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

Videogame caracteristics

  • 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 384 Kb.

Graphic: 256 x 240 pixels.

Controllers: A command with 2 principals 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), by Capcom in 1985, the designer was Tokuro Fujiwara. That game was an inspiration for others games with this genre.

In 1989 was published a version for Atari 2600, Intellivision, and Atari 7800. After the good reviews, released versions for a lot of platforms like Arcade, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Virtual Console. On the newest platforms like PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 they did a newest commando that could get good marketing positions.


Last Commando game; PS3 --- First Commando game; Arcade

Versions

  • Amstrad CPC: Originally released in 1985 by Elite Systems, rereleased in 1988 by Encore.

  • Apple II: Reportedly released in 1987, there is a lack of evidence supporting that information due to how late it arrived to the console's lifetime.

  • Atari 2600: Published in 1988 by Activision.

  • Atari 7800: Published by Atari itself in 1989, ported by Sculptured Software.

  • Atari XE: As with the Atari 7800 it was ported by Sculptured Software but its release was cancelled. A prototype was found in the early 2000s.

  • Atari ST: Both developed and published by Elite Systems in 1990.

  • Commodore 64: Developed and published by Elite Systems in 1985.

  • Commodore Amiga: Developed and published by Elite Systems in the UK in 1990, published in the US by Capcom in 1989.

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

  • MS-DOS: Developed by Quicksilver Software and published by Data East in 1986.

  • MSX: Developed by Capcom, but published by ASCII Corporation in Japan in 1987.

  • NES/Famicom: Developed and published by Capcom in 1986.

  • Sinclair/ZX Spectrum: Developed and Published by Elite Systems in the United Kingdom in 1985. Rereleased by Encore in 1988.

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