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Sub-Index

  1. Videogame Characteristics
  2. Technical Profile
  3. History
  4. Versions

Videogame characteristics

  • Genre: run and gun shooter, vertically scrolling, arcade.

  • Similar games: Ikari warriors, Gun Smoke, Who Dares Wins.

  • Developers & Publisher: Capcom.

  • Distributor: Data East.

  • Designer: Tokuro Fujiwara.

  • Mode: only one player at the same moment.


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Technical Profile

Hardware: NES Commando.

CPU: Ricoh 2A03 8-bit processor.

RAM: 2Kb.

Memory: the most normal for NES games is between 128Kb and 384Kb.

Graphic: 256 x 240 pixels.

Controllers: a command with 2 main buttons (A/B), 2 secondary (Start/Select) and 4 directional buttons (8-way).

History

Commando (Wolf of the Battlefield, the first game from this saga) is a run and shooter released on NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), designed by Capcom (1985). The designer was Tokuro Fujiwara. The game was an inspiration for others games of the same genre.

In 1989 it was published a version for Atari 2600, Intellivision, and Atari 7800. After the good reviews, there were versions released for a lot of platforms like Arcade, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Virtual Console. Also, a newest version of Commando was developed for the newest platforms (PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360), which could get good marketing positions.


Last Commando game (for PS3), on the left; First Commando game (Arcade), on the right

Versions

1985 -> Amstrad CPC: Elite Systems whas the publisher

1985 -> Commodore 64: Elite Systems was the development and publisher

1985 -> Sinclair/ZX Spectrum: Elite Systems was Developed and Published

1986 -> MS-DOS: Published by Data East

1986 -> NES & Famicom: Capcom was the development and publisher

1987 -> Intellivision: Ported by Realtime Associates and published by INTV in 1987.

1987 -> MSX: Capcom Developed ASCII Corporation whas the publisher

1988 -> Atari 2600: Activision whas the publisher

1989 -> Commodore Amiga: Elite Systems was the development and publisher

1989 -> Atari 7800: Atari was the Published

1990 -> Atari ST: Elite Systems was the publisher and development

2009 -> Play Station 3/Xbox: Campcom Published and Grin developed

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