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| Release date: | 1985 |
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| Platform: | Multiple (see text) |
| Developer: | Multiple (see text) |
| Publisher: | Capcom |
| Distributor: | Data East |
| Genre: | Vertical-scrolling shooterScrolling shooters or scrolling shoot 'em ups are a type of video game. They are a subgenre of fixed shooters. Description A scrolling shooter is, as the name suggests, a shoot 'em up that takes place against a scrolling background. Scrolling shooters can |
| Sucessors: | - |
| Gameplay: | Top-Down View |
| Official site: | - |
| Influences: | Commando (movie)Commando is a 1985 Hollywood action movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by Mark L. The plot concerns an elite retired commando whose daughter was kidnapped as a hostage to make him perform a political assassination against a dictator he depo |
The entire introduction, as written in the manual for the Commodore 64 version:
"As the crack shot Commando, your mission is to move forward into enemy territory. You must destroy the enemy and their base by passing through the Iron Walls."
All of the versions of the game are very similar, with the same graphics (taking into account the various limitations of the platforms). The player ( Super Joe ) starts off by being dropped off by a HelicopterA helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more large horizontal rotors ( propellers). Helicopters are classified as rotary-wing aircraft to distinguish them from conventional fixed-wing aircraft. The word helicopter is derived fr in a jungle, and now has to fight his way out, killing the massive assault of enemy (wearing GermanThe word German can mean: From or related to Germany or its predecessor states see also the German language Germanic tribes Holy Roman Empire ( 843- 1806) German Confederation ( 1815- 1866) North German Confederation ( 1867 1871) German Empire ( 1871- 191 WWIIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough era uniforms) soldiers singlehandedly.
At the end of each level, the screen stops, and the player must fight several soldiers streaming from a gate or fortress. They are ordered out by a cowardly OfficerAny holder of an office or of a post may bear the title officer . Generally, the word officer implies a rank, and degree of decision-making responsibility, higher rather than lower in a chain of command and reporting. However, in some organizations that u, who immediately runs away, although shooting him in the back awards the player bonus points. Along the way, one can attempt freeing hostages, who are transported across the screen by the enemy.
It is notoriously difficult to find information about developers of early games, so this list is incomplete:
The Amiga version was developed at EliteAlternative meaning: Elite (computer game In sociology as in general usage, the elite (the "elect"; sometimes the French form "elite" is used) refers to a relatively small dominant group within a larger society, which enjoys privileged status and, almost by:
The Amstrad CPC version was developed at Elite by:
The Commodore 64 version was developed at Elite in a very tight schedule (2 months), by:
The Spectrum version was developed at Elite by:
The Intellivision version was developed at Realtime Associates by:
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