Commando

Elite Systems, 1988

Written by Chris Owen, HTML'd by Arnt Gulbrandsen.

Controls

Keyboard, Kempston, Cursor

Aim of the game

You are Super Joe, the crack combat soldier of the eighties (!) battling against all odds to defeat the advancing rebel forces. Equipped with only an M60 machine gun and six hand grenades you carry out your lone crusade, forcing your way onto hostile territory. Mortars, grenades and dynamite rain from the skies and explode around you. Enemy bullets fly past you in all directions, and trenches, cliffs and lakes block you path. Rebel forces appear from caves, strongholds and troop carriers to stop your progress. You must show no mercy. You must not retreat. You must keep pushing yourself further and further into the enemy lines collecting supplies of hand grenades from defeated outposts, until you reach your final objective - the enemy fortress.

Comments

"A first-rate arcade conversion - very addictive indeed".

Rating

94% (CRASH #24, January 1986)

Now

Rather primitive, but still quite enjoyable in its way. This was another game that launched a thousand clones - its influence can still be seen in modern games such as THE CHAOS ENGINE and JURASSIC PARK.

Keys

Left    - 9
Right   - 0
Up      - 2
Down    - W
Fire    - 7
Grenade - M

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