Commando

aka: Senjō no Ōkami, Space Invasion, Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando
Moby ID: 1618

Trivia

1001 Video Games

The Arcade version of Commando appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

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. C16 coder Richard Ikin later explained that it was his first programming job, he was required to do everything himself, with no senior staff supporting, and no development tools beyond graph paper for the graphics, and notes that the game does not scroll as he had no idea how to make a C16 screen scroll, having basically blagged the job with minimal 6502 knowledge (and nobody checked). 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., the player with a blue android and different vehicle sprite graphics. The background graphics are the same. This gives this version of Commando a strange look with all these 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.

Sales

According to publisher Capcom, Commando has sold 1.14 million copies worldwide since its initial release (as of June 30, 2016).

Awards

  • Commodore Force
    • December 1993 (Issue 13) – #81 “Readers' Top 100”

Information also contributed by nudgegoonies, Pseudo_Intellectual and Xoleras

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Trivia contributed by shifter, Martin Smith, CalaisianMindthief, Patrick Bregger, 1xWertzui, FatherJack, Eldex Vierzig.