Bionic Commando

Name

The player character's name in the NES version is Ladd. It's not mentioned in the manual nor in the game until the ending sequence.

Novelization

There was a novelization of this game that was put out by Nintendo. While the novelization is true to the original game in most respects, the protagonist's name is changed to Jack Markson instead of Ladd Spencer.

Version differences

In the original Japanese version the Empire is a neo-Nazi state led by the revived Adolf Hitler. Most references to that were removed in the localized Western releases of the game: all swastikas were replaced by generic flags with eagles, the leader of the Empire was named Killt instead of the more German-sounding Weizmann, etc. Fragments of the original setting survived in the alternate name of the Empire's predecessors, the Nazz, as well as in the unchanged graphics depicting Hitler, though his name was changed to Master-D.

Awards

• Electronic Gaming Monthly
  • November 1997 (Issue 100) - ranked #32 (Best 100 Games of All Time)