Commando

Description

Several levels await your super-tough Commando in this arcade conversion. Armed with only a standard rifle and a few grenades you must take on hordes of Nazis. Some are wandering around in the open, while others have picked out hiding places, which you must approach from certain angles. Trees, rivers and bridges create a varied combat-like terrain and must be incorporated into your thinking. Extra grenades can be collected, and will definitely be required, as they allow you to kill form distance and thus avoid some enemy shots.

Alternate Titles

• "戦場の狼" -- Japanese spelling
• "Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando" -- Wii Virtual Console title
• "Space Invasion" -- German title
• "Senjō no Ōkami" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Senjō no Ōkami/Commando series
• Video games turned into board / card games

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User Reviews

I remember the arcade version being much better than this one.	NES	PCGamer77 (3028)
A glimpse at lazy gamemaking	NES	Multimedia Mike (17270)
A conversion well done	Amiga	*Katakis* (37451)
C64 version music rocks! And only will!	Commodore 64	skl (1149)

The Press Says

Amtix!	Amstrad CPC	Jun, 1986	88 out of 100	88
The Video Game Critic	Atari 7800	May 07, 2003	B+	83
Video Game Den	NES	Aug 18, 2012		80
Happy Computer	Commodore 64	1986	79 out of 100	79
Tilt	NES	Dec, 1987	14 out of 20	70
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Atari 7800	Mar 10, 2006	6 out of 10	60
Le Geek	Atari 7800	Dec, 2003	3 out of 5	60
HonestGamers	NES	May 11, 2013	5 out of 10	50
The Video Game Critic	NES	Apr 20, 2003	C-	42
The Video Game Critic	Atari 2600	Jan 27, 2006	D+	33

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Trivia

Atari 8-bit prototype

A prototype cartridge from 1989 exists for the Atari 8-bit. It is ported by Sculptured Software and is quite similar to the Atari 7800 version. Although a prototype, it seems to be pretty much complete and playable. Presumably it was cancelled because of the inner competition at Atari between the 7800 console and the revived 8-bit computer line (the XE Gaming System).

Board game

Bandai has adapted this video game into a board game, part of its Party Joy series.

Commodore 16, Plus/4 versions

The official release by Elite for the Commodore 16 is rather simplistic with 4 directional controls, no scrolling, and contains only 5 singlescreen levels. There is also a 48KB Commodore Plus/4 specific (presumably homebrew) version, which is much closer to the Commodore 64 version in terms of gameplay, graphics and sound.

German index

On June 30, 1988, Commando was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. For more information about what this means and to see a list of games sharing the same fate, take a look here: BPjS/BPjM indexed games.

German version

The German Version was called Space Invasion and had all soldiers replaced with white androids. All other graphics are the same. This gives this version of Commando a strange look with all these white androids in contrast to the World War II scenario background graphics.

Music

The Commodore 64 soundtrack for Commando was written by Rob Hubbard overnight at the offices of Elite Software.

Information also contributed by nudgegoonies, Pseudo_Intellectual and Xoleras