Bionic Commando
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Published By | Capcom |
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Genre | Action > Platformer |
Release Date | 20 July 1988 |
Platform | Nintendo Entertainment System |
Documents | List Documents |
Utilities | List Utilities |
Hacks | List Hacks |
Translations | List Translations |
ROM Information | ROM Information |
ROM Map | ROM Map |
RAM Map | RAM Map |
Table File | Table File |
Hacking Notes | Hacking Notes |
Tutorials | Tutorials |
Last Modified | 25 October 2016 |
Game Description:
Bionic Commando is a classic example of the trend during the NES era of companies taking their arcade games and adding new and interesting features to them when porting them to home consoles. The arcade game had an interesting play mechanic, with your hero swinging between platforms with a mechanical extending arm instead of jumping. The NES game adds some useful alterations to how you control the arm, but more importantly, it breaks up the platforming levels with an overhead map on which you can choose the order in which you tackle the levels. The levels themselves are also entirely new, and includes several rooms in which the hero can contact his superiors via radio, to get useful hints and proceed through the level. The NES game also adds some very light RPG elements in the fact that you can permanently upgrade your health bar, and find permanent equipment in some levels.
The game’s presentation is classic NES, with catchy music and some fairly decent pixel graphics. The game is of course famous for a surprisingly gruesome ending sequence with actual blood and gore, that wasn’t censored when brought over from Japan.
The gameplay is also classic NES, that is to say pretty difficult. Still, when you get into the swing (sorry) of things and learn how to control your hero, you can get some real satisfaction when pulling off difficult moves.
The only downside I can find to this game is the lack of variation when it comes to bosses. Other than that I can definitely say that it’s known as a classic for a reason, and well worth your time, if for nothing else then for its unusual play mechanic, which has been imitated but rarely equaled.
Content:
Title | Category | Date |
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Hacking Sound | Game Specific | 19 Sep 2003 |
Hacking Music | Game Specific | 19 Sep 2003 |
Hacking Sprites | Game Specific | 08 Apr 2003 |
Bionic Commando Offset Document | Game Specific | 13 Jan 2006 |
Bionic Commando ROM Hacking | Game Specific | 09 Dec 2005 |
Title | Category | Date |
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Groen | Level Editors | 03 Dec 2012 |
Bionic Commando Editor | Level Editors | 12 Sep 2005 |
Title | Category | Date |
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Bionic Commando (ES) | Fully Playable | 21 Aug 2021 |
Bionic Commando (ES) | Fully Playable | 02 Nov 2013 |
Bionic Commando (EN) | Fully Playable | 24 Jul 2017 |
Title | Category | Date |
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One life challenge | Improvement | 08 Aug 2022 |
Bionic Commando Winter Edition | Improvement | 28 Feb 2003 |
Bionic Commando '99 | Improvement | 21 Feb 2006 |