<s>
Commando	B-Application
,	O
released	O
as	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
run	O
and	O
gun	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Capcom	O
for	O
arcades	B-Application
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
various	O
home	O
computers	O
and	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
consoles	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commando	B-Application
was	O
a	O
critical	O
and	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
becoming	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
of	O
1985	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-selling	O
home	O
video	O
games	B-Application
of	I-Application
1986	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
later	O
appeared	O
on	O
Capcom	B-Application
Classics	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
,	O
Activision	B-Application
Anthology	I-Application
,	O
and	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
Arcade	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Capcom	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Cabinet	I-Application
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Mercs	B-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1989	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
control	O
of	O
a	O
soldier	O
named	O
Super	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
,	O
who	O
starts	O
by	O
being	O
dropped	O
off	O
in	O
a	O
jungle	O
by	O
a	O
helicopter	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
to	O
fight	O
his	O
way	O
out	O
singlehandedly	O
,	O
fending	O
off	O
a	O
massive	O
assault	O
of	O
enemy	O
soldiers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
is	O
armed	O
with	O
an	O
assault	O
rifle	O
(	O
which	O
has	O
unlimited	O
ammunition	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
limited	O
supply	O
of	O
hand	O
grenades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Play	O
continues	O
to	O
the	O
last	O
Super	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
dead	O
,	O
which	O
ends	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
contains	O
eight	O
unique	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
concurrently	O
leading	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
both	O
Commando	B-Application
and	O
Ghosts	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
Goblins	I-Application
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Activision	O
released	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
and	O
INTV	B-Operating_System
released	O
a	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
,	O
also	O
an	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
7800	I-General_Concept
version	O
by	O
Sculptured	O
Software	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1989	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
released	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
and	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
versions	O
in	O
November	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
and	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
versions	O
were	O
developed	O
under	O
contract	O
by	O
Catalyst	O
Coders	O
,	O
while	O
Elite	O
developed	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Commodore	O
64	O
port	O
's	O
theme	O
,	O
a	O
more	O
complex	O
and	O
extended	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
music	O
,	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
less	O
than	O
12	O
hours	O
by	O
Rob	O
Hubbard	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
started	O
working	O
on	O
it	O
late	O
at	O
night	O
,	O
and	O
worked	O
on	O
it	O
through	O
the	O
night	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I	O
took	O
one	O
listen	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
and	O
started	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
C64	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
as	O
Wolf	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Battlefield	I-Application
:	O
Commando	B-Application
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
December	O
6	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
PAL	O
region	O
on	O
December	O
17	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
version	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Sculptured	O
Software	O
in	O
1989	B-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
by	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
for	O
the	O
XE	B-General_Concept
Game	I-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Senjō	B-Application
no	I-Application
Ōkami	I-Application
on	O
their	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
1985	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
most-popular	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
for	O
the	O
previous	O
two	O
weeks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
topped	O
the	O
American	O
RePlay	O
chart	O
for	O
upright	O
arcade	B-Application
cabinets	O
by	O
November	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
top-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
games	O
in	O
London	O
West	O
End	O
test	O
locations	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
orders	O
for	O
thousands	O
of	O
units	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
alone	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
became	O
a	O
major	O
hit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commando	B-Application
similarly	O
became	O
a	O
major	O
hit	O
across	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
become	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
top	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commando	B-Application
ended	O
the	O
year	O
as	O
the	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1985	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
while	O
also	O
outperforming	O
Track	B-Application
&	I-Application
Field	I-Application
,	O
the	O
UK	O
's	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1984	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
three	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
of	O
1985	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
fellow	O
Data	O
East	O
releases	O
Karate	B-Device
Champ	I-Device
and	O
Kung-Fu	B-Application
Master	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
home	O
computer	O
ports	O
of	O
Commando	B-Application
topped	O
the	O
UK	O
software	O
sales	O
charts	O
in	O
December	O
1985	O
,	O
becoming	O
the	O
seventh	O
best-selling	O
game	B-Application
of	I-Application
1985	I-Application
in	O
the	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
topped	O
the	O
charts	O
again	O
in	O
January	O
1986	O
,	O
and	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
become	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
three	O
best-selling	O
games	B-Application
of	I-Application
1986	I-Application
in	O
the	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
few	O
cartridges	O
can	O
equal	O
[Commando]'s	O
non-stop	O
action	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
NES	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TouchArcade	O
gave	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
2.5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
stars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NintendoLife	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Commando	B-Application
might	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
examples	O
of	O
the	O
stripped-down	O
ports	O
actually	O
being	O
stronger	O
than	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
later	O
ports	O
added	O
powerups	O
,	O
better	O
music	O
and	O
depth	O
to	O
the	O
gameplay	O
that	O
are	O
all	O
sadly	O
lacking	O
in	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
original.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gamer	O
magazine	O
's	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
Awards	O
gave	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Commando	B-Application
the	O
award	O
for	O
best	O
coin-op	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
beating	O
Paperboy	B-Device
and	O
Marble	B-Device
Madness	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
being	O
ported	O
to	O
home	O
computers	O
,	O
Commando	B-Application
was	O
voted	O
best	O
arcade-style	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
at	O
the	O
1986	O
Golden	O
Joystick	O
Awards	O
,	O
and	O
won	O
the	O
award	O
for	O
best	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
according	O
to	O
readers	O
of	O
Crash	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commando	B-Application
was	O
a	O
highly	O
influential	O
game	O
,	O
popularizing	O
the	O
run-and-gun	O
shooter	O
genre	O
along	O
with	O
military	O
shooter	O
themes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
led	O
to	O
run-and-gun	O
games	O
becoming	O
the	O
dominant	O
style	O
of	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
during	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
to	O
early	O
1990s	O
,	O
when	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
called	O
Commando	B-Application
"	O
the	O
great	O
grand-daddy	O
of	O
the	O
modern	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
"	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
credited	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
product	O
that	O
shot	O
"	O
Capcom	O
to	O
"	O
8-bit	O
silicon	O
stardom	O
"	O
in	O
1985	O
,	O
"	O
closely	O
followed	O
by	O
"	O
Ghosts	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
Goblins	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commando	B-Application
spawned	O
numerous	O
clones	O
following	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Home	O
computer	O
clones	O
and	O
imitators	O
released	O
later	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
include	O
Who	B-Application
Dares	I-Application
Wins	I-Application
and	O
Rambo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
successful	O
Commando	B-Application
imitator	O
was	O
SNK	O
's	O
arcade	B-Application
hit	O
Ikari	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
(	O
1986	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
spawned	O
two	O
sequels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
run-and-gun	O
shooter	O
format	O
of	O
Commando	B-Application
was	O
also	O
adapted	O
into	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
format	O
by	O
Konami	O
's	O
Green	B-Application
Beret	I-Application
(	O
Rush'n	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
)	O
later	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commando	B-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
sequel	O
titled	O
Mercs	B-Application
in	O
1989	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
Senjō	B-Application
no	I-Application
Ōkami	I-Application
II	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
as	O
successful	O
as	O
Commando	B-Application
or	O
Ikari	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tokuro	O
Fujiwara	O
was	O
disappointed	O
that	O
he	O
did	O
not	O
develop	O
a	O
Commando	B-Application
sequel	O
sooner	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
market	O
already	O
had	O
numerous	O
Commando	B-Application
imitators	O
by	O
the	O
time	O
Mercs	B-Application
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
second	O
sequel	O
,	O
Wolf	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Battlefield	I-Application
:	I-Application
Commando	I-Application
3	I-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
downloadable	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
and	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
in	O
2008	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outside	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Bionic	B-Application
Commando	I-Application
was	O
marketed	O
as	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Commando	B-Application
and	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
,	O
a	O
nameless	O
soldier	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
is	O
identified	O
as	O
"	O
Super	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
"	O
in	O
an	O
American	O
brochure	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
would	O
appear	O
as	O
an	O
actual	O
supporting	O
character	O
in	O
the	O
later	O
versions	O
of	O
Bionic	B-Application
Commando	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
and	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
in	O
Bionic	B-Application
Commando	I-Application
:	I-Application
Elite	I-Application
Forces	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2009	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Bionic	B-Application
Commando	I-Application
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
character	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
is	O
identified	O
as	O
Joseph	O
Gibson	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
player	O
characters	O
in	O
Mercs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
Duet	O
by	O
Elite	O
Systems	O
Ltd	O
was	O
also	O
called	O
first	O
"	O
Commando	B-Application
'	O
86	O
"	O
then	O
"	O
Commando	B-Application
'	O
87	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
