Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines (1998) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

Engage in the ultimate battle of wits and wills with the most ruthless military force in history. Set in the backdrop of WWII, Commandos is a real-time tactical wargame that puts you in command of a squad of…

31 July 1998

What Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a puzzle game developed by Pyro Studios and released in 1998. It was published by Eidos Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a 1998 real-time tactics video game developed by the Spanish company Pyro Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. The player controls of a group of six Allied Commandos, who conduct a range of missions across wartime Europe and Africa, using small unit tactics. Each mission's objective varies, but ranges from sabotage, assassination or rescuing captured allied units, with players having a full view of a mission's map to plan their strategy and its execution in advance.

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, historical, stealth and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines launched on 31 July 1998, within three weeks of SoulCalibur, F-1 World Grand Prix and The King of Fighters '98.

Released around the same time: SoulCalibur, F-1 World Grand Prix, The King of Fighters '98.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer