A poor conversion of Data East arcade game of the same name. There are many things wrong with Commando that make the game much inferior to the arcade original. For starter, the control is very limited: you can only shoot in 4 major cardinal directions, meaning that you need to run around in circles and time your shots to shoot diagonally.
Levels are repetitive to the extreme, and all you do is run around and try to fend off an entire army by shooting and throwing grenades, which were just flashing white squares that are difficult to see. About the only thing Quicksilver did right with this game is that it is a lot of fun to find secret entrances to new area. But then again, THAT is in the original arcade game.
Overall, a sub-par conversion that could have been much, much better. The poor CGA graphics doesn't help, either (and there are already many other games during that period that utilized CGA more effectively, e.g. Tau Ceti and Alley Cat).
Review By HOTUD
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戦場の狼 Senjou no Ookami
I played this on my next door neighbour's ZX and found it fun. Surprisingly I have never played this on the C64 but I did have Rambo First Blood Part 2 as part of a compilation by US Gold which was very similar and in my opinion more fun than the version of this game I have played.
why do people keep saying quotes from the film commando starring arnold this game was nothing to do with that film.
Let off some steam Bennett!
wrong link. The 1995 C64 Version points to this 1986 DOS version
This game inspired my to start programming. The C64 version was great!
The C64 had better graphics than those depicted above.
I love listening to your little piss-ant soldiers trying to talk tough, they make me laugh. If Matrix was here, he'd laugh too.
but,like i said on contra amnd rsh n attack there beter veruosn of the games, use the nes and mame emulators
i like this evil rambo wanna-be games,,they are fun
Great game! Memories from the past :D Pure action and lots nad lots of time well spent. I encourage to download this game!
What a dreadful game. You hit a direction key, and the character just keeps on walking on that direccion until you hit another direction. Don't waste time downloading!
No comment nor review for this game at the moment.