Commando is a shooter developed by Capcom, released 2 April 1985 on Wii, Atari 7800, Intellivision and Acorn Electron.
What Commando is
Commando is a shooter game developed by Capcom and released in 1985. It was published by ASCII Corporation. It is available on Wii, Atari 7800, Intellivision, Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore Plus/4, DOS, FM-7, MSX, PC-8800 Series and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Commando, released as Senjō no Ōkami in Japan, is a 1985 run and gun video game developed and published by Capcom for arcades. The game was designed by Tokuro Fujiwara. It was distributed in North America by Data East, and in Europe by several companies including Capcom, Deith Leisure and Sega, S.A. SONIC. Versions were released for various home computers and video game consoles. It is unrelated to the 1985 film of the same name, which was released six months after the game.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Commando holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1985 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 60 votes.
What it launched against
Commando launched on 2 April 1985, within three weeks of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, The Rats and Starion. It reviewed better than 1 of the 3.
Released around the same time: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, The Rats, Starion.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Commando yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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