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was a critical and commercial success, becoming one of the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1985 and one of the best-selling home video games of 1986. It was highly influential, spawning numerous clones following its release, while popularizing the
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The arcade version contains eight unique levels. The NES version contains only four unique level designs, but repeats those levels with minor changes and increasing difficulty to create a total of sixteen levels.
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is facing. Unlike his assault rifle bullets, grenades can be thrown to clear obstacles, and explosions from well-placed grenades can kill several enemies at once.
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an unlimited grenade upgrade, and "glasses" to let the player view all the hidden bunkers. The player will lose these upgrades after losing a life.
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on their June 1, 1985 issue as being the most-popular arcade game for the previous two weeks. In the United States, it had topped the
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2182:. Vol. 11, no. 2. November 1985. pp. 91-102 (93-4).
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at the same time. Both games sold well for Capcom upon release.
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2003:"Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)"
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1603:. No. 50 (December 1985). 16 November 1985. pp. 2–3.
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released versions for many home computers. They released the
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2202:. No. 52 (February 1986). 16 January 1986. p. 64.
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Worley, Joyce; Katz, Arnie; Kunkel, Bill (September 1988).
1743:. No. 51 (January 1986). 16 December 1985. p. 17.
1720:. No. 52 (February 1986). 16 January 1986. p. 15.
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version in 2017 and gave it a score of 2.5 out of 5 stars.
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The game was developed by Capcom, where it was designed by
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rated the game 57th on their "Top 100 Games of All Time."
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2501:. No. 30 (March 1986). 26 February 1986. p. 13.
1551:"The Arcade Flyer Archive - Video Game: Commando, Capcom"
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sequel sooner, as the arcade market already had numerous
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was voted best arcade-style game of the year at the 1986
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in 1987 for more than 200,000 units sold in the region.
19:"Super Joe" redirects here. For the 1970s toy line, see
1482:. No. 46 (August 1985). 16 July 1985. p. 108.
2401:. No. 19 (June 1989). 18 May 1989. pp. 24–5.
450:. He was concurrently leading the development of both
2036:. Vol. 11, no. 2. November 1985. p. 6.
1700:(Complete Guide to Consoles): 46–77. 16 October 1989.
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2273:Petska-Juliussen, Karen; Juliussen, Egil (1990).
2176:"1985 Operator Survey: This Poll Says Go Gettum!"
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2376:"The YS Complete Guide To Shoot-'em-ups Part II"
1140:was a highly influential game, popularizing the
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1932:"Game of the Year Awards: Best Coin-Op Machine"
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1422:"Commando (Registration Number PA0000246461)"
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1162:stardom" in 1985, "closely followed by"
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2279:. New York: Brady. pp. 3.10–11.
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1572:"The Man Who Made Ghosts'n Goblins"
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3315:Video games scored by Mark Cooksey
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2413:"Wolf of the Battlefield Commando"
2276:The Computer Industry Almanac 1990
1669:"Commando page on AtariProtos.com"
1397:Compasio, Camille (June 8, 1985).
321:in 1985. The game was designed by
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2262:. 12 February 1987. p. 6.
2156:"Commando: Soldier of Fortune"
1886:. 10 January 1986. p. 12.
1791:Musgrave, Shaun (2017-03-24).
1427:United States Copyright Office
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3250:Golden Joystick Award winners
2382:August 1990 (issue 56), p. 19
2329:Reed, Philip J (2010-12-10).
2254:"Yie Ar tops charts for 1986"
2030:"RePlay: The Players' Choice"
2014:(in Japanese). No. 261.
1580:. Vol. 12. October 2003.
1535:(in Japanese). No. 263.
1317:Bionic Commando: Elite Forces
1308:Nintendo Entertainment System
1110:, and won the award for best
945:sold more than 15,000 arcade
878:Best Coin-Op Game of the Year
470:Nintendo Entertainment System
162:Nintendo Entertainment System
2393:"Capcom: A Captive Audience"
2307:. 2008-09-30. Archived from
1982:"CRASH 27 - Readers' Awards"
1897:Fox, Matt (3 January 2013).
1859:. No. 4. pp. 18–9.
1735:"Software Reviews: Commando"
1295:was marketed as a sequel to
965:, the UK's highest-grossing
307:, "Wolf of the Battlefield")
2355:"Top 100 Games of All Time"
2222:. 20 March 1986. p. 4.
2079:. No. 7. October 1985.
1849:Roberts, Mike (July 1985).
1268:released. A second sequel,
1086:the award for best coin-op
363:The game later appeared on
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3285:PlayStation Portable games
2682:Capcom Classics Collection
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366:Capcom Classics Collection
343:1985 film of the same name
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3305:Single-player video games
3295:Sculptured Software games
3280:PlayStation Network games
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2689:Capcom Digital Collection
2547:Killer List of Videogames
1770:. No. 51. p. 52
1524:"Overseas Readers Column"
1474:"Arcade Action: Commando"
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2096:Computer and Video Games
2018:1 June 1985. p. 23.
1960:Computer and Video Games
1955:"Golden Joystick Awards"
1740:Computer and Video Games
1717:Computer and Video Games
1697:Computer and Video Games
1643:Atari Video Game Catalog
1600:Computer and Video Games
1539:1 July 1985. p. 26.
1498:The Arcade Flyer Archive
1479:Computer and Video Games
1204:was also adapted into a
993:Computer and Video Games
903:Best Wargame (runner-up)
657:Computer and Video Games
402:, was released in 1989.
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1905:McFarland & Company
3240:Data East arcade games
2466:"Blasts from the Past"
1689:"Complete Games Guide"
1264:imitators by the time
1227:Sequels and successors
1186:. The most successful
1108:Golden Joystick Awards
889:Best Arcade-Style Game
885:Golden Joystick Awards
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2703:Capcom Arcade Stadium
2696:Capcom Arcade Cabinet
2552:The arcade version of
2493:"Konami's Barmy Army"
2016:Amusement Press, Inc.
1767:Computer Gaming World
1537:Amusement Press, Inc.
1244:, which was known as
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1049:Computer Gaming World
808:The Video Games Guide
633:Computer Gaming World
554:Atari 8-bit computers
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2364:(44): 76. July 1996.
2194:"The Software Chart"
1984:. crashonline.org.uk
1851:"Coin-Op Connection"
1759:"Video Gaming World"
949:units by June 1985.
372:Activision Anthology
3275:PlayStation 2 games
3255:Intellivision games
1616:The Atari Advantage
1280:PlayStation Network
1142:run-and-gun shooter
1120:magazine. In 1996,
967:arcade game of 1984
957:arcade game of 1985
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558:Sculptured Software
548:Unreleased versions
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382:Arcade, as well as
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339:video game consoles
3235:Commodore 64 games
3200:Arcade video games
2850:Hiroyuki Kobayashi
2675:Capcom Generations
2421:. 17 December 2010
1399:"Around The Route"
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2810:Noritaka Funamizu
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2398:The Games Machine
2301:"Platinum Titles"
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2127:978-0-262-37235-0
1914:978-0-7864-7257-4
1907:. pp. 57–8.
1883:New Straits Times
1822:"War-time Action"
1648:Atari Corporation
1621:Atari Corporation
1246:Senjō no Ōkami II
1165:Ghosts 'n Goblins
1042:New Straits Times
962:Track & Field
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