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  Hardcore Gaming 101: Bionic Commando
Bionic Commando was introduced sometime around the latter eighties, when the arcade scene was still thriving and pulsing with the lifeblood of a thousand volcanic eruptions.
Bionic Commando first hit the arcade gaming scene as the latter, where you essay the role of Super Joe, the hero from the original Commando, as well as star of the Capcom game Speed Rumbler.
Bionic Commando is remembered fondly for many reasons, the most infamous of which is...
hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com /bioniccommando/bioniccommando.htm   (4348 words)

  
 NGF: Bionic Commando Review
Bionic Commando is another great title from the developers of Street Fighter and Mega Man. While it hasn't received the attention that some of Capcom's major franchises, it's still a quality title.
Bionic Commando is a whole new game, not just an updated vesion of the NES classic, though it does have several features of the NES title and presents a few of the same challenges (especially at the end).
Bionic Commando is a great title, and one that I'd definitely like to see in today's generation of consoles where flash often takes place over innovation.
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 Games : Bionic Commando
Bionic Commando was developed by the Nintendo Software Technology Corporation, a newly-formed code factory situated in Redmond, Washington.
The goal of the Bionic Commando development team was to raise the quality bar for all future games on Game Boy Color, and it only takes a few moments of gameplay to realize that their goal has been met.
Bionic Commando features a total of 1500 frames of character animation, used in a wide variety of special moves for each character.
www.bioniccommando.com   (572 words)

  
 Bionic Commando: Elite Forces Review
Bionic Commando is unique in two ways that distinguish it from most other sidescrolling platform games and make it worth a look even for people who've played many sidescrollers before.
The other way that Bionic Commando is different from most other side scrollers is that you cannot jump.
One advantage that Bionic Commando has is that firing the grapple when the control pad is in the neutral position makes the grapple move up diagonally, making it easier to hook it to platforms ahead of you and progress when you swing.
www.geocities.com /crawlsnewsite/reviews/bceliteforces.html   (1750 words)

  
 Crucial Classics: Bionic Commando from 1UP.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The game was Capcom's Bionic Commando for the NES, and it was a very loose port of an average arcade game from a year prior.
But where the Bionic Commando arcade game used its weird, unorthodox play mechanics to make the experience harder and more frustrating, the NES version managed to work out the kinks to brilliant effect, creating one of the most compellingly original and technical platforming experiences seen at the time...
Aaron Roberts: "Obviously, Bionic Commando for the NES was an important game because it was one of the first games to prove that the home version could be a better and deeper game than the arcade machine.
crucialclassics_20.1up.com.cob-web.org:8888   (2076 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Bionic Commando: Elite Forces: Computer & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bionic Commando is one of those old, fondly remembered NES games that stays in your mind long after you complete it.
You can't jump in Bionic Commando, so the only way to catch air is to grapple on to the ceiling with your arm and swing from place to place.
The storyline is simple: a former bionic commando loses his temper and decides he wants to destroy the government that created him.
www.amazon.com /Bionic-Commando-Elite-Forces/dp/B00004R9HX   (1836 words)

  
 Bionic Commando - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The main character, Radd (or Ladd) Spencer, is a commando with a bionic arm which can grab onto surfaces, allowing him to pull himself forward, or swing from the ceiling.
Another original feature of Bionic Commando is that, instead of moving in a straight path through the levels, the player can, between levels, move around on a map-like screen.
The Bionic Commando is Jack Markson, who loses an arm when ninjas attack his hotel room and kidnap Super Joe.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bionic_Commando   (1451 words)

  
 Classic Column #2 Bonus: Bionic Commando Retrospective 1UP - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
While Commando was a top-down shooter with simple play mechanics and a World War II theme, Bionic Commando was a complex platformer with a futuristic paramilitary feel.
Bionic Commando was neither, and languished in obscurity.
Super Joe was the star of Bionic Commando in the arcade, but also featured in a demolition derby game called "The Speed Rumbler." One gets the impression that Capcom was trying hard to create a mascot and not going about it in a particularly effective way.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_zd1up/is_200312/ai_ziff115051   (867 words)

  
 N-Philes :: Features :: Classic Plastic #04 - Bionic Commando   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As Bionic Commando, you are ordered to rescue a downed soldier named Super Joe, a lone combatant sent by The Federation to stop the Badds from executing Albatross, the stolen secret military project exacting havoc upon the world.
Bionic Commando was one of the first games to allow the gamer to choose their weapons and key items before starting a level.
Bionic Commando was also original in that there was a second mode of play where combating enemies took place from an overhead perspective.
www.n-philes.com /features.php?id=184   (639 words)

  
 CRASH 53 - Bionic Commando
The environment, which ranges from the jungle, via a fort, a complex of pipes and control tower, to the missile centre itself, consists of a network of platforms patrolled by a host of vigilant enemy soldiers.
This clips on to nearby branches and enables the intrepid commando to swing gracefully from tree to tree.
Graphically, Bionic Commando is hardly spectacular but what it lacks in colour, it more than makes up for with its psychedelic 128K tune - it's different for every level and the best music I've ever heard on the Spectrum.
www.crashonline.org.uk /53/bionic.htm   (798 words)

  
 Bionic Commando
Bionic Commando is yet another of Go!'s Capcom licences, and by now you'll probably have sussed out that it's a notably successful one.
I say bionic arm, but what you really have is more like a set of Lazy Tongs, those telescopic scissory things that your gran always uses to pick up pieces of paper off the floor.
Bionic Commando plays just as good as it looks, and as you can see by the screenshots, that's darn tootin'.
www.ysrnry.co.uk /articles/bioniccommando.htm   (761 words)

  
 Bionic Commando by Capcom for the Amstrad CPC
Bionic Commando by Capcom for the Amstrad CPC
Your bionic commando is equipped not only with a bionic arm, but also with a standard double shot gun.
Use your bionic arm to climb the trees, but beware, the larger soldiers are equipped with a rope and grappling hook with which they can climb trees and chase you.
www.cpczone.net /index.php?game=121   (697 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Bionic Commando Experience A Bionic Commando for NES Walkthrough By Kefka Floyd (Kefka@banet.net) http://www.rpgdarkside.com * * * Version 1.1 - 3/3/00 * * * Version History 1.1 - 3/3/00 - My first update to this in a while.
Therefore, a lone soldier equipped with a bionic arm is sent out to rescue Super Joe and continue where he left off.
Bionic Commando is copyright 1988 Capcom, and all other copyrights are to their original owners.
www.nes-site.com /guides/bionic_commando_kfloyd.txt   (3517 words)

  
 Hardcore Gaming 101: Bionic Commando
Bionic Commando: Elite Forces was supposedly released on December 31, 1999 (the supposed final hour before Y2K was apparently about to doom mankind), but the copyright screen claims it was released 2000.
Yet it may be too much to ask for a new bionic title, but considering the fact that Radd Spencer wasn't anywhere in Namco x Capcom, I'm not putting my breathing cycle on hold.
Regardless, Bionic Commando will forever be a name that resurrects many fine memories of Nazi-exploding violence whenever it is uttered.
hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com /bioniccommando/bioniccommando2.htm   (2688 words)

  
 Gamebits: Bionic Commando
Such is the case with Bionic Commando, from Capcom.
Bionic Commando is an entirely new action title in the style of the 1988 NES game of the same name.
Thanks to the ability to save one's game, Bionic Commando is fun to pick up, play for a level or two, then put away.
www.gamebits.net /handheld/bionic.shtml   (556 words)

  
 eBay - Product Info - eBay - Game: Bionic Commando   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bionic Commando, like many games of the NES era, is as challenging as it is addictive.
The "bionic" part of your soldier is his extensible arm, which pulls him up onto high platforms and lets him swing to distant ledges.
Bionic Commando is loaded with unique levels, and you can choose the order in which you play them.
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 Xtreme Classix - Commando
Bionic Commando is a sequel to Commando, where Super Joe is captured by the Imperial Forces.
It is your job to use your bionic arm to stop Albatross and rescue Super Joe.
Note: Super Joe was added to the US version of the Nintendo game Bionic Commando, called "Top Secret - Hitler's Revival" in Japan.
www.consoleclassix.com /Xtreme-Commando.html   (337 words)

  
 PopMatters My Favorite Things | We Can Rebuild Him: Bionic Commando
The best games were the ones that became extensions of us, ones that immersed us so far into their world that the characters on the screen became extensions of our own selves, even as those characters did things that, really, we would never be able to do.
But it was the NES adaptation of Bionic Commando that won me over immediately and never let its hold go; Bionic Commando that still beckons me when I dust off the old hardware or succumb to the temptation of emulation.
Jumping was replaced entirely by the use of the bionic arm -- grabbing ceilings, barrels, ledges, lampposts, and whatever else might be in the range of the arm.
www.popmatters.com /features/mft/bionic-commando-060706.shtml   (1025 words)

  
 NES Game Chat & Forum :: Bionic Commando
You're a highly trained commando that the world entrusts this super bionic arm thing to, but you can hop over a small crate.
I know, I know, they want you to rely on the bionic arm for all kinds of stuff, but seriously, even when I was a kid, I felt this was insulting to my intelligence.
It took me a long time to master the bionic arm, since it wasn't like the arcade version (which was more functional).
www.games4nintendo.com /nes/gamecomments.php?id=95   (398 words)

  
 ToastyFrog.com : Site - Bionic Commando Guide
Note: This document started life as a Bionic Commando walkthrough for NES, but after about two sentences I became bored with the idea of a walkthrough and it began to mutate into something much stupider.
As the Bionic Commando, it's your mission to rescue Joe and help put an end to the sinister machinations of the Empire.
As Captain Ladd Spencer, the mighty Bionic Commando, descended into Badd territory, the enemy was strangely absent.
www.toastyfrog.com /toastywiki/index.php/Site/BionicCommandoGuide   (2845 words)

  
 Bionic Commando
Bionic Corps, they have been physically merged with the most advanced Karinian technology available.
Bionic Commando features 22 unique levels, 22 different bad guys and seven weapons with which to
Bionic Commando features a total of 1500 frames of character animation, used in a wide variety of special
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 Hal's Bionic Commando Hacks
They are pretty bad, but big fans of Bionic Commando might enjoy a fresh spin on the game.
There is now a new Bionic Commando, he is Starbeam Moonchild: the Bionic Hippy Commando.
Bionic Commando 99 - Makes the game more like the original/Japanese version.
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 Bionic Commando (NES) on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Not only is this a Lego representation of Bionic Commando, but that piece in the middle for the computer console is from a Blacktron set if I'm not mistaken.
Bionic Commando is still one of my favorite games of all time!
Bionic Commando IS my favorite video game of all time.
www.flickr.com /photos/skinnycoder/102400392   (205 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Bionic Commando: Computer & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bionic Commando is one of the greatest NES games.
It has a different approach to the classic shooter game with the ability to deploy the commando to his destination with enemies moving on the map.
But if you have a gameboy color or advance console then you could do better by buying the Bionic Commando:Elite Forces for the gameboy color where you get to play as a male or a female commando and enjoy additional top-down mode, sniper mode along with the standard side scroller.
www.amazon.com /Bionic-Commando/dp/B000035XGB   (563 words)

  
 Bionic Commando Comeback??? // News
GameKult is today suggesting that Capcom are looking into the possibility of resurrecting ‚Bionic Commando’ from the dead.
According to reports in a German videogame publication, Mark Rogers Capcom Production Studios 8, has suggested that a new ‚Bionic Commando’ title will be released on the Playstation2.
Originally released on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in the 80s; ‚Bionic Commando’ quickly won a lot of fans thanks to its excessive action and the excellent bionic arm that was used to climb and swing through levels.
www.totalvideogames.com /news/Bionic_Commando_Comeback_5406_3580_0.htm   (168 words)

  
 Bionic Commando - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Although Bionic Commando may be one of Capcom's little known games, in my opinion, it is the best action war-themed game ever made.
Based off the story of 'Commando', Bionic Commando got rid of the bird's-eye view, and changed to a side-scroller.
Instead of running around shooting everything in sight, you have to use your bionic arm to swing over obstacles in a very Spiderman esque way.
www.thealmightyguru.com /Reviews/BionicCommando/index.html   (139 words)

  
 The Bionic Commando Headquarters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
My goal with this site is to not only be the best (and probably the only) Bionic Commando site on the 'net, but I also want to pay tribute to a superb game which never received the praise it deserved.
Bionic Commando is a game which was conceived during Capcom's days of innovation.
It would be nice to see them get back to their roots and make a sequel...
www.elitecoder.com /bionic/bionic-commando.html   (157 words)

  
 IGN Boards - wrong Bionic Commando   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I am dissapointed with this collection due to the fact that it was not the nintendo Bionic Commando i was expecting.
Being a Bionic Commando freak, i jumped right into it and i still blow through it at least once or twice a month for kicks.
I have the Bionic COmmando for NES working and being played often, I have the Arcade version in Xbox' version of CApcom Arcade collection and I have final fight there too, along with the SNES version.
boards.ign.com /classic_console_gaming_general_board/b5138/115865488...   (660 words)

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