
How many GB is Bionic Commando Rearmed?
The PC version needs about 0.6 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("650 MB free hard drive space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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