Who Dares Wins
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Who Dares Wins
(1983 on
Commodore 64)
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Eight invaded areas must be brought back under your control in this Commando-style shoot 'em up, which progresses vertically using a flick-screen system. You are armed with a rifle (activated by a short tap of the fire button) and five grenades (used via a longer press), and must not only kill off the enemy forces, but also rescue your comrades who are being lead away.
Extra supplies are found as you progress through the game, as are extra lives in addition to your starting 3. Enemies attack from all areas of the screen, making good use of the decoy opportunities of the terrain, and you must do the same to have a chance. The levels include rivers with narrow bridges and potholes.
After level 8 you get a screen congratulating you then it says your backup team did not hold so you have to return to level 1 again.
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Average score: 66% (based on 3 ratings)
Players
Average score: 3.3 out of 5 (based on 3 ratings with 1 reviews)
The Good
It was a fun action shooting game. It is always fun to lob a grenade onto an enemy. :-)
The Bad
My only gripe was that it can be hard to save you comrades sometimes. An enemy soldier starts at the right third of the screen and leads you man away to the top-right of the screen (unless you shoot him first). If you are unlucky enough to be near the left of the screen, your man may be done for.
The Bottom Line
A good game of one man against an empire fighting his way through.
Commodore 64 · by LepricahnsGold (142745) · 2005
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| Subject | By | Date |
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| Wrong cover image!!! | johncl (18) | Oct 10, 2013 |
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Injunction
Elite, who owned the rights to the conversion of the arcade game Commando, gained an injunction to stop Who Dares Wins from being released as it was too similar to the arcade game, but a few copies made it out. The game maps were changed to make the game different from Commando and released as Who Dares Wins II.
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Game added by LepricahnsGold.
Additional contributors: FatherJack, 64er.
Game added September 1, 2005. Last modified December 30, 2023.